First Financial Service Corporation operates as the holding company for First Federal Savings Bank of Elizabethtown that provides various personal and corporate banking services. It offers a range of deposit instruments, including multiple checking accounts, NOW accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, health savings accounts, individual retirement accounts, and certificates of deposit. The company’s loan portfolio comprises residential mortgage products; specialized financing programs; mortgages for multifamily real estate; commercial real estate loans; commercial loans to businesses, including revolving lines of credit and term loans; real estate development loans; construction lending; agricultural lending; and consumer loans, including home equity lines of credit, auto loans, recreational vehicle, and other secured and unsecured loans. It also provides federal tax depository, merchant bankcard, electronic funds transfer, debit and credit cards, and telephone and Internet banking services. In addition, First Financial Service Corporation offers various mutual funds, equity investments, and fixed and variable annuities, as well as personal investment financial counseling services. It operates 22 full-service banking centers and a commercial private banking center in Hardin, Nelson, Hart, Bullitt, Meade, and Jefferson counties in Kentucky, as well as Harrison and Floyd counties in southern Indiana. First Financial Service Corporation was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.

The Brazos Higher Education Service Corporation, Inc. (“Brazos”) is a non-profit service corporation which provides administrative support and management services to a number of independent non-profit corporations each of whom are dedicated to helping students and parents finance the cost of higher education. The Brazos Managed Companies is a term commonly used to describe the independent non-profit companies, collectively, which are managed by Brazos. With the first company founded in 1975, Brazos and the companies it manages have continued forward with the primary purpose of financing higher education. Through the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) to private student loans, the individual companies have historically acquired pools of student loans through the issuance of student loan revenue bonds or bank warehouse facilities. Brazos and the companies it manages have been the key participants in student loans for over 30 years.

NASB Financial is the holding company for North American Savings Bank, which operates about 15 branches and loan offices in the Kansas City area. Established in 1927, the bank offers a range of deposit products to retail and commercial customers, including checking, savings, and money market accounts and CDs. Its lending activities are fairly evenly split between mortgages secured by residential, commercial, and development properties. Subsidiary Nor-Am sells annuities, mutual funds, and credit life and disability insurance. Chairman David Hancock and his wife Linda (a board member) own a majority of NASB Financial.

Taishin Financial Holding is a key player in Taiwan's banking industry, offering an array of financial services to consumers and businesses. Through Taishin International Bank, the company targets its efforts on three core offerings: retail banking (deposits, housing and auto loans, credit cards, small-and-medium-enterprise lending), corporate banking (deposits, financing, factoring), and wealth management. It operates through more than 160 locations. Subsidiary Taishin Bills Finance underwrites corporate bonds. In 2009 Taishin Financial arranged to sell brokerage Taishin Securities to Taiwan-based KGI Securities for some $880 million.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides various financial services to individual and corporate customers in Japan and internationally. Its Integrated Retail Banking Business Group segment comprises commercial banking, trust banking, and securities businesses. This segment offers a range of bank deposit products comprising a non-interest-bearing deposit account that is redeemable on demand; asset management and asset administration services, including savings instruments, such as current accounts, ordinary deposits, time deposits, deposits at notice, and other deposit facilities; trust products consisting of loan trusts and money trusts; and other investment products, such as investment trusts, performance-based money trusts, and foreign currency deposits.

GE Money India offers home, car, scooter, and personal loans as well as insurance and a line of credit cards from about 60 locations, mostly in central and north-central India. GE Money India's joint venture with SBI (State Bank of India) is the country's second-largest credit card issuer. The company also works with Maruti to provide car loans and teams with Wizard of Australia to offer home loans. GE Money teams up with major employers, like Indian Railway, to offer specialized cards to employees and customers. Parent GE launched the Indian lender in 2004.

Popular, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides a range of retail and commercial banking products and services in Puerto Rico, the United States, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, and Costa Rica. It also provides vehicle financing, leasing, and daily rental services; mortgage loans; and insurance agency and brokerage, and reinsurance services, as well as offers financial advisory, investment, and security brokerage services for institutional and retail customers. As of December 31, 2008, the company operated 173 branches and approximately 580 automated teller machines in Puerto Rico, 7 branches in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 1 branch in the British Virgin Islands, and 1 branch in New York. In addition, it provides financial transaction processing and information technology solutions and services in the United States, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Further, the company develops financial processing software applications; sells hardware products, such as ATM, POS, and communication products; and provides ATM switching and driving services. Popular was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.

The Minden Building and Loan Association was chartered by the State of Louisiana in 1910 to service the Minden community and its surrounding areas. The community bank takes great pride in having a local base to better serve all of its customers' loan and deposit needs. In June of 2002, the bank converted its charter to a Mutual Holding Company, in order to provide more and better products and services to our community customers. In 2007, our official name changed to MBL Bank.

Established in 1957, Hitachi Capital also provides payment and collection services through its outsourcing business and issues credit cards and non-life insurance. Hitachi Capital Corporation, which has nearly 220 locations in Japan, serves some 2 million customers in the medical, agricultural, logistics, and industrial manufacturing sectors, among others. In need of a car, tractor, or personal computer? Hitachi Capital can help. A subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Capital Corporation provides a variety of financial services through its group of companies around the globe. The firm's offerings include financing for the lease and rental of industrial machinery and information equipment, as well as for auto and home loans.

Monroe Bancorp owns Monroe Bank, which operates about 20 branches in the central part of the state. Founded in 1892, the bank provides standard products such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, and credit cards. Its lending activities consist mainly of real estate loans, including commercial and residential mortgages, construction and home equity loans, and farmland loans. The bank also provides trust, investment advisory, private banking, estate planning, and brokerage services. Old National Bancorp is buying Monroe Bancorp for more than $80 million.

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