Sunrise Community Bank joined the Capitol Bancorp family on February 27, 2007, opening our bank in temporary facilities. We moved to our new permanent 8,000 square foot building on April 1st and got down to the business of becoming the most unique community business bank in the Coachella Valley.
| We are proud of being the first affiliate bank to embrace Capitol Bancorp’s vision of being in the insurance business. |
Our goal is to provide business customers with what we call our “Chamber of Commerce” philosophy. We are passionate about becoming our customers’ lifelong business partner, networking our customers through bank-sponsored functions, including our “Breakfast Club” where we invite small groups of related businesses to join our senior officers and board members for breakfast and collectively brainstorm solutions to local business challenges.
We are consistent leaders in providing an array of cash management products for our business customers including online banking, a lockbox product targeted to capture the homeowner association market, and an effective use of account analysis to attract new, profitable deposit relationships.
This year the bank’s mortgage department entered into a strategic partnership with the largest residential real estate company in our market, Keller Williams, to be their mortgage company of choice for over 300 Valley agents. This has led to a significant number of residential mortgage referrals and the expansion of our mortgage department.
Sunrise Community Bank is equally proud of being the first affiliate bank to embrace Capitol Bancorp’s vision of being in the insurance business. In August we joined with Capitol Wealth Advisors in the acquisition of BAIA Insurance Agency, LLC, a local group health and benefits insurance agency, now integrated within our bank’s family of business financial products.
What is our goal for our second full year in business? To add traditional wealth management and financial planning specialists, trust services and property and casualty insurance products. Our ultimate goal is to be the provider of choice in our market for a complete array of complementary financial services. And we’re well on our way!
— Stuart E. Bailey, President