After ‘troubled’ rating, Tucson-based bank marks comeback with top score | Business News

Commerce earned net income of $541,000 in the third quarter, and just over $2 million through the first three quarters of 2021 after posting a profit of $2.9 million for 2020.

PPP loans earned Commerce $384,000 in loan-origination fees in the third quarter, the bank’s parent company, CBOA Financial Inc., said in a news release.

The mainly local investors who backed Commerce Bank during its darkest days have shares in the bank they can sell publicly. CBOA Financial is traded on the over-the-counter “pink sheets,” where it has been trading recently for $3 per share.

All the other banks operating in Southern Arizona maintained their previous Bauer star ratings except for Utah-based Zions Bancorp, parent of National Bank of Arizona, which dropped to four stars or “excellent” from five stars.

Canyon Community Bank, which is locally-based but majority-owned by a Texas investment group, also continued to improve its balance sheet after raising nearly…

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