Preferred Bank to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conferences

Preferred Bank

(NASDAQ:PFBC), an independent commercial bank focusing on the diversified California market, today announced that members of management will participate in two upcoming investor conferences during the month of May:

• D.A. Davidson 19th Annual Financial Institutions Conference being held Tuesday, May 9th to Thursday, May 11th at the Denver Marriott City Center in Denver, Colorado.  Management will be conducting one-on-one meetings on Wednesday, May 10. 
• Piper Jaffray Financial Institutions Conference on Tuesday, May 16th and Wednesday, May 17th at The Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida. Management will be conducting one-on-one meetings throughout each day.

About Preferred Bank

Preferred Bank is one of the larger independent commercial banks in California. The bank is chartered by the State of California, and its deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC, to the maximum extent permitted by law. The Company conducts its banking business from its main office in Los Angeles, California, and through ten full-service branch banking offices in the California cities of Alhambra, Century City,  City of Industry, Torrance, Arcadia, Irvine, Diamond Bar, Pico Rivera, Tarzana and San Francisco, and one office in Flushing, New York. Preferred Bank offers a broad range of deposit and loan products and services to both commercial and consumer customers. The bank provides personalized deposit services as well as real estate finance, commercial loans and trade finance to small and mid-sized businesses, entrepreneurs, real estate developers, professionals and high net worth individuals. Although originally founded as a Chinese-American Bank, Preferred Bank now derives most of its customers from the diversified mainstream market but does continue to benefit from the significant migration to California of ethnic Chinese from China and other areas of East Asia.

AT THE COMPANY:	
Edward J. Czajka	
Executive Vice President
Chief Financial Officer	
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AT FINANCIAL PROFILES:
Kristen Papke
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