Old National Bancorp is a bank holding company that operates banking offices and ATMs throughout Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee.

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Wintrust Financial Corp. is a bank holding company that provides banking services, trust and investment services, commercial insurance premium financing, short-term accounts receivable financing, and certain administrative services.

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Such growth doesn't just occur by itself, insists Kamath's B-school buddy Kishore Chaukar, who used to head ICICI's investment banking arm and now runs Tata Industries, a holding company for the Tata Group's investments in emerging sectors like telecom.

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Through his Kingdom Holding Company, Alwaleed co-owns the Savoy Hotel with Lloyds Banking Group.

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Congress passed historic banking regulations during the New Deal, including the Glass-Steagall Banking Act of 1933, the Securities Act of 1933, and the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, all of which vastly expanded the role of the federal government in overseeing and regulating Wall Street.

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By placing its credit-card business and systems firm under the holding company, Mizuho would get handy income to help fill holes made by its banking operations.

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Comerica is a bank holding company with businesses that engage in corporate and consumer lending, mortgage loans, small business and individual banking, and mutual fund and annuity products.

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