Abbey House Baker Street London NW1 6XL United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Abbey National has a massive customer base, a powerful brand that people trust, proven products and services, an integrated distribution network with demonstrable fulfillment capabilities and financial strength. In the world of the hybrid organization--bricks and clicks, high touch and high tech, call it what you will--A…
1627 K Street N.W. Washington, District of Columbia 20006 U.S.A. Abigail Adams National Bancorp, Inc. is a bank holding company overseeing its sole wholly owned subsidiary, The Adams National Bank. The Bank provides banking and other financial services to individuals, small to medium-sized businesses and nonprofit and other organizations. Adams National Bank was the first federally chartered bank…
Gustav Mahlerlaan 10 1082 PP Amsterdam The Netherlands Company Perspectives: The goal of ABN AMRO is to create value for its clients. The key to our relationship approach is a constant focus on the financial services needs of our chosen client segments. It is through the professionalism and motivation of our staff across the globe that we realize this value. By strict adherence to financial targe…
1231 Greenway Drive Suite 800 Irving, Texas 75038 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Since beginning 32 years ago, ACE has followed the same disciplined practice of balanced growth through adding new stores, acquiring existing operations, expanding products, and enhancing services. Today, ACE serves more than two million customers each month. ACE Cash Express, Inc. is the largest owner, operator, and f…
Welsh & McKean Roads P.O. Box 844 Spring House, Pennsylvania 19477-0844 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Advanta is a highly focused financial services company, well positioned in sizable and growing markets. We offer diverse and innovative financial solutions to consumers and small businesses nationwide. Our principal objectives are to use our information based strategy to continue to grow each of o…
American Express Tower World Financial Center 200 Vesey St. New York, New York 10285 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Reinvention. For 150 years, American Express has continuously transformed itself to meet changing customer needs. What began as a rough-and-tumble freight forwarding company in 1850, later became a travel company, and today, a leading global financial and travel services company. What…
AmSouth Center 1900 Fifth Avenue North Birmingham, Alabama 35203 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: To succeed as a bank, we give you a quality of service you won't find anywhere else--a relationship that is unparalleled. That extra level of service begins, we believe, with six basic values that we practice at AmSouth every day: do more that is expected; if something's wrong, make it right; make time f…
122 East 42nd Street New York, New York 10017 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Apple continues its commitment to serving the people and businesses in our local communities. Apple Bank for Savings is a state-chartered savings bank that is the fifth largest of its kind in the state of New York. It offers the usual retail products and services to its customers in the metropolitan New York City area and …
1 Astoria Federal Plaza Lake Success, New York 11042-1085 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our mission is to provide a strong return to our shareholders, while recognizing the importance of serving the needs of our customers and the communities in which they reside. Astoria Financial Corporation is the holding company formed in 1993 to facilitate the conversion of Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Ass…
Level 6 100 Queen Street Melbourne 3000 Victoria Australia Company Perspectives: The Bank with a human face. Put our customers first. Perform and grow to create value for our shareholders. Lead and inspire each other. Earn the trust of the community. Breakout, be bold and have the courage to be different. Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) is the second largest of the "Big Four…
55 Collins Street Melbourne 3000 Victoria Australia The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. was formed when the Australia and New Zealand Bank Ltd. (ANZ) merged with the English, Scottish and Australian Bank Ltd. in 1970. ANZ was the result of a merger in 1951 between the Bank of Australasia and the Union Bank of Australia. Today the Group is made up of more than 50 different businesses …
1657 N. Shelby Oaks Drive, Suite 105 Memphis, Tennessee 38134-7401 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: To deliver the highest quality service and best tasting food in a clean environment for a fair price. That is our mission statement, and to achieve it, we at Back Yard Burgers are constantly scrutinizing every aspect of our business, from scheduling to equipment to ingredients. Whenever we find a way t…
Gran Via 1 Bilbao, Vizcaya 48001 Spain Company Perspectives: At BBVA, quality is not an element of mere improvement, but rather a factor which contributes towards consolidating sustainable competitive advantages. It is not an objective in itself, but rather a commitment to the Group's growth to international expansion and to technological development. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. (BBVA) w…
Avenida Ipiranga, 282, 10 Andar Apartodo Postal 8250 01046-010 Osasco, São Paulo Brazil Headquartered in a suburb of São Paulo, Brazil, Banco Bradesco S.A. is Brazil's largest private bank. The firm is a powerhouse by virtually any standard: it ranks as the largest bank employer in the world, the largest private employer in Brazil, and the third-largest banking organization in Latin America. Un…
Rua Boa Vista 176 CEP 01-092-900 01013 Sao Paulo, SP Brazil Company Perspectives: Banco Itaú's corporate objectives are "to be the leading bank in performance, recognized as being sound and reliable, standing out because of its aggressive use of marketing, its advanced technology and its highly capable staff, committed to total quality and to customer satisfaction." Headquartered in Brazil's fin…
Plaza de Canalejas,1 28014 Madrid Spain Banco Santander Central Hispano S.A. (BSCH) was created from the merger of Spain's number one bank, Banco Santander, with its number three rival, Banco Central Hispanoamericano, in 1999. The new entity represents Europe's leading bank in terms of market capitalization, and one of the region's largest asset-holders, with more than EUR 330 billion. Apart from…
Vordere Zollamtsstrasse 13 A-1030 Vienna Austria With over one-fifth of the nation's banking business, Bank Austria AG is Austria's largest and most profitable banking group. Formed through the October 1991 union of Zentralsparkasse und Kommerzialbank Wien (Z-Bank) and Österreichische Länderbank (ÖLB or Länderbank), the financial institution boasts nearly 300 offices nationwide and an additio…
24 Avenue Marnix Brussels 1050 Belgium Belgium's second largest commercial bank, Bank Brussels Lambert (BBL) was created in 1975 by the merger of Banque de Bruxelles and Banque Lambert. Separately, each bank had survived more than a century of Belgium's often chaotic and war-torn history, and together they now face the more orderly but equally challenging unification of the European market and th…
50 Rothschild Boulevard Tel Aviv 65124 Israel Bank Hapoalim was founded by the labor movement in Palestine in the early 1920s and set as its task to "assist, adopt, further and grant financial or any other assistance to all branches of activity of the institutions, federations or groups organized by the workers for the purpose of improving the conditions of their members in accordance with cooper…
50 Rothschild Boulevard Tel Aviv 66883 Israel Company Perspectives: Over time and throughout the world, our mission has remained unchanged: to surpass our customers' expectations and deliver added value to their business in today's complex, global markets. Bank Hapoalim B.M. is the largest of Israel's commercial banks, with 364 offices in 14 countries around the world. Its subsidiaries include co…
