First Northern Community Bancorp is the holding company for First Northern Bank, which operates about 10 branches in the northern California counties of El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Solano, and Yolo. Founded in 1910, the bank offers community-oriented services such as checking, savings, and money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. It also offers electronic check depositing. Its loan products include real estate mortgages (which account for about half of the bank's portfolio), commercial and construction loans, and agricultural and installment loans. Investment products and services are available to customers via a pact with Raymond James Financial.

The Norinchukin Bank (Nochu for short) acts as the de facto central bank for nearly 5,000 agricultural, forestry and fishery cooperative systems in Japan. Most of the bank's deposits come from these agricultural and fishery cooperatives, which the bank uses for investments. It then disburses the profits and offers services such as loans to its members. The bank has 35 branches in Japan with domestic and foreign offices in Tokyo, London, New York, and Singapore. The bank, with mutual insurer Zenkyoren, controls Norinchukin-Zenkyoren Asset Management, which provides pension plans.

First Place Financial is the holding company for First Place Bank, which serves businesses and consumers through some 45 branch offices in northeastern and central Ohio and southwestern Michigan. It also operates about 20 loan production offices in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Maryland. The bank offers standard services such as deposits, investments, and loans. Commercial loans -- primarily mortgages -- make up about half of the company's loan portfolio; residential mortgages account for about another third. First Place Financial also operates insurance and title insurance agencies and a real estate brokerage.

Saehan Bancorp is the holding company for Saehan Bank, which serves the Korean-American community in Southern California's Los Angeles and Orange counties through seven branches. Serving both individuals and businesses, the bank offers standard deposit products such as checking, savings, and money market accounts and certificates of deposit. Its lending activities mainly consist of commercial mortgages and business loans, with residential mortgage, construction and land development, and consumer loans rounding out its portfolio. Ancillary services include online banking, wire transfers, and debit cards.

The banking services group includes Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking (retail trust, banking, real estate, and stock transfer services) and Chuo Mitsui Asset (pension and securities trusts). Chuo Mitsui Asset owns investment trust and private equity managers Chuo Mitsui Asset Management and Chuo Mitsui Capital. The group has units in the US, the UK, Singapore, the Cayman Islands, and China. Chuo Mitsui Trust and Sumitomo Trust & Banking plan to merge, with Chuo Mitsui as the surviving entity. Renamed Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, the combined company will be Japan's largest asset management group.

Vestin Group is investin' in commercial real estate. Through subsidiaries, the firm originates, invests in, and services mortgages secured by commercial properties such as apartment complexes, office buildings, shopping centers, and assisted living facilities. Its Vestin Mortgage subsidiary manages two real estate investment trusts (REITs) and a real estate investment fund, all focusing on mortgages and deeds of trust. Vestin Originations issues and services short-term commercial mortgages and construction loans; most are between $2.5 million and $10 million and have one-year terms. The company's portfolio also consists of acquisition, development, land, and bridge loans. CEO Michael Shustek owns Vestin Group.

Partners Realty Capital, L.L.C. company offers a range of financing options for commercial and residential properties, including hotels, industrial, office, and retail space, as well as multi-family residences and single-family housing tracts. Options include acquisition, bridge, construction, development, and permanent loans, as well as debt and equity lines of credit. Partners Realty Capital also offers litigation support and pre-acquisition finance support. Clients include Fremont Investment & Loan and UBS Warburg. The firm was established in 1994 by Paul Fruchbom.

The Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company provides a full range of banking services to individual and commercial clients through around 800 offices in the Philippines, Asia, Europe, and the US. Its services include deposits, savings, loans, credit, investment assistance, life insurance, trade finance, money transfer and remittance, and Internet banking. Its subsidiaries and affiliate companies can be found throughout Asia as well as several major cities in the US. Chairman and majority shareholder George Ty established the Metrobank in 1962 in Manila.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited is one of China's biggest banks and one of the largest in the world. ICBC, which went public in 2006 in a record-setting IPO, manages around 17,000 domestic branches and more than 160 overseas branches and offices. The bank's financial services, offered in Chinese renminbi and foreign currencies, include wholesale, retail, and international banking for more than 3 million corporate clients and some 190 million individuals. It oversees about a quarter of the total domestic assets owned by China's commercial banks. The Chinese government controls more than half of ICBC.

Carolina Bank Holdings owns Carolina Bank, which serves individuals and small to midsized businesses through some 10 branches in northern portions of North Carolina. The community-oriented financial institution offers standard services such as checking and savings accounts, money market and individual retirement accounts, CDs, ATM and debit cards, and online banking and bill payment. Loans secured by commercial properties account for about 40% of the company's portfolio, followed by residential mortgages, construction and land development loans, commercial and industrial loans, and consumer loans.

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