Banc of California, Inc. announced today a focus on financial literacy in cooperation with the University of Southern California (USC) Athletics department as the company was named the "Official Bank of USC Athletics." To launch the relationship, Banc of California employees and USC Athletics staff hosted a Trojan's Kid Corner event at Brittingham Field on the USC campus which engaged more than 100 children from USC partner programs with financial literacy classes, pep talks and sports workstations with USC coaches, as well as the announcement of a 20,000-ticket giveaway to low-income students in the neighborhoods surrounding the campus.