BankUnited Financial Corporation is a Florida corporation and the savings and loan holding company for BankUnited, FSB. The company''s businesshas traditionally consisted of attracting deposits from the general public and using those deposits, together with borrowings and other funds, to purchase nationwide and to originate in Florida single-family residential mortgage loans, and to a lesser extent, to purchase and originate commercial real estate, commercial business and consumer loans. The Company also invests in tax certificates and other permitted investments.