RIVERSIDE, Calif., Sept. 26, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. ("Company"), (Nasdaq:PROV), the holding company for Provident Savings Bank, F.S.B. ("Bank"), today announced that the Bank has signed a Lease Agreement with the intention of opening a new full service branch office in Beaumont, California. The branch will be located at the corner of Second Street and Commerce Way. The area is a rapidly developing part of Riverside County with many new and existing single-family housing tracts in the immediate vicinity.
"The Beaumont branch will become the Bank's 15th and is scheduled to open in the fall of 2008 subject to the approval of the Office of Thrift Supervision and the completion of the shopping center. It will extend our coverage in the Inland Empire and provide our bankers a better opportunity to serve local residents and businesses. After all, Provident Bank has been serving the Inland Empire for over 50 years," commented Kathryn Gonzales, Senior Vice President of Retail Banking.
Provident Bank is a community-oriented, federally chartered, full-service retail bank with assets of approximately $1.6 billion. Headquartered in Riverside, California, Provident Bank currently operates 13 full service retail/business banking branches in the Inland Empire (the 14th is scheduled to open in early 2008 in Moreno Valley, California) along with nine Provident Bank Mortgage loan production offices. Provident can be found on the Internet at www.myprovident.com or through our Corporate Call Center at 1-800-442-5201.
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