My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: east west bank is the largest independent bank headquartered in Southern California, United States . it is a premier bank focused exclusively on the United States and Greater China markets . in Greater China, East West Bank’s presence includes full service in 1991, during the savings and loan crisis, the company acquired Pacific Coast Savings . in 1992, the bank had $1.4 billion in assets . east west bank became a state-chartered commercial bank on July 31, 1995 in 2009, the company acquired the assets of United Commercial Bank (UCB) the company expanded East West Bank’s reach by 63 branches, including 17 in Southern California . in 2014, it acquired MetroCorp Bancshares