Banque Cantonale de Genève (BCGE) offers a range of consumer and business banking services through approximately 25 branches in the Swiss canton of Geneva. It operates in France and other parts of Switzerland, as well. The regional bank offers retail services such as deposit accounts and loans; its corporate banking division specializes in financing for real estate developments and construction. In 2008 BCGE merged subsidiaries Anker Bank and Synchrony Asset Management into the main organization. Together, the canton of Geneva and the city of Geneva control more than three-quarters of BCGE's stock.