UCB joins $9 billion in Sanwa assets and $1.9 billion from Tokai. While the nearly $11 billion in total assets pales in comparison with major banks, the new entity is the third-largest bank ...

Sanwa, with more than $9.3 billion in assets, has 108 branches stretching from the Bay Area to San Diego, with a focus on Southern California. L.A.-based Tokai, ...

Sanwa Bank California and Tokai Bank of California--both subsidiaries of giant Japanese institutions--agreed Tuesday to a merger, creating a company with $12 billion in assets that would be called ...