Wilshire Bancorp (Wilshire Bancorp) Short Interest

Wilshire Bancorp Inc was incorporated under the laws of the State of California on May 20, 1980. It is a bank holding company offers a range of financial products and services through its main subsidiary, Wilshire Bank, a California state-chartered commercial bank. It operates in three business segments including Banking Operations, Trade Finance Services and Small Business Administration Lending Services. Banking Operations raises funds from deposits and borrowings for loans and investments and provides lending products including commercial, consumer and real estate loans to customers. Small Business Administration Lending Services provides loans through the SBA guaranteed lending program. Trade Finance Services assists its import/export customers with international transactions. Trade finance products include the issuance and collection of letters of credit, international collection and import/export financing. It is engaged in a complement of lending activities, including commercial real estate and home mortgage lending, commercial business lending & trade finance, SBA lending & consumer loans and construction lending. It offers commercial business loans to sole proprietorships, partnerships and corporations. These loans include business lines of credit and business term loans to finance operations, to provide working capital or for specific purposes, such as to finance the purchase of assets, equipment or inventory. It offers Internet banking, which allows its customers to access their deposit and loan accounts through the Internet. Customers are able to obtain transaction history and account information, transfer funds between accounts, make on-line bill payments, and open deposit accounts. It also offer ATM machines located at selected branch offices, customer access to an ATM network and armored carrier services. Its competitors include national banks, regional banks and other community banks as well as other types of financial institutions, including without limitation, savings and loan institutions, finance companies, brokerage firms, insurance companies, credit unions, mortgage banks and other financial intermediaries. The Company is subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the federal banking agencies.