S & U PLC is a provider of consumer credit and auto loans throughout England, Scotland, and Wales. Operating branches and divisions include Wilson Tupholme (catering to Northeast England and Scotland), S D Taylor (Northwest England), and auto finance subsidiary Advantage Finance. The lending company owns and operates about 15 facilities throughout the UK. S & U targets borrowers with iffy credit histories who have been rejected by mainstream lenders.

BankFinancial Corporation was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Burr Ridge, Illinois. BankFinancial Corporation operates as the holding company for BankFinancial, F.S.B., which provides commercial, family, and personal banking services in Illinois. It accepts deposit accounts, such as savings accounts, NOW accounts, checking accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, and IRAs and other qualified plan accounts. The company’s loan portfolio consists of investment and business loans, including multi-family, nonresidential real estate, commercial, construction and land loans, and commercial leases, as well as one-to-four family residential mortgage loans comprising home equity loans, lines of credit, and other second mortgage loans. It also provides financial products and services consisting of cash management, funds transfers, bill payment and other online banking transactions, automated teller machines, safe deposit boxes, wealth management, and general insurance agency services. In addition, the company offers investment, financial planning, and other wealth management services; and sells life insurance, fixed annuities, property and casualty insurance, and other insurance products on an agency basis. It provides its products and services through banking offices and an Internet Branch. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 18 full-service banking offices and 3 express branch facilities in Cook, DuPage, Lake, and Will Counties, Illinois.

ChoiceOne Bank, which has more than a dozen offices in the western part of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. The bank serves consumers and area businesses, offering checking and savings accounts, CDs, investment planning, and other services. Real estate loans, including residential and commercial mortgages, constitute more than two-thirds of the company's loan portfolio. Agricultural, consumer, and business loans help to round out the bank's lending activities. ChoiceOne Financial Services sells life, health, and disability coverage through its ChoiceOne Insurance Agencies subsidiaries.

Steiermarkische Bank und Sparkassen AG, known among English speakers as Bank Styria, is one of the largest and oldest banks in southern Austria, with more than 140 offices. Bank Styria also has subsidiaries or joint ventures in Bosnia and Herzgovinia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia, as it expands throughout southeast Europe. (It has its sights set on the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia.) Steiermarkische bank bought Investbanka in Croatia in 2008. The majority of its lending business is focused on real estate and leasing. Bank Styria has also been growing its pensions business. Erste Bank owns 25% of Bank Styria.

Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Hudson City Savings Bank that provides a range of retail banking services. It offers a range of deposit accounts, including passbook and statement savings accounts, interest-bearing transaction accounts, checking accounts, money market accounts, and time deposits, as well as IRA accounts and qualified retirement plans. The company’s loan portfolio primarily comprises one-to four-family first mortgage loans for residential properties; multi-family and commercial mortgage loans; construction loans; and consumer loans, such as fixed-rate second mortgage loans and home equity credit line loans, as well as collateralized passbook loans, overdraft protection loans, automobile loans, and secured and unsecured commercial lines of credit. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 95 branches located in 17 counties throughout the State of New Jersey; 10 branch offices in Westchester County, 9 branch offices in Suffolk County, 1 branch office each in Putnam and Rockland Counties, and 6 branch offices in Richmond County; and 9 branch offices in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1868 and is based in Paramus, New Jersey.

Dwinn-Shaffer & Company wants to match you a match, find you a find, catch you a catch. For some 40 years, this Chicago-based mortgage broker has been in the business of matching borrowers, such as real estate developers, with lenders, including insurance companies, pension funds, banks, and credit companies. It provides funding for first and second mortgages, corporate financing, joint venture financing, equity lending, securitizations, and equipment leasing. Dwinn-Shaffer is also a Fannie Mae Prior Approval lender. Affiliates Dwinn-Shaffer Development Company and BNG Management Company augment the firm's mortgage banking business with real estate development and property management services.

Public Bank Berhad has about 250 branches throughout Malaysia, where it is one of the top lenders and fund operators. Offerings include deposit accounts, credit cards, home loans, and insurance plans. In addition to retail and commercial services, it provides corporate banking, brokerage, investment banking, wealth management, and Islamic banking. Public Bank has more than 100 overseas branches in countries including Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Laos, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. The company was founded in 1966 by chairman Tan Sri Dato' Sri Dr. Teh Hong Piow.

Siemens Financial Services GmbH provides investment and risk management, sales, lease, and investment financing, insurance, and treasury and financing services to international and public sector companies as well as to subsidiaries of its parent company. It also invests in energy, telecom, and transportation infrastructure projects around the world. The company's treasury and financing services unit has around E60 billion ($85 billion) in assets under management. Siemens Financial Services operates through a network of companies that are present in about 30 countries in Asia-Pacific, Europe, and North America.

Venture Finance, a unit of ABN AMRO, provides business financing through asset-based lending, invoice discounting, and factoring. Venture Finance focuses on small to midsized companies throughout the UK. The firm also has a structured finance unit, which focuses on refinancing, turnaround, management buyouts, and other transactions for midsized firms. Venture Finance, which was founded in 1989, has about a dozen offices throughout the UK.

BANK'34 was quite literally founded on a dream. It was originally organized (as Alamogordo Federal Savings and Loan Association) as an institution whose principal purview was to help area residents afford to buy their own homes. There is no more fundamental dream in America than that of home ownership, and we have been powering that dream since 1934.The BANK'34 name was chosen based on the founding year it was established. Our name addresses our years of experience and our obvious financial stability. The year also shares that we were founded on values of a much more value-oriented time.

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