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HomeStreet Bank
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HomeStreet, Inc., d.b.a HomeStreet Bank, together with its subsidiaries, provides various financial services primarily in Washington, Oregon, California, and Hawaii.
Currently headquartered in Seattle, Washington,[2] the company was founded as Continental Mortgage and Loan Company in 1921 by W. Walter Williams.[3] After its name changed to Continental Savings Bank in 1986,[4] its name changed again to HomeStreet Bank in May 2000. [5]
After the 2008 financial crisis, the bank suffered heavy losses.[6][7] In 2012, in order to satisfy regulatory capital requirements, it raised $89 million in an IPO, ending four generations of control by the Williams family.[6]
In 2018, it won a court case following its attempt to stop a hedge fund placing its own candidates on the board.[8][9] In November, it was announced that the bank would acquire the San Marcos, California retail branch and business lending team of Silvergate Bank, expecting to complete these transactions in the middle of the following year.[10]
On March 24, 2020, HomeStreet suspended its $27 million stock buyback plan during the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]
On September 2, 2025, it was reported that the firm completed the merger of its operations with those of Mechanics Bank, whose name and banking corporation remained after the transaction.[12]
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