Kevin Kim

Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, HOPE BANCORP INC

Search every verified Kevin Kim interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Kevin Kim, President and CEO of Hope Bancorp, spoke at the grand opening of the bank's Duluth branch in Atlanta on April 7, 2022, welcoming attendees and introducing branch staff. He described the location as the center of the Korean American community in Atlanta and noted the region's growth as a hub for industry, economy, logistics, and culture. Kim also discussed the bank's expansion, stating that Hope Bancorp had established itself as a representative Asian-American bank in the U.S. with $18 billion in total assets, and expressed expectations that it would grow from a super-regional to a national bank. In a January 2020 earnings call for the fourth quarter of 2019, Kim outlined the bank's priorities for 2020, including a focus on deposit gathering, expense control, and disciplined loan origination to ensure profitable growth. He noted challenges in the commercial real estate market but anticipated more active loan production in the coming year. Kim also commented on the bank's strategy of retaining higher-rate SBA loans in its portfolio rather than selling them, describing this as part of its profitable growth approach, while monitoring secondary market conditions.