Bank of America boasts one of the country's most extensive branch networks with more than 5,900 locations covering some 40 states from coast to coast. Its core services include consumer and small business banking, credit cards, and asset management. In early 2009 Bank of America paid some $50 billion in stock for Merrill Lynch, which had been crippled by the global credit crisis. The acquisition of the once-mighty investment bank known as "The Bull," which has an extensive retail brokerage network, beefs up Bank of America's wealth management, investment banking, and international business.

Northrim BanCorp offers standard deposit products including checking, savings, and money market accounts; CDs; and IRAs. It uses funds from deposits to write commercial loans (40% of loan portfolio) and real estate term loans (nearly 35%), as well as construction and consumer loans.Can you get banking services at the north rim of the world? Of course! Northrim BanCorp, formed in 2001 to be the holding company for Northrim Bank, provides a full range of commercial and retail banking services and products through some 10 banking offices in Alaska's Anchorage, Fairbanks North Star, and Matanuska Susitna counties. Division offices that provide short-term capital to customers also are located in Washington and Oregon.

ALPHA BANK A.E., together with its subsidiaries, provides various banking and financial services in Greece and internationally. It offers various deposit products, including savings accounts, working capital/current accounts, investment facilities/term deposits, repos, and swaps; loan facilities, including mortgage loans, consumer loans, corporate loans, and letters of guarantees; and debit and credit cards to individuals and companies. The company also provides leasing and factoring services; asset management services and insurance products; stock exchange, advisory, and brokerage services relating to capital markets; and investment banking services. In addition, it involves in dealing room activities in the inter bank market, which include FX swaps, bonds, futures, IRS, and inter bank placements. Further, the company involves in real estate management and hotel businesses, as well as provides solutions for professional training of adults and developing human resources of companies and institutions. As of December 31, 2008, it operated a network of 1,000 branches. The company was formerly known as Alpha Credit Bank and changed its name to ALPHA BANK A.E. as a result of its merger with the Ionian Bank in April 2000.

Banca di Legnano is a midsized bank serving northern Italy in and around Milan. The company offers standard retail and commercial banking services including deposit accounts and consumer and business loans and mortgages from about 100 branch locations. It also also provides asset management, pension planning, and related services. Banca di Legnano was founded in 1887 and is owned by Banca Popolare di Milano, which is in talks to merge with Banco Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna.

Southern Connecticut Bancorp is the holding company for The Bank of Southern Connecticut, which serves greater New Haven from about five locations. The bank offers standard deposit products, such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. It is mainly a business lender, with operating loans and commercial loans secured by real estate comprising about 90% of the company's loan portfolio. Construction, consumer installment, and home equity loans round out its lending activities. Southern Connecticut Bancorp and Naugatuck Valley Financial called off plans to merge in 2010.

Public Financial Holdings Limited provides banking and investment services in Hong Kong, Kowloon, and the New Territories of China. It also provides fixed deposits, personal and business loans, including mortgages, share margin financing, and more. Subsidiaries Public Bank (Hong Kong) and Public Finance Limited provides retail and commercial banking, as well as consumer loans in Hong Kong and mainland China through more than 70 branches. Another subsidiary Winton (B.V.I.) Limited offers taxi and light bus financing as well as personal and short-term loans. Malaysian banking giant Public Bank Berhad owns about 74% of Public Financial.

BCA (officially Bank Central Asia) provides commercial and personal banking services through about 850 branches, more than 6,200 ATMs, and via phone, mobile device or the Web. Its lending activities include home loans and refinancing, apartment and car loans, and loans to corporations and small businesses. The bank also offers insurance, treasury, and international banking services. Through FarIndo Investments (Mauritius) Ltd., members of the Hartono family own more than 50% of the stock of BCA, which was placed under government control in 1998 following a rush on the bank. After restructuring, the government gradually sold off its controlling stake in the bank.

High Country Bancorp are a full-service financial institution delivering banking and investment solutions for both consumers and businesses alike. Chartered in 1886, we have insight based on experience; however, we continue to embrace new opportunities for building futures together. High Country Bank is a state chartered commercial bank. We continue to serve the Chaffee and Fremont counties of Colorado with offices in Salida, Buena Vista, and Canon City.

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.

Clydesdale Bank PLC,founded in 1838, the full-service financial institution has been owned by National Australia Bank since 1987. Along with standard personal and commercial services such as deposit accounts, lending, credit cards, and financial advice, the bank also dabbles in agribusiness and private banking (it has an office on the Isle of Guernsey, the locus of offshore banking). Clydesdale Bank has some 150 retail branches in Scotland and England.

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