Bay View Capital Announces P.K. Chatterjee to Head Auto Finance Subsidiary

Bay View Capital Announces P.K. Chatterjee to Head Auto Finance
Subsidiary 


SAN MATEO, Calif., Sept. 7  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bay View Capital
Corporation (the "Company") announced that Prodyodth K. "PK" Chatterjee has
joined the Company today to serve as President and CEO of Bay View Acceptance
Corporation ("BVAC"), the Company's automobile finance subsidiary.  PK also
holds the office of Executive Vice President and Director of Retail Operations
for the Company.

"PK brings a wealth of experience and success in the consumer lending arena,
and we are very excited to have him join the Company to lead the continuing
expansion in our consumer finance business," said Charles G. Cooper, the
Company's Chief Executive Officer.

PK has been the Head of Consumer Lending for AmSouth Bank, U.S. Bancorp and
Comerica, Inc., and has seventeen years of consumer lending experience. He has
served as a member of the Automobile Finance Committee of the Consumer Bankers
Association for more than ten years.

PK observed, "Bay View represents a wonderful opportunity for me to apply my
consumer lending experience to lead and grow the dynamic BVAC auto platform,
and to help the Company seek opportunities to broaden its consumer lending
services."

PK's office will be located at BVAC's corporate headquarters in Covina,
California.

Bay View Capital Corporation is a financial services company headquartered in
San Mateo, California and is listed on the NYSE: BVC.  For more information,
visit http://www.bayviewcapital.com/. 

DATASOURCE: Bay View Capital Corporation



CONTACT:  John Okubo for Bay View Capital Corporation, [phone]



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

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