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Bay Commercial Bank (BCML) in Walnut Creek, Calif., has agreed to buy Bank On It Inc. (BKOT) in Stockton, Calif.
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Focus Business Bank in San Jose, Calif., has hired a leader for its business banking team. Robert Gionfriddo has joined the $213 million-asset bank as its chief business banking officer, Focus said Tuesday.
March 13
The founding chairman of Focus Business Bank in San Jose, Calif., has retired.
The $300 million-asset bank said in a press release Friday that Theodore Biagini, 73, had been chairman since its January 2007 opening.
"I have enjoyed my long association with the bank from its organizational period through the end of its seven year de-novo period, during which time it has grown to a strong, profitable enterprise," Biagini said in the release. "I look forward to continuing to serve the bank in an advisory role as chairman emeritus."
Focus President and Chief Executive Richard Conniff will succeed Biagini as chairman.
