The mission of Southeastern Bank is to provide the highest level of financial services possible to the communities, businesses and citizens in our market areas without regard to race, creed, sex, religion, or national origin. The Bank is in business to make profits and a return on investment for its shareholders. The Company is committed to excellence in operations, sales, and services in order to exceed the expectations of our customers and shareholders. We strive to provide the best financial employment opportunities in our market area. We expect to become the largest independently owned and operated community bank in our market area. We expect to dominate this market in personal installment loans and small business loans. We intend to build the premiere independent financial institution in Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida.

Carrollton Bancorp can baby-sit your money from Babe Ruth's hometown. The institution is the holding company for Carrollton Bank, a commercial bank serving Baltimore and surrounding areas from about a dozen branches. It offers standard retail services such as checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, and IRAs. Commercial real estate and residential mortgages account for about 45% and 20%, respectively, of the bank's loan portfolio. Bank subsidiary Carrollton Financial Services sells stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and annuities; Carrollton Mortgage Services originates and sells residential mortgages.

Established in 1817 as Bank of Montreal, BMO Financial Group (TSX, NYSE: BMO) is a highly diversified financial services organization. With total assets of $397 billion as of July 31, 2010, and more than 38,000 employees, BMO provides a broad range of retail banking, wealth management and investment banking products and solutions.

Arab Banking Corporation (ABC) provides banking and financial services to a predominately Muslim clientele in the Middle East and North Africa. Offerings include retail and commercial banking, investment banking, portfolio management, and Islamic banking. The company also provides project finance, foreign exchange, derivatives, financial advisory services. ABC operates in about 20 countries, with representative and affiliate offices in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. The Central Bank of Libya now owns a majority of ABC after acquiring about a third of the bank in two separate deals in 2010. The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and Kuwait Investment Authority also hold stakes.

Standard Chartered PLC provides consumer and wholesale banking products and services to individuals, small and medium enterprises, corporate, and institutional customers. It offers savings accounts, demand drafts, foreign exchange services, safe deposit boxes, and telegraphic transfers; personal loans and mortgages; credit cards; life, savings and retirement planning, health and medical, home, motor, and travel insurance; and investment advisory and international banking services. The company also provides private and priority banking; cash management, treasury services; trade finance and working capital, including import, export, and cross-border financing services; business installment loans and mortgages; transaction banking, financial markets, and corporate finance services; custody services; and Saadiq Islamic banking services, as well as Internet banking services. As of December 31, 2009, it operated approximately 1,700 branches and outlets, and 5,679 ATMs primarily in India, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Malaysia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe, as well as in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. The company was founded in 1853 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires (Banco Galicia) is one of Argentina's top three private banks by assets. Through some 350 offices, the bank offers loans to a client base primarily of businesses and individuals. It also provides consumer, corporate, and investment banking; insurance (through its Sudamericana subsidiary); risk management; and credit and debit cards. The bank, founded in 1905, has branches in neighboring Uruguay. Grupo Financiero Galicia, which is controlled by the Escasany, Ayerza, and Braun families, owns a 95% stake in Banco Galicia. The bank is looking to boost lending in the private sector.

Piedmont Federal Savings Bank focuses on offering sound financial solutions that truly fit people’s lives. We believe in getting to know customers by name, and providing a level of personalized service that just can’t be found at other financial institutions. In addition to our commitment to customer service, we have a wide range of financial products for just about any need, whether it’s a home loan, or a savings plan for college, retirement or medical expenses. Rates on all Piedmont Federal products are extremely competitive, and all our savings programs are safe, secure and backed by the FDIC.

Camden National Corporation is the holding company for Camden National Bank, which was founded in 1875 and once issued its own US currency. With about 40 branches in 10 Maine counties, the bank provides checking and savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Residential mortgages make up more than 40% of its loan portfolio; business loans, including commercial mortgages, make up another 40%; and consumer loans constitute the remainder. Subsidiary Union Trust operates nine branches in the coastal counties of Hancock and Washington, while Acadia Trust provides trust, fiduciary, investment management, and retirement plan administration services and Acadia Financial Consultants offers brokerage and insurance services.

Easton Bancorp, that is. Easton Bancorp is the holding company for Easton Bank & Trust, which serves Talbot and Caroline counties on Maryland's eastern shore. From about a half dozen offices, the bank provides standard retail products and services, including checking and savings accounts, IRAs, and credit cards to local businesses and individuals. It uses funds from deposits to write mostly commercial and real estate loans; other offerings include consumer loans and agricultural loans. Easton Bank & Trust also operates under the names Denton Bank & Trust and Oxford Bank & Trust. Easton Bancorp is taking itself private.

British Arab Commercial Bank plc provides trade and project financing for Arab markets, offering such services as project lending, trade financing, bonding and guarantees, and cross-border leasing. Its trade services operations represent the company's largest business segment, generating about one-third of sales. BACB also has offices in Algeria and Libya. The Libyan Foreign Bank (LFB) controls the company after boosting its ownership to more than 80% in 2010.

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