UBFO United Security Bancshares

FRESNO, Calif., Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Banker magazine's August 8, 2007 edition ranked United Security Bancshares 6th in California for its Net Income to Salary and Benefits ratio of 1.33 for the 1st quarter of 2007. Ten California publicly traded bank holding companies made the list of the top 150 such companies in the nation of all sizes. United Security Bancshares was ranked 63rd nationally. The ratio measures the relationship of net income to salary and benefits expense. In the case of United Security Bancshares, it earned $1.33 in net income for each $1.00 it spent on salaries and benefits during the 1st quarter of 2007. Dennis R. Woods, President and Chief Executive Officer of United Security Bancshares http://www.unitedsecuritybank.com/ (NASDAQ:UBFO) added, "I'm very pleased with this acknowledgment, and very pleased to be included once again on this prestigious list of high performing companies. Our appearance in the report acknowledges what we constantly strive to achieve, consistent growth of shareholder value." United Security Bancshares is a $785 million bank holding company for United Security Bank, the largest independent bank head quartered in the Central San Joaquin Valley. The Bank operates eleven branch offices, as well as four loan centers, administrative offices and a data center. For more information about Bank visit our web site at http://www.unitedsecuritybank.com/. DATASOURCE: United Security Bancshares CONTACT: Dennis R. Woods, President and Chief Executive Officer of United Security Bank, +1-559-248-4928 Web site: http://www.unitedsecuritybank.com/

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