California

Intrepid Investment Bankers provides advice on M&A and capital markets activities.

As government employees carry on without pay, Cabrillo Credit Union and others must balance liquidity concerns with staying out of a political fight.

Tom Meuser, the chairman of El Dorado Savings in California, said he could not get the necessary two-thirds backing from his shareholders because of recent declines in bank stock prices.

A state-backed bank would not be financially feasible because capital requirements would be too high and it likely wouldn’t return profits to the state for at least 30 years, consultants concluded.

The branch closures will reduce overhead by an estimated $1.9 million a year.

The pressure is on CEO Christopher Myers, one of our community bankers to watch, to make the most of CVB Financial's biggest acquisition to date.

Christopher O’Malley is set to lead the California-based institution as Ron Berry retires.

Financial institutions had used existing banking laws as a shield against broader privacy protections, but a California law enacted this summer could threaten that strategy.

A U.S. District judge in Scranton denied the student lender's motion to dismiss the suit.

The San Diego bank has agreed to assume $225 million in deposits at no premium from Modern Woodmen of America, which is shuttering MWABank, its direct bank subsidiary.