24-32 Yehuda Halevy Street Tel-Aviv 65546 Israel Company Perspectives: The bank's mission for the future is to continue to deliver premier products and personalized service to its valued clients and to focus on its specialized markets. It will continue to leverage its global reach, the strength of the Leumi Group, and the aptitude of its diverse employee workforce as it moves forward in the new c…
1 Fuxingmen Nei Dajie, Xicheng D Beijing 100818 China Company Perspectives: Our Mission: To build Bank of China into a market-driven, client-oriented, world-class financial services institution, with a robust corporate governance structure capable of delivering outstanding performance over the long term. Bank of China (BOC) is that country's oldest bank, and also one of its four largest banks, wi…
10 Des Voeux Road Central Hong Kong Company Perspectives: Mission Statement: We at BEA strive to provide best in class financial services, always demanding the highest standard of professionalism and integrity of ourselves. With a commitment to quality of service, we focus on satisfying customer needs. We aim to grow, together with our customers, our shareholders and our colleagues. One of Hong K…
130 Merchant Street Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Bank of Hawaii remains steadfastly focused on building value for our customers. We're committed to doing all we can to deliver exceptional service and enhance customer satisfaction. Our approach centers on developing long-term banking relationships, based on offering quality products and services that meet our customers' full…
Lower Baggot Street Dublin 2 Ireland The Bank of Ireland is the oldest bank in Ireland. Throughout the turbulent Irish history, the bank has demonstrated remarkable entrepreneurship by taking innovative risks and making them work--from opening a commercial branch in a tiny agricultural community in the 18th century to offering remote offshore banking over the Internet in the 21st century. Their c…
One Mississippi Plaza Tupelo, Mississippi 38802 U.S.A. The Bank of Mississippi, Inc., is one of the strongest and most influential chains of state banks in America's deep South. Since statewide banking was first permitted in Mississippi in 1986, the bank has opened more than 80 branches from Biloxi to Vicksburg. The Bank of Mississippi also has very strong ties to local communities throughout the…
129 St. James Street Place d'Armes Montreal Quebec H2Y 3S8 Canada Until very recently, Canada's banks were stodgy, sheltered, and highly regulated institutions, and the Bank of Montreal was among the fustiest and most traditional of them all. But two singular events in the last two decades--the arrival of an aggressive new CEO in 1975 and the deregulation of the Canadian banking industry in 1985-…
119 St. Jacques Montreal, Quebec H2Y 1L6 Canada Company Perspectives: Bank of Montreal, one of the largest banks in North America, is Canada's oldest bank. Since our founding in 1817, the Bank has grown to have $238 billion in assets, and over 32,000 employees in Canada, the United States, and around the world. We are the only bank to offer a complete range of financial services in our chosen mar…
28 State Street Boston Massachusetts 12109 United States The Bank of New England is America's first interstate regional bank holding company. It was created in 1985 by the merger of the Bank of New England Corporation and CBT Corporation, another bank holding company, from Connecticut. BNE owns nine banks (with 470 branches) and 17 other companies that provide various financial services, chiefly …
BPI Building, Ayala Avenue, Paseo De Roxas Makati City, 1200 Philippines Company Perspectives: Through the years, BPI strove to deliver the highest standards of convenience banking through the ingenuity of technology and creative management. As the recognized "most technologically advanced bank", BPI introduced the first successful automated teller machine (ATM) service in the Philippines. Among …
7-1, Marunouchi, 2-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100 Japan Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd., the world's largest bank, was formed in April 1996 from the merger of The Mitsubishi Bank, Ltd. and Bank of Tokyo, Ltd. The new superbank combined Mitsubishi's extensive network of domestic branches with Bank of Tokyo's overseas strength, and includes operations in a wide range of banking and financial services. Pr…
280 Park Avenue New York New York 10017 United States Bankers Trust New York Corporation, a multibillion-dollar bank holding company, is one of the largest commercial banks in the United States. The nature of the company's business has changed repeatedly since it was founded in 1903. It was first a bankers trust company; by the end of the 1920s it was a wholesale financial-services provider; next…
54 Lombard Street London EC3P 3AH United Kingdom Barclays PLC, a one-bank (Barclays Bank) holding company and the United Kingdom's largest bank, has it origins in the 18th century. Although located in the heart of London's commercial district, the bank became identified with the agricultural and fishing industries through mergers, an identification it retained through much of the 20th century. St…
54 Lombard Street London EC3P 3AH United Kingdom Company Perspectives: We aspire to be one of the most admired financial services organisations in the world, recognised as an innovative, customer-focused company that delivers superb products and services, ensures excellent careers for our people and contributes positively to the communities in which we live and work. With a rich history dating ba…
200 West Second Street Winston-Salem North Carolina 27101 U.S.A. Company Perspectives At BB&T we have two powerful passions. Our fundamental passion is our Vision: To Create The Best Financial Institution Possible--The "World Standard"--The "Best of the Best." We believe that the best can be objectively evaluated by rational performance standards in relation to the accomplishment of our mission. …
16, boulevard des Italiens 75009 Paris Cedex 09 France Company Perspectives: BNP Paribas, powerful growth potential and value creation. With its EUR 20 billion in reserves, and its large international presence, the new Group has the means to achieve its ambitions: to become a European leader in each of its markets by seizing the opportunities linked to the euro and to be a major player on the glo…
21-27 Lambs Conduit Street London WC1N 3BD United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Our Strategy: Our focus continues to be on growing our selective lending and retail businesses, whilst maintaining cost control. We aim to build and develop our retail business by investing in: A growing adviser base; improving the network; building new IT sales and support infrastructure. Increase margin in the selec…
59 Wall Street New York, New York 10005 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We are proud of our history, but prouder still of the energy and determination we provide to our clients every single day. Through good times and bad, in the United States and abroad, our dedication to prudent, personal services has been our hallmark. To be bigger is important to some, but for us, nothing is more important then …
37 Fleet Street London EC4P 4DQ United Kingdom Company Perspectives A bank dedicated to high quality personal service is a rarity today. At C. Hoare & Co., we combine an intelligent, professional approach to banking and investment management with care and courtesy. Our exclusive service is delivered by experienced managers who know and understand their customers. Founded over 300 years ago, we ar…
2980 Fairview Park Drive Suite 1300 Falls Church, Virginia 22042-4525 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our success is directly attributed to our progressive efforts in information technology, customer acquisition, and customer retention. Through our proprietary Information-Based Strategy (IBS), we have the ability to tailor our products to the appropriate customers as well as ensure that each individ…
102 South Main Street Greenville, South Carolina 29601 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Carolina First was created in 1986 with one simple, bold mission: to become a premier bank by putting customers first. After more than ten years of service, that guiding principle is more important than ever. Through our progressive and innovative approach to our customers, Carolina First delivers personable, flex…
