Community West Bancshares (NASDAQ:CWBC), the parent company of Community West Bank, and United Security Bancshares (NASDAQ:UBFO), the parent company of United Security Bank, announced today that the required regulatory approvals from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, as well as a waiver from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, have been received pursuant to the proposed merger in which United Security Bancshares will merge with and into Community West Bancshares as the surviving company, and United Security Bank will merge with and into Community West Bank.