Nationwide Building Society reigns as king over the UK's dwindling number of mutual building societies. The society offers consumers standard deposit banking services as well as investment products such as pension plans, unit trusts, and ISAs (individual savings accounts). Nationwide is also one of the country's leading mortgage lenders, writing mortgages with a variety of terms and rates, along with secured and unsecured personal loans and credit cards. The company has some 800 branches and 15 million members. As other societies convert to public stock holding companies or consolidate with one another, Nationwide remains committed to staying mutual (owned by members) and has only continued to grow in size.

ACNB Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides banking and financial services to individuals and businesses. It accepts various deposit products, such as interest bearing demand, non-interest bearing demand, savings, and time deposits. ACNB Corporation also provides commercial lending products, including real estate development and construction, accounts receivable and inventory financing, and agricultural loans, as well as commercial mortgages; consumer lending programs, which comprise home equity loans and lines of credit, automobile and recreational vehicle loans, manufactured housing loans, and personal lines of credit; and mortgage lending programs, such as personal residential mortgages, residential construction loans, and investment mortgage loans. In addition, it offers trust services, such as investment, protection, management, and distribution of financial assets; estate settlement; and other services, including services under testamentary trusts, life insurance trusts, charitable remainder trusts, guardianships, and powers of attorney. Further, ACNB Corporation operates as an insurance agency that provides a range of property and casualty, life, and health insurance to commercial and individual clients; and engages in the business of reinsuring credit life and credit accident, and disability risks. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 21 retail banking offices in Adams, Cumberland, and York Counties, Pennsylvania, as well as 2 loan production offices in York and Franklin Counties, Pennsylvania. ACNB Corporation is headquartered in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis is a wholesale bank that provides loans, grants, and business services to member financial institutions in Indiana and Michigan. We are one of twelve such banks in the Federal Home Loan Bank System established in 1932. FHLBanks are privately capitalized and funded, and receive no Congressional appropriations.

Founded in 1917, Bankers Trust is Iowa’s oldest and largest independently owned bank, with assets of $2.4 billion and more than 400 employees. Based in Des Moines, Bankers Trust has 11 offices throughout the Greater Des Moines area, as well as branches or operations in Ames, Iowa; Phoenix, Ariz.; Omaha, Neb.; and Sioux Falls, S.D. Bankers Trust Cedar Rapids, operating under a separate banking charter, has assets approaching $400 million and more than 40 employees.

Phoenix Capital Group helps trucking companies rise above their financial concerns about providing transportation. The firm offers equipment financing as well as fuel cards, which are similar to credit cards used to purchase fuel. It also provides freight factoring (company assumes risk for collecting on clients' account receivables). Clients benefit from freight factoring, because they do not need to wait for their customers' payment, which might not take place for a few months. Its fuel cards, accepted at major truck stops, also offer discounts for hotels.

Capital Finance Australia was founded in 1995. Capital Finance Australia capitalizes on Australia's financial needs. Part of Lloyds Banking Group subsidiary HBOS Australia, Capital Finance Australia Limited company provides commercial, property, and personal financing for a wide variety of ventures. Its offerings include mortgages, construction loans, automotive loans, and aviation and marine financing. Capital Finance Australia Limited company operates about a half-dozen offices throughout the country. Loans are also rolled out via telephone application or through networks of automotive, fleet, and other dealers.

Yakima Federal Savings and Loan Association completed another very successful year. We finished the year 2009 with no Real Estate owned and did not post any additions to loan loss reserves or write down any assets during the year. We originated more loans during 2009 than in 2008. Total assets grew by nearly ten percent during 2009 and we recorded strong profits. We are now the tenth largest FDIC insured financial institution in Washington State.

A state-owned organization, IDBI provides corporate clients funding for expansion, modernization, and diversification of their businesses--including equipment financing, asset credit, corporate loan, and working capital loans. IDBI operates through several subsidiaries: IDBI Bank, IDBI Capital Market Services (financial services), IDBI Intech (information technology), IDBI Gilts Ltd. (bond trading), and IDBI Homefinance (housing financing). Its banking unit also offers traditional deposit and loan services to consumers through a network of more than 680 branches, 450 banking centers, and 1,140 ATMs.

Desert Schools Federal Credit Union operates more than 50 locations in the Phoenix area, serving more than 370,000 members. Established in 1939 by a group of 15 teachers, the credit union offers traditional banking products and services, including checking, savings, and money market accounts, certificates of deposit, and credit cards. Its lending activities include home mortgage, vehicle, personal, and student loans, as well as business loans and lines of credit. Subsidiary Desert Schools Financial Services provides investment advisory, retirement, insurance, and tax planning services.

In 1960, a group of Whidbey Island business leaders felt the time had come to create an independent community bank — one that would serve the unique banking needs of local businesses and residents of Whidbey Island.Their vision was simple: To build a bank based on strong community values — one that would invest its financial capital locally. One that believed its employees are its most valuable asset. Most importantly, this bank would provide an exceptional level of service, simply by treating people for who they are — our friends and neighbors. We call this style of banking The Whidbey Way and, in spite of our island roots, it doesn’t end at the Clinton ferry terminal or at Deception Pass.Experience the Whidbey Way of banking at 30 branches, throughout 6 counties in Northwest Washington.

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