East West Opens Taiwan Representative Office
October 19 2009 - 7:10PM
Business Wire
East West Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: EWBC), parent company of East
West Bank, today announced the opening of its third Asian
representative office in Taipei, Taiwan.
“The Taipei office, together with our representative offices in
Beijing and Shanghai, and our full service branch in Hong Kong,
provides a strong international banking network to support the
growing financial needs of our customers doing business throughout
the Pacific Rim,” said Dominic Ng, Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer of East West.
The Taipei Representative Office will be overseen by Senior Vice
President and Chief Representative Jason Chen. Chen is a long-time
Pacific Rim banking senior manager, having worked for the past
thirty years throughout China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and the
Philippines with Bank SinoPac, American Express International, Bank
of America and Citibank.
East West, through its Pacific Rim banking network, provides
credit, deposit services, cash management, foreign exchange, trade
finance and other banking services for many Asian businesses with
operations in the U.S., whose parent companies are based in
Asia.
About East West
East West Bancorp [NASDAQ: EWBC] is a publicly owned company
with $12.7 billion in assets. The Company’s wholly owned
subsidiary, East West Bank, is FDIC insured and the second largest
full service commercial bank headquartered in Southern California
with 71 branch locations. East West Bank serves the community with
69 branch locations throughout the counties of Los Angeles, Orange,
San Bernardino, Alameda, San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Mateo and
one branch location in Houston, Texas. East West Bank has four
international locations in Greater China, which include a full
service branch in Hong Kong and representative offices in Beijing,
Shanghai and Taipei. In addition to serving the mainstream market,
East West is also one of the largest financial institutions in the
nation serving the Chinese-American community. For more information
on East West Bancorp, visit the Company’s website at www.eastwestbank.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release may contain forward-looking
statements, which are included in accordance with the “safe harbor”
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
and accordingly, the cautionary statements contained in East West
Bancorp’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31,
2008 (See Item I -- Business, and Item 7 -- Management’s Discussion
and Analysis of Consolidated Financial Condition and Results of
Operations), and other filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission are incorporated herein by reference. These factors
include, but are not limited to: the effect of interest rate and
currency exchange fluctuations; competition in the financial
services market for both deposits and loans; EWBC’s ability to
efficiently incorporate acquisitions into its operations; the
ability of borrowers to perform as required under the terms of
their loans; effect of additional provisions for loan losses;
effect of any goodwill impairment, the ability of EWBC and its
subsidiaries to increase its customer base; the effect of
regulatory and legislative action, including California tax
legislation and an announcement by the state’s Franchise Tax Board
regarding the taxation of Registered Investment Companies; risks
inherent in possible acquisitions and FDIC-assisted transactions;
and regional and general economic conditions. Actual results and
performance in future periods may be materially different from any
future results or performance suggested by the forward-looking
statements in this release. Such forward-looking statements speak
only as of the date of this release. East West expressly disclaims
any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements
found herein to reflect any changes in the Bank’s expectations of
results or any change in event.
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