Preferred Bank Names Nick Pi Permanent Chief Credit Officer

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Preferred Bank (NASDAQ: PFBC), an independent commercial bank focusing on the diversified California market, announced that Nick Pi has been named as permanent Chief Credit Officer. On June 17 of this year, Mr. Pi was appointed as Acting Chief Credit Officer and has been with Preferred Bank as Executive Vice President and Group Manager since 2003.  

About Preferred Bank

Preferred Bank is one of the larger independent commercial banks 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 Company conducts its banking business from its main office in Los Angeles, California, and through eleven full-service branch banking offices in Alhambra, Century City,  City of Industry, Torrance, Arcadia, Irvine, Diamond Bar, Anaheim, Pico Rivera, Tarzana and San Francisco, California. 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. 

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CONTACT: AT THE COMPANY:
         Edward J. Czajka
         Executive Vice President
         Chief Financial Officer
         (213) 891-1188

         AT FINANCIAL PROFILES:
         Kristen Papke
         General Information
         (310) 663-8007
         [email protected]

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