LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wilshire Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIBC), the holding company for Wilshire State Bank, today announced that its President and Chief Executive Officer Joanne Kim will participate in a panel discussion at the FIG Partners' First Annual West Coast Bank CEO Forum on Thursday, February 18 in San Francisco.
The panelists, CEOs from leading banks in the Western states, will discuss significant issues currently affecting the banking industry and their customers. Ms. Kim will be part of a three-CEO panel focused on ethnic banking. The discussions will be coupled with one-on-one meetings with investment managers, industry analysts, other specialists and professionals.
The Forum will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco, starting at 9:10 a.m.
About Wilshire Bancorp
Headquartered in Los Angeles, Wilshire State Bank operates 23 branch offices in California, Texas, New Jersey and New York, and five loan production offices in Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Denver, and Annandale, VA, and is a 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.