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About Community West Bancshares
From its filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission
Community West Bancshares is based in Fresno, California and is incorporated in California. Its shares trade on Nasdaq under the ticker CWBC. The SEC classifies its business as state commercial banks. In the fiscal year to 31 December 2025, it reported net income of $38.2m. At that date it held total assets of $3.69bn and shareholders' equity of $409.6m.
Effective April 1, 2024, Central Valley Community Bancorp, completed its merger transaction with Community West Bancshares. Shortly thereafter, Community West Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Community West Bancshares, merged with and into Central Valley Community Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Central Valley Community Bancorp, with Central Valley Community Bank being the surviving banking institution. Effective with these mergers, the names of Central Valley Community Bancorp and Central Valley Community Bank were changed to Community West Bancshares and Community West Bank, respectively.
Community West Bancshares is a bank holding company registered under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “Company”). The Company was incorporated on February 7, 2000 as a California corporation, for the purpose of becoming the holding company for Community West Bank (the “Bank”), formerly known as Central Valley Community Bank, a California state chartered bank.
The Company is regulated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“Federal Reserve”). The Bank is regulated by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (“DFPI”) and its primary Federal regulator is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”).
Quoted from its 10-K, filed 11 Mar 2026. Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗
Company facts
- Sector
- Financials
- Industry
- Banks
- Listed since
- 5 Jan 1998
- Employees
- 327
- Website
- communitywest.com ↗
- Head office
- 7100 N. FINANCIAL DRIVE, #101, FRESNO, CA, 93720
- Incorporated in
- CA
- Classification
- State Commercial Banks
- Filer status
- Accelerated filer
Leadership
Pay as last reported
- Mr. Daniel DoyleIndependent Chairman of the Board, since 2000$85,288
- Mr. Martin PlourdPresident, Director of Company and Bank, since 2024$988,566
- Mr. James KimChief Executive Officer of the Company, Chief Executive Officer and President - Community West Bank, since 2019$1.1m
- Mr. Robert BartleinIndependent Vice Chairman of the Board, since 2024$60,200
- Ms. Shannon LivingstonChief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President$687,175
- Mr. Blaine LauhonExecutive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer$481,115
- Mr. Timothy StronksExecutive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer$1.3m
- Mr. Jeffrey MartinExecutive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer$545,392
- Ms. Dawn CagleExecutive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of the Bank
- Mr. Steven McdonaldSecretary, Independent Director of the company and the Bank$70,671
- Ms. Suzanne ChadwickIndependent Director$53,200
- Mr. Daniel CunninghamIndependent Director, since 2000$95,699
Environmental, social and governance
Scores out of 100, from our data supplier
- Overall
- 34
- Environment
- 2
- Social
- 59
- Governance
- 41
- Women in the workforce
- 72%
- Carbon reduction policy
- No
- Human rights policy
- No
SWOT analysis
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Strengths
- Community West Bank operates five branch offices in Goleta, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, Ventura, and Westlake Village.
- The company focuses on professionals, small to mid-sized businesses, and individual households.
- Community West Bank offers full-service banking with deposit and lending products including commercial loans and real estate loans.
Weaknesses
- The company employs only 123 full-time employees as of the latest data.
- Community West Bank has a limited presence with only five branch offices in California.
- The firm's operations are restricted to five California cities with no expansion into other states.
Opportunities
- Community West Bank can expand its services to additional California cities beyond its current five locations.
- The firm may grow by targeting more professionals and small businesses in its existing markets.
- Increasing demand for commercial real estate loans presents an opportunity for growth.
Threats
- Competition from larger banks in California poses a threat to Community West Bank's market share.
- Economic downturns in California could reduce demand for lending products.
- Regulatory changes in the Financials sector may increase operational costs for the bank.
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