Community Bank of Santa Maria CEO picked for Fed advisory board
Janet Silveria, the president and CEO of Community Bank of Santa Maria, has been selected as a member of the Federal Reserve’s Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council. The 12-member council was established by the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors in 2010 to give the board input on the economy, lending conditions and other issues that Read More →
Inogen names new CEO
Inogen, a medical device company in Goleta that makes portable oxygen concentrators, named a new president and CEO on Jan. 27. Nabil Shabshab, 56, will lead the company starting Feb. 8, Inogen said. He has spent the last nine years with the medical technology company Becton Dickinson and Company, including the past three and a Read More →
Pacific Premier sees bump in income, assets in fourth quarter
Pacific Premier Bancorp’s net income rose in 2020 on the back of strong overall performance, causing the company to approve a new $150 million share repurchase program, the bank announced Jan. 26. The bank’s net income increased more than 63% from the previous year, going from $41.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2019 to Read More →
Bank of the Sierra reports higher loan volume but income drop
Sierra Bancorp announced a slightly-lower net income when it released its fourth quarter 2020 earnings amid high deposit growth and record growth in loans and leases. The parent of Bank of the Sierra, which is based in Porterville but has 11 branches in the Tri-Counties, announced a fourth quarter net income of $9 million, or Read More →
Obituary: PennyMac founder Stanford Kurland
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was updated Jan. 27 to include the fact that Kurland died of complications from COVID-19. Stanford Kurland made a fortune from his first foray into mortgage banking, and his timely exit from Countrywide Financial came just before the housing bubble burst. His second foray made him even richer, but it also Read More →
Community Bancorp of Santa Maria reports rising revenue and expenses
Community Bancorp of Santa Maria saw another quarter of continued growth, buoyed by federal Paycheck Protection Program loans, even as net income fell. The bank’s total income rose 4.3%, but net income fell by more than 19%, going from $2.7 million in December 2019 to $2.2 million in the same month of 2020. Net loans Read More →