 NEW YORK, March 26, 2021 PRNewswire -- Juan Monteverde , founder and managing partner at Monteverde Associates PC, a national securities firm rated Top 50 in the 2018 and 2019 ISS Securities Class Action Services Report and headquartered at the Empire State Building in New York City, is investigating Pacific Mercantile Bancorp PMBC or the Company PMBC relating to its proposed merger with Banc of California. Under the terms of the agreement, PMBC shareholders will receive 0.50 share of Banc of California per share. 