United States · Financial institution
East West Bank
East West Bank is a California state-chartered commercial bank headquartered in Pasadena, California. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of East West Bancorp, Inc., which is listed on Nasdaq. The bank offers personal, business, commercial and international banking services. According to its parent's 2025 annual report, it serves individuals and businesses that operate in both the US and Asia. It has a branch in Hong Kong and a subsidiary bank in China.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- EWBKUS66XXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under EWBKUS66 directly.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- 2 branch codes
- Other BIC with this LEI
- EWBKHKHH
- BIC first registered
- 1995-12-02
- Last updated
- 2022-02-14
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% East West Bancorp, Inc.
Institution type
Commercial bank
- Ownership
- East West Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware bank holding company listed on Nasdaq, holds 100% of the bank.
- Direct parent
- East West Bancorp, Inc., United States 100%
- Head office
- 135 N. Los Robles Avenue, 7th Floor, 91101 Pasadena, United States
- Company register
- FDIC cert 31628
Business lines
Lending is mainly commercial and industrial, commercial real estate and residential mortgage loans. The bank also offers foreign exchange, treasury management, wealth management and cross-border services between the US and Asia.
Online
- Websites & references
- eastwestbank.com ↗
investor.eastwestbank.com ↗ investor relations (East West Bancorp, Inc.)
Wikipedia ↗
Wikidata Q3046549 ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗
Sources · 15 pages consulted
- eastwestbank.com/
- sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069157/000106915726000041/ewbc9918k6302026.htm
- investor.eastwestbank.com/corporate-information/officers-directors/default.aspx
- eastwestbank.com/content/dam/ewb-dotcom/docs/incomingwireinstructions_currencies/IncomingWireInstructions_
- eastwestbank.com/content/dam/ewb-dotcom/docs/incomingwireinstructions_currencies/IncomingWireInstructions_
- eastwestbank.com/content/dam/ewb-dotcom/docs/incomingwireinstructions_currencies/IncomingWireInstructions_
- cldstgnew.eastwestbank.com/assets/docs/incomingwireinstructions_currencies/IncomingWireInstructions_HKD.pdf
- eastwestbank.com/assets/docs/incomingwireinstructions_currencies/IncomingWireInstructions_CNY.pdf
- eastwestbank.com/content/dam/ewb-dotcom/docs/incomingwireinstructions_currencies/IncomingWireInstructions_
- eastwestbank.com/en/international-banking/foreign-currency-wire-requirements
- eastwestbank.com/en/newsroom/pr_100223
- federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/enforcement20180724a.htm
- stocklight.com/stocks/us/nasdaq-ewbc/east-west-bancorp/annual-reports/nasdaq-ewbc-2026-10K-26699757.pdf
- finance.yahoo.com/quote/EWBC/earnings/EWBC-Q2-2026-earnings_call-629553.html
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_West_Bank
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chair & chief executive
- Dominic Ng Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
- Chief financial officer
- Christopher Del Moral-Niles Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
- Executive
- Irene Oh Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- United States
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco) Prudential supervisorCentral bankAML supervisor
- United States
- California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation Prudential supervisorAML supervisor
- United States
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Conduct
- United States
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Resolution
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
The bank appointed Irene Oh, formerly Chief Financial Officer, as Chief Risk Officer and named Christopher Del Moral-Niles as Chief Financial Officer.
eastwestbank.com ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- EWBKUS66XXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- EWBKBank
- USCountry · United States
- 66Location
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- F28JOQ8OBWCFUYM0UX93
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- United States · North America
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
- Founded
- 1973
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
GLEIF’s relationship records name no parent for this LEI, and no group page is published for it.
Addresses
- Registered address
- 135N. LOS ROBLES AVE FLOOR 7 PASADENA 91101 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- Operational address
- N. LOS ROBLES AVE PASADENA,CA PASADENA,CA 91101 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>EWBKUS66XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>F28JOQ8OBWCFUYM0UX93</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>EWBKUS66XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>F28JOQ8OBWCFUYM0UX93</LEI>
<Nm>EAST WEST BANK</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>PASADENA</TwnNm>
<Ctry>US</Ctry>
<AdrLine>135N. LOS ROBLES AVE FLOOR 7 PASADENA 91101</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
Network
Branches and correspondent banking
All 2 branch BICs connect to the head office. They are all in Pasadena, and no function or registration year splits them further. The bank publishes 4 accounts at other banks, across 2 regions.
- Own offices
- Correspondent banks: it holds accounts there
Hover over a branch, account or group to see its details
Correspondent accounts
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
4 accounts at other banks and 2 routes through its own offices, in 6 currencies, as the bank publishes them: eastwestbank.com ↗ dated Feb 2019
| Currency | Correspondent | BIC | Account | Purpose | Directory check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUR | Standard Chartered Bank (Germany) GMBH, Frankfurt Germany | SCBLDEFXXXX | — | Incoming EUR wires (intermediary bank, field 56A) | Matches the Swift directory |
| GBP | Standard Chartered Bank, London United Kingdom | SCBLGB2LXXX | — | Incoming GBP wires (intermediary bank, field 56A) | Matches the Swift directory |
| JPY | Standard Chartered Bank, Tokyo Japan | SCBLJPJTXXX | — | Incoming JPY wires (intermediary bank, field 56A) | Matches the Swift directory |
| HKD | East West Bank, Hong Kong Branch Hong Kong SAR China | EWBKHKHHXXX | — | Incoming HKD wires; pay via CHATS/RTGS to Bank Code 258 (own branch) | Own branch |
| CNY | East West Bank, Hong Kong Branch Hong Kong SAR China | EWBKHKHHXXX | — | Incoming offshore renminbi (CNH) wires (own branch) | Own branch |
| THB | HSBC, Bangkok Thailand | HSBCTHBKXXX | — | Incoming THB wires (intermediary bank, field 56A) | Matches the Swift directory |
The bank publishes one PDF per currency with incoming wire instructions, each marked REV.02/2019. Each names the intermediary bank and its BIC in field 56A, but no account numbers. Six currency PDFs were retrieved: EUR, GBP, JPY, HKD, CNY/CNH and THB. Other currencies may have similar PDFs that were not retrieved. For HKD and CNH the intermediary is the bank's own Hong Kong branch. The documents are dated 2019 and may be stale. Another URL is https://www.eastwestbank.com/content/dam/ewb-dotcom/docs/IncomingWireInstructions_USD.pdf, found in search results but not retrieved. Its search snippet shows ABA routing number 322070381 for domestic wires and BIC EWBKUS66XXX for international wires. Each correspondent BIC is checked against the Swift directory: a BIC missing from it, or registered to a differently named bank, may be a typo or out of date. Confirm settlement instructions with the bank before relying on them.
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EWBKUS66SEA | — | Pasadena | 135 N. LOS ROBLES AVE. PASADENA,CA PASADENA,CA 91101 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | — | 2023-12-02 |
| EWBKUS66VEL | VELO | Pasadena | 135 N. LOS ROBLES AVE. PASADENA,CA PASADENA,CA 91101 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | — | 2023-12-02 |
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Sources & method
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