Southwestern
National Bank (美南銀行) is a
Overseas Chinese Bank in the
United States . Headquartered in
Houston, Texas , with
Branch Offices in
Plano, Texas ,
Richardson, Texas and
Sugar Land, Texas , this privately-held community
Bank was first established on
November 3 ,
1997 .
The location of Southwestern
National Bank (美南銀行) in the
South reflects the one of the newest trends of
Chinese American and
Asian American population diffusion into the area other than the traditional regions settled by
Asian American s such as the western
United States and northeastern
United States . The establishment of this bank was in accompany with the booming economy of the late 1990’s in the regions of
Telecom Corridor (Silicon Prairie) and Silicon Hills, which attracted a significant amount of
Chinese /
Asia Scientist s and
Engineer s.
In addition to the traditional
Chinese clients, a significant number of the ethnic minority clients of Southwestern
National Bank (美南銀行) are
Hoa (Chinese Vietnamese), and
Vietnamese , and the
Bank was consequently among the first
Bank s to offer the service of
Vietnam money remittance in its international
Bank ing business.
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