Center Financial to Present at D.A. Davidson's 10th Annual Financial Services Conference.

LOS ANGELES -- Center Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: CLFC) today announced that President and Chief Executive Officer Jae Whan (J. W.) Yoo and Chief Financial Officer Lonny D. Robinson will present a company overview to a group of investors at the D.A. Davidson 10th Annual Financial Services Conference at 11:30 a.m. PDT (2:30 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, May 8, 2008 at the Bell Harbor Conference Center in Seattle, Washington.

Interested parties can listen to the presentation through a live audio webcast at the investor relations section of the company's Web site, www.centerbank.com. Listeners are encouraged to visit the Web site at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the scheduled presentation to register, download and install any necessary audio software. For those unable to listen to the live webcast, the presentation will be archived on the Web site for 30 business days following the conference presentation.

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 $2.16 billion at March 31, 2008. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Center Bank operates 26 branch and loan production offices. Of the company's 19 full-service branches, 16 are located throughout Southern California, along with one branch in Chicago and two in Seattle. Center Bank's seven loan production offices are strategically located in Seattle, Denver, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and Northern California. 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.