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 businesses and individuals in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Consumer and Business Banking, Commercial Banking, and Other. It accepts various deposit products, such as personal and business checking and savings accounts, money market, and time deposits. The company provides various loan products, such as mortgage and home equity, commercial and residential real estate, construction, trade, letters of credit, commercial business, affordable housing, asset-based, asset-backed, project, loan syndication, and equipment loans, as well as working capital lines of credit; and financing services for clients to facilitate their business transactions between the United States and Asia. It also provides foreign exchange, treasury management, wealth management, and interest rate and commodity risk hedging services; and mobile and online banking services. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Pasadena, California.