BCAL vs SFST Comparison

California BanCorp is a relationship-focused community bank offering commercial loan and deposit products, along with other services delivered directly or through strategic alliances, to business and individual customers in its target markets. The Company provides financial products and services to individuals, professionals, and small to medium-sized businesses through its branch and commercial banking offices serving California. Its lending products consist mainly of construction and land development loans, real estate loans, C&I loans, and consumer loans, and it is a Preferred SBA Lender, while its deposit products consist mainly of demand deposit, money market, and certificates of deposit. The Company operates in one reportable segment, commercial banking.

Southern First Bancshares Inc is a bank holding company. Through its banking subsidiary, it is engaged in the business of accepting demand deposits and savings deposits insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the FDIC), and providing commercial, consumer, and mortgage loans, ATM processing, and other banking products and services to the general public. The group operates through various retail offices located in the Greenville, Columbia, and Charleston markets of South Carolina, three retail offices in the Raleigh, Greensboro, and Charlotte markets of North Carolina, and one retail office in Atlanta, Georgia.