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Community West Bank Receives Approval to
Relocate its Full Service Branch Office in Santa Maria
Goleta, CA, March 3, 2016 – Community West Bancshares, (NASDAQ: CWBC), parent company of
Community West Bank, today announced that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
approved its application to relocate the Santa Maria full-service branch office at 2615 South Miller Way
to 122 East Betteravia Road.
“We are looking forward to moving in the third or fourth quarter to this more convenient and accessible
location for our customers on Betteravia Road near South Broadway,” said Bill Filippin, Executive Vice
President and Chief Banking Officer. “This is a great new location for us and better reflects Community
West Bank’s commitment to providing flexible and responsive personal service in Santa Maria and
throughout northern Santa Barbara County.”
Community West Bank opened its Santa Maria branch in 2005, and currently has five full-service
banking offices, in Goleta, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, Ventura and Westlake Village, and a loan
production office in San Luis Obispo. A new full-service banking office will open in San Luis Obispo
at 4464 Broad Street in the fourth quarter this year.
About Community West Bank
Founded in 1989, Community West Bank has grown to over $600 million in assets, with full-service
banking branches in Goleta, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, Ventura and Westlake Village, and a loan
production office in San Luis Obispo. Community West Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Community West Bancshares (NASDAQ: CWBC), a financial services company with headquarters in
Goleta, California. For more information, visit www.CommunityWestBank.com.
Safe Harbor Disclosure
This release contains forward-looking statements that reflect management’s current views of future
events and operations. These forward-looking statements are based on information currently
available to the Company as of the date of this release. It is important to note that these forwardlooking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties,
including, but not limited to, the ability of the Company to implement its strategy and expand its lending
operations.
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