What We're About
We believe that all banking should be personal. After all, the financial services
you’re offered – and the choices you make – affect your future, your family, your
livelihood and, of course, your daily life.
That’s why every associate at Montecito Bank & Trust is personally committed to
our clients. To listen carefully and collaborate closely. To develop long-term relationships
and earn trust. And especially to personalize solutions – instead of providing preset
products – that meet both your current needs and future goals.
This distinctly different approach to banking has been in our DNA since the very
beginning. Grounded in the belief that a local bank could provide both the highest
level of personalized financial services and a major commitment to the community,
a group of local business leaders founded the Bank of Montecito in 1975.
We were locally owned and managed then, and we still are today: the Bank of Montecito
is now Montecito Bank & Trust, a nine branch community bank serving personal and
business financial needs in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, and has in-depth
commercial lending capabilities and a highly respected Wealth Management division.
We were committed to community then, and we still are today. Through programs like
Community Dividends® and Anniversary GrantsSM
and the volunteer efforts of our associates,
we continue to support the communities that support our success. It’s all part of
a long-standing, deeply held pledge to provide personal service in every sense of
the word.
Montecito Bank & Trust by the numbers: