International Bancshares Corp (NASDAQ:IBOC)

International Bancshares Corp. operates as a financial holding company, which provides banking services for commercial, consumer and international customers of South, Central and Southeast Texas and the State of Oklahoma. The company through its subsidiaries: IBC, Commerce Bank, IBC-Zapata and IBC-Brownsville, is engaged in the business of banking, including the acceptance of checking and savings deposits and the making of commercial, real estate, personal, home improvement, automobile and other installment and term loans. The international banking business of the company includes providing letters of credit, making commercial and industrial loans, and providing a nominal amount of currency exchange. It also offers other related services, such as credit cards, travelers' checks, safety deposit, collection, notary public, escrow, drive-up and walk-up facilities and other customary banking services. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Laredo, TX.