Five Star Bank (California) Explained

Five Star Bank
Type:Public company
Industry:Financial services
Traded As:NASDAQ:
Location City:Roseville, California
Location Country:United States
Key People:James Beckwith, President & CEO[1]
Products:Business and commercial banking services
Assets:$2+ billion
Assets Year:2021
Num Employees:170
Num Employees Year:2021
Owner:Five Star Bancorp
Locations:7 + 2 Loan Production Offices

Five Star Bank is an American community business bank based in Roseville, California. The bank specialises in providing banking services and loans to the local business community in the areas that it operates.

Five Star Bank has seven locations in the California capital region located in Roseville, Elk Grove, Rancho Cordova, Sacramento/Natomas, Yuba City, Chico, Redding, and two Loan Production Offices located in Downtown Sacramento and Santa Rosa. In 2018, Five Star Bank moved its headquarters to its current Roseville location.[2]

History

Five Star Bank was founded in 1999 in Rocklin, California by prominent real estate developers Buzz Oates and Frank Ramos. The bank was originally created after the two recognized a need for relationship-based commercial real estate banking services in the region around the state capital. Five Star Bank became a public company in May 2021 and is traded on the Nasdaq under FSBC.

In 2018, Five Star Bank was named as the 46th highest performing community bank in the United States under $3 billion in assets by S&P Global. The bank was also named as the 21st most active SBA 7(A) lender in the country by total loans and 65th by volume among all banks through the first half of 2019 by the SBA.[3]

Five Star Bank became known for its engagement among the communities it served. The bank specialized in the following niche markets:

RISE Program

Five Star Bank is a major participant in the RISE Program (Responsible Investment for a Stronger Economy), founded by Region Business. This program aims to get local governments of cities, counties, and districts to deposit with local community banks, with the assurance that the banks will invest a portion of the money back into businesses in the region.[7]

Those invested in Five Star Bank through the RISE Program include: The Cities of Rocklin, Sacramento,[8] Roseville,[9] Rancho Cordova,[10] Elk Grove,[11] and SMUD.[12]

Five Star Bank Tank

On March 29, 2018, Five Star Bank held its inaugural Five Star Bank Tank.[13] This event helps to connect start-ups with investors in the Sacramento region.[14] 23 start-up companies were present, with Grin and AltWork being selected as the event's top-presenting companies.[15]

On October 31, 2018, and again on October 19, 2021, the company hosted ive Star Bank Tank with plans to host more events in the future.[16]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: James Beckwith.
  2. Web site: Five Star Bank moving headquarters to Roseville .
  3. Web site: 100 most active SBA 7(a) lenders . 2019-08-01 . 2019-08-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190801223630/https://www.sba.gov/article/2017/oct/01/100-most-active-sba-7a-lenders . dead .
  4. SmartBiz LoansĀ® Adds Five Star Bank to Technology Ecosystem. 25 April 2017.
  5. Web site: Table of Experts: The Business of Agriculture .
  6. Web site: It Takes a Community.
  7. Web site: Rancho Cordova Adopts Region Finance's RISE Policy.
  8. Web site: City to deposit $75 million with Sacramento banks Friday. Here's how it could help local businesses. 15 November 2018 .
  9. Web site: News from the CEO: Apply Now for the Roseville Advantage Financing Program | Roseville Area Chamber of Commerce. 5 August 2019.
  10. Web site: RISE Press Release 4-12-18.
  11. Web site: Press Release: Region Finance praises Elk Grove - City of Elk Grove . www.elkgrovecity.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190712165110/http://www.elkgrovecity.org/city_hall/departments_divisions/public_affairs/news/archives/2017/press_release__region_finance_praises_elk_grove . 2019-07-12.
  12. Web site: SMUD boosting local economic development with RISE investments . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190807174353/https://www.smud.org/en/Corporate/About-us/News-and-Media/2018/2018/SMUD-boosting-local-economic-development-with-RISE-investments . 2019-08-07.
  13. Web site: Grin and AltWork Top Companies at Five Star Bank Tank | StartupSac. 17 April 2018.
  14. Web site: Go Fund Yourself.
  15. Web site: Grin and AltWork Top Companies at Five Star Bank Tank | StartupSac. 17 April 2018.
  16. Web site: Calling Investment-Ready Startups.