P.O. Box 678 Portland, Maine 04104 U.S.A. Known as "The Bank of Maine," Casco Northern Bank has over $1 billion in assets and many offices throughout the state of Maine and has undergone many changes during its long history. During the 1970s the firm gained a national reputation for offering some of the most innovative banking services in the industry, including NOW accounts, the first such servi…
1600 W. Seventh Street Fort Worth, Texas 76102-2599 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: In last year's annual report, we discussed a return to our roots--a renewed focus on core lending activities. It was a strategy that had begun to show signs of success, and we made it our mission to continue these efforts throughout 2002. We're proud to say that we're on the right course. Our success is largely due t…
865 South Figueroa Street 34th Floor Los Angeles, California 90071 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: CB Richard Ellis exists to serve as an advisor to its clients, helping them seize market opportunities through seamless working relationships and a thorough understanding of their business objectives. Our professionals are motivated not by simply closing transactions, but by working collaboratively wit…
Barnett Way Gloucester GL4 3RL United Kingdom Company Perspectives: While remaining focused on its core business of mortgages and investments, C&G, now the UK's third-largest mortgage lender, has massively expanded its customer base and become a key component of one of the world's best-known financial services providers. Cheltenham & Gloucester PLC (C&G) is the third largest mortgage bank in the …
25 Finance St. Beijing China Company Perspectives CCB Essence: Teamwork, professionalism, innovation, and contribution. CCB Style: Faith, assiduity, truth, and motivation. China Construction Bank Corp. (CCB) is one of China's big four banks, and is also one of the 40 largest banks worldwide, with total assets of CNY 4.2 trillion ($522 billion) in 2005. The bank is also the first of China's large,…
1211 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10036 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Leasing and lending solutions. See it with CIT. CIT Group Inc. is one of the nation's leading specialty and commercia l finance companies. It specializes in lending, leasing, and financin g for small- to mid-sized companies. CIT is an expert in some of the more arcane aspects of corporate borrowing, using intimate k…
399 Park Avenue New York, New York 10043-0001 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We are an economic enterprise with ... a relentless focus on growth, aiming to increase earnings by double digits on average; a global orientation, but with deep local roots in every market where we operate; a highly diversified base of earnings that enables us to prosper under difficult market conditions; capital employed…
Comerica Tower at Detroit Center 500 Woodward Avenue, M/C 3391 Detroit, Michigan 48226 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We listen. We understand. We make it work. Comerica Incorporated is a multi-state financial services company based in Detroit. In 2001, Comerica had $42 billion in total assets, making it the 23rd largest bank in the United States. It operated 335 branch and supermarket offices and …
13220 California Street Omaha, Nebraska 68154 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Many Perspectives. One vision. People make the difference at Commercial Federal. Each of our 2,800 employees plays a starring role in delivering the kind of service that has separated Commercial Federal from the competition. We pride ourselves on presenting an "opening night" performance to each customer we serve, every da…
Neue Mainzer Strasse 32-36 D-6000 Frankfurt Federal Republic of Germany Commerzbank has long been one of Germany's leading commercial banks, one of the small number of large and powerful institutions that has dominated Germany's highly stratified banking industry. Although its size and strength nearly led to its demise after World War II, those qualities also allowed Commerzbank to bounce back qu…
Kaiserplatz 60261 Frankfurt am Main Germany Company Perspectives: Commerzbank's six basic strategic goals: to consolidate the Bank's position as a European integrated financial institution; to achieve a stronger position in selected investment-banking products; to realize broader and more intensive cooperation with Generali; to become market leader in e-commerce banking; to develop the Bank's int…
15 S. 20th Street Birmingham, Alabama 35233 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: On March 2, 1964, we opened our first branch in Birmingham, Alabama, as Central Bank & Trust Company. Customers soon discovered we were different, better. We were more innovative, more willing to serve people in ways that other banks wouldn't. And that's the story of our growth. Compass Bancshares, Inc. is the holding compan…
2525 Horizon Lake Drive, Suite 120 Memphis, Tennessee 38133 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Reliable performance and continuous uptime are priorities, because processing transactions is our core competency. Concord EFS, Inc., based in Memphis, Tennessee, provides a full range of electronic payment and deposit services, from authorizing and routing a fund transfer to settlement. The company's Network…
2-12 Holmens Kanal DK-1092 Copenhagen K Denmark Company Perspectives: Our core values: Integrity-in business conduct and with the community at large; Accessibility-electronic and physical--in business and communications; Value creation-for shareholders, customers and employees; Expertise-through high standards for quality and professionalism; Commitment-to customers' financial affairs. Danske Ban…
Taunusanlage 12 60262 Frankfurt am Main Germany Deutsche Bank A.G. has weathered two world wars, three depressions, and a divided Germany to become one of the world's leading financial institutions and one of the ten largest banks in the world in the mid-1990s. It has positioned itself as a Europe-wide universal bank (one that offers a variety of services) and a global investment bank. Deutsche B…
Taunusanlage 12 60262 Frankfurt am Main Germany Company Perspectives: Deutsche Bank is dedicated to being the best financial services provider in the world. We endeavour to use our breadth of experience, capabilities and financial strength to create value for our shareholders, customers, employees and society as a whole. Deutsche Bank AG has weathered two world wars, three depressions, and a divi…
589 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10017 U.S.A. Dime Savings Bank of New York ("the Dime") is a full-service bank offering a wide variety of financial services, mostly residential property loans but also commercial real estate and consumer loans. The Dime operates over 40 banking offices in the New York City area. In the early 1990s the bank had assets totalling over $8 billion and was presided …
Jurgen-Ponto-Platz 1 Post Office Box 1100661 6000 Frankfurt am Main 11 Federal Republic of Germany When Carl Freiherr von Kaskel, Felix Freiherr, and Eugene Gutman opened the doors of the Dresden Bankhaus for business in Dresden on December 1, 1872, the time was ripe for new banks in Germany. Before its victory over France in 1871 organized Germany as a modern nation-state, there had not even bee…
Jurgen-Ponto-Platz 1 60301 Frankfurt Germany Company Perspectives: We have set ourselves a full agenda for the years to come: we want to optimize our portfolio of businesses, and to reduce those activities that fail to meet our profitability targets. This is particularly relevant in view of the rapid development of our business environment, and the continued dynamic consolidation in the European …
100, boulevard Konrad Adenauer L-2950 Luxembourg Company Perspectives: Our mission is to further the objectives of the European Union by making long-term finance available for sound investment. As the primary financial arm of the European Union, the European Investment Bank (EIB) is also the world's largest bank and the world's largest lender, topping even such better-known institutions as the Wo…
