Steve Brown

Steve Brown has served as president and CEO of Pacific Coast Bankers’ Bancshares and subsidiaries since July 2007. Prior to that, Brown co-founded PCBB Capital Markets and was also a co-founder of a web-based capital markets trading platform that connected the world’s largest providers of cash and investment products with the nation’s community banks. He was also managing director at Bank of America Securities, in charge of fixed income and other product sales to community banks nationwide, and a director at ICAP, the world’s largest interdealer wholesale broker of Federal funds, interest rate hedging, foreign exchange and other capital markets products. Brown was also an assistant treasurer with a $2 billion community bank, with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, finance, investment and cash management. He holds FINRA Series 7, 8, 24 and 63 licenses and is the author of the popular Banc Investment Daily newsletter. Brown is frequently quoted in national media on banking trends and issues.