# Umpqua Bank

> Umpqua Bank grew from a one-office community bank founded in Canyonville, Oregon, in 1953 into a major western U.S. regional bank known for turning branches into welcoming neighborhood "stores." It served consumers, small businesses, middle-market companies and wealthy families through deposits, lending, mortgages, treasury services, commercial finance and wealth management. After merging with Columbia Banking System in 2023, the Umpqua legal name became Columbia Bank in July 2025 and the public-facing brand changed in September 2025, leaving its most durable legacy in relationship banking, branch design and the successor bank's eight-state footprint.

- **Founded:** 1953
- **Headquarters:** Lake Oswego, Oregon, United States (Umpqua Bank before the 2025 brand transition)
- **Team size:** Approximately 3,000 employees in the supplied company record; public LinkedIn data around the 2025 transition listed 5,001-10,000 for the broader organization
- **Products:** Personal banking, Home lending, Business banking, Commercial banking, Industry banking
- **Notable:** Grew from a single Canyonville bank opened in 1953 into one of the largest bank franchises headquartered in the western United States., Made the branch-as-neighborhood-store model an internationally discussed customer-experience and service-design case study., Combined with Columbia Banking System in 2023 to create a bank with more than $50 billion in assets and an eight-state footprint.

## Products & services

- **Personal banking** — Checking, savings, money market and certificate accounts, debit cards, digital banking, credit cards, personal loans and home-equity lending.
- **Home lending** — Mortgage origination, refinancing and home-equity products for homeowners and buyers.
- **Business banking** — Deposit accounts, cards, loans, lines of credit, SBA lending, merchant services and cash-management tools for small businesses.
- **Commercial banking** — Corporate lending, commercial real estate, equipment finance and leasing, international banking, payments, treasury management and API banking.
- **Industry banking** — Specialized teams for sectors including healthcare, food and beverage, agriculture, technology, manufacturing, nonprofits and commercial real estate.
- **Wealth management** — Private banking, investment advice, trust services and planning organized around growing, preserving and transitioning wealth.
- **Business Barometer** — An annual research program surveying U.S. small and middle-market business decision-makers about the economy, investment and operating risks.

## Achievements

- Grew from a single Canyonville bank opened in 1953 into one of the largest bank franchises headquartered in the western United States.
- Made the branch-as-neighborhood-store model an internationally discussed customer-experience and service-design case study.
- Combined with Columbia Banking System in 2023 to create a bank with more than $50 billion in assets and an eight-state footprint.
- Ran the Business Barometer for seven annual editions through 2025, building a longitudinal view of small and middle-market business sentiment.
- The successor institution was listed among American Banker's 2025 Top Performing Banks, named by Newsweek among America's Most Trustworthy Companies and rated four stars by BauerFinancial.
- Committed with Columbia Banking System to an $8.1 billion, five-year community-benefits plan covering affordable homeownership, small-business growth and community development.

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Umpqua opened its first retail branch and commercial office in Denver, expanding its Colorado presence.
- **2025-04** — Parent Columbia Banking System agreed to acquire Pacific Premier Bancorp in an all-stock deal valued at about $2.0 billion and announced plans to rename Umpqua Bank.
- **2025-06** — The seventh Business Barometer reported measured optimism among nearly 1,300 U.S. small and middle-market businesses amid tariff, inflation and cybersecurity concerns.
- **2025-07** — Umpqua Bank's legal name changed to Columbia Bank.
- **2025-09** — The public-facing Umpqua brand transitioned to Columbia Bank as the Pacific Premier acquisition closed, creating a roughly $70 billion-asset organization with more than 350 locations.
- **2026-03** — The successor Columbia Bank targeted first-quarter 2026 for systems and service integration following the Pacific Premier acquisition.

## Links

- Website: https://www.umpquabank.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/umpqua-bank
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/umpquabank
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/WorldsGreatestBank
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/umpquabank/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/umpquabank

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Last updated: 2026-08-11