EWBC

East West Bancorp Inc

A bank holding company that runs East West Bank, a full-service commercial bank headquartered in Pasadena, California, offering personal and business banking, commercial loans, and trade finance that connects the United States and Asia. It was founded in 1973 in Los Angeles by a group of eight people to serve the Chinese American community, opening its first branch in the city's Chinatown as the first federally chartered savings institution dedicated to that community. The "East West" name reflects its mission to act as a financial bridge between East and West, and it still offers bilingual service in Mandarin and Cantonese.