United Bank of India provides a variety of retail, deposit, and commercial banking services throughout India. Tracing its roots to 1914, UBI offers a variety of deposit services, such as fixed deposits, reinvestment plans, and stock investment instruments. Its retail credit division provides auto, home, and education loans, as well as consumer loans. UBI operates through about 30 regional offices and more than 1,450 branches and has historically been involved in rural and semi-urban development initiatives. The bank also has international branches located at Kolkata, New Delhi, and Mumbai. The company, nationalized in 1969, plans to go public in 2010.

Close Brothers Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides specialized financial services in the United Kingdom and internationally. It offers investment funds, such as multi-manager, property, and other specialist funds and services to pension funds, banks, insurance companies, private client stockbrokers, wealth managers, independent financial advisors, and private investors, as well as private equity investment services. The company also provides wealth management services, including investment management, strategic advice, financial education, banking, trust, pensions, global custody, and corporate and fund administration. In addition, it offers securities trading services, such as execution services covering UK equities, FTSE 100, AIM, European and US listed equities, and fixed interest securities for a range of clients, including stockbrokers, private asset managers, and institutional investment managers. The company’s securities trading services also comprise floor trading of foreign equities and bonds, OTC trading, and structuring of bond instruments and convertible bonds, as well as investment trust advisory services. Further, it provides lending services, such as asset based lending for corporate and personal customers focusing on various asset classes, including insurance premiums, property, domestic and commercial vehicles, specialist plant and machinery, light aircraft, and invoice receivables. Additionally, the company offers deposits and treasury services. Close Brothers Group plc was founded in 1878 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

ESB Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ESBF), a publicly traded financial services company, provides a wide range of retail and commercial financial products and services to customers in Western Pennsylvania though its wholly owned subsidiary, ESB Bank. ESB Financial Corporation was founded in 1915 as the Ellwood Federal Savings and Loan Association with a single location in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. In 1990, the Company became a Public Company through its Initial Public Offering. Growth through acquisition began with the acquisition of ESB Bancorp, Inc in 1994 and continued with Troy Hill Bancorp, Inc. in 1996, SHS Bancorp, Inc. in 1999, WSB Holding Company in 2001 and PHSB Financial Corporation in 2004. Today, ESB Bank conducts business through 24 offices in Allegheny, Beaver, Butler and Lawrence counties, Pennsylvania.

Laurentian Bank of Canada offers commercial and consumer banking services from more than 150 branches, located mostly in Quebec. Residential mortgages account for about half of the bank's loan portfolio; personal loans are more than a third. Other retail products include checking and savings accounts, mutual funds, and Visa cards. The bank also has some 30 commercial banking centers that serve small to midsized businesses, real estate developers, and agricultural concerns. Subsidiary B2B Trust provides supplies financial products to financial planners, advisors, and brokers.

The Chinese economy would be nothing without the People's Bank of China. The central bank controls monetary policy, sets the exchange rate, regulates the gold market, manages the state treasury, and oversees other financial institutions. Like the Federal Reserve System in the US, the People's Bank of China lends money to commercial banks as necessary. It also issues currency. In mainland China, the reminbi is the name of the currency, and the yuan is the base unit (like the dollar). The People's Bank of China operates nine regional branches in addition to its headquarters in Beijing. The bank was established in 1948, and until 1978 it was the only bank in China. It became the country's central bank in 1983.

Private & Commercial Finance Group provides financing to individuals for new and used cars, motorcycles, light commercial vehicles, and yes, horseboxes, otherwise known as horse trailers. The commercial segment of Private & Commercial Finance Group's business consists of its equipment finance division, providing commercial loans for businesses primarily needing plant equipment and vehicle financing. The company's e-Quote proposal system connects the company to a network of finance sources; the system generates and efficiently processes the high volume of loan applications central to the company's strategy.

First Community Corporation operates as the holding company for First Community Bank, N.A. that provides commercial and retail banking services to small to medium-sized businesses, professional concerns, and individuals primarily in Richland, Lexington, Kershaw, and Newberry Counties of South Carolina and the surrounding areas. It offers various deposit products, including checking, NOW, savings, money market, and individual retirement accounts, as well as time deposits and certificates of deposit. The company also provides various loan products, such as commercial loans for working capital, business expansion, and the purchase of equipment and machinery; consumer loans, which include secured and unsecured loans for financing automobiles, home improvements, education, and personal investments; real estate construction and acquisition loans; and mortgage loans. In addition, it offers various other bank services, which comprise Internet banking, cash management services, safe deposit boxes, travelers’ checks, direct deposit of payroll and social security checks, and automatic drafts for various accounts. Further, the company provides non-deposit investment products and other investment brokerage services, VISA and MasterCard credit card services, and insurance services, as well as involves in issuing trust preferred securities. First Community Corporation operates its main office in Lexington, South Carolina; and 11 full-service offices located in Lexington, Forest Acres, Irmo, Cayce-West Columbia, Gilbert, Chapin, Northeast Columbia, Prosperity, Newberry, and Camden. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Lexington, South Carolina.

Canadian Western Bank offers banking products and services to businesses and individuals through about 40 branch offices in western Canada; more than 80% of its loans are made in British Columbia and Alberta. The bank's consumer services include residential mortgages, consumer loans, and deposit products. Its Canadian Direct Insurance unit offers home, auto, and travel coverage. Canadian Western Trust provides investment and trust services, while Valiant Trust performs corporate trust, stock transfer, and employee benefit plan services.

First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Lakewood was founded in 1935 with a clear vision for the future --to grow stronger, to maintain stability, and to provide its customers with a complete portfolio of financial services. Over seventy years later, First Federal of Lakewood has become a model of consistency and growth in the banking industry. From its downtown Lakewood roots, First Federal of Lakewood has expanded its reach throughout Cuyahoga, Lorain and Medina counties, providing friendly and convenient access at twelve full-service branches.

Knightswood provides financing to companies residing in the agricultural, oil and gas, commercial real estate, and personal financing sectors through the issuance of bonds to investors. Subsidiaries include Opus Cranberries Corporation, Ponderosa Ginseng Farms, and Qwest Energy. Knightswood was established in 1987.

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