1133 Twenty-First Street N.W., Suite 600 Washington, D.C. 20036 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Farmer Mac accomplishes its public policy mission primarily by purcha sing, or committing to purchase, qualified loans from agricultural mo rtgage lenders, thereby replenishing their source of funds to make ne w loans. Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac) was chartered with the intention…
3900 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington, DC 200016-2899 United States The Federal National Mortgage Association, better known as Fannie Mae, is worth more than $100 billion, making it the third largest corporation in the United States in terms of assets. The one-time government agency has made a tremendous impact on the home finance industry since it was chartered by Congress in 1938. As a publicly …
38 Fountain Square Plaza Fifth Third Center Cincinnati, Ohio 45263 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Each time we pass another milestone of consistent earnings growth, I am often asked 'how we do it' or 'how can we continue.' All I can say is that the only thing that has remained constant at Fifth Third over the past 25 years is our simple focus on a few basics--hard work, aggressive selling, teamwork…
30 South Pearl Street Albany, New York 12207-0052 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We will now be directing our efforts and capital to research-driven investment banking, capital markets, and venture capital operations. This positions First Albany as one of the only employee-owned public companies remaining in the securities industry with a pure institutional focus. First Albany Companies Inc., actin…
5660 New Northside Drive Suite 1400 Atlanta, Georgia 30328 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Although First Data has 33,000 employees, all business activities and decisions are guided by a core set of values. They serve as the foundation for everything First Data does, and it's through these values that First Data maintains a profitable and well-run business. The First Data values are: embodying the h…
550 Broad Street Newark, New Jersey 07102 U.S.A. First Fidelity Bank is regarded as one of the most stable and reliable financial institutions in the United States. With a distinguished history dating back to 1812, encompassing numerous banking panics, a civil war, two world wars, and the Great Depression, First Fidelity has developed into one of the preeminent banks on the eastern coast of Ameri…
1132 Bishop Street Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 U.S.A. With assets of $7.3 billion in 1994, First Hawaiian, Inc., is the second largest bank holding company in Hawaii. Its primary subsidiary is First Hawaiian Bank. Through that bank and four other subsidiaries, the holding company operates about 90 bank branches, provides various financial services, and leases and finances commercial equipment and vehi…
707 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles California 90017 United States First Interstate Bancorp is one of the largest bank holding companies in the United States. The company's 55 banks collectively operate 1,033 branches in 13 states, giving it the widest geographical coverage of any banking company in the country. First Interstate is a familiar name to literally millions of Americans who bank there.…
135 Main Street San Francisco, California 94105 U.S.A. With more than 150 branches in seven states and assets of about $15 billion, First Nationwide Bank was among the largest savings and loan institutions in the United States going into the mid-1990s. The bank provides a full range of consumer financial services, including banking, loan, and investment services. Beginning in the mid-1980s, First…
108 East Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007 U.S.A. First of America Bank Corporation is one of the Midwest's largest bank holding companies and is ranked among the top 35 banking companies in the country based on net income, profitability, and size. Its 566 branch banks in Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana offer conventional checking and savings programs as well as numerous other financial s…
165 Madison Avenue Memphis, Tennessee 38103 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our goal is to be the most efficient revenue growth company. We will never relinquish our focus on revenue growth, for that is the foundation for our future. One of the 50 largest bank holding companies in the United States, First Tennessee National Corporation has provided banking services to Tennesseans since the Civil War…
8200 Jones Branch Drive McLean, Virginia 22102-3110 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Freddie Mac is a shareholder-owned corporation whose people are dedicated to improving the quality of life by making the American dream of decent, accessible housing a reality. We accomplish this mission by linking Main Street to Wall Street--purchasing, securitizing and investing in home mortgages, and ultimately pr…
49 Commons Loop Kalispell, Montana 59901 U.S.A. With assets of more than $950 million, Glacier Bancorp, Inc. is one of the largest financial institutions in Montana. A multibank holding company, Glacier Bancorp operates in western and central Montana through five principal subsidiaries--Glacier Bank, Glacier Bank of Whitefish and Glacier Bank of Eureka, First Security Bank of Missoula, Valley Ban…
122 West Street Keene, New Hampshire 03431 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Granite Bank is proud of the fact that, although it has grown far larger in scope and size than the seven original incorporators could have foreseen, it has never lost sight of the need for a bank to be more than just about money. With offices spread from the western border of New Hampshire clear to the eastern seaboard, Gran…
401 East Liberty Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 U.S.A. Great Lakes Bancorp is the second largest savings bank in Michigan, operating 46 branches statewide and in northern Ohio. Specializing in residential mortgages, Great Lakes also offers its customers loans for construction and commercial business as well as checking services and savings plans. Great Lakes Bancorp began late in the nineteenth…
1100 Landmark Towers 345 St. Peter Street St. Paul, Minnesota 55102-1639 Green Tree Financial Corporation is the only company in the United States to specialize in manufactured home loans. As such, it captured over 25 percent of that business by 1993. The corporation originates, pools, sells, and services manufactured home loans using a vehicle known in the industry as conditional sales contracts…
Roberto Medellin 800 Mexico City, D.F. 01210 Mexico Company Perspectives: Grupo Financiero Banamex's integration to Citigroup allows it nowadays to offer a broad range of financial services in Mexico and worldwide as part of the main company of financial services in the world, with 200 million accountholders in over 100 countries. Grupo Financiero Banamex S.A. (Banamex) is the largest financial g…
One Hancock Plaza Gulfport, Mississippi 39501 U.S.A. Hancock Holding Company was incorporated in 1984 to acquire the Hancock Bank of Gulfport, Mississippi. Through its primary subsidiary of Hancock Bank, the fifth largest bank in Mississippi, as well as Hancock Bank of Louisiana and other financial service firms, the company offers a wide variety of products, such as commercial, mortgage, and con…
83 Des Voeux Road, Central Hong Kong Company Perspectives: Our corporate tagline--'Hang Seng Bank. Exceed. Excel.'--highlights the high standards we have set ourselves to exceed your expectations and excel in our operations. We shall continue to grow with you and with Hong Kong in the years ahead, helping you realize your financial aspirations and scaling new heights as the 'ever-growing bank.' H…
313 Carondelet Street New Orelans, Louisiana 70130 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Hibernia's purpose is to help people achieve their financial goals and realize their dreams. Hibernia's Ten Commandments: 1. Make service matter; 2. Act empowered, like owners; 3. Make smart, quick decisions; 4. Sell ethically and aggressively, accept prudent risk and price accordingly; 5. Encourage continuous improve…
