Center Financial to Present at 12th Annual B. Riley Investor Conference

Center Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: CLFC), the holding company of Center Bank, today announced that its management will present a company overview to a group of investors at the 12th Annual B. Riley & Co. Investor Conference, Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 8:30 a.m. PT (11:30 a.m. ET) in Santa Monica, Calif.

Interested parties may listen to the company overview and panel discussion and view the slides through a live audio webcast by visiting the Investor Relations section of the company’s Web site at www.centerbank.com. Listeners are encouraged to visit the Web site at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the scheduled presentation to register, download and install any necessary audio software. For those unable to listen to the live webcast, the presentation will be archived on the site for 60 days following the conference presentation.

About Center Financial Corporation

Center Financial Corporation is the holding company of Center Bank, a community bank offering a full range of financial services for diverse ethnic and small business customers. Founded in 1986 and specializing in commercial and SBA loans and trade finance products, Center Bank has grown to be one of the nation’s leading financial institutions focusing on the Korean-American community, with total assets of $2.26 billion at March 31, 2011. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Center Bank operates a total of 22 full-service branches and two loan production offices. The company has 16 full-service branches located throughout Southern California and three branches in Northern California. Center Bank also operates two branches and one loan production office in the Seattle area, one branch in Chicago and a loan production office in Denver. Center Bank is a California state-chartered institution and its deposits are insured by the FDIC to the extent provided by law. For additional information on Center Bank, visit the company’s Web site at www.centerbank.com.