headquartered in los angeles, bank of hope has more than 35 years of history serving multi-ethnic customers across the united states. formed through the merger of bbcn bank and wilshire bank, bank of hope is the first and only super regional korean-american bank in the nation with more than $13 billion in total assets as of july 30, 2016. bank of hope operates 85 full-service branches in california, washington, texas, illinois, new york, new jersey, virginia, georgia and alabama. the bank also operates sba loan production offices in seattle, denver, dallas, atlanta, northern california, annandale, virginia, portland, oregon and fremont, california; residential mortgage loan production offices in california; and a representative office in seoul, korea. bank of hope specializes in core business banking products for small and medium-sized businesses, with an emphasis in commercial real estate and commercial lending, sba lending and international trade financing.