2700 Sanders Road Prospect Heights, Illinois 60070-2799 U.S.A. Household International, Inc. is the oldest, as well as the second largest, consumer finance company in the United States. Founded in Minneapolis in 1878 by Frank Mackey, the company has grown almost continuously since its inception and has at the same time led the way in educating consumers about an industry that has frequently been …
One Hudson City Centre Hudson, New York U.S.A. Company Perspectives: As we move forward and look ahead at the changes that are sure to come, we believe it is important to look back and draw from the core values that have guided our institution over the last 150 years. We believe our commitment to our communities and response to the needs of our customers has been the basis of our longevity and ou…
Irish Life Centre Lower Abbey Street Dublin, 1 Ireland Company Perspectives: The Irish Life & Permanent group is a leading provider of personal financial services in the Irish market. Irish Life & Permanent Plc (ILP) is the Republic of Ireland's third largest financial institution. The combination of Irish Life, Irish Permanent, and TSB Bank, ILP operates in both the insurance and retail banking …
500 Washington Street Columbus Indiana 47201 U.S.A. Company Perspectives We believe the purpose of our business is to create superior value for all of our stakeholders through a dedication to service, treating others as we would want to be treated, a long-term orientation, and the pursuit of the highest standards. The businesses of holding company Irwin Financial Corporation engage in consumer an…
12-1 Yurakucho 1-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100 Japan The Japan Leasing Corporation is one of the largest commercial leasing companies in Japan. The company is owned by a diverse combination of Japan's largest companies. This owners' club, which consists of about 80 corporations, includes Ricoh, NEC, Hitachi, Komatsu, Toshiba, Mitsubishi, Marubeni, and the Long Term Credit Bank of Japan, with whom it…
Bahnhofstrasse 36 CH-8010 Zurich Switzerland Company Perspectives: Julius Baer Group's Mission: We believe private property is an essential feature of an open society and of a future worth aspiring to. We support social and cultural activities. We recognize and respect the ethical principles of a humane society and structure our operations in such a way as to preserve natural resources. Clients: …
20 Fenchurch Street London EC3P 3DB United Kingdom During their golden age, there was an air of exoticism and romance surrounding British merchant bankers. Many were foreign merchants who had moved to London to escape the turmoil of the Napoleonic wars, and their fraternity had a distinctly international quality. In time, they diversified into banking and loaned money overseas, providing capital …
9-1, 2-ga, Namdaemoon-ro Jung-gu Seoul 100-703 South Korea Company Perspectives: Our vision is to be the leading bank in Asia. To realize this vision, we will value and foster our four Kookmin Bank aspirations: to set the standards for excellence in customer service by offering competitive financial products and services supported by choice, convenience, and ease of access and information; to del…
Level 46 Tower Building Australia Square Sydney NSW 2000 Australia Company Perspectives: We see ourselves as a "transformation company," whose goal is to ensure the creation of long term value for shareholders. We also aim to continue to build a store of wealth for shareholders in ways which are not immediately reflected in accounting profits. A core strength in all of its activities is the Lend …
71 Lombard Street London EC3P 3BS United Kingdom Lloyds Bank PLC is one of the Big Four British clearing banks and Britain's fourth-largest bank. Through the bank and its subsidiary and associated companies, Lloyds offers a wide variety of international banking and financial services. It has almost 2,700 branches throughout the United Kingdom, and its international business is conducted through a…
71 Lombard Street London, EC3P 3BS United Kingdom Company Perspectives: We aim to set an example in the conduct of our business. We demand honesty and integrity in everything we do, and will not do business if our standards are endangered. We greatly value our good reputation. Lloyds TSB Group plc is one of the Big Four British clearing banks in the United Kingdom. Through the bank and its subsid…
London Scottish House, Mount Street Manchester M2 3LS United Kingdom Company Perspectives: London Scottish Bank is a Specialist Financial Services Company. It has been Established for over a century. Over 2000 staff provide services to the Public and Private sectors, as well as the consumer, through a nationwide network of over 100 Branches and a state of the art Call Centre. Its High Power Syste…
201 Old Country Road Melville, New York 11747 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We build lifelong relationships by listening to our customers and fulfilling their changing financial needs. Long Island Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company for The Long Island Savings Bank, FSB, which converted from a mutual to a stock form of organization in 1994. The Long Island Savings Bank was one of the ten largest …
Level 15, No. 1 Martin Pl. Sydney NSW 2000 Australia Company Perspectives: What We Stand For: Macquarie Bank aspires to be a pre-eminent provider of financial services over the long haul. We recognise that, however our achievements to date are judged, the quest for improvement is never ending. The Macquarie culture is represented by the way in which we act and work together. The values to which w…
770 North Water Street Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Marshall & Ilsley Corporation is committed to an environment in which ... our Customers receive high quality financial services consistent with sound, honest and progressive business practices ... our Employees are inspired to excel and grow, both personally and professionally, in an atmosphere of trust, integrity and …
888 7th Avenue New York, New York 10106 U.S.A. MasterCard is one of the major credit cards used regularly by people in the United States, second only in name recognition and worldwide billings to Visa. By marketing itself to ordinary men and women, in contrast to Visa's efforts to capture an upper-income clientele, MasterCard is slowly chipping away at Visa's market share in both the United State…
1100 North King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: MBNA is a company of people committed to: Providing the Customer with the finest products backed by consistently top-quality service. Delivering these products and services efficiently, thus ensuring fair prices to the Customer and a sound investment for the stockholder. Treating the Customer as we expect to be treated…
One Mellon Bank Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15258-0001 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We have built our company upon a well-defined strategy: provide a breadth of financial solutions to our customers--what they need, when they need them, how they want them delivered. It's the core of our success in the marketplace, the root of shareholder value, our foundation for growth. With nearly $2.8 trill…
27-32 Poultry London EC2P 2BX United Kingdom Midland Bank plc is one of the leading deposit banks in the United Kingdom. Following its heyday in the first half of the 20th century, when it was the largest bank in the world, Midland flirted with disaster in the 1980s due to an ill-conceived international expansion and then recovered some of its luster after its acquisition by HSBC Holdings plc. Ra…
1333 East 9400 South Sandy, Utah 84093 U.S.A. Mountain States Mortgage Centers is a large mortgage banking firm that originates and services residential mortgage loans for new homes, refinancings, debt consolidation, construction, home improvement, and home equity. Registered to operate in most states and the District of Columbia, Mountain States has over 100 different programs to help its custom…
