West Coast Bank is Named one of Oregon's Top Ten Most Admired Financial Companies for the Third Consecutive Year

PR Newswire
December 15, 2008 Monday 7:56 PM GMT
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DATELINE: LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. Dec. 15
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LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., Dec. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- West Coast Bank was recognized as one of Oregon's Top Ten Most Admired Financial Service Companies at a recent Portland Business Journal luncheon. This is the third consecutive year that West Coast Bank has received the award.

The results were based upon surveys from more than 2,000 Oregon CEO's who were asked to rank the companies they most admire. Companies were rated by attributes including innovation, quality of product or service, community service, branding and quality of management.

West Coast Bancorp,(NASDAQ:WCBO), one of Oregon Business Magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For, is a Northwest bank holding company with $2.5 billion in assets, operating 64 locations in Oregon and Washington. The company combines the sophisticated products and expertise of larger banks with the local decision making, market knowledge and customer service of a community bank. For more information, visit the Company's web site at http://www.wcb.com/ .

CONTACT: Robert D. Sznewajs, President & CEO of West Coast Bancorp,
+1-503-598-3243

Web site: http://www.wcb.com/

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