Law firms often have special banking needs. With many banks looking for ways to differentiate their offerings, many discover that companies in certain industries have similar needs, but they are different to other industries. A tailored banking service for law firms’ banking needs has been created by California Bank & Trust (CB&T). The CB&T, as […]

Online banking with Citibank is now accessible in your own iPad. The recent launching of Citibank for iPad has raised the benchmark for online banking with fast, reliable, and secured way of tracking and analyzing your finances. With Citibank for iPad, gone are the days of the old-fashioned style of ledger banking. In this first-ever […]

First California Financial Group, Inc., trading on the NASDAQ as FCAL, appointed Gilbert J. Dalmau Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer of First California Bank. Dalmau is to be responsible for production and management of loans and deposits at the bank, in the Retail Banking Services division and the Business Banking division for all […]

California Bank of Commerce based in the San Francisco Bay Area targets closely held businesses, reports $254 million in Total Assets. Total deposits reached $204 million of which more than $50 million were non-interest bearing operating accounts. Total Loans reached $186 million. The Bank is just days shy of four years in operation, and certainly […]

California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced a national settlement with JP Morgan Chase & Co. (JPMC) as part of an ongoing nationwide investigation over allegations of anti-competitive and fraudulent conduct in the municipal bond derivatives industry. “School districts, non-profits and municipalities in this case were all defrauded by Wall Street,” Attorney General Harris said. […]

Jumping on the bandwaggon that many other banks already have done isn’t a new idea, but it may boost cashflow. The first few banks that created dental financing packages were innovative, now the idea is becoming commonplace. It seems banks need to do this to hold onto their current customers and it could be that […]

Dental offices have high startup and maintenance costs. Typically, equipment is so expensive that it has to be paid off over time. California Bank & Trust just announced two new offers to help dental offices manage payments for new equipment and for other services. The new equipment loan is one component of the new product […]

Rabobank Among Best J.D. Power & Associates released its banking ratings last week. According to its report, only Rabobank, which serves nonmetropolitan California areas was rated “among the best.” In the San Francisco area, Wells Fargo, Union Bank, and Bank of the West were considered “better than most.” Citibank About Average U.S. Bank, based in […]

FirstBank California, with over a quarter billion dollars in deposits appears to be doing well, than you very much! It is part of FirstBank Holding Company, based in Colorado Reporting their 2011 first quarter financial results, the holding company says it has almost $10 billion, an increase of five percent from just 12 months ago. […]