does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . march 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message first american international bank type private industry finance and insurance founded 1999 headquarters brooklyn new york city new york united states key people mr. patrick yau products banking revenue n a asset 118.287 million return on assets 0.41 return on equity 0.93 slogan n a website 1 first american international bank is an overseas chinese bank in the united states . headquartered in brooklyn with branch offices in chinatown manhattan and in chinatown flushing this privately held community bank was first established on november 15 1999 . the bank was established to serve asian chinese low income recent immigrants located in the five boroughs of new york city because these people lack the necessary credit history and thus would often likely to be turned down by other mainstream banks . nearly 80 % of first american national bank s basic banking account services consumer and business loans and mortgages have been made in low moderate income and distressed areas as defined by the united states department of the treasury . the bank survives in the fierce competition by venturing into new services such as providing pre credit and post credit counseling to customers and also working year round with local social service organizations such as the chinese american planning council in conducting educational and counseling sessions on the use of basic banking services personal credit and housing mortgages for chinese immigrants . its secured credit card programs for new immigrants to build credit history has been widely used . the bank has been designated as a certified community development financial institution cdfi by the united states department of the treasury . external links edit official website v t e chinese american banks abacus federal savings bank american continental bank american premier bank asia bank bank of the orient cathay bank chinese american bank east west bank evertrust bank finance factors first american international bank first general bank global commerce bank golden security bank los angeles national bank metrocorp bancshares omni bank california pacific global bank preferred bank southwestern national bank tomato bank united international bank united orient bank universal bank retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title first american international bank & oldid 740143730 categories banks based in new york citybanks established in 1999chinese american bankschinese american culture in new york cityprivately held companies based in new york city1999 establishments in new yorkhidden categories articles lacking sources from march 2007all articles lacking sources navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 september 2016 at 09 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view