Established in 1921, the Michinoku Bank is a regional bank offering financial services in the Aamori Prefecture in Japan. With about 120 branches and eight consolidated subsidiaries, Michinoku Bank offers traditional banking products, as well as real estate management and staffing supply services. With its "family bank" business approach, the company targets individual retail customers, as well as small-to-medium-sized businesses. It has key subsidiaries in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Michinoku Bank was also the first Japanese bank to open a subsidiary in Russia when it launched The Michinoku Bank (Moscow) Ltd. in 1999; it is now selling that operation to Mizuho Financial.

Steiermarkische Bank und Sparkassen AG, known among English speakers as Bank Styria, is one of the largest and oldest banks in southern Austria, with more than 140 offices. Bank Styria also has subsidiaries or joint ventures in Bosnia and Herzgovinia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia, as it expands throughout southeast Europe. (It has its sights set on the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia.) Steiermarkische bank bought Investbanka in Croatia in 2008. The majority of its lending business is focused on real estate and leasing. Bank Styria has also been growing its pensions business. Erste Bank owns 25% of Bank Styria.

Mediolanum (the Latin name for Milan) is a financial services holding company with more than a million customers. Its primary subsidiary, Banca Mediolanum, employs some 5,800 financial advisors (called Family Bankers) who offer customers traditional banking products, as well as insurance, retirement products, and asset management services provided by other Mediolanum companies. Most of Mediolanum's operating units are based in northern Italy, although the company has expanded into Spain (it owns Spanish bank Fibanc) and other parts of Europe.

FNB Bancorp bank also originates business, consumer, and construction loans.To be or not to FNB? If that's your question, you might want to look into FNB Bancorp. It's the holding company for First National Bank of Northern California, which serves consumers and small to midsized businesses in San Mateo and San Francisco counties. Through about a dozen branches, the bank offers traditional products such as checking and savings accounts, IRAs, CDs, and credit cards. Real estate loans, including commercial and residential mortgages, account for approximately 70% of the company's loan portfolio.

The Daegu Bank, Ltd,founded in 1967, the regional bank has more than 200 branches and serves 3.5 million customers in and around Daegu (also known as Taegu), one of the largest cities in South Korea. Daegu Bank offers retail banking (deposits), bancassurance, credit cards, consumer finance, electronic banking, capital markets, international banking and foreign exchange, risk management, trust deposits, and corporate banking (commercial loans). Samsung Life Insurance owns approximately 7% of the company.

Yakima Federal Savings and Loan Association completed another very successful year. We finished the year 2009 with no Real Estate owned and did not post any additions to loan loss reserves or write down any assets during the year. We originated more loans during 2009 than in 2008. Total assets grew by nearly ten percent during 2009 and we recorded strong profits. We are now the tenth largest FDIC insured financial institution in Washington State.

1N Bank is a true Chester County community bank. With local decision making and dedicated and highly knowledgeable staff, we are able to understand and anticipate the complete needs of our clients and deliver personalized solutions. Our comprehensive menu of services includes personal banking, business banking, and wealth management.

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (BMPS), which provides consumer, business, and other banking services to 6 million clients through more than 3,000 branches throughout the country. BMPS also has limited operations in several other nations. The bank, which claims to be the oldest in the world, was founded in 1472 to help the poor. It is split into a public institution (chiefly active in benevolent works, grants, and public assistance) and the incorporated banking arm (focused on profits). The Fondazione Monte dei Paschi owns about 49% of the bank, but controls some 60% of it.

Sterling Financial is doing what it can to prevent its reputation from being tarnished. It is the holding company for Sterling Savings Bank, which provides standard banking and lending services in the Pacific Northwest. Sterling Savings operates about 180 branch locations in California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. Its wealth management division markets stocks, bonds, mutual funds, annuities, and other investments to bank customers. Mortgage and construction loans account for more than half of the company's portfolio. Bank subsidiary INTERVEST issues commercial mortgages throughout the West. Under orders from regulators, Sterling Financial is working to raise its capital levels.

Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad, Malaysia's second Islamic bank, has a full range of financial services in compliance with Shariah (Islamic law). It offers consumer and business lending, savings accounts, remittance, and investment services as well as trade financing, offshore banking, and foreign exchange products. Bank Muamalat also helps Muslims meet their zakat (charitable giving) obligations by setting up accounts and providing calculators for that purpose. The bank was formed in 1999 from the Islamic banking components of the then Bank Bumiputra, Bank of Commerce Malaysia, and BBMB Kewangan. Bukhary Capital now owns 70% while Khazanah Nasional owns 30%.

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