Village Bank & Trust is the holding company for Village Bank, which has about a dozen branches in the suburbs of Richmond, Virginia. It offers standard services, including deposit accounts, loans, and credit cards. Deposit funds are used to write loans for consumers and businesses in the area; commercial real estate loans, mainly secured by owner-occupied businesses, account for about half of the bank's lending portfolio, which also includes business, construction, residential mortgage, and consumer loans. In 2008 Village Bank & Trust acquired the three-branch River City Bank in a transaction worth more than $20 million.

Societe Generale wants to be top brass in the French banking industry. The bank (familiarly known as SocGen) commands a three-pronged campaign, with operations in global investment management (including SG Private Banking and majority-owned online brokerage Boursorama); retail banking and specialized financial services, including finance, leasing, and insurance; and corporate and investment banking, focusing on European capital markets, derivatives, and structured finance. In the US, the company controls asset manager The TCW Group. SocGen has about 3,000 branches in France (including its Credit du Nord division), and some 5,300 locations worldwide.

Commercial Bancshares, Inc. company owns the community bank, which serves northwestern Ohio from about 10 branches. The bank offers standard retail and business services, including checking and savings accounts, certificates of deposit, and loans. Commercial loans make up the largest portion of the bank's loan portfolio (more than two-thirds); other offerings include consumer finance loans, home equity loans, credit card loans, and residential mortgages.

ABN AMRO got a fresh start with the Dutch government. In 2010 the bank, one of the largest in the Netherlands, separated from Royal Bank of Scotland and was transferred to a new holding company, ABN AMRO Group, which is wholly owned by the government. The new ABN AMRO Bank serves commercial, consumer, and private clients in the Netherlands, and nearly 30 other countries. In 2010, the Dutch banking operations of state-owned insurer ageas (formerly Fortis) were merged with ABN AMRO Bank. ABN AMRO announced plans to cut up to 5,000 jobs in the Netherlands in relation to the merger. The cuts represent about 17% of the combined workforce of the banks.

Bank of the Carolinas Corporation was formed in 2006 to be the holding company for Bank of the Carolinas, which provides traditional deposit and lending services to individuals and businesses through about 10 branches in central North Carolina. Deposit services include checking, savings, and money market accounts; IRAs; and CDs. Commercial real estate loans account for the largest portion of the company's loan portfolio; the bank's lending activities also include business, construction, and consumer loans, residential mortgages, and home equity lines of credit.

The government-owned Banco de la Nación Argentina (or Bank of the Argentine Nation) is the country's largest bank. Under pressure from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund to privatize it, the Argentine government moved to sell shares of the bank publicly. Economic chaos slowed that process and even caused the bank to deny that it was nationalizing local subsidiaries it had taken control of after they were abandoned by French bank Crédit Agricole. Banco de la Nación serves Argentina through about 650 branches. The bank provides industrial, agricultural, and export loans with an emphasis on small and midsized businesses.

American National Bankshares is the holding company for American National Bank and Trust. Founded in 1909, the bank operates about 20 locations serving southern and central Virginia and north central North Carolina. It offers checking and savings accounts, CDs, IRAs, and insurance. Its lending activities primarily consist of real estate loans: Commercial mortgages account for about one-third of the company's loan portfolio; residential mortgages are about, another quarter. The bank's trust and investment services division manages some $475 million in assets. American National Bankshares is acquiring bank holding company MidCarolina Financial to expand its presence in North Carolina.

Trustmark’s history of meeting its customers’ financial needs extends back to 1889. Through the years, Trustmark has broadened its customer base by expanding the markets it serves as well as the products and services it provides. After building a statewide banking system in Mississippi, Trustmark entered the insurance industry in 1999. In 2001, Trustmark expanded into the Tennessee market and then entered the Florida and Texas markets in 2003 and 2004, respectively. Trustmark Corporation, with $9.8 billion in assets, is a diversified financial services company. We provide banking, wealth management and insurance solutions through our subsidiaries including Trustmark National Bank, TRMK Risk Management, Inc., Trustmark Investment Advisors, Inc., The Bottrell Insurance Agency, Inc. and Fisher-Brown, Inc. With locations in Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas, we have over 2,600 associates working to achieve outstanding customer satisfaction by understanding our customers’ businesses and needs and providing appropriate financial solutions. We believe building strong customer relationships is the result of knowing our customers, understanding their businesses and needs and providing appropriate financial solutions. We realize the inherent trust you place in your financial institution, and we look forward to the opportunity to prove to you the value behind our name. Trustmark is “People you Trust. Advice that Works.”

NEC Financial Services can loan you cold hard cash for hardware. A subsidiary of NEC Corporation of America and a member of the Tokyo-based NEC Corporation family, NEC Financial Services provides lease financing for stateside businesses and municipal customers to buy technology equipment such as software, computers, peripherals, and other IT and telecommunications products manufactured by its parent company. Lease terms typically range from 12 months to six years and often include options to purchase the leased equipment for as little as $1 once all payments are made.

American Chartered Bank is the premier bank in the northwest suburban corridor. Our mission is to provide customers with the best value in banking products and services, and to provide superlative customer service at all times. This can only be accomplished by hiring personnel of the highest caliber -- intelligent, adaptable, skilled, and committed to our standards of excellence.

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