News Topic: california

A first-in-the-nation ballot initiative would give consumers more control over their personal information, but banks and other companies say that it would amount to a tax on doing business in the Golden State. ... Read full article

The Asian-American bank agreed to buy SWNB Bancorp for $77 million. ... Read full article

Wells Fargo must pay $97 million to home mortgage consultants and private mortgage bankers in California who didn't get the breaks they were entitled to under the state's stringent labor laws. ... Read full article

The California company ended up selling 1 million more shares than it had originally planned to offer. ... Read full article

For one California bank, the biggest challenge was finding equity investors to participate in deals. ... Read full article

The California company, which also focuses on Asian-Americans, agreed to buy First American International. ... Read full article

The Los Angeles bank also benefited from a reduced reliance on costlier certificates of deposit. ... Read full article

New Resource Bank and P2Bi are splitting the risk and revenue associated with asset-based loans. ... Read full article

The San Diego company said the deal will bring in low-cost deposits and create a new source of fee income. ... Read full article

The company has agreed to acquire Bank of Rio Vista to expand its operations in central California. ... Read full article

Only North Dakota has its own state-owned bank, but policymakers in other states say more public banks are necessary to fully meet society's needs. Among those who proponents say would benefit the most: small-business owners and legal marijuana ... Read full article

The Portland, Ore., company has hired four private bankers from City National as part of a broader effort to provide a full range of services to business owners and high-net-worth households in Orange County and San Diego. ... Read full article

The company will take a nearly $10 million hit after setting aside funds to cover a case of potential borrower fraud. ... Read full article

California officials had accused Advance America of wrongly assessing Department of Motor Vehicles fees on its payday loans to skirt the state's interest rate cap. ... Read full article

OP Bancorp in Los Angeles aims to raise $20 million to fund organic growth and acquisitions. ... Read full article

The issue had forced the Los Angeles company to scuttle its deal to acquire U&I Financial in Washington state. ... Read full article

The company will also surpass $10 billion in assets when it buys Community Bank. ... Read full article

Carson Lappetito has a long history of working with firms tied to Eric Hovde, chairman and CEO of Sunwest's holding company. ... Read full article