Business Bank of Nevada Hires Prominent and Longtime Northern Nevada Banker as Its New Senior Commercial Loan Officer.Business Editors CARSON CITY Carson City, city (1990 pop. 40,443), state capital, W Nev., in the Eagle valley; inc. 1875. The city is a trade center for a mining and agricultural area. State government is the major employer, and tourism is economically important. , Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 13, 2002 Business Bank of Nevada (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). : BBNV BBNV Business Bank of Nevada ) Tuesday announced that it has hired Ursula Prebezac, a 25-year veteran of the banking industry who has worked the majority of her career in the Lake Tahoe, Carson City and Minden/Gardnerville areas. The bank hired Prebezac to be senior vice president and senior commercial loan officer for its Northern Nevada operation based in Carson City. Prior to joining Business Bank, Prebezac worked for Colonial Bank Colonial Bank, a subsidiary of Colonial Bancgroup Inc. NYSE: CNB, is headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama. Colonial Bank has 300 branches in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Nevada and Texas. Its common stock is traded on the NYSE under the symbol CNB. at Stateline as the area president for Lake Tahoe and Carson City. Serving in this capacity, Prebezac was responsible for promoting and representing the bank, as well as managing a staff of approximately 20 people, which consisted of branch managers, loan officers and other lending personnel. She also worked for Colonial Bank's predecessor, First Security Bank, as a commercial loan officer. Prebezac moved to Nevada and the Stateline area in 1982 and began working for Nevada Banking Co. in early 1983. Nevada Banking Co. was the predecessor to First Security Bank. Over the last two years, bank acquisitions have resulted in Prebezac working for three different financial institutions from the same location. Prior to moving to Nevada, Prebezac worked for Glastonbury Bank & Trust Co. as the assistant treasurer and branch manager. "We are excited to have Ursula join our growing team of experienced, well-known banking staff here in the Carson City area," said Jerry Gregory, senior vice president and northern Nevada regional manager for Business Bank. "Ursula brings a wealth of knowledge and understanding of both the banking industry and this market to our bank, along with the relationships she has established over the past two decades. She will certainly help us get to the next level." During her banking tenure, Prebezac has completed a number of banking courses through the American Institute of Banking (AIB AIB n abbr (BRIT) (= Accident Investigation Bureau) → oficina de investigación de accidentes AIB n abbr (Brit) (= Accident Investigation Bureau) → ) and Sheshunoff, including a senior loan officer affiliation program. She is actively involved in the community and has served as a member of the Tahoe/Douglas Chamber of Commerce, Republican Women, the Northern Nevada Development Authority, and Soroptimist International. "With all of the changes in the banking industry over the last several years, it's nice to be joining a state-chartered bank that has all of the decision-making decision-making, n the process of coming to a conclusion or making a judgment. decision-making, evidence-based, n a type of informal decision-making that combines clinical expertise, patient concerns, and evidence gathered from authority here in Nevada," said Prebezac. "My decision to join Business Bank was also based on the wonderful people I would be working with as well as the ability I would have to take care of my customers and provide them with the level of service they want and deserve." The bank's Carson City branch is two and half years old and has over $55 million in total deposits. Opening for business in December 1999, the branch topped the $35 million mark in deposits by the end of its first year of operation. The branch has 11 employees and is located at 1811 East College Parkway and Goni Road, which is near the new Highway 395 bypass. About Business Bank Business Bank, with over $225.5 million in total assets as of June 30, 2002, is in its seventh year of operation and is one of the fastest-growing independent banks in Nevada. The bank has four branch offices in the state, with three in the Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. area and one in Carson City. Business Bank is FDIC FDIC See: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC See Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Insured and is a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco is the federal bank for the twelfth district in the United States. The twelfth district is made up of nine western states—Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington—plus American Samoa, . Its stock is listed on the Over The Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB) at ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors BBNV. Additional information about Business Bank is available at www.bbnv.com. |
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