Heritage Commerce Corp to Participate in FIG Partners West Coast Bank CEO Forum

Heritage Commerce Corp (Nasdaq:HTBK), today announced that Walter T. Kaczmarek, President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to participate on the panel on Bay Area Banks at the FIG Partners' 6th Annual West Coast Bank CEO Forum, at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, on Thursday, February 5, 2015, at 2:05 p.m. PST.

Heritage Commerce Corp, a bank holding company established in February 1998, is the parent company of Heritage Bank of Commerce, established in 1994 and headquartered in San Jose with full-service branches in Danville, Fremont, Gilroy, Hollister, Los Altos, Los Gatos, Morgan Hill, Pleasanton, Sunnyvale, and Walnut Creek. Heritage Bank of Commerce is an SBA Preferred Lender. Bay View Funding, a subsidiary of Heritage Bank of Commerce, is based in Santa Clara and provides business-essential working capital factoring financing to various industries throughout the United States. For more information, please visit www.heritagecommercecorp.com.

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