Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) provides various consumer, commercial, corporate banking, and other financial services in Japan. The company offers deposit taking, lending, securities retail sales and trading, securities investment, fund transfer, foreign exchange, insourcing of financial futures transactions, corporate bond trustee and custody, trust bank, investment trust sales, and securities intermediary services, as well as engages in retail sale of insurance products. It also provides credit card, credit finance, sales promotion, and payment collection agency services; and operational services, including card issuance, invoicing cardholders, and settlement of accounts of other cards.

This egg doesn't want anything to do with rotten, old-fashioned banking. One of the largest Internet-only banks in the world, Egg has some 3 million customers that use its Web site to access mortgages, personal loans, savings accounts, unit trusts, and life, health, auto, home, and travel insurance. Users can apply for the Egg Card or Egg Money, credit cards that offer rewards or cash back on purchases. Citigroup bought Egg from UK insurer Prudential plc for more than $1 billion in 2007. Founded in 1998, Egg is now part of Citigroup's UK consumer unit.

Slovenska sporitea (translates as Slovak Savings), the largest commercial bank in Slovakia, provides commercial and international banking services from more than 300 branches throughout the Slovak Republic. It offers its individual customers standard deposit products, credit cards, loans and mortgages, and investment funds. Its private banking arm provides asset management services. Slovenska sporitea also serves commercial clients ranging from entrepreneurs and small businesses to large and multi-national corporations. The bank is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Austria's oldest bank, Erste Bank.

"TG" may sound like a college fraternity, but it's more about tuition and books than togas and beer. Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation, commonly known as TG, was formed by the Texas legislature in 1979 to administer the Federal Family Education Loan Program in the Lone Star State. The public not-for-profit corporation helps facilitate the loan process and guarantees payment of loans to its more than 300 originating lenders. It also awards more than $1 million in grants to students and programs each year. Annually it works with around 900 public and private colleges and helps some 875,000 students achieve a post-secondary education. TG's income comes from loan fees and it receives no state funding.

Taiwan Cooperative Bank, Ltd. was founded in 1946 during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan to foster the country's burgeoning cooperative system. Today the bank still provides financing for economic development, particularly for cooperative enterprises and small and middle-market businesses, with a focus on the fishing and farming sectors. It also provides standard banking services such as deposits and financial management to businesses and consumers. TCB has more than 300 branches in its home country, plus six offices in the US, China, Belgium, and Philippines. The Taiwanese government owns nearly 40% of the bank.

Bank of Communications (BoCom) is one of the largest commercial banks in China, based on total assets. The company offers services in corporate banking, personal banking, and treasury operations; offerings include personal savings accounts, personal loans, corporate loans, trade financing, wealth management, e-banking, and credit card services. BoCom has a network of some 2,700 branches in more than 80 major cities -- including overseas branches in New York, Tokyo, and Singapore, and representative offices in London and Frankfurt. The bank is also one of the oldest in China. HSBC Holdings holds close to a 20% interest in BoCom.

Bayerische Landesbank (BayernLB) acts as the principal bank to the state of Bavaria and as the central clearing house for the 75 Bavarian sparkassen (savings banks). Also serving corporations, national and local governments, financial institutions, and real estate firms, the bank offers a variety of services, including financing, security underwriting and trading, and risk management. It provides retail and private banking services for individuals through its Internet bank, Deutsche Kreditbank, which also targets infrastructure customers in eastern Europe. BayernLB is recovering after losing billions in the global economic crisis.

Founded in 1937 for employees of the Lockheed Aircraft Company (now Lockheed Martin), Lockheed Federal Credit Union (LFCU) serves employees of more than 600 companies, with a focus on the aerospace, technology, and insurance industries. The member-owned credit union has about 10 offices in Southern California and one in New Hampshire, plus two others in Maryland and Virginia that are accessible only to Lockheed Martin employees and their families. LFCU provides standard services such as checking and savings accounts, home mortgages, vehicle loans, and credit cards, as well as investments and insurance. It has approximately 100,000 members.

Lafayette Community Bancorp operates as the holding company for Lafayette Community Bank, which offers commercial banking services primarily in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. The banks deposit activities consist of noninterest bearing and interest bearing demand deposits, savings accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, time deposits, and individual retirement accounts.

STEN Corporation is a diversified holding company with operations in automobile financing and contract manufacturing. Its STEN Financial subsidiary operates subprime auto lender and dealership inventory financing business STEN Credit Corporation and the Arizona-based EasyDrive Cars and Credit used car lots. STEN also owns Stencor, which manufactures products including surgical sterilization containers and filters (for STERIS Corporation, its largest customer), air filtration systems, and pest-control systems. CEO Kenneth Brimmer owns about a quarter of the company, as does former director Gary Copperud, who controls former subsidiary Burger Time.

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