Huntington Bancshares Inc (HBANP)

Huntington Bancshares, Inc. was organized under Maryland law in 1966 and headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. A multi-state financial holding company through its subsidiaries, it provides full-service commercial and consumer banking services, mortgage banking services, automobile financing, equipment leasing, investment management, trust services, brokerage services, customized insurance service programs, and other financial products and services. The Huntington National Bank, organized in 1866, is its only bank subsidiary. At December 31, 2011, the Bank had 652 branches 376 branches in Ohio, 123 branches in Michigan, 58 branches in Pennsylvania, 51 branches in Indiana, 31 branches in West Virginia, and 13 branches in Kentucky. The bank's four business segments and Treasury / Other function includes: Retail and Business Banking: This segment provides financial products and services to consumer and small business customers located within primary banking markets consisting of five areas covering the six states of Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Indiana, West Virginia, and Kentucky; Regional and Commercial Banking: This segment provides a wide array of products and services to the middle market and large corporate client base located primarily within core geographic banking markets. Products and services are delivered through a relationship banking model and include commercial lending, as well as depository and liquidity management products; Automobile Finance and Commercial Real Estate:This segment provides lending and other banking products and services to customers outside of its normal retail or commercial channels. More specifically, it serves automotive dealerships, retail customers who obtain financing at the dealerships, professional real estate developers, REITs, and other customers with lending needs that are secured by commercial properties; and Wealth Advisors, Government Finance, and Home Lending: This segment provides wealth management banking services to high net worth customers in primary banking markets and in Florida by utilizing a cohesive model that employs a unified sales force to deliver products and services directly and through the other segments.As a financial holding company, the company is subject to regulation that focuses on effective internal controls and procedures.