LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pacific City Financial Corporation (OTC: PFCF) (“Company”), the holding company for Pacific City Bank (the “Bank”), today announced the appointment of Brian Bang as Senior Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of the Company and the Bank upon promotion of Henry Kim, Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Credit Officer to President and CEO on January 1, 2018. Mr. Bang served as Deputy Chief Credit Officer since 2014.
“We are delighted to appoint Brian Bang as the new Chief Credit Officer,” said President and CEO Haeyoung Cho. “Brian has been instrumental to the success of our institution during the past several years and his extended community banking credit experience will be instrumental in executing our key strategic initiatives.”
Mr. Brian Bang joined Pacific City Bank in 2005 and served as Senior Vice President & Deputy Chief Credit Officer since 2014. Prior to that Mr. Bang served as Senior Loan Officer and Credit Administration Manager. Mr. Bang also held loan officer positions in other Korean-American banks in Southern California. He has extensive experience in community banking as commercial, consumer, SBA lender and credit administrator.
Mr. Bang received his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from California State University, Fullerton. He also graduated from Pacific Coast Banking School, in partnership with the Graduate School of Business at the University of Washington.
About Pacific City Financial Corporation
Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Pacific City Financial Corporation is the parent company of Pacific City Bank, a full-service commercial bank with thirteen branch offices and ten loan production offices in Lynwood and Bellevue, Washington; Denver, Colorado; Chicago, Illinois; Annandale, Virginia; Atlanta, Georgia; Orange County and Los Angeles, California; Bayside, New York; and Carrollton, Texas. Pacific City Bank specializes in commercial banking for small to medium-size businesses by providing commercial real estate loans, small business loans and lines of credit, trade finance loans, auto loans, residential mortgage loans, and SBA loans. Pacific City Bank serves a diverse customer base through its branches in the Greater Los Angeles area, Fort Lee, New Jersey, Bayside, New York and its Loan Production Offices in eight States.
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