America First Credit Union? Founded in 1939, the institution offers deposits, loans, credit cards, investments, and other financial services to both business and consumer customers through about 100 branches in Utah and Nevada. With more than 530,000 members, America First ranks among the nation's top 10 credit unions by membership, and is one of the 15 largest credit unions by assets. America First acquired local rival Intermountain Credit Union in 2008. It is also growing by opening new branches.

KfW Bankengruppe is a state-owned development bank designed to assist developing countries and the German economy. The bank lends to small and midsized enterprises (SMEs) and buys securitized SME loan portfolios from German banks in order to keep that area of lending robust. It also provides funds for housing, infrastructure, environmental protection, and venture capital. Additionally, KfW finances telecommunications, transportation, energy infrastructure, and industrial projects around the world. The bank receives funds from the federal budget as well as through investments in the domestic and international capital markets. The German government owns 80% of KfW; the Lender, or German states, own the rest.

Banco Santander, S.A. provides various financial products and services in Spain, the United Kingdom, Portugal, other European countries, Brazil, Latin America, and the United States. It operates through three segments: Retail Banking, Global Wholesale Banking, and Asset Management and Insurance. The Retail Banking segment offers a range of deposit products, including savings, current, demand, time, and notice deposits, as well as international and domestic interbank deposits; and loan products and services, such as auto financing, personal loans, mortgages, and leasing and renting. This segment also offers credit cards, automated cash dispensers, savings books updaters, telephone banking, and electronic and Internet banking.

Croghan Bancshares is helping to share the wealth in the Buckeye state. The firm is the holding company for Croghan Colonial Bank, which has about 10 branches in northern Ohio. Founded in 1888, the bank provides standard products and services, including checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, and credit cards, Its lending activities primarily consist of residential and commercial mortgages and, to a lesser extent, agricultural, business, construction, and consumer loans. In addition, the bank offers wealth management, investments, estate planning, private banking, and trust services.

Green Bankshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for GreenBank that provides commercial banking services primarily in Tennessee. Green Bankshares, Inc offers a range of deposit products, such as non-interest bearing and interest-bearing demand deposits, savings deposits, brokered deposits, time deposits, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, interest-bearing checking accounts, and retirement savings plans. It also provides a portfolio of loan products, including commercial real estate loans; residential real estate loans, such as one-to-four family, owner-occupied residential mortgage loans; commercial loans for various business purposes, including working capital, inventory and equipment, and capital expansion; and consumer loans for personal, family, or household purposes. In addition, Green Bankshares, Inc, through its other subsidiaries, provides consumer finance, sub-prime automobile loans, and title insurance services. As of December 31, 2009, it had 63 Tennessee-based full-service banking offices located in Greene, Blount, Cocke, Hamblen, Hawkins, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe, Sullivan, Washington, Davidson, Lawrence, Macon, Montgomery, Rutherford, Smith, Sumner, and Williamson Counties; and 2 full service branches located in Madison County, North Carolina; and Bristol, Virginia, as well as a mortgage banking location in Knox County, Tennessee. Green Bankshares, Inc was founded in 1890 and is based in Greeneville, Tennessee.

Credit Industriel et Commercial, commonly known as CIC, is made up of seven banks that serve Paris and five other regions of France. The company offers savings accounts, mortgages, and loans; it also owns stakes in specialized entities involved in private banking, asset management, leasing, securities brokerage, and property/casualty insurance. CIC serves more than 3 million retail customers and 100,000 business clients through about 1,900 offices in France. The bank also has representative offices in some 35 countries around the world. Entities affiliated with French banking group Credit Mutuel own more than 90% of CIC.

Chester National Bank is located approximately 60 miles south of St. Louis, Missouri on the Mississippi River with its Main Office located in Chester, Illinois, "The Home of Popeye". Originally organized in 1919, Chester National Bank conducts business from the main office in Chester, IL with two full service offices in Sparta and Red Bud, IL. Chester National Bank of Missouri is located in Perryville, Missouri. Chester National Bank of Missouri was formed in 1996 and conducts business from the main office located in Perry County, Missouri.

Banco Guipuzcoano (BG) offers a variety of financial services to individuals and businesses, including savings, checking, and credit card services. Financial consultation, asset management, retirement planning, insurance, and investment products are also available; in addition, the bank is active in international business and real estate. Its ASPRO division handles corporate finance. BG, which was founded in 1899, operates nearly 260 branches in the region. The company is merging with larger rival Banco de Sabadell.

Mid Penn Bancorp is the holding company for Mid Penn Bank, which operates more than a dozen branches in central Pennsylvania's Cumberland, Dauphin, Northumberland, and Schuylkill counties. The bank offers full-service commercial banking, insurance, and trust services. Its deposit products include checking, savings, money market, and NOW accounts. Commercial real estate, construction, and land development loans account for nearly 80% of the company's loan portfolio; the bank also writes residential mortgages and business, agricultural, and consumer loans. Mid Penn is a descendant of Millersburg Bank, founded in 1868. Trust company CEDE & Co. owns about a third of Mid Penn Bancorp.

The Iyo Bank targets customers concentrated in the four prefectures of Shikoku and the Nishi Seto region of Honshu in Japan. The regional bank offers the typical array of retail products, including deposits, leasing services, trusts and pension products, and mergers and acquisitions support services; it even launched its first securities brokerage business arm in March 2005. Its Corporate Consulting Division helps companies galvanize their operations and capital. Established in 1941, the bank owns and operates branch offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and New York.

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