Community First Bancorporation puts financial matters first in the northwestern corner of South Carolina. The institution is the holding company for Community First Bank, which operates about five branches in Oconee and Anderson counties. The commercial bank offers traditional deposit products such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Deposit funds are primarily used to originate single- to four-family mortgages and commercial mortgages. The bank also writes construction, consumer, and business loans. Community First Bank plans to continue to expand in Anderson County.

Boxed in by leasing contracts? Balboa Capital smoothes out the rocky process. With leases that feature "plain English" documentation, the company provides equipment leasing and financing to small and midsized businesses throughout the US, including medical and other professional practices. Equipment includes new and used business machines, furniture, software, and vehicles as well as some medical equipment. Lease amounts range from $150,000 to $50 million; many leases can be applied for online, and are often approved in a few hours. Founder and CEO Patrick Byrne owns Balboa Capital.

Commercial National Financial is the holding company for Commercial Bank & Trust of PA, which serves individuals and local businesses through more than five branches in western Pennsylvania's Westmoreland County. Founded in 1934, the bank offers standard deposit services like checking and savings accounts, money market investments, CDs, and IRAs, as well as trust and asset management services. Commercial Bank & Trust of PA's loan portfolio consists mostly of residential mortgages (more than 55%) and commercial mortgages (about 30%), in addition to business, construction, consumer, and municipal loans. Executive officers and board members own more than 20% of Commercial National Financial.

Clarkston Financial, the holding company for Clarkston State Bank, threw its hat into the ring of retail banking in 1998. The community bank serves area consumers and small to midsized businesses from about five locations in Oakland County, Michigan, north of Detroit. The bank offers standard deposit services, including checking, savings, and money market accounts, certificates of deposit, and IRAs. Clarkston Savings Bank uses these funds primarily to originate real estate loans; commercial mortgages account for the largest portion of its portfolio, followed by residential mortgages and construction and land development loans.

Xenith Bankshares, formerly First Bankshares, is the holding company of SuffolkFirst Bank, a community bank with three offices in southeastern Virginia. The bank targets commercial customers, wealthy individuals, and investors. It offers traditional products and services including checking and savings accounts, CDs, debit cards, and merchant card processing. Its lending portfolio is primarily made up of real estate loans, namely residential and commercial mortgages. Xenith Bankshares was created in late 2009 through the merger of the six-year-old First Bankshares and Xenith Corporation, which had originally been established to open a new banking institution.

Bank of the Carolinas Corporation was formed in 2006 to be the holding company for Bank of the Carolinas, which provides traditional deposit and lending services to individuals and businesses through about 10 branches in central North Carolina. Deposit services include checking, savings, and money market accounts; IRAs; and CDs. Commercial real estate loans account for the largest portion of the company's loan portfolio; the bank's lending activities also include business, construction, and consumer loans, residential mortgages, and home equity lines of credit.

State Bancorp is the holding company for State Bank of Long Island, which serves individuals and local business customers through more than 15 locations in New York's Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk counties, as well as Manhattan. Emphasizing personalized services, the bank caters to commercial real estate owners and developers, professional service firms, and other small to midsized businesses, as well as municipalities and consumers. It offers standard services such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, and loans. State Bank also provides wealth management and financial planning and sells insurance and investments through agreements with a third-party provider.

Arbor Commercial Mortgage is a national direct lender that provides debt and equity capital for the multifamily, commercial real estate and health care industries. We have extensive experience in mortgage origination and servicing and have built a reputation for service, quality and flexibility. Arbor’s seasoned management team specializes in debt and equity financing for multifamily, office, retail, hotel and various other commercial real estate properties. We are a Top Ten Fannie Mae DUS® lender and a Top Fannie Mae DUS® Small Loan lender. Arbor offers a vast array of Fannie Mae products including financing for market-rate and affordable apartments, cooperatives, student housing and manufactured housing.Arbor is also licensed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to administer HUD’s FHA mortgage insurance programs for long-term, non-recourse financing for market rate and affordable apartments and cooperatives, assisted living facilities, skilled nursing facilities, and seniors housing. Currently, Arbor services a multi-billion dollar portfolio of over 1,000 commercial real estate loans and is a third-party servicer rated by Standard and Poor’s and Fitch Ratings for both primary and special servicing. Arbor is headquartered in Uniondale, NY and New York, NY, with full-service lending offices nationwide.

TowneBank is ready to serve you in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. The bank, which has more than 25 branches, offers such standard deposit products as checking and savings accounts, certificates of deposit, IRAs, and money market accounts. Subsidiaries provide insurance, investments, residential real estate brokerage, mortgage products, and employee benefit services. Real estate loans, including commercial mortgages, construction loans, and residential real estate loans make up most of the bank's portfolio, which also includes consumer installment and business loans. TowneBank was founded in 1999.

DCB Financial is the holding company for The Delaware County Bank and Trust, which serves individual and commercial customers through some 20 branches in central Ohio. The bank offers traditional products and services, such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, IRAs, credit and debit cards, and safe deposit facilities. Its loan portfolio primarily consists of commercial mortgages, residential mortgages, and home equity loans. The bank also writes construction, land development, industrial, and consumer loans. The Delaware County Bank and Trust provides insurance, investments, wealth management, and trust services, as well.

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