no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . march 2014 bbcn bancorp inc type public limited company traded as nasdaq bbcn industry financial predecessor nara bancorp inc founded june 5 2000 1 headquarters los angeles ca area served u.s. key people kevin kim chairman & ceo operating income us 0 267.9 million 2012 2 net income us 0 83.2 million 2012 2 total assets us 05.9 billion 2012 2 number of employees 831 2013 3 website www.bbcnbank.com bbcn business bank of center and nara bancorp inc. is a holding company for bbcn bank . the bank is the largest korean american bank in the u.s. 4 5 the company focuses the business in korean communities and it offers its customers commercial banking loan and deposit products through 50 full service branches and six loan production offices . 6 the company s profit mainly comes from earning interest on loans and investment securities . 7 history edit on june 5 2000 bbcn bancorp inc. was incorporated with the initial name as nara bancorp inc. in february 2002 it became the holding company for nara bank effective which is a member of national banking association opened for business in june 1989 . 7 on november 30 2011 they completed a merger of equals transaction in which they merged with center financial corporation center financial or center . the merger added 21 full service branch offices and brought about the new names which are currently used nara bancorp inc. was changed to bbcn bancorp inc. center bank was changed to bbcn bank . 8 on february 15 2013 the company completed the acquisition of pacific international bancorp pib . pacific international bancorp was the holding company for pacific international bank which was a washington state chartered bank having four bank locations in the seattle metropolitan area . 9 in august 2013 bbcn bancorp inc. acquired foster bankshares inc. with the acquisition bbcn became the leading korean american bank in chicago . 10 in december 2015 bbcn bancorp and wilshire bancorp announced a merger of their institutions . 11 references edit time of foundation reuters a b c 2012 annual report on form 10 k number of employees in yahoo finance company descriptation in google fiance company descriptation in answers about us in homepage a b source of profit in reuters bbcn completes acquisition of center financial corporation bbcn completes acquisition of pacific international bbcn bancorp announces acquisition of chicago based foster bankshares two koreatown banks to unite but a rival hopes to block the merger . latimes.com . retrieved 2015 12 08 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bbcn bank & oldid 706983364 categories companies listed on nasdaqbanks established in 2000banks based in californiacompanies based in californiafinancial services companies of the united stateshidden categories orphaned articles from march 2014all orphaned articles 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 26 february 2016 at 10 40 . 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