The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. Our mission is to fight poverty with passion and professionalism for lasting results and to help people help themselves and their environment by providing resources, sharing knowledge, building capacity and forging partnerships in the public and private sectors.

A Burdale in the hand may be worth a few bushels full of cash to midsized businesses in the UK and continental Europe. Burdale Financial, which was acquired from Wachovia by Bank of Ireland in 2005, provides comprehensive asset-based lending to businesses looking for growth financing. Burdale Financial shuns what it characterizes as piece-meal approaches (receivables lending, factoring) in favor of comprehensive asset-based financing, which typically sees Burdale lending to manufacturing, retail, or distribution clients undergoing a change, such as management-led buyout or turnaround. Officers Dennis Levine and Brian Gitlin founded Burdale Financial in 1992.

Lake Shore Bancorp is the holding company for Lake Shore Savings Bank, which serves consumers and businesses through about 10 branches in Chautauqua and Erie counties in western New York, near Lake Erie. Founded in 1891, the community oriented savings bank focuses on residential real estate lending, with one- to four-family mortgages accounting for a majority of its loan portfolio. Lake Shore Savings Bank also offers home equity loans and commercial and consumer loans, as well as checking and savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Mutual holding company Lake Shore, MHC owns about 60% of Lake Shore Bancorp.

Headquartered in Korea's second-largest city, Busan, a port and logistics center, Busan Bank operates more than 200 branches in its domestic network. Most of its borrowers are corporate clients, primarily in businesses in the manufacturing, retail, and wholesaling sectors. The bank has lent some 300 billion won to help companies specifically challenged by high prices for raw materials and the Asian bird flu epidemic. Besides deposits and loans, the bank offers services in wealth management, insurance, and mobile banking. Busan Bank was founded in 1967.

ESL Federal Credit Union was known as Eastman Savings and Loan until 1996 when it changed its charter from a thrift to a credit union. The company has about 20 branches in upstate New York that offer deposit accounts, credit cards, insurance, and investment products. It originates consumer loans and mortgages, including automobile, boat, and home improvement loans. The credit union has some 290,000 members; membership is available to employees and retirees of Eastman Kodak and its subsidiaries as well as a handful of other employer groups and residents of Rochester, New York.

Blue River Bancshares was founded in 1937 and is based in Shelbyville, Indiana. Blue River Bancshares, Inc. operates as the holding company for Shelby County Bank and Paramount Bank, which provide community banking services for individuals and businesses in south central Indiana. Its deposits products include checking, NOW, savings, and time deposits. The company also offers real estate loans for single-family and multi-family properties and medium and short-term loans for commercial, agricultural, and industrial properties, as well as consumer and commercial lines of credit secured by real estate; commercial loans for the purpose of financing equipment, working capital, expansion, and other general business purposes; consumer loans, including automobile loans and equity lines of credit; and agricultural loans. As of March 31, 2007, it operated three full service branches in Shelbyville, Morristown, and St. Paul, Indiana; a loan production office in Fishers, Indiana; and one office in Lexington, Kentucky.

Suncorp-Metway (aka Suncorp Group)wants to be a rising star in Australia's insurance and banking sectors. The group owns Suncorp Insurance, which operates one of the country's largest general insurance companies, as well as a small but growing life insurance and wealth management business. The general insurance business sells personal and commercial property/casualty insurance under its Suncorp, AAMI, GIO, Vero, and Shannons brands. In addition to its insurance business, Suncorp also runs Suncorp Bank, an operator of some 170 branches in eastern Australia. Among other products, the bank offers personal and commercial banking accounts, financial planning, and loans to consumers and small to midsized businesses.

Carver Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Carver Federal Savings Bank that provides various consumer and commercial banking services for consumers, businesses, and governmental and quasi-governmental agencies in New York. The company’s deposit products include demand, savings, and time deposits; non-interest-bearing accounts; negotiable order of withdrawal, savings and club, passbook and statement, and money market accounts; and certificates of deposit. Its loan portfolio comprises commercial and residential, multi-family and residential mortgage, one-to four-family residential, construction, and business loans; consumer and other loans, such as credit card, personal, and home improvement loans; non-residential real estate loans, which include commercial real estate; and church loans. The company also offers debit cards, as well as provides telephone banking, online banking, and automated teller machine (ATM) services. As of March 31, 2009, it operated 9 branches in the Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens boroughs of New York City, as well as 12 ATMs. Carver Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Banca Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna (known as BPER) owns or has stakes in more than a dozen banks, providing individuals and businesses with a variety of services, including deposit banking, lending, and bancassurance (life insurance). All together, the banks have more than 1,100 branches. Other BPER subsidiaries and affiliates offer such products and services as asset management, factoring, leasing, and private banking.

The Reserve Bank of India serves as the Asian nation's central bank. Its primary function is to ensure the country's monetary stability. The bank creates monetary policy and assists in regulating its financial system. The central board of directors, appointed by the government, leads the bank. The Reserve Bank of India was founded as a privately owned bank in 1935; it became government-owned following nationalization in 1949. The bank is headquartered in Mumbai and has 22 regional offices. Its subsidiaries include the National Housing Bank, Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India, and the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development.

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