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Nara Bancorp and Center Financial Corp. will operate under the name BBCN Bank with a new corporate logo after the merger of the two companies is completed.
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The unexpected departure of the CEO of the nation's biggest Korean-American bank moves comes just days after rival Hanmi Financial announced plans to sell itself.
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BBCN Bancorp in Los Angeles has hired a former chief executive of Hanmi Financial and Wilshire Bancorp to lead its bank.
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BBCN said in a press release Tuesday that the acquisition would position the $5.6 billion-asset company as "the leading Korean-American bank in Chicago" while providing it with entry into the Washington, D.C., market.
April 16
The chief operating officer at BBCN Bancorp (BBCN) in Los Angeles is stepping down.
Bonita Lee plans to resign on Aug. 2, the $5.8 billion-asset company said Friday. Kyu Kim, BBCN's chief commercial banking operator, will succeed Lee, who has been the company's chief operating officer since
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Kim, 51, has been chief commercial officer since the merger of Nara Bancorp and Center Financial created BBCN. Before the merger, Kim was an executive vice president at Nara.
BBCN agreed in April to
