Wilshire Bancorp, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2010 Earnings Conference Call

Wilshire Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:WIBC), will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss first quarter results on Thursday, April 22, 2010, at 11:00 a.m. PDT (2:00 p.m. EDT).

The financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010 will be released before market open on April 22, 2010. The conference call will be hosted by Joanne Kim, President and Chief Executive Officer and Alex Ko, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

This call is being webcast by Thomson/CCBN and can be accessed at www.wilshirebank.com. The webcast is also being distributed through the Thomson StreetEvents Network. Individual investors can listen to the call at www.earnings.com, Thomson’s individual investor portal, powered by StreetEvents. Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com), a password-protected event management site, or by dialing toll-free 800-901-5218 (domestic) or 617-786-4511 (international) and providing passcode number 96992893.

The replay will be available for one year on both websites and a telephone replay will be available until April 29, 2010 by dialing 888-286-8010 (domestic) or 617-801-6888 (international) and entering passcode 85705992.

About Wilshire Bancorp, Inc.:

Headquartered in Los Angeles, Wilshire State Bank operates 24 branch offices in California, Texas, New Jersey and New York, and five loan production offices in Houston, Atlanta, Denver, and Annandale, VA, and is an SBA preferred lender nationwide. Wilshire State Bank is a community bank with a focus on commercial real estate lending and general commercial banking, with its primary market encompassing the multi-ethnic populations of the Los Angeles Metropolitan area. Wilshire Bancorp’s strategic goals include increasing shareholder and franchise value by continuing to grow its multi-ethnic banking business and expanding its geographic reach to other similar markets with strong levels of small business activity.