Money Center Banks Industry Competitors

Welcome to the machine. The second-largest bank in the US by assets (behind Citigroup), Bank of America boasts the country's most extensive branch network, with more than 6,100 locations covering some 30 states from coast to coast....

No Napoleon complex here. One of Europe's largest banks, BNP Paribas operates some 2,200 retail branches in France and has operations in about 85 other countries (earning slightly more than half of its revenues outside of France). The company and its many subsidiaries specialize in retail banking, corporate and investment banking, and asset management....

This is the Citi. One of the largest financial services firms known to man, Citigroup (aka Citi) has more than 3,000 bank branches and consumer finance offices in the US and Canada, plus more than 2,000 additional locations in about 100 other countries. The first US bank with more than $1 trillion in assets, Citigroup and its many subsidiaries offer deposits and loans (mainly through Citibank), credit cards, investment banking, brokerage, wealth management, alternative investments, and a panoply of other retail and corporate financial services....

Credit Suisse Group is the #2 financial services firm in Switzerland, though far behind behemoth UBS. Credit Suisse is divided into three segments: investment banking, private banking, and asset management. Its investment banking division provides debt and equity underwriting, mergers & acquisitions, and other securities services....

HSBC would be a real alphabet soup if the company's name reflected its geographic diversity. One of the world's top banks by assets, HSBC Holdings is active throughout the UK and Europe, North and South America, Asia/Pacific, Australia, the Middle East, and Africa....

This stagecoach likely makes a stop near you. One of the top banks in the US, Wells Fargo operates about 3,300 bank branches in about two dozen western and midwestern states, and around 3,400 mortgage and consumer finance offices nationwide. Services include consumer and business banking, investment management, insurance, and venture capital investment....

Sure, the US is running a huge trade deficit, but don't blame the Export-Import Bank of the United States for not trying to stem the tide. The government agency (Ex-Im Bank for short) provides financing for the export of American goods and services, mainly to developing countries....

Where do banks in the southeastern US bank? Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta. More than 1,200 commercial banks, credit unions, insurance companies, and thrifts in the southeast bank at the institution, which calls itself FHLBank Atlanta. It's one of 12 Federal Home Loan Banks in the Federal Home Loan Bank System and is cooperatively owned by its member institutions, ranging in size from organizations with less than $5 million in assets to "super-regionals" with more than $125 billion....

Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston is banking on the continued support of other banks. About 500 financial institutions in New England bank with Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston. Using private sector capital, it provides funds for residential mortgages and community development loans to its members, including banks, thrifts, credit unions, and insurance companies....

Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago rests residential mortgages on its broad shoulders. The bank funds residential mortgages and community development loans for about 840 commercial banks, credit unions, insurance companies, and thrifts throughout Illinois and Wisconsin....

FHLB in Cincinnati doesn't have a Dr. Johnny Fever, but it may be just what the doctor ordered for home buyers and developers in its district. Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati provides funds for residential mortgages and community development loans to some 725 member commercial banks, thrifts, credit unions, and insurance companies in Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee....

Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas is a public servant. One of a dozen Federal Home Loan Banks in operation around the country, Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas makes residential mortgage and community development financing available to its nearly 900 member institutions, which include some 750 community banks and thrifts, plus credit unions and insurance companies....

Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines (FHLB-Des Moines), part of the Federal Home Loan Bank System established by Congress in 1932, provides loans and other support services to member institutions that, in turn, provide funding for housing and economic development in their communities....

Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis is one of 12 regional banks in the Federal Home Loan Bank System established by Congress in 1932. It provides funding for residential mortgages and community development loans to about 420 member financial institutions, including banks, credit unions, insurance companies, and thrifts in Indiana and Michigan....

Federal Home Loan Bank of New York provides funds for residential mortgages and community-development to some 300 member banks, thrifts, credit unions, and insurance companies in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. One of a dozen Federal Home Loan Banks in the US, it is cooperatively owned by its member institutions and supervised by the Federal Housing Finance Board....

The city by the bay is the home to the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, one of 12 regional banks in the Federal Home Loan Bank System chartered by Congress in the 1930s to provide wholesale products and services to member financial institutions. The bank is privately owned by its members, which include commercial banks, credit unions, and thrift and loan companies headquartered in Arizona, California, and Nevada....

Don't worry, Toto, Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka is in Kansas. The institution created by Congress provides funds for residential mortgages and community-development loans to about 900 member banks, thrifts, credit unions, and insurance companies in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wyoming....

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago regulates banks and bank holding companies in northern Illinois, northern Indiana, southern Wisconsin, the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, and Iowa. It conducts examinations and investigations of more than 1,100 member banks and bank holding companies, distributes money, issues savings bonds and Treasury securities, and assists the Fed in setting monetary policy....

Inter-American Development Bank is like a mutual aid society that packs an economic punch. The institution was founded in 1959 to aid in the social and economic development of Latin America and the Caribbean. It uses grants, guarantees, investments, and loans to help fund public and private investment projects, policy reforms, financial crises or disasters, and national and regional technical cooperation....

International Finance Corporation (IFC) is the lender known 'round the world. IFC promotes economic development worldwide by providing loans and equity financing for private-sector investment. The IFC typically focuses on small and midsized businesses, financing projects in all types of industries, including manufacturing, infrastructure, tourism, health, education, and financial services....