Presidio Bank

History

In the late summer of 2005, a group of prominent and successful business leaders from the Bay Area came together to organize a great new business bank. This would be the first new locally-owned and managed business bank formed in San Francisco in more than twenty years. Presidio Bank offers successful small and medium-sized Bay Area businesses--including non-profit organizations, real estate investors and developers, professional service firms, and their owners, partners, executives, etc.--a comprehensive array of commercial banking products and professional services. Because Presidio Bank is small, it can provide clients the highly-individualized professional service attributed to community banks. And because Presidio Bank has the capital base of a larger bank, it can serve the credit and financial needs of businesses ordinarily too large for a newly-established community bank.

Specialties

Presidio Bank provides business banking services to small and mid-size businesses, including professional service firms, real estate developers and investors, and not-for-profit organizations, and to their owners who desire personalized, responsive service with access to local decision makers. Presidio Bank offers clients the resources of a large bank combined with the personalized services of a neighborhood bank. Since its inception, Presidio Bank has embraced a culture of community giving. Philanthropy and community involvement is woven throughout the Presidio Bank corporate culture. Part of its mission statement says,