Ohio Valley Banc Corp. (OVBC) knows when you go to buy groceries, you'll probably need some cabbage. That's why this holding company likes to operate its Ohio Valley Bank branches inside supermarkets. The bank has some 15 branches in Ohio and West Virginia, about half of which are in Wal-Marts and other stores. The bank accepts deposits in checking, savings, time, and money market accounts, and offers standard banking services, such as safe deposit boxes and wire transfers. Commercial and residential real estate loans combine to make up almost three-quarters of the bank's loan portfolio. Business and consumer loans make up the remainder. Also part of OVBC is life insurance agency Ohio Valley Financial Services.

Banco Espírito Santo (BES) is one the largest banks in Portugal, with about 500 branches throughout the country. It is the flagship of Espírito Santo Financial Group, which holds a controlling stake in the bank. BES has subsidiaries that provide asset management, investment banking, private equity, factoring and leasing, and insurance services. The company has expanded into strategic international markets including Brazil, Spain, France, and the US. The bank's origins date back to 1869, when its namesake José Maria do Espírito Santo e Silva founded Caza de Cambio, a streetside exchange in São Paulo.

Bank Millennium offers brokerage, investment funds, leasing services, and pension and savings plans. The company has nearly 500 locations and more than 500 ATMs around Poland. Bank Millennium is the primary member of the Bank Millennium Group, which also includes Millennium Leasing, Millennium Brokerage House, and Millennium TFI (investment funds). Banco Comercial Portugues owns 66% of the company.

Liberty Bell Bank provides commercial banking products and services to mid-sized businesses, professionals, and consumers in New Jersey. It offers a range of deposit and loan products, including consumer and commercial checking deposits, Internet banking, remote deposit capture, savings accounts, certificate of deposit accounts, commercial and residential mortgages, construction mortgages, land development loans, equipment financing, term loans, lines of credit, letters of credit, home equity loans, automobile loans, and overdraft protection, as well as various commercial and consumer products. The company serves customers in Camden and Burlington Counties, as well as surrounding counties in New Jersey and Southeastern Pennsylvania.

Westfield Financial is the holding company for Westfield Bank, which serves western Massachusetts' Hampden County and surrounding areas from more than 10 branch locations. Founded in 1853, the bank has traditionally been a community-oriented provider of retail deposit accounts and loans, but it is placing more emphasis on serving commercial and industrial clients. Commercial real estate loans account for approximately 45% of the company's loan portfolio and business loans are more than 25%. The bank also makes a smaller number of consumer and home equity loans.

ACC Capital helps companies ease their leasing quandaries. The lender specializes in structuring, originating, and servicing equipment and operating leases, sale-leaseback transactions, and other leasing products for established middle-market companies. Typical transactions range from $15,000 to $15 million. The company targets the manufacturing, construction, mining, transportation, printing, telecommunications, restaurant, and food processing industries. ACC also serves a network of brokers that sells its products, providing funding, documentation, tax analysis, and legal advice, as well as direct origination through private-label programs.

Rabobank Group, founded as a cooperative of Dutch agricultural banks in the late 1800s, the company has some 150 member banks that have more than 1,000 branches in the Netherlands and dozens of subsidiaries around the world that focus on the food, agribusiness, and financial industries. The cooperative's wholesale and international retail banking arm, Rabobank International, has offices in some 30 countries. Other global activities include trade and commodity finance. Rabobank Group also owns California-based Rabobank, N.A., US agribusiness lender Rabo AgriFinance, and Swiss private bank Sarasin. Rabobank Group is owned by its member banks.

AgFirst Farm Credit Bank provides funding and financial services to 22 Agricultural Credit Associations (ACAs) in 15 eastern states and Puerto Rico. These associations, operating as Farm Credit and Ag Credit associations, provide real estate and production financing to more than 80,000 farmers, agribusinesses, and rural homeowners. AgFirst reported assets of $30.08 billion as of September 30, 2009. AgFirst also operates a growing Capital Markets unit that arranges and participates in loans for agribusinesses across the nation, and a Correspondent Lending Market department that buys, sells and services rural home and agricultural loans.

Mega Financial Holding Company,through subsidiaries including Mega International Commercial Bank, Mega Securities, and Mega Global Asset Management, the company provides commercial and retail lending, venture capital investments, international trade finance, securities dealing, trust services, and property/casualty insurance. The group operates from 185 domestic locations and nearly 40 abroad. Taiwan's second-largest financial services group (after Chinatrust Financial Holding, or CFHC), Mega Financial was formed in 2002 through a share exchange of Chiao Tung Bank and International Securities. China's Ministry of Finance owns about 10% of Mega Financial. Rival CFHC owns about 5%

Banca Popolare Di Spoleto offers savings accounts, loans, credit cards and debit cards to individuals, families and businesses. The bank has about 70 branches throughout the central Italian regions of Umbria, Lazio, Marche, and Tuscany. BPS Online allows customers to access accounts on the Internet. Through a strategic alliance, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena provides bonds, pension funds, property management, project financing and mutual funds to Banca Popolare di Spoleto's customers.

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