Comm Bancorp is the holding company for the Community Bank and Trust Company, which operates about 15 branches in northeastern Pennsylvania. Targeting individuals and small to midsized local businesses, the bank offers standard deposit services such as checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Business loans make up the largest portion of the bank's loan portfolio, followed by commercial mortgages and residential mortgages. The bank writes a relatively fewer number of construction and consumer loans. The bank has subsidiaries that offer insurance and asset management, commercial leasing, and title insurance. F.N.B. Corporation is buying Comm Bancorp for some $70 million.

BB&T, the banking company that covers the Southeast like kudzu. The company serves consumers, small to midsized businesses, and government entities through more than 1,800 branches. Its flagship subsidiary, Branch Banking and Trust (also known as BB&T), is one of North Carolina's oldest banks and a leading originator of residential mortgages in the Southeast. In addition to deposit accounts and loans, the company offers insurance, mutual funds, discount brokerage, wealth management, and financial planning services. Business services include leasing, factoring, and investment banking (through Scott & Stringfellow).

American Bancorp provides banking on the bayou. Through subsidiary American Bank and Trust, the company operates six bank offices in southern Louisiana. It offers checking and savings accounts, CDs, and loans to area businesses and consumers. Residential and commercial mortgages dominate the company's lending portfolio. Interest from investments in mortgage-backed securities, US Treasuries, municipal bonds, and other securities are another major source of American Bancorp's revenue. Members of the Diesi family, including company chairman Salvador, his uncle J. C. (a director), and CEO Ronald Lashute (Salvador's cousin) are major shareholders of American Bancorp.

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is an international organization which fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks The head office is in Basel, Switzerland and there are two representative offices: in the HongKong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and in Mexico City. Established on 17 May 1930, the BIS is the world's oldest international financial organization.As its customers are central banks and international organizations, the BIS does not accept deposits from, or provide financial services to, private individuals or corporate entities.

First Merchants makes community banking its first priority. The company owns First Merchants Bank, which operates some 80 branches in Indiana and western Ohio. The bank provides standard consumer and commercial banking services, including checking and savings accounts, CDs, and check cards. Loans secured by commercial real estate and farmland account for the largest portion of the company's loan portfolio (more than a third), followed by residential mortgages and business loans. First Merchants Corporation also owns First Merchants Trust Company, which provides trust and asset management services, and First Merchants Insurance Services, which sells personal, property/casualty, and employee benefit coverage.

Impact Holdings (UK) plc company provides short-term loans for legal expenses in personal injury lawsuits. Though the loan is made to the individual claimant, funds are paid to the claimant's law firm to cover expenses such as legal advice, expert medical reports, and engineering studies. Subsidiary Impact Bridging Solutions provides bridge loans secured by residential or commercial property. The loans are made to property developers and investors to cover activities such as renovating a property, buying from auction, and development site purchase.

Banco de Valencia provides banking and financial services to individuals and businesses in Spain, including credit cards, checking, and savings deposits along with a variety of lending, investment, and insurance products. It also offers foreign currency deposits and fund transfers. Banco de Valencia operates a network of some 400 branches, primarily in the provinces of Alicante, Barcelona, Castellón, Murcia, and Valencia on the eastern coast of Spain. Credit group Bancaja, also headquartered in Valencia, owns some 40% of the company. Banco de Valencia was founded in 1900.

The Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company provides a full range of banking services to individual and commercial clients through around 800 offices in the Philippines, Asia, Europe, and the US. Its services include deposits, savings, loans, credit, investment assistance, life insurance, trade finance, money transfer and remittance, and Internet banking. Its subsidiaries and affiliate companies can be found throughout Asia as well as several major cities in the US. Chairman and majority shareholder George Ty established the Metrobank in 1962 in Manila.

Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston is banking on the continued support of other banks. The bank provides funds for residential mortgages and community development loans to its members, which consist of about 450 financial institutions in New England, including banks, thrifts, credit unions, and insurance companies. The bank also lends to nonmember institutions such as state housing finance agencies, primarily to promote the funding of low to moderate income housing in the region. The Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston is one of 12 regional wholesale banks in the Federal Home Loan Bank System. Its region includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

MutualFirst Financial is the holding company for MutualFirst Bank, which has more than 30 financial centers and trust offices in northern Indiana and a loan production office in southern Michigan. The bank offers standard products and services such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, IRAs, and credit cards. More than 40% of the company's loan portfolio is devoted to residential mortgages. Consumer loans, including auto, boat, RV home equity, and home improvement loans, account for about 25%. Business loans also make up about a quarter of the MutualFirst's loan portfolio.

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