WIBC Wilshire Bancorp, Inc. (MM)

Wilshire Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:WIBC), will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss 2007 fourth quarter and year end results on Thursday, January 31, 2008, at 1:30 P.M. PST (4:30 P.M. EST). The financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2007 will be released before market open on January 31, 2008. The conference call will be hosted by Joanne Kim, Interim President and Chief Executive Officer and Elaine Jeon, Senior Vice President and Interim Chief Financial 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 800-320-2978 (domestic) or 617-614-4923 (international) and providing passcode number 94976155. The replay will be available for one year on both websites and a telephone replay will be available until February 7, 2008 by dialing 888-286-8010 (domestic) or 617-801-6888 (international) and entering passcode 15736355. About Wilshire Bancorp, Inc.: Headquartered in Los Angeles, Wilshire State Bank operates 20 branch offices in California, Texas, New Jersey and New York, and seven loan production offices in Seattle, Las Vegas, Houston, Atlanta, Denver, Annandale (in Virginia) and Fort Lee (in New Jersey), and is an SBA preferred lender nationwide. Wilshire State 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.