NEWS & PRESS RELEASES

June 13, 2025
> Genesis Bank Announces Completion of Acquisition of Beverly Hills Headquartered Excel Bank, a Tradename of EH National Bank

May 28, 2025
> Genesis Bank Receives Regulatory and Shareholder Approvals to Complete Acquisition of Beverly Hills Headquartered Excel Bank, a Tradename of EH National Bank

April 11, 2025
> Member Bank Grows Bankruptcy Deposit Business with FHLBank Letter of Credit - FHLBank San Francisco

March 10, 2025
> Genesis Adds Excel Bank - Los Angeles Business Journal

February 24, 2025
> Genesis to Acquire Excel Bank, Doubling Assets to Over $400 Million - Orange County Business Journal

February 20, 2025
> California's Genesis Bank pursuing more M&A after announcing Excel Bank deal - S&P Capital IQ

February 18, 2025
> Genesis Bank, built for acquisitions, strikes first deal in California - American Banker

February 13, 2025
> Genesis Bank Announces Agreement to Acquire Beverly Hills Headquartered Excel Bank, a Tradename of EH National Bank 

November 13, 2024
> Genesis for Good Foundation Announces Initial Round of Grant Awards to Small Businesses through Catalyst Empowerment Grant Program

November 12, 2024
> Genesis for Good Foundation Awarded a Grant to Empower Small Businesses and Historically Marginalized Entrepreneurs

October 28, 2024
> IN THE NEWS: Orange County Business Journal OC Leader Board: The Genesis of a Banker

April 22, 2024
> Genesis Bank and Fiserv Announce Genesis For Good Catalyst Empowerment Grant Program

February 20, 2024
> Genesis Bank and Fiserv Partner to Strengthen Small Businesses in Local Communities - Fintech Finance News

February 20, 2024
> Genesis Bank Partners with Fiserv to Support Businesses in Low- and Moderate-Income Communities

December 20, 2023
> Genesis Looking to Buy Rivals, Fund Recaps While Other Banks Turn Inward - S&P Global 

December 19, 2023
> Two-year-old California bank amasses $500 million expansion war chest - American Banker

December 18, 2023
> Genesis Bank Announces Management Promotion - Dustin Andres Named FVP, Head of Business Development Team

December 14, 2023
> Genesis Bank Secures Approximately $500 Million in Equity Capital Commitments to Opportunistically Acquire and Recapitalize Banks

October 18, 2023
> Genesis Bank Opportunistically Adds New Hire to its 1031 Exchange Division

October 17, 2023
> Genesis Bank Hires Head of Community Impact

June 27, 2023
> Genesis Bank Announces It Will Participate in the Annual Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s

May 12, 2023
> Genesis Bank is Betting Big on Mom-and-Pop Salons - American Banker

April 13, 2023
> Genesis Bank Announces “Beauty Industry Professional Advisors” Partnership To Provide Access To Banking, Financial, Educational, And Technical Resources For The Nails And Beauty Industry

January 30, 2023
> Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) Board Selects Genesis Bank Founding Board Member Tam Nguyen to Serve as Vice Chairman

December 19, 2022
> Genesis Bank Announces Launch of Homeowners Association ("HOA") Banking Division

September 6, 2022
> Genesis Bank announces that it now provides Subscription Escrow Services

August 29, 2022
> Genesis Bank announces launch of 1031 Exchange Division

August 8, 2022
> Genesis Bank Announces Hiring of Commercial Banking Market Leader, Anthony Ochoa

July 26, 2022
> Genesis Bank announces launch of Escrow Division

June 9, 2022
> Genesis Bank announces appointment of Ruben A. Smith to its Board of Directors

April 20, 2022
> Genesis Bank Announces Partnership with Basis Investment Group

December 27, 2021
> Marketing Help, Office Space: How Two Banks Support Local Businesses, American Banker

December 15, 2021
> Genesis Bank Announces Launch of Genesis Bank Institute for Entrepreneurship - Genesis' Business Accelerator and Advisory Division

October 18, 2021
> Genesis Bank Announces Partnership with Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

October 5, 2021
> Genesis Bank Announces Partnership with Asian Business Association of Orange County

September 26, 2021
> New Bank With Multiracial Focus Gets Off to Fast Start

September 15, 2021
> Genesis Bank Announces Designation as Minority Depository Institution

September 7, 2021
> Genesis Bank Announces Chief Banking Officer and Heads of Commercial Banking, Income Property Banking, SBA and Government Lending, Private and Specialty Banking, and Treasury Management

August 4, 2021
> Genesis Bank announces official opening and headquarters location

July 26, 2021
> Genesis Bank (In Organization) Announces Oversubscribed Initial Capitalization and Lead Investors

June 15, 2021
> Genesis Bank (In Organization), Announces Founding Board of Directors

February 2, 2021
> Stephen H. Gordon, Former Founding Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of Opus Bank, announces founding executive management Team and receipt of regulatory approval to form Genesis Bank

June 10, 2020
> Stephen H. Gordon, Former Founding Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of Opus Bank, announces filing of application to form new California state-chartered commercial bank