[2] East West earned the top spot in S&P Global Market Intelligence's 2022 Ranking of U.S. Public Banks by Financial Performance.

[3] East West has more than 120 locations in the United States and Asia.

[5] In 1973, the East West Federal Bank (now East West Bank) was founded by F. Chow Chan, Betty Tom Chu, Richard K. Quan, Gilbert L. Leong, Philip Chow, John A Nuccio, Christopher L. Pocino, and John M.

[6] Its focus was to serve the Chinese American community in southern California.

On May 28, 1999, East West Bancorp completed a $13.5 million acquisition of First Central Bank, N. A. in an all-cash transaction.