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PacWest tops Umpqua offer with $58.1M deal

By   /  Friday, May 4th, 2012  /  Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on PacWest tops Umpqua offer with $58.1M deal

PacWest Bancorp’s $58.1 million offer to buy American Perspective Bank has trumped an earlier deal for the Central Coast lender and puts San Luis Obispo County in play as a banking hotspot. The April 30 acquisition offer from PacWest, parent of Pacific Western Bank, comes three weeks after Umpqua Holdings Corp. of Oregon said it Read More →

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American Perspective reports $462K in profits ahead of PacWest deal

By   /  Thursday, May 3rd, 2012  /  Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest news  /  Comments Off on American Perspective reports $462K in profits ahead of PacWest deal

American Perspective Bank, the San Luis Obispo-based lender being pursued by PacWest Bancorp, reported first-quarter profits of $462,000, about the same as it earned in the same period a year earlier. American Perspective is being purchased by Los Angeles-based PacWest, parent of Pacific Western Bank, in a $58.1 million deal announced April 30. The offer Read More →

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Fed presidents: European woes threaten U.S. economy

By   /  Thursday, May 3rd, 2012  /  Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  1 Comment

The U.S. central bank, which has grown its balance sheet from the roughly $800 billion it held steady at for decades to almost $3 trillion in response to the country’s financial crisis, will have to navigate the unwinding of that balance sheet cautiously when the time comes. That was the view from the three Federal Read More →

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$58.1M PacWest offer puts American Perspective in bidding war

By   /  Monday, April 30th, 2012  /  Banking & Finance, Banking Industry  /  Comments Off on $58.1M PacWest offer puts American Perspective in bidding war

PacWest Bancorp’s $58.1 million offer to buy American Perspective Bank has trumped an earlier deal for the Central Coast lender. The April 30 acquisition offer from Los Angeles-based PacWest, parent of Pacific Western Bank, comes three weeks after Umpqua Holdings Corp. of Oregon said it would buy American Perspective for $44.7 million in cash, or Read More →

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Community West earned $819K in Q1

By   /  Monday, April 30th, 2012  /  Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest news  /  Comments Off on Community West earned $819K in Q1

First-quarter profits at Community West Bancshares were up 38 percent to $819,000, the Goleta-based banking company said April 30. The parent of Community West Bank is under regulatory orders from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency that limit its ability to pay out dividends, sell stock Read More →

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PCBC earns $16.6M in Q1

By   /  Wednesday, April 25th, 2012  /  Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Earnings, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on PCBC earns $16.6M in Q1

Pacific Capital Bancorp turned in profits of $16.6 million in the first quarter of the year, down slightly from the same period a year earlier. The parent of Santa Barbara Bank & Trust said its latest earnings were affected by $1 million in merger-related costs. UnionBanCal Corp., the parent of Union Bank, is acquiring Pacific Read More →

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Regulators scrutinize Community West

By   /  Tuesday, April 24th, 2012  /  Banking Industry, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Regulators scrutinize Community West

Community West Bancshares faces a new order from regulators that limits its ability to pay out dividends, sell stock or incur new debts without the prior approval of the federal banking overseers. The parent of Community West Bank also agreed with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on April 23 that the Goleta firm Read More →

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