LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wilshire Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIBC), the holding company for Wilshire State Bank, announced plans to participate in a panel at the Sandler O'Neill & Partners 2009 West Coast Financial Services Conference. The conference begins on the evening of March 2 and concludes on March 4 at The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco.
Joanne Kim, President and CEO, will participate in a Southern California Bank Panel on Tuesday, March 3, at 3:00 p.m. PST. The conference will be available in its entirety, both live and via 60-day replay, at www.sandleroneill.com.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, Wilshire State Bank operates 20 branch offices in California, Texas, New Jersey and New York, and five loan production offices in Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Denver, and Annandale, VA, and is an SBA preferred lender nationwide. Wilshire State Bank is a community bank with a focus on commercial real estate lending and general commercial banking, with its primary market encompassing the multi-ethnic populations of the Los Angeles Metropolitan area. Wilshire Bancorp's strategic goals include increasing shareholder and franchise value by continuing to grow its multi-ethnic banking business and expanding its geographic reach to other similar markets with strong levels of small business activity.