Center Financial to Present at Howe Barnes Hoefer & Arnett's 3rd Annual Asian Banking Conference.

LOS ANGELES -- Center Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:CLFC) today announced that Chief Executive Officer (Paul) Seon-Hong Kim and Chief Financial Officer Patrick Hartman will present a company overview at the Howe Barnes Hoefer & Arnett 3rd Annual Asian Banking Conference at 10:45 a.m. EST on Tuesday, November 14th, at the Jumeirah Essex House in New York City.

Interested parties can listen to the presentation through a live audio webcast at www.howebarnes.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 same Web site for two weeks.

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 $1.8 billion at September 30, 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.