Preferred Bank Announces Opening of Loan Production Office in Houston, Texas
February 17 2021 - 5:02PM
Preferred Bank (NASDAQ: PFBC), (“the Bank”), an
independent commercial bank, today announced plans to open a loan
production office (“LPO”) in Houston, Texas. The Bank has hired the
leader of what is expected to be a larger team of local,
experienced lenders in the very near future.
Li Yu, Chairman and CEO, commented, “We are
excited about this opportunity for Preferred Bank. The new team
will be led by George M. Lee, who will be CEO of Preferred Bank’s
Texas operations. Mr. Lee is past CEO of several publicly traded
corporations including Metro Corp from 2002 to 2014, then the
largest Asian-focused commercial bank in Texas. This LPO allows us
to gain entry into a new and growing market in a very cost
effective manner and we plan to eventually have full branch
operations there. As with nearly all of our de novo expansions, the
first step was finding the right personnel. This geographic
expansion also allows for further risk diversification within the
loan portfolio.”
About Preferred Bank
Preferred Bank is one of the larger independent
commercial banks headquartered in California. The Bank is chartered
by the State of California, and its deposits are insured by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC, to the maximum
extent permitted by law. The Bank conducts its banking business
from its main office in Los Angeles, California, and through eleven
full-service branch banking offices in California (Alhambra,
Century City, City of Industry, Torrance, Arcadia, Irvine, Diamond
Bar, Pico Rivera, Tarzana and San Francisco (2)) and one branch in
Flushing, New York. Preferred Bank offers a broad range of deposit
and loan products and services to both commercial and consumer
customers. The Bank provides personalized deposit services as well
as real estate finance, commercial loans and trade finance to small
and mid-sized businesses, entrepreneurs, real estate developers,
professionals and high net worth individuals. Although originally
founded as a Chinese-American Bank, Preferred Bank now derives most
of its customers from the diversified mainstream market but does
continue to benefit from the significant migration to California of
ethnic Chinese from China and other areas of East Asia.
Forward-Looking Statements This
press release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements about
the Bank’s future financial and operating results, the Bank's
plans, objectives, expectations and intentions and other statements
that are not historical facts. Such statements are based upon the
current beliefs and expectations of the Bank’s management and are
subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may
differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. The
following factors, among others, could cause actual results to
differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements:
changes in economic conditions; changes in the California real
estate market; the loss of senior management and other employees;
natural disasters or recurring energy shortage; changes in interest
rates; competition from other financial services companies;
ineffective underwriting practices; inadequate allowance for loan
and lease losses to cover actual losses; risks inherent in
construction lending; adverse economic conditions in Asia; downturn
in international trade; inability to attract deposits; inability to
raise additional capital when needed or on favorable terms;
inability to manage growth; inadequate communications, information,
operating and financial control systems, technology from fourth
party service providers; the U.S. government’s monetary policies;
government regulation; environmental liability with respect to
properties to which the bank takes title; and the threat of
terrorism. Additional factors that could cause the Bank's results
to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking
statements can be found in the Bank’s 2019 Annual Report on Form
10-K filed with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation which can
be found on Preferred Bank’s website. The forward-looking
statements in this press release speak only as of the date of the
press release, and the Bank assumes no obligation to update the
forward-looking statements or to update the reasons why actual
results could differ from those contained in the forward-looking
statements. For additional information about Preferred Bank, please
visit the Bank’s website at www.preferredbank.com.
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Edward J. Czajka |
Jeffrey Haas |
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(310) 622-8240 |
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