Columbia Banking System, Inc.

Pacific Northwest regional bank holding company for Columbia Bank

What Columbia Banking System does

Columbia Banking System owns Columbia Bank, a U.S. bank that takes deposits and makes loans to businesses and individuals. It offers checking, savings, and CDs, plus business loans, mortgages, and wealth management. It is based in Tacoma, Washington.

How Columbia Banking System makes money

It earns most of its money from the spread between interest on loans (mainly commercial and real estate loans) and what it pays on deposits. It also earns fees from treasury management, wealth management, trust, mortgage, and merchant services.

Products & services

• Business and personal checking, savings and money market accounts
• Commercial lines of credit, term loans and commercial real estate loans
• Residential mortgages and consumer loans
• Treasury management (ACH, wires, remote deposit, commercial card)
• Wealth management, trust and private banking
• SBA lending and equipment leasing