Mechanics Bank was founded in Richmond, California, in 1905. Now headquartered in nearby Walnut Creek, the Bank operates a network of retail banking branches, and commercial lending and wealth management offices statewide. The Bank also features a growing and high-quality auto-loan origination portfolio through Mechanics Bank Auto Finance, a consumer auto-lending unit serving more than 2,000 auto dealerships and their customers in states from coast to coast. Today, Mechanics Bank is the largest bank headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area's East Bay region, serving tens of thousands of individual clients and thousands of small and middle-market businesses with a variety of personal banking, business banking, trust and estate solutions, brokerage and wealth management services.