First California reports record 2011 earnings of $23.4M
[wikichart align=”right” ticker=”NASDAQ:FCAL” showannotations=”true” livequote=”true” startdate=”26-07-2011″ enddate=”26-01-2012″ width=”300″ height=”245″] Westlake Village-based First California Financial Group reported profits of $23.4 million in 2011, a company earnings record. A year earlier, it had earned $1.4 million. “Our record breaking performance in 2011 was driven by the combination of continued successful execution of our strategic plan that focuses Read More →
Coast National snatches former Mission CEO
Anita Robinson, the former CEO of Mission Community Bank, has moved to San Luis Obispo-based Coast Bancorp, parent of Coast National Bank. Her move comes two months after Mission announced that Robinson, the founding CEO of that bank, would be reassigned to head up its community development subsidiary. Coast is a four-branch bank with $135.6 Read More →
California Republic buys Westlake bank branch
Newport Beach-based California Republic Bank has purchased the Westlake Village branch of National Bank of California, saying it wants to use the new location as a foothold for expanding into the Ventura County market. Terms of the sale were not disclosed, but the two banks previously said the deal would include the branch and $16.2 Read More →
Mission pays off TARP
Mission Community Bancorp has repaid the $5.1 million in federal bank rescue funds it took at the height of the financial crisis. The San Luis Obispo-based company said Jan. 4 that it had paid $5.1 million from the Troubled Asset Relief Program to the U.S. Treasury, including $30,554 in accrued and unpaid dividends. “The capital Read More →
Credit unions bank on consumer backlash
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