Pacific State Bank was chartered November 2, 1987 and is currently comprised of a ten member Board of Directors. It was conceived under the belief that the Bank should be a broad based, community owned bank, created to serve the businesses of Stockton and the San Joaquin County. The initial shareholders totaled 525 with 516,290 shares sold, thus generating $5,162,900 and creating the largest capitalized, independent bank in the history of San Joaquin County. The bank has issued a 1 for 5 stock option or 20% in 1990 to increase the shares outstanding to 619,540.

Since the Bank's inception, its primary mission has been to service the banking needs of five county service area and become the driving force in business banking in our region. The bank has built a reputation for professionalism, sound business acumen and is the boldest, brightest financial institution in Alameda, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tuolumne Counties. In our years of operation, the Bank has enjoyed a high quality of leadership and its staff is well respected within the local banking community.

Our employees speak the following languages: Arabic, Cantonese, Mandarin, Shanghainese, Spanish, Tagalog,Hindi, Punjabi and English.