Golden Bank

Golden Bank, N.A.

Golden Bank, headquarters in Chinatown, Houston
Native name	金城銀行
Formerly	Texas First National Bank
Company type	Private
Industry	Financial services
Founded	May 3, 1985 (1985-05-03) in Houston, Texas
Headquarters	Houston, Texas, United States
Number of locations	12
Key people	Kenneth Wu, Chairman David Lin, CEO Herbert Ng, President
Services	Banking

Golden Bank (Chinese: 金城銀行; pinyin: Jīnchéng yínháng) is the first and one of the largest Asian American banks based in Texas. It is the second minority-owned bank in the Greater Houston area and one of the largest Asian American banks that are still privately owned. Golden Bank currently has branches in the Greater Houston area and Dallas-Fort Worth area and branches in California.

History

Golden Bank was first founded under the name of Texas First National Bank by a group of Taiwan immigrants in Houston on May 3, 1985. The Bank changed its name to Golden Bank in 2006.

Overview

Golden Bank was established in Houston, Texas in 1985. As the first minority-owned bank in Greater Houston area, Golden Bank has provided commercial banking services including taking deposits (DDA, NOW, Money Market, Savings, Time Deposits, Traditional and Roth IRAs), extending loans (Commercial, Construction, Real Estate, Consumer, Small Business, Mortgages, etc.), providing trade finance, online/mobile banking, cash management and other banking services to businesses and residents within its service areas.

Golden Bank's branch network that contains three branch offices in Greater Houston area (Bellaire Blvd., Harwin Drive, and Sugar Land), two branch offices in Dallas-Fort Worth area (Richardson and Plano), three branch offices in Southern California (Tustin, Alhambra and Rowland Heights) and three branch offices in Northern California (Cupertino, Fremont and Millbrae). It also operates one loan production office in Southern California (Irvine).