Cathay Bank

Cathay Bank’s Boston branch serves customers in Chinatown and downtown Boston with personal and commercial banking. The bank offers checking and savings accounts, home mortgages and home equity products, along with online and mobile banking for everyday account management. Business customers can use the branch for commercial financial services. The bank describes its approach as enriching customers’ journeys with hard work and heart, and it promotes its personal checking accounts for their flexibility and security.

Cathay Bank was founded in 1962 in the Chinatown neighborhood of Los Angeles to serve the Chinese American community there, and it has since grown into a national bank with branches in several states and offices in Asia. The Boston location is part of that network. The bank frames its mission around opening doors to opportunity for customers, employees and communities, and it publishes regular tips and fraud alerts for customers.

What to Know

• Cathay Bank is the main subsidiary of Cathay General Bancorp, a publicly traded holding company headquartered in Los Angeles.
• The bank advises customers not to send account numbers or Social Security numbers by email, which it notes is not secure.
• The branch is a member of Chinatown Main Street and the Downtown Boston Alliance.