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PCB Bancorp is the holding company for PCB Bank, a California-chartered commercial bank serving small and middle-market businesses and individuals, with a focus on Korean-American customers. Its branches are concentrated in Southern California, with others in New York, New Jersey, Texas and Georgia. Commercial real estate accounts for most of its loan portfolio; it also finances business operations and home purchases.
The bank uses customer deposits as its principal source of funding for loans. Borrowers pay interest, and the bank earns mainly what remains after paying interest on deposits and borrowings. It also makes loans backed by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), sells the guaranteed portions to investors at a premium, and earns fees for continuing to service those loans while retaining interest income on the unguaranteed portions.
The business depends on retaining deposits at manageable rates and on borrowers’ property and business operations generating enough cash to repay loans, especially in its Southern California and Korean-American markets. Capital and liquidity requirements can limit growth and new activities. The parent company relies on dividends from PCB Bank, and federal and California rules restrict how much the bank can distribute.
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OP Bancorp's Open Bank competes with PCB for Southern California Korean-American small businesses, lending to them and gathering their deposits, including commercial-property and government-backed small-business (SBA) loans. Watch Open Bank's deposit pricing: PCB uses rates offered by Korean-American-focused banks when setting its own.
Hope Bancorp, Inc.'s Bank of Hope competes with PCB for banking relationships rooted in Korean-American communities across closely overlapping branch markets, taking deposits and earning interest on commercial-property and government-backed small-business (SBA) loans. Its commercial-property lending is worth watching alongside PCB's: those loans made up 67.5% of PCB's loans held for investment at December 31, 2025.
METROCITY BANKSHARES INC's Metro City Bank competes with PCB for business and individual borrowers and depositors in multi-ethnic communities across California, Georgia, Texas, New York and New Jersey. Watch its branch expansion in those markets, where both banks rely on personal relationships to win customers.
RBB Bancorp's Royal Business Bank competes with PCB for small-business and individual banking customers in Asian-American communities across California, New York and New Jersey. RBB earns most of its revenue from borrowers' loan interest, making its lending to these customers the business to watch for competitive pressure on PCB.
Cathay General Bancorp's Cathay Bank competes with PCB for small-business loans, commercial-property financing and deposits in Southern California and New York's Asian-American banking markets. Watch Cathay's loan and deposit pricing in those markets, where both banks seek business borrowers and savers.
BayCom Corp's United Business Bank competes with PCB for California small-business customers by providing commercial loans and personalized deposit services. Its efforts to build ongoing client relationships matter for PCB, which also uses personal service and may encourage borrowers to keep deposits with the bank.
PCB Bancorp earningsThis company
PCB Bancorp earns interest on loans and investments and pays for deposits and borrowings, so this report shows whether that gap supports earnings while commercial-property borrowers keep repaying.
Read net interest margin—the interest earned on loans and investments after deposit and borrowing costs, relative to interest-earning assets—alongside delinquencies and charge-offs on commercial-property loans. A steady margin with no rise in delinquencies or charge-offs suggests funding costs have not eaten away the lending return and borrowers are still paying. A narrower margin with rising delinquencies or charge-offs points to pressure on both earnings and