30000 Aurora Road Solon, Ohio 44139 U.S.A. National Auto Credit, Inc. is a "new" company with a 25-year heritage. In 1994, the firm shifted its focus from the insurance-replacement segment of the auto rental industry to used car sales and financing. Its initial establishment as Agency Rent-A-Car in 1971 formed the foundation of the insurance-replacement segment of the auto rental industry, consis…
86 Eolou Street Athens 102 32 Greece Company Perspectives: National Bank of Greece, the oldest and largest among Greek banks, heads the strongest financial group in the country. It boasts a dynamic profile internationally, particularly in Southeastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean. National Bank of Greece (NBG) has been a focal point of Greek business and financial life almost from the tim…
41 Lothbury London EC2P 2BP United Kingdom National Westminster Bank (NatWest) was created in 1968 by the merger of three major banks all established in the early 19th century: the District Bank, the National Provincial Bank, and the Westminster Bank. By vigorously expanding in size and significantly improving the quality of its customer services since its first business day in 1970, NatWest over…
P.O. Box 3000 Merrifield, Virginia 22119-3000 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: For more than 60 years, Navy Federal has been tailoring a customized assortment of services to the lifestyle of the men and women of the US Navy and Marine Corps and members of their families. Driving that service is a commitment to our vision, which states: Navy Federal Credit Union will perform with such excellence that …
Hamngatan 10 SE-10571 Stockholm Sweden Company Perspectives: Vision: We shall be valued as the leading financial services group in the Nordic and Baltic financial markets with a substantial growth potential. Ambition: We shall be number one or number two or show superior and profitable growth in every market and product area in which we choose to compete. We shall have the leading multichannel di…
Northern Rock House Gosforth Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 4PL England Company Perspectives: We will continue to introduce innovative mortgage products and steadily expand our commercial and personal finance lending activities. We are also giving active consideration to securitisation both as a funding mechanism and to provide additional volume growth. New retail savings products will be introduced bot…
50 South LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois 60675 U.S.A. Not as large as Chase Manhattan, nor as well known as J. P. Morgan, the Northern Trust Company has built a solid reputation on personal trust management. With stable leadership, conservative but sound policies, and the ability to create its own opportunities, this century-old bank is regarded as one of the most reliable banking institutions i…
Peterborough Business Park Lynch Wood Peterborough Cambridgeshire PE2 6WZ United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Our Mission: To be the best independent regional building society in the UK. Our values: To create a business environment within which staff display initiative, maximise opportunity and provide our members and customers with a professional, prompt and caring service. To provide imaginati…
Old Mutual Pl., 2 Lambeth Hill London EC4V 4GG United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Strategy: Old Mutual is on a path to internationalization of the company. Founded over 150 years ago in Cape Town, South Africa, today Old Mutual is an expanding financial services organization with operations in the USA, UK, India, and other territories, plus the largest and best-known financial services group in…
27051 Towne Centre Drive Foothill Ranch, California 92610 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Onyx's prime and near-prime lending proficiency is the foundation for its contract purchasing, securitization and servicing operations. During its first nine years, Onyx has earned a reputation as a reliable and consistent source for dealers to effectively and competitively place their prime and near-prime auto…
6170 McLeod Drive Las Vegas, Nevada 89120 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our mission is to be the leading diversified gaming company by providing dynamic solutions to our gaming industry customers. We provide value adding proprietary table games, unique slot distribution methodologies, creative financing and leasing alternatives, and niche casino operations. We constantly endeavor to provide our em…
209 Avenida Munoz Rivera Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00918 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Banco Popular is a local institution dedicating its efforts exclusively to the enhancement of the social and economic conditions in Puerto Rico and inspired by the most sound principles and fundamental practices of good banking. Banco Popular pledges its efforts and resources to the development of a banking service …
201 Mission Street San Francisco, California 94105-1831 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Key to Providian's future success will be the implementation of a balanced business strategy focusing on the middle and prime portions of the credit spectrum. Leveraging core marketing and underwriting competencies, and our proprietary modeling and analytical skills, the Company plans to attract and retain credit…
Jl. Asemka Nos. 32-36 Jakarta Barat 11110 Indonesia Company Perspectives: From the very beginning, we have always concentrated our business on catering to the needs of our retail customers, distributors as well as small to medium sized enterprises. These sectors have been proven to endure, even during the most difficult economic periods. Our full commitment to these sectors has paid off as it has…
PO Box 17100 3500 HG Utrecht The Netherlands Company Perspectives: We, the staff and management of the Rabobank Group, have as both point of departure and primary goal the best interests of our customers. We aim to add value by: providing those financial services considered best and most appropriate by our customers; ensuring continuity in the services provided with a view to the long-term intere…
1521 Locust Street, Suite 400 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We operate energy and real estate finance businesses through our subsidiaries, Atlas America, Inc. and Resource Properties, Inc. Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Resource America, Inc. has been involved in the production of gas and oil throughout its more than 50 years of existence. During the 1990s, h…
19 Vavilova Street 117997 Moscow Russia Company Perspectives: The Bank's mission is to meet requirements in banking services of high quality and reliability of each client, including private, corporate, and government entities, on the entire territory of Russia, ensuring stable functioning of the Russian banking system, public savings, and their investment into the real sector of the economy cont…
333 South Hope Street Los Angeles California 90071 United States In the space of two decades, Security Pacific has grown from a mid-sized regional southern California bank into the nation's sixth-largest bank-holding company and an international player in a range of non-banking financial industries. SecPac has shed the image that gave it the name "Security Pathetic" for its once meager earnings, …
Kungsträdgårdsgatan 8 S-106 40 Stockholm Sweden Company Perspectives: SEB's business concept is to offer financial advice and to handle financial risks and transactions for companies and private individuals in order to: create real customer satisfaction, give shareholders a competitive return, and be seen as good corporate citizens of society. The group strives to be a leading North European ba…
Kungsträ°årdsgatan 8 S-106 40 Stockholm Sweden The S-E-Bank Group, the parent of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken and Scandinavia's largest banking group, continues to move ahead in a highly competitive market by its consistent pursuit of two goals: to expand in widening geographical areas and to add profitable financial instruments and services in response to demand. As government banking pol…
