Lloyds Banking Group plc provides various banking and financial services to personal and corporate customers primarily in the United Kingdom. It operates through four segments: Retail, Wholesale, Wealth and International, and Insurance. The Retail segment provides banking, mortgages, and other financial services to personal customers. Its products include current and savings accounts, personal loans, credit cards, and mortgages. This segment also operates as a general insurance and bancassurance distributor and sells a range of long-term savings, investment, and general insurance products. The Wholesale provides banking and related services for multinational corporates and financial institutions, and small and medium-sized businesses.

Firstrust Savings Bank serves individuals and businesses from about two dozen branches in eastern Pennsylvania's Delaware and Lehigh valleys, and a single branch in southwestern New Jersey. It offers traditional products such as checking, savings, and money market accounts; CDs; and credit cards. Commercial and industrial loans make up the largest portion of its loan portfolio, which also includes commercial mortgages, residential mortgages, construction loans, consumer loans, and lease financing receivables. The bank's Firstrust Financial Resources unit provides investments, retirement and estate planning, 401(k) and pension plans, employee benefits, and insurance through an agreement with AXA Advisors.

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%

One of the largest financial services firms in Taiwan, Cathay Financial Holding Co. owns companies involved in banking, insurance, brokerage, and more. Its holdings include life, accident, and health insurer Cathay Life; property/casualty coverage provider Cathay Century; brokerage firm Cathay Securities; and Cathay United Bank, which offers consumer banking services such as deposit accounts, home mortgages, credit cards, and car loans, as well as international banking and trust services. Cathay Financial Group also has units devoted to venture capital investing. All told, the company has more than 700 locations and claims a customer base of more than ten million.

BancTrust Financial Group, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for BankTrust, which provides various financial services to individuals, small businesses, and other organizations in southern Alabama and northwest Florida. Its deposit products include checking accounts, commercial accounts, and savings accounts, as well as other time deposits, such as daily money market accounts and certificates of deposit. The company’s loan portfolio comprises commercial, commercial real estate, individual and commercial construction, and consumer loans, as well as real estate mortgage loans. It also offers cash management services comprising lock-box, sweep accounts, and remote deposits. In addition, BancTrust Financial Group provides drive-in banking and night deposit facilities, safe deposit boxes, traveler’s checks, direct deposit, automated teller machines, Internet banking, debit and credit card, and telephone banking services. As of January 29, 2010, it operated 42 bank offices in the southern two-thirds of Alabama and 9 bank offices in northwest Florida. BancTrust Financial Group, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Mobile, Alabama.

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.

Manx Financial Group (MFG), formerly Conister Financial Group. The Isle of Man, being neither part of the UK nor a member of the EU, is a center for offshore banking. In the past few years, the company has evolved from an asset finance firm to a full-service financial institution, and in 2008 transitioned to a holding company structure. It owns Conister Bank (formerly Consiter Trust) which offers deposits, loans, and wealth management services to personal and business clients. Another subsidiary, TransSend, issues prepaid MasterCards. MFG hasn't neglected its roots, however; in 2010 it bought ECF Asset Finance.

Red Capital Group supplies the green for commercial real estate development. The company specializes in financing for affordable housing, multifamily residential real estate, assisted living facilities, medical office buildings, and community hospitals. It also finances industrial, and retail properties, hotels, and self-storage facilities. Red Capital Group consists of three firms: lender Red Mortgage Capital; Red Capital Markets, which underwrites housing bonds; and asset manager Red Capital Advisors. Red Capital Group has more than 10 offices in the US. ORIX USA bought the firm in 2010 from PNC Financial Services, which had acquired it in a takeover of Red Capital's previous parent, National City, in 2008.

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.

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