Notes from the CEO
Perfect Time for Small Business Owners to Buy Properties
Five Star Bank’s John Shelby gives us an overview of Small Business Administration lending and some insight into why, if you’re in the market, right now is the time to act. With the investor CRE market still in the tank with n...
Five Star Bank Named SBA Lender of the Year
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUDT1F3nnUo&feature=channel_video_title] Five Star Bank has been named “Lender of the Year” by the Small Business Administration Sacramento District Office. The Sacramento District Office serv...
We'll pay your first year of dues to SARTA!
Attention technology companies! Bring your accounts to Five Star Bank and we will pay your first year of dues to SARTA! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC1Qk8cf98k] If you are a technology company or your business supports technolog...
In D.C. to Fight for Job Growth
I love visiting our nation’s capital. I really do. The area is alive with a spirit that you can feel. I’ll save you a lot of patriotic heart-string pulling rhetoric but it’s a feeling that I do not find in every locale to which I trav...
Where do you bank? Why it matters.
Do you bank locally? I do. April is community banking month am proud to announce that Five Star Bank is part of the iBankLocal project from the Western Independent Bankers and California Independent Bankers. The idea behind the campaign is ...
A Case for Enterprise Zones
As the 2011/2012 State Government Relations Chair for the California Bankers Association, I’ve had the opportunity over the past few weeks to meet with some of our representatives in the Senate and Assembly regarding the proposed e...
Jack Dalton Named Five Star Bank Chief Credit Officer, Mike Lee Promoted to Chief Regulatory Officer
SACRAMENTO, CA – Five Star Bank is pleased to announce that Jack Dalton has joined the organization as Chief Credit Officer (CCO). Mike Lee, Five Star Bank’s former CCO, has been named Chief Regulatory Officer (CRO). Dalton, who has liv...
Nonprofits: Could you use a financial tune-up?
Five Star Bank was recently named one of the Sacramento Business Journal’s 2010 Partners in Philanthropy. I’m proud to say that our commitment to nonprofits doesn’t stop at financial contributions. We are truly committed to helping ou...