City National Bank (CNB) is a bank headquartered at

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. CNB is a

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of the

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-based

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and it is the 35th largest bank in the United States . CNB has been dubbed the ''"Bank to the Stars"'' due to its extensive relationships with numerous

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entertainment industry clients, and deals with many exclusive and premier clients from various media, including television, film, theater and the arts.

Management

The bank had total assets of $91 billion (as of June 1, 2022). It offers a full complement of banking, trust and investment services through 75 offices, including 19 full-service regional centers, in

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, the

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and

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. After the closure or merger of many Los Angeles banks, it has become the largest bank headquartered in the

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. It also acts as a processing bank, providing

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services such as checking account processing and check clearance services for smaller local banks that do not do their own processing. In addition, the company manages $71.7 billion in client investment assets. It is a

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, regulated by the

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of the

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. It has been a wholly owned subsidiary of the

since 2015.

History

The bank was founded in 1954 by

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. He hired Benjamin N. Maltz as the first chairman of the board. Its offices were in Beverly Hills at 400 North Roxbury Drive until 2004 when its headquarters were relocated to Arco Plaza (later City National Plaza) in Los Angeles. In 1963, when

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's son was

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, the bank put up the $240,000 demanded as ransom money. In 1970, its stock began trading over the counter. In the 1990s, it acquired seven banks: First Los Angeles Bank (1995), Ventura County National Bank (1997), Frontier Bank (1997), Riverside National Bank (1997), Harbor Bank (1998), North American Trust Company (1998), and American Pacific State Bank (1999). In 2000, the bank expanded into Northern California in with the purchase of The Pacific Bank, followed by the acquisition of the Oakland-based Civic BanCorp in 2002. It had also acquired The Pacific Bank in 2000 as well as Reed, Conner & Birdwell and the People's Bank of California in 2001. In 2002, City National opened an office in

to serve its California-based clientele who do business on both coasts, as well as prospective clients in

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. In that decade, it continued to acquire more banks: Convergent Capital Management, LLC (2003), Business Bank of Nevada (2006), Convergent Wealth Advisors (2007), Lee Munder Capital Group (2009), Imperial Capital Bank (2009). It then acquired two more banks in 2010: 1st Pacific Bank and Sun West Bank. In mid-2011, the bank opened a branch in

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. In 2012, it acquired Rochdale Investment Management and First American Equipment Finance. City National Bank was formerly known as City National Bank of Beverly Hills and changed its name to City National Bank in February 1964. On January 22, 2015, City National announced a "definitive agreement" to be acquired by the

. On April 11, 2017, City National opened its first full-service branch at RBC Plaza in

, in conjunction with RBC Wealth Management. On October 25, 2018, City National announced that Kelly Coffey would become its first female CEO from February 2019 becoming only the 4th CEO in the bank's history.

Sponsorship

The most notable of City National Bank's sponsorships is its sponsorship of the

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of the

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which includes the naming rights to the team headquarters and practice facility

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. It previously sponsored the

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amongst other sports teams. The Bank is also the Official Bank of the

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, as well as the main sponsor of The

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References

External links

* {{Royal Bank of Canada Companies formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange Banks based in California Companies based in Los Angeles Banks established in 1954 1954 establishments in California 2015 mergers and acquisitions Royal Bank of Canada American subsidiaries of foreign companies