Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, East West Bancorp
Search every verified Christopher Moral-niles interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Christopher Del Moral-Niles, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of East West Bancorp, discussed the bank's fourth-quarter earnings and its outlook in a September 2024 interview. He stated that 96% of the bank's business is driven by the American market, and described the Chinese American community as "remarkably resilient" and "remarkably loyal." Del Moral-Niles attributed the bank's softer loan growth guidance to the U.S. economic outlook, noting that the bank is not seeing the level of commercial real estate transactions that would support strong growth in that sector over the next few quarters, and predicted that business would slow further. Del Moral-Niles said the bank will continue to grow in commercial and industrial lending and residential lending, but will not grow commercial real estate as it has in the past. He suggested that a return to normal transaction levels in commercial real estate may require the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates by 100 to 150 basis points. Regarding the aftermath of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, Del Moral-Niles stated that East West is "stronger than ever," that the market share landscape has shifted in the bank's favor, and that the bank added net new customer accounts and grew to record levels.
“As you know, we are an American bank, and so the reality is 96% of business is driven by the American market. We've been very pleased to see the reception up over 5% of our earnings week to our results and are focused on continuing to drive that cross border activity that makes us a unique player in the market.”
“Our Chinese American community has proven remarkably resilient, remarkably loyal, and as supporting the growth in activity that happens across the border between the two countries, and we play a unique role in that.”
“The softer loan growth guidance is about the outlook here in the United States. Our loan book is 96% in the United States and a portion of our loans is here in U.S. commercial real estate. As we look at the current environment, we're not seeing the level of transactions happening that would support strong growth in com...”
“We're going to keep pace on commercial and industrial lending and will continue to outpace on residential lending. We've grown that nicely the last several quarters and we'll be a growth bank. We just won't be growing commercial real estate the way we have in the past in this environment.”
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