September 7, 2008


Pacific Western Bank is a full-service community bank offering a broad range of banking products and services including originating commercial loans, real estate loans, construction loans, and consumer loans, along with accepting demand and time deposits. Pacific Western focuses on extending credit to small and medium-sized business customers located primarily in the counties it serves, through 41 full-service community banking offices located in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

Pacific Western Bank is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PacWest Bancorp, a bank holding company traded on NASDAQ under the symbol “PACW".  Combined with its other subsidiary, First National Bank, which has 14 branches located across San Diego County, First Community's subsidiaries operate 51 community banking offices throughout Southern California. Click here to be taken to the Investor Relations page for PacWest Bancorp.