BANK OF HOPE

Updated 05-May-2020.

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Hope Bancorp Announces Acquisition of Seattle-Based U & I Financial Corp.: Merger Positions Bank of Hope as Only Korean-American Bank in Pacific Northwest

BBCN to Rebrand as Hope Bancorp After Completing Wilshire Deal: BBCN Bancorp in Los Angeles will rebrand itself as Hope Bancorp after buying Wilshire Bancorp. The $8.1 billion-asset BBCN also plans to change the name of its banking subsidiary to Bank of Hope after the deal closes.

BBCN and Wilshire Complete Merger of Equals Creating the Only Super Regional Korean-American Bank in the U.s.: — Company and Bank Subsidiary Rebranded as Hope Bancorp, Inc. and Bank of Hope —- Anticipates Trading Under New Stock Ticker Symbol “HOPE” Effective…

My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Bank of Hope is the largest bank focused on Korean Americans . it offers commercial banking loan and deposit products through 63 branches in California, Washington, Texas, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Georgia, and Alabama . BBCN was an acronym for Business Bank of Center and Nara . in 2017, the bank acquired U & I Financial Corp, based in Seattle .