The company's parent, a well established Mid-West investment bank, is a member of the American Bankers Association (ABA), Equipment Leasing Association (ELA), Chicago Council on Foreign Relations (CCFR), and the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA). The parent company, in conjunction with The Northern Trust Bank, The Toronto Dominion Bank, and The Federal Reserve Bank, became the first financial institution to successfully execute cross-border transactions between Canada and the United States.