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First Commerce Bank Reports Profits.


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ENCINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2002

First Commerce Bank today announced that net income for the year ended December December: see month.  31, 2001 was $1,200,000. This compares with earnings of $1,143,000 a year ago, an improvement of 5%. Included in the 2001 net income is a tax benefit of $349,000. This benefit is the result of utilizing prior-years' net operating losses Net operating losses

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 to reduce current tax expense and compares to a $332,000 tax benefit last year.

Net income for the quarter ended December 31 and before tax benefit was $235,000. This compares with earnings of $332,000 a year ago, a reduction of 29%.

Assets at year end 2001 were $100,181,000, up $3 million or 3% from the quarter ended September September: see month.  30, 2001 and up $23,000,000 or 30% from a year ago. Deposits and Loans at year end 2001 were $91,000,000 and $73,000,000, up respectively 3% and 11% for the fourth quarter and 32% and 36% for the year.

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, attributed the lower profit in the fourth quarter to 1.25% reduction in the prime rate during the period and the cumulative effect of the 4.75% reduction for the entire year. The increased profit for the year was the result of aggressive business development and cost control.

First Commerce Bank is an independent community business bank headquartered at 16861 Ventura Boulevard Ventura Boulevard is one of the primary east-west thouroughfares in the San Fernando Valley; as it was originally a part of the El Camino Real (the trail between Spanish missions), Ventura Boulevard is the oldest route in the San Fernando Valley. It was also U.S. , Encino with a regional office in Brentwood.
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