"At Vineyard Bank we operate under one main philosophy: We realize to build a business you must first build relationships," said Patti Lazard, senior vice president and managing director of Vineyard Bank's San Diego banking center. "Building relationships means proactively working with our clients to understand their business and how we can assist in their continued success. Creating positive experiences and building relationships is how Vineyard Bank does banking."

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Vineyard National Bancorp is a bank-holding company headquartered in Rancho Cucamonga. The bank operates 12 full-service branch offices in Los Angeles, Marin, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties, and three loan production offices located in Anaheim, Carlsbad and Westlake Village, Calif.