LAS VEGAS, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Business Bank of Nevada (BULLETIN BOARD: BBNV) today announced that it has promoted Ryan Williams, a credit analyst in the Commercial Lending Department, to a commercial loan officer in the department. Williams is a native Nevadan who joined the Bank in September 2004 several months after he graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in December 2003. (For an image of Williams, to go http://www.bbnv.com/ryanwilliams.php.)
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Williams is currently housed at the Bank's Corporate Offices located at 6085 W. Twain Avenue and the southeast corner of Jones Boulevard in Las Vegas. As a commercial loan officer, Williams will be responsible for loan underwriting, relationship and risk management, and customer retention and business development of existing and new clients. He will also work very closely with the Bank's branch relationship managers to help grow the Bank's loan portfolio with quality customers and credit requests.
"We are very excited for Ryan and his career development with Business Bank," said Mark Phillips, executive vice president and chief credit officer of Business Bank. "Ryan has worked very hard over the last three years since joining the Bank and has demonstrated the work ethics that are very deserving of this promotion. He is also a wonderful example of the partnership the Bank has with our local universities to recruit and hire quality students for internships and full-time positions following graduation."
Williams graduated from UNLV with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, with an emphasis in Managerial Finance. During his college career, Williams also worked full-time for a number of companies, including Bank of America.
About Business Bank
Business Bank, with $489.7 million in total assets as of September 30, 2006, is in its twelfth year of operation and is one of the best performing independent banks in Nevada and throughout the country. The Bank has seven branch offices in the state, with three in Las Vegas, one in North Las Vegas, one in Reno, one in Carson City, and one in Minden. The Bank also has Loan Production Offices (LPOs) at Stateline in South Lake Tahoe and in Scottsdale, Arizona. Business Bank is FDIC Insured and is a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Its stock is listed on the Over The Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB) at ticker symbol BBNV. Additional information about Business Bank, including five quarters of detailed financial data, is available on the Bank's Web site at http://www.bbnv.com/.
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