These companies provide loans to businesses and consumers. These loans are used to finance a variety of products, such as vehicles, equipment, and construction projects. Includes mortgages. These companies are typically banks that also deal in investment securities.

These banks take deposits from diversified businesses and consumers.

These companies provide diversified insurance for businesses and sell them through insurance brokers. Insurance may cover commercial property, commercial machinery, workers' compensation, commercial liability, contingency, property, casualty, medical stop-loss, commercial credit, commercial auto, and reinsurance. In select cases, this also includes professional liability/errors & omissions.

These companies provide life insurance and sell them through insurance brokers.

These companies invest in various types of businesses. They typically do so by purchasing and holding large stakes in various types of businesses. However, they often shift constituents and can sometimes be characterized by their tendency to buy and sell smaller companies on a relatively quick time scale.

These companies provide brokerage services primarily to other financial institutions. These may include institutional clients, insurance companies, and broker-dealers.