WIBC Wilshire Bancorp, Inc. (MM)

Wilshire Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIBC), the holding company for Wilshire State Bank, today announced that Joanne Kim, Chief Executive Officer, and Alex Ko, Chief Financial Officer, will be making presentations and holding one-on-one meetings with institutional investors at a number of upcoming conferences. Details for each investor conference are provided below:

The Ninth Annual JMP Securities Research Conference

May 11, 2010

1:00 PM PT

San Francisco, CA

D.A. Davidson 12^th Annual Financial Services Conference

May 13, 2010

8:30 AM PT

Seattle, WA

11th Annual B. Riley & Co. Investor Conference

May 25, 2010

11:30 AM PT

Santa Monica, CA

COMPANY INFORMATION

Headquartered in Los Angeles, Wilshire State Bank operates 24 branch offices in California, Texas, New Jersey and New York, and six loan production offices in Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Denver, Annandale, Virginia, and Fort Lee, 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.

www.wilshirebank.com

CONTACT:  Wilshire Bancorp, Inc.

          Joanne Kim, President & CEO

            (213) 639-1843

          Alex Ko, EVP & CFO

            (213) 427-6560

          www.wilshirebank.com