East West Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for East West Bank that provides a range of personal and commercial banking services to small and medium-sized businesses, business executives, professionals, and other individuals. The company operates in three segments: Retail Banking, Commercial Banking, and Other. It offers various deposit products comprising personal and business checking and savings accounts, time deposits and individual retirement accounts, travelers' checks, safe deposit boxes, and MasterCard and Visa merchant deposit services. The company's lending portfolio consists of residential single-family and multifamily loans; commercial real estate loans, such as construction and land loans; trade finance loans; commercial business loans, including accounts receivable, small business administration, inventory, and working capital loans; and student and other consumer loans. In addition, it provides financing to facilitate its clients business transactions between Asia and the United States. As of January 23, 2013, it operated through a network of 120 locations worldwide, including in the United States markets of California, New York, Georgia, Massachusetts, Texas and Washington; a full service branch in Hong Kong; and representative offices in Beijing, Shenzhen, and Taipei. The company also operated full service branches in Shanghai and Shantou; and a representative office in Guangzhou. East West Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in Pasadena, California.