East West Bank
USINFO | 2013-08-20 13:18
East West Bank is a Chinese American bank in the state of California in the United States. It has over 120 branch locations in the U.S and Greater China, including branches in northern and southern California, Georgia, Massachusetts, New York, Texas, Washington, one overseas branch in Hong Kong, one each in Shanghai and Shantou and representative offices in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Taipei.[3] [4] It is headquartered in Pasadena, California. As of its 2009 acquisition from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporationof the assets of United Commercial Bank, the resulting bank was projected to start with almost $23 billion in assets, putting it ahead of L.A.-based City National as the largest bank based in Southern California.
The current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer is Dominic Ng and the President and Chief Operating Officer is Julia S. Gouw.
East West Bank was founded in 1973 as a savings and loan company targeting the Chinese American community in Southern California. It became a state-chartered commercial bank in 1995.
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