Howard Gould

Heritage Oaks Bancorp is a bank holding company, which through its subsidiary, Heritage Oaks Bank, it engages in the provision of community-oriented financial services. It offers traditional banking products, such as checking, savings, and certificates of deposit, as well as mortgage loans and commercial and consumer loans to small to medium-sized businesses and individuals. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Paso Robles, CA.

Wells Fargo Bank, NA provides investment advisory services. It offers banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer finance services. The company is headquartered in Sioux Falls, SD.

Bank of the West is an investment management firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1874, the firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BancWest Holding, Inc., ultimately held by BNP Paribas SA (EPA: BNP, NASDAQ: BNPQY) in France. Bank of the West provides investment management services for corporate and institutional clients.

Pacific Mercantile Bancorp is a holding company of Pacific Mercantile Bank, which engages in the provision of banking services. It operates through Commercial Banking, which focuses in small and medium-size businesses, professional firms, and individuals with a diversified range of products and services such as various types of deposit accounts, various types of commercial and consumer loans, cash management services, and online banking services. The company was founded in January 2000 and is headquartered in Costa Mesa, CA.

Nara Bancorp, Inc. offers commercial banking loan and deposit products through its wholly owned subsidiary Nara Bank. It operates through three segments: banking operations, trade finance services and small business administration. The Banking Operations segment focuses on commercial and consumer lending and deposit operations. The Trade Finance Services segment focuses primarily on allowing import and export of customers to handle their international transactions. The Small Business Administration segment provides its customers with access to the United States Small Business Administration guaranteed lending program and also makes commercial real estate and commercial business loans. The company was founded on June 5, 2000 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Mission Community Bancorp operates as a bank holding company, which offers a variety of deposit and loan products to individuals and small business units. The company operates its business through its subsidiary, The Mission Community Bank, which offers checking and savings accounts, money accounts, time certificates of deposits, commercial, agricultural, government guaranteed, real estate, automobile and other installment and terms loans, leases, issues drafts, sells travelers checks and also provides other customary banking services. The company was founded on September 22, 2000 and is headquartered in San Luis Obispo, CA.

Bridge Capital Holdings is a bank holding company. The company is engaged in general commercial banking business, and accepts checking and savings deposits, makes commercial, real estate, auto and other installment and term loans, and provides other customary banking services. It also provides specialized services to its customers include courier deposit services to key locations or customers throughout the Bank's service area, small business administration loans, factoring and asset-based loans and Internet banking. The company was founded on April 6, 2004 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.