Center Financial Schedules 2006 Second Quarter Conference Call on July 27.

LOS ANGELES -- Center Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:CLFC), today announced the company will host an investor conference call at 11:00 a.m. EDT (8:00 a.m. PDT) on Thursday, July 27, 2006, to review the financial results for its 2006 second quarter ended June 30.

The call will be open to all interested investors through a live, listen-only audio Web broadcast via the Internet at www.centerbank.com and www.earnings.com. For those who are not available to listen to the live broadcast, the call will be archived for one year at both Web sites. A telephonic playback of the conference call also will be available through 8:00 p.m. EDT, Thursday, August 3, by calling 888-286-8010 (domestic) or 617-801-6888 (international) and using passcode 35280136.

About Center Financial Corporation

Center Financial Corporation is the holding company of Center Bank, a community bank offering a full range of financial services for diverse ethnic and small business customers. Founded in 1986 and specializing in commercial and SBA loans and trade finance products, Center Bank has grown to be one of the nation's largest financial institutions focusing on the Korean-American community, with total assets of $1.7 billion at March 31, 2006. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Center Bank operates 26 branch and loan production offices across the nation. Of the company's 17 full-service branches, 15 are located throughout Southern California, along with one branch each in Chicago and Seattle. Center Bank's nine loan production offices are strategically located in Phoenix, Seattle, Denver, Washington D.C., Las Vegas, Atlanta, Honolulu, Houston and Dallas. Center Bank is a California state-chartered institution and its deposits are insured by the FDIC to the extent provided by law. For additional information on Center Bank, visit the company's Web site at www.centerbank.com.