{"id":340064,"date":"2026-05-31T09:35:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T09:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/340064\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T09:35:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T09:35:34","slug":"avidbank-continues-strategic-growth-initiatives-and-expands-team-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/340064\/","title":{"rendered":"Avidbank Continues Strategic Growth Initiatives and Expands Team | Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN JOSE, CA \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accessnewswire.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ACCESS Newswire<\/a> \/ May 29, 2026 \/ Avidbank is pleased to announce the addition of strategic hires across key business lines as the bank continues to invest in its long-term growth initiatives. Our Corporate Banking division has recently hired Joe Cook, and Matt Garrity and Shane Weissman have joined Venture Lending.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Cook joined as Senior Vice President to strengthen Avidbank&#8217;s Bay Area presence serving small- to mid-sized businesses. He brings more than 20 years of commercial banking experience San Francisco Bay area, with a focus on C&amp;I and owner-occupied real estate.<\/p>\n<p>kAm%96 255:E:@? @7 3@E9 |2EE v2CC:EJ 2?5 $92?6 (6:DD&gt;2?[ H9@ 2C6 32D65 \ud83d\ude15 }6H *@C&lt; r:EJ[ H:== 96=A 6IA2?5 pG:532?2? \ud83d\ude00 ;@:?:?8 2D &#8216;:46 !C6D:56?E 2?5 92D @G6C `_ J62CDV 6IA6C:6?46 \ud83d\ude15 G6?EFC6 32?&lt;:?8]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAmQ(6VG6 2=H2JD E2&lt;6? 2 56=:36C2E6 2AAC@249 E@ 8C@HE9 2?5 E96C67@C6 ?665 E@ 36 @AA@CEF?:DE:4 H96? :E 4@&gt;6D E@ E2=6?E[Q D2:5 |2C&lt; s] |@C56==[ r92:C&gt;2? 2?5 rt~ @7 pG:532?&lt;] Q%96 42=:36C @7 y@6[ |2EE 2?5 $92?6 46CE2:?=J H:== 36 2 8C62E 4@&gt;A=:&gt;6?E E@ @FC @FEDE2?5:?8 E62&gt;]Qk^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAmp3@FE pG:532?<\/p>\n<p>kAmpG:532?&lt; w@=5:?8D[ x?4] W}p$sp&#8221;ip&#8217;qwX[ 9625BF2CE6C65 \ud83d\ude15 $2? y@D6[ r2=:7@C?:2[ @776CD :??@G2E:G6 7:?2?4:2= D@=FE:@?D 2?5 D6CG:46D] (6 DA64:2=:K6 \ud83d\ude15 4@&gt;&gt;6C4:2= U2&gt;Aj :?5FDEC:2= =6?5:?8[ G6?EFC6 =6?5:?8[ DECF4EFC65 7:?2?46[ 2DD6E\\32D65 =6?5:?8[ DA@?D@C 7:?2?46[ 7F?5 7:?2?46[ 2?5 C62= 6DE2E6 4@?DECF4E:@? 2?5 4@&gt;&gt;6C4:2= C62= 6DE2E6 =6?5:?8] pG:532?&lt; AC@G:56D 2 5:776C6?E 2AAC@249 E@ 32?&lt;:?8] (6 5@ H92E H6 D2J]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAmr@?E24Eik^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAm!2EC:4&lt; ~2&lt;6Dk^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAmtI64FE:G6 &#8216;:46 !C6D:56?E 2?5 r9:67 u:?2?4:2= ~77:46Ck^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAmc_g]a__]fbh_k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAmk2 C6=lQ?@7@==@HQ 9C67lQ&gt;2:=E@ix#o2G:532?&lt;]4@&gt;Qmx#o2G:532?&lt;]4@&gt;k^2mk^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAm$~rti pG:532?&lt; w@=5:?8D[ x?4]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAm&#8217;:6H E96 @C:8:?2=k^Am<\/p>\n<p>k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^HHH]2446DD?6HDH:C6]4@&gt;^?6HDC@@&gt;^6?^32?&lt;:?8\\2?5\\7:?2?4:2=\\D6CG:46D^2G:532?&lt;\\4@?E:?F6D\\DEC2E68:4\\8C@HE9\\:?:E:2E:G6D\\2?5\\6IA2?5D\\E62&gt;\\&#8220;f`f`fQmAC6DD C6=62D6k^2m<\/p>\n<p>kAm@? prrt$$ }6HDH:C6k^Am<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n                                &#13;<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 ACCESS Newswire. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE, CA \/ ACCESS Newswire \/ May 29, 2026 \/ Avidbank is pleased to announce the addition&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[10263,88,90,89],"class_list":["post-340064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-region","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}