LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wilshire Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIBC), the parent company of Wilshire Bank, announced today the grand opening of its first full service branch in Houston, Texas. The Bank's new branch is located at 10000 Harwin Dr. and is managed by Yuri Yoo. The branch will offer a full range of financial services, from checking, savings and CDs to commercial loans and cash management solutions.
"We are very excited to offer our full-service banking capabilities to the Houston market," said Jae Whan (J.W.) Yoo, President and CEO of Wilshire Bancorp. "Houston has a growing community of Korean-Americans, and trade activity between Houston and South Korea has steadily increased over the past decade. Our new branch will enable us to support the continued growth of Korean-American and other ethnic business communities in Houston and provide highly personalized service to our retail customers."
The new Houston branch is open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.
COMPANY INFORMATION
Headquartered in Los Angeles, Wilshire Bancorp is the parent company of Wilshire Bank, which operates 36 branch offices in California, Texas, New Jersey and New York, and 4 loan production offices in Atlanta, GA, Aurora, CO, Newark, CA, and Bellevue, WA, and is an SBA preferred lender nationwide. Wilshire 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. For more information, please go to www.wilshirebank.com.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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