WIBC Wilshire Bancorp, Inc. (MM)

Wilshire Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIBC), will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss 2005 fourth quarter and year end results on Thursday, January 26, 2006, at 10:30 A.M. PST (1:30 P.M. EST). The financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2005 will be released before market open on January 26, 2006. The conference call will be hosted by Brian Cho, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Joanne Kim, Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer. This call is being webcast by Thomson/CCBN and can be accessed at www.wilshirebank.com. The webcast is also being distributed through the Thomson StreetEvents Network. Individual investors can listen to the call at www.earnings.com, Thomson's individual investor portal, powered by StreetEvents. Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com), a password-protected event management site, or by dialing toll-free 800-659-2032 and providing passcode number 96013307. About Wilshire Bancorp, Inc.: Headquartered in Los Angeles, Wilshire Bancorp is the parent company of Wilshire State Bank, which operates 16 branch offices in California and Texas, and nine Loan Production Offices in San Jose, Seattle, Oklahoma City, San Antonio, Las Vegas, Houston, Atlanta, Denver and New York. Wilshire State Bank is an SBA preferred lender at all of its office locations. The Bank is a community bank with a focus on commercial real estate lending and general commercial banking, with its primary market encompassing the multi-ethnic populations of the Los Angeles Metropolitan area. Wilshire Bancorp's strategic goals include increasing shareholder and franchise value by continuing to grow its multi-ethnic banking business and expanding its geographic reach to other similar markets with strong levels of small business activity.