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May 2011
Top 10 Banks With Rising Revenue

The Street lists CapitalSource Inc., the parent company of CapitalSource Bank, as the top bank with the best revenue improvement based on first-quarter results. Learn more »

April 2011
CapitalSource Bank Leadership Recognized

Tad Lowrey, President & CEO of CapitalSource Bank, has been selected as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award Semi-Finalist in Greater Los Angeles. Learn more »

December 2010
CapitalSource Bank Named a Top Workplace in Orange County

CapitalSource Bank was recognized by the Orange County Register and Workplace Dynamics as one of the top 75 local companies. Learn more »

October 2010
CapitalSource Bank Recognized by the U.S. Treasury Department
for Local Community Investments

CapitalSource Bank, is one of 69 depository institutions nationally to receive recognition by the U.S. Treasury for its investment in low income and economically distressed communities served by its Southern and Central California branches. Only eight other California institutions received an award from the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund. CapitalSource Bank was awarded the top grant amount of $600,000.

September 2010
CapitalSource Launches Professional Practice Lending Team

Our parent, CapitalSource Inc. (NYSE:CSE) has hired a highly accomplished team of professionals to form a lending group specializing in financing dental, optometric, ophthalmic and veterinary practices nationwide. The ten-person team includes regional managers with an average of 15 years of experience in the professional practice finance industry and will focus on conventional practice acquisition financing, partnership buy-ins, and refinance programs. Learn more »

May 2010
Tad Lowrey Elected to the CBA Board of Directors

The California Bankers Association (CBA) recently elected new members to its Board of Directors including CapitalSource Bank’s President & CEO, Tad Lowrey. The CBA is the largest banking trade association in California and works to create a competitive landscape that is fair to all financial service providers and promotes consumer financial education.

Mr. Lowrey will add these new duties to his existing roles as an elected director of the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) and member of the Government Relations Council of the American Banker’s Association. Learn more »

April 2010
Acquisition by CapitalSource Inc.

CapitalSource Inc., parent of CapitalSource Bank, has acquired substantially all of the assets of SBA lender MainStreet Lender LLC for a total purchase price of $100 million. The asset purchase includes the acquisition by CapitalSource Bank of a $111 million portfolio of small balance SBA and conventional loans. Learn more »

November 2009
FHLB Board of Directors

CapitalSource Bank President & CEO, Tad Lowrey, recently won a second term on the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) of the San Francisco Board of Directors.  Six California bank CEOs were under consideration to be nominated to one of two open board seats.

The overwhelming majority of votes he received speaks to his reputation as a strategic leader in the banking industry.  His years of banking experience over an ever-changing banking environment qualify him to serve on the FHLB in its mission to deliver low-cost funding and other services that help member financial institutions make home mortgage loans to people of all income levels.  FHLB also serves to provide credit that supports neighborhoods and communities as well as funding for community investment programs that help create affordable housing and promote community economic development.

Tad’s new term will begin January 1, 2010 and ends December 31, 2013.  Read more »

September 2009
CEO Tad Lowrey

CapitalSource Bank President & CEO, Tad Lowrey, speaks to the Orange County Register about the FDIC's plan to rebuild it's deposit insurance fund. Read more »

April 2009
Who's Who in Banking

Los Angeles Business Journal features CapitalSource Bank President & CEO, Tad Lowrey, in recent issue of Who's Who in Banking.

January 2009
People to Watch

CapitalSource Bank President & CEO, Tad Lowrey, was named one of six "People to Watch" in 2009 by the Orange County Register. Read more »