Press Releases May 20, 2026 08:00 AM

Preferred Bank Announces Recovery Settlement

Preferred Bank Secures $5.7 Million Recovery from Previously Charged-Off Loan

By Ajmal Hussain PFBC

Preferred Bank announced a settlement agreement to recover $5.7 million over eleven months on a commercial and industrial loan that was charged off in Q2 2024. This recovery strengthens the bank's financial position and positively impacts its asset quality.

Preferred Bank Announces Recovery Settlement
PFBC

Key Points

  • Preferred Bank will receive $5.7 million from a previously charged-off commercial loan over the next eleven months.
  • The loan charge-off was recorded in the second quarter of 2024, and this recovery reflects successful negotiation with the borrower.
  • Preferred Bank remains a leading independent commercial bank in California with broad services across multiple states, serving a diversified customer base including commercial and consumer clients.

LOS ANGELES, May 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Preferred Bank (NASDAQ: PFBC), (“the Bank”), an independent commercial bank, announced today that it has entered into a settlement agreement on a commercial & industrial loan with the borrower. The agreement calls for the Bank to receive a total of $5.7 million over an eleven month period on a loan previously charged off. The charge-off of the loan was recorded in the second quarter of 2024.

About Preferred Bank

Preferred Bank is one of the larger independent commercial banks headquartered 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 Bank conducts its banking business from its main office in Los Angeles, California, and through twelve full-service branch banking offices in California (Alhambra, Century City, City of Industry, Torrance, Arcadia, Irvine (2), Diamond Bar, Pico Rivera, Tarzana and San Francisco (2)). The Bank also operates a branch in Flushing, New York and in the Houston suburb of Sugar Land, Texas as well as a Loan Production Office in Sunnyvale, California. 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
(213) 891-1188
AT FINANCIAL PROFILES:
Jeffrey Haas
General Information
(310) 478-2700
[email protected]



Risks

  • Recovery depends on timely payments by the borrower over eleven months, presenting execution risk.
  • The initial charge-off indicates historical credit risk; future loan performance remains uncertain.
  • Broad economic factors affecting commercial and industrial lending, such as market conditions and borrower solvency, could impact future recoveries.

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