Private company

East West Bancorp

American financial services company

East West Bancorp is the parent company of East West Bank. It is a publicly owned company with over $70 billion in assets as of 2024. The company's wholly owned subsidiary, East West Bank, is the largest state-chartered bank in California as of 2023.2 It is headquartered in Pasadena, United States.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

  • HeadquartersPasadena, United States1
  • Websitewww.eastwestbank.com
  • Listed onNasdaq (EWBC)1
  • Legal formCorporation3
  • LEI254900O4X656YXFOYB113
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressC/O THE CORPORATION TRUST COMPANY, 19801 Wilmington, United States3
  • Registered withDivision of Corporations, Department of State, 29391533

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East West Bancorp is the parent company of East West Bank. It is a publicly owned company with over $70 billion in assets as of 2024. The company's wholly owned subsidiary, East West Bank, is the largest state-chartered bank in California as of 2023. East West earned the top spot in S&P Global Market Intelligence's 2022 Ranking of U.S. Public Banks by Financial Performance.2

Corporate structure

East West Bancorp sits at the top of its group. 3 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • East West Bancorp Pasadena, California, United States
    • East West Bank Subsidiary · Pasadena, California, United States
      • East West Markets, LLC Subsidiary · 100% · Dallas, United States

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What East West Bancorp reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

East West Federal Bank (now East West Bank) was founded in 1973.

From Wikipedia’s article on East West Bancorp, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

As of 2024, East West Bank has more than 100 locations in the United States and Asia.

From Wikipedia’s article on East West Bancorp, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Aug 26, 1998Founded East West Bancorp is founded3

Sources

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