The Bailey Skipton BD23 1DN United Kingdom Company Perspectives At Skipton, we consider ourselves to be a strong and innovative provider in the mortgage and investment markets. But at a time of great competition, the Society has grown by acquiring subsidiary companies which has set us apart from our contemporaries. This group structure enables us to strengthen our position and build for the futur…
11600 Sallie Mae Drive Reston, Virginia 20193 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The key to Sallie Mae's success is the vitality of the mission it serves: ensuring universal access to higher education through low cost, well-serviced student loans. Meeting the needs of its customers and its partners in the higher education and financial communities is what will drive the success of the company for the n…
37 East Main Street Warrenton, Virginia 20186 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our primary strategic objective is to serve the small to medium-sized business market with an array of unique and useful services, including a full array of commercial mortgage and nonmortgage loans. These loans include commercial real estate loans, construction to permanent loans, development and builder loans, accounts r…
38 Bishopsgate London EC2N 4DE United Kingdom Standard Chartered PLC is the parent company of a number of banks and financial service companies spread across the world. Its largest subsidiary is Standard Chartered Bank, which accounts for the overwhelming majority of its operations. Standard Chartered is in some ways a relict of the British Empire. Standard Chartered was formed in 1969 as a merge…
1 Aldermanbury Square London EC2V 7SB United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Our consumer and wholesale banking operations are focused on countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Latin America. Our greatest asset is our unique knowledge, insight, and understanding of these markets and of our customers' needs. We are committed to excellence in customer service, to delivering consi…
2600 West Big Beaver Road Troy, Michigan 48084 U.S.A. Standard Federal Bank stands as the largest thrift institution in the Midwest and the seventh largest in the United States. Founded in 1893, the bank survived the Great Depression of the 1930s and the savings and loan crises of the 1980s to enter 1993 with strong growth and assets of approximately $10 billion. The bank operates a retail franch…
State Bank Bhavan, Madame Cama R Mumbai 400 021 India State Bank of India (SBI) is that country's largest commercial bank. The government-controlled bank--the Indian government maintains a stake of nearly 60 percent in SBI through the central Reserve Bank of India--also operates the world's largest branch network, with more than 13,500 branch offices throughout India, staffed by nearly 220,000 em…
10708 West Janesville Road Hales Corners, Wisconsin 53130 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: At State Financial Services Corporation our mission is to be the premier provider of financial services to consumers and businesses, providing a wide range of financial options in the markets we serve. We have positioned ourselves as a one-stop, full-service provider of financial products and services rooted in…
3-2, Marunouchi 1-Chrome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0005 Japan Company Perspectives: Our mission is to provide optimum added value to our customers and together with them achieve growth; to create sustainable shareholder value through business growth; and to provide a challenging and professionally rewarding work environment for our dedicated employees. Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) was fo…
200 Lake Street East Wayzata, Minnesota 55391-1693 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: TCF became a public company in 1986 and since that time we have had a simple and consistent philosophy of banking. Our strong conviction that our customers come first is the driving force that has made TCF one of the best performing banks in the country. We listen to our customers and we have provided the products and…
48 Wall Street New York New York 10286 United States Certain corporations come to bear the impress of a single, dominant individual, and for more than 200 years the Bank of New York has exemplified the fiscal policies, character, and even the temperament of its chief founder, Alexander Hamilton. The patrician lawyer was famous for his brilliant theories of finance, for his personal elegance, and …
One Wall Street New York, New York 10286 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Since its inception, The Bank of New York has built upon its initial successes and today is one of the largest financial holding companies in the United States. From the vantage point of an institution that financed merchants whose vessels carried goods throughout the world two centuries ago, The Bank of New York looks forward …
1-5, Uchi-Saiwaicho 1-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100 Japan The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, or DKB, is the largest commercial bank in the world. A traditionally conservative bank deeply rooted in the domestic economy, DKB was largely unprepared for its rapid rise to leadership in international banking during the 1970s. DKB is the product of a relatively recent merger between two established hundred-year-old…
5-5, Otemachi 1-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100 Japan The Fuji Bank was once the core of the Yasuda zaibatsu, or industrial conglomerate. Unlike other conglomerates, which entered almost every industry, Yasuda confined its business to banking, insurance, and lending. It built a strong presence in these areas which, through economic disruption and war, persists to this day. While the Yasuda zaibatsu no…
The Mound Edinburgh EH1 1YZ United Kingdom The Bank of Scotland's long history reaches back to 1695 when, uniquely among Scottish banks, it was founded by an Act of the Scottish Parliament; it is today one of the few remaining institutions to be created by that body. The main components of the Bank of Scotland consist of the NWS BANK plc, the group's financial house; the British Linen Bank (acqui…
1-3-3, Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100 Japan The Industrial Bank of Japan, or IBJ, is almost exclusively a banker to industry. It is regarded by many as a semi-autonomous government agency that acts closely with various ministries to achieve wider national economic goals. It is, in effect, the banker's bank, acting as a primary source of funds and coordinating new bond issues and debentures for g…
1-1-2, Yuraku-cho Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100 Japan It is commonly believed that the Mitsui zaibatsu, or conglomerate, started its business as a bank. In fact, the company began trading in textiles and entered banking only after Takatoshi Hachirobei, a founder, decided in 1683 that currency would soon replace the barter system. That year Mitsui purchased a money exchange. This exchange began a slow, ste…
1241 Main Street Columbia, South Carolina 29201 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Like most things that are built to last, your banking relationship wi th NBSC will tend to appreciate with age. For nearly 100 years, longe r than most banks have been in business, the thing that has set NBSC apart has been our strong customer relationships. We've helped busine sses and individuals in South Carolina Pros…
1 Place Ville Marie Post Office Box 6001 Montreal, Quebec H3C 3A9 Canada Company Perspectives: Our Vision is to be Canada's premier global financial services provider, with committed people working as a team to exceed customer and shareholder expectations. Our Focus is on improving performance in each of our businesses to achieve consistent and superior returns for our shareholders. Our Strategic…
42 St. Andrew Square Edinburgh EH2 2YE United Kingdom Company Perspectives: We aim to be recognised as the best performing financial services group in the United Kingdom. In striving towards that aim we are mindful of the responsibilities to shareholders, customers, employees and the communities in which we operate. Achieving our aim while successfully balancing these responsibilities is the prim…
1-1 Otemachi, 1-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, 100 Japan The Sanwa Bank, Ltd. is the world's most profitable bank and second only to Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd. in terms of total assets. Its surge to the top of the banking world during the mid-1990s has been based on the serious efforts it has made in Japan to contain costs and expand its retail base; expansion into North America in the 1980s; and an …
21-24, Nishiki 3-chome Naka-ku Nagoya, 460 Japan The Tokai Bank, Limited is one of the leading city banks in Japan. Based in Nagoya, it is the dominant bank in Japan's industrial region of Chubu, where Toyota, among other companies, is based. The product of a wartime amalgamation, Tokai offers retail, commercial, and investment banking services in its home market through 285 retail branches and m…
Watling St. Bexleyheath Kent DA6 7RR United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Our Business: The Woolwich aims to be the most effective provider of diversified personal financial services in the U.K. Offering a wide spectrum of solutions to customers' lending, investing and protecting needs, it also possesses the vision and the determination to be the best. The Woolwich plc is one of the United Kingdo…
Royal Trust Tower Toronto Dominion Centre Toronto Ontario M5K 1G8 Canada Trilon Financial Corporation is a diversified Canadian financial services company that manages trust, insurance, and brokerage operations through three principal subsidiaries. Trilon was formed in 1982 as the financial service company of Brascan, a natural resource recovery and power production company founded in 1899 by Bra…
Bahnhofstrasse 45 CH-8098 Zurich Switzerland Company Perspectives: Our vision is to be the pre-eminent global integrated investment services firm and the leading bank in Switzerland. We are the world's leading provider of private banking services and one of the largest asset managers globally. In the investment banking and securities businesses, we are among the select bracket of major global hou…
Avenida Eusebio Matoso 891 São Paulo 05423-901 Brazil Company Perspectives: Our Mission (Why we exist): To contribute actively, as a financial institution, for the economic development of the country, attending, in balanced form, to the expectations, necessities, and interests of customers, functionaries, and shareholders. Unibanco Holdings S.A. is the holding company for Unibanco - Uniao de Ban…
350 California Street San Francisco, California 94104 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: At Union Bank, we are building on our strengths. We appreciate our customers' business and work hard to maintain their loyalty. We believe that we stand out from our competitors because of our highly professional staff and superior service. In late 1995, it was announced that Union Bank of San Francisco planned to …
32 avenue d'Iéna 75783 Paris France Company Perspectives: Our activity: Giving everyone access to wealth. Union Financière de France has loyally followed its calling for the last 34 years: to provide as many people as possible with the service normally reserved to the wealthiest people. To achieve success in this, we rely on our highly trained and experienced team of financial advisors who prov…
6200 Poplar Avenue Memphis, Tennessee 38119 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Corporation is the largest bank holding company headquartered in Tennessee and is one of the 30 largest bank holding companies headquartered in the United States. With more than $34 billion in assets, Memphis-based Union Planters Corporation is Tennessee's largest bank holding company and one of the 30 largest in the cou…
400 California Street San Francisco, California 94104 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: At Union Bank, we are building on our strengths. We appreciate our customers' business and work hard to maintain their loyalty. We believe that we stand out from our competitors because of our highly professional staff and superior service. San Francisco-based UnionBanCal Corporation is a commercial bank holding co…
80 Raffles Place UOB Plaza 1 048624 Singapore Company Perspectives: Our mission is to be a Premier Bank in the Asia-Pacific region, committed to providing Quality Products and Excellent Customer Service. United Overseas Bank Ltd. (UOB) is the second largest bank in Singapore and is staking a claim on the larger Asian-Pacific region. The bank offers the full range of commercial and corporate banki…
9800 Fredericksburg Road San Antonio, Texas 78288 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The mission of USAA is to facilitate the financial security of its members, associates, and their families through provision of a full range of highly competitive financial products and services; in so doing USAA seeks to be the provider of choice for the military community. USAA is a diversified insurance and financia…
Postbus 1021 's Hertogenbosch Netherlands Company Perspectives Van Lanschot provides personal services where other institutions can no longer do so due to their size. The personal relationship with clients is at the core of Van Lanschot's business. Independence, flexibility and confidentiality are important pillars for how we want to do business. Our co-entrepreneurial approach has proved to be t…
3155 Clearview Way San Mateo, California 94402-3798 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Today, Visa offers the widest range of financial services in the bankcard industry. Visa's diverse product line includes credit and debit cards, travelers cheques, Visa stored value cards, corporate and business cards, as well as new, state of the art products such as our online products and services, and the Visa Gl…
100 Wall Street New York, New York 10005 U.S.A. Waterhouse Investor Services, Inc. provides, through its principal subsidiary, Waterhouse Securities, Inc., discount brokerage and related financial services, primarily to retail customers throughout the United States. It was the nation's fifth-largest discount brokerage house in 1995. Through another wholly owned subsidiary, Waterhouse National Ban…
420 Montgomery Street San Francisco, California 94163 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Wells Fargo was founded on the American frontier 148 years ago to satisfy a fundamental human need&mdashø connect one customer to another and one market to another by transporting goods, services and funds fast and securely across great distances. We're still doing it today. Our vision--satisfying all our customer…
6200 South Quebec Street Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We believe there is something beyond building a business that gives a company a higher purpose. The Western Union higher purpose is to help people improve the quality of their lives. We believe a company, with both its human resources and financial resources, should make the world in which it lives a better pl…
Greenly House Dukes Place London EC3 England Wood Hall Trust is a company in the process of disposing of its assets. A large and diversified company with interests in construction, shipping, and mercantile operations, Wood Hall Trust was acquired in 1982 by Elders IXL, the Australian conglomerate. Acquired for its more profitable enterprises, which have been merged into those of the new parent co…
108 Frederick Street Greenville, South Carolina 29607 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our Mission: To be of service to our customers. To provide our employees a good work place with fair compensations, good benefits and advancement opportunities. To be sound. To be profitable. To be large. A provider of consumer loans, World Acceptance Corporation focuses mainly on the subprime market, comprised of …
1818 H Street, North West Washington, District of Columbia 20433 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The World Bank is the world's largest source of development assistance, providing nearly $30 billion in loans annually to its client countries. The Bank uses its financial resources, its highly trained staff, and its extensive knowledge base to individually help each developing country onto a path of sta…