News and analysis on California community and regional banking — M&A, rates and margins, credit, and the moves that put good bankers in play.
This is the top-of-funnel track: what's actually happening in the California market and how I read it from the search seat. When a deal closes or a rate cycle turns, it moves people, and the people part is what I watch. If you want the market read without the press-release spin, start here.
More lands here as Jon writes it — roughly two pieces a month.
One short email a week on California community & regional banking: who's hiring, who's merging, and where the talent is moving. Written by Jon, not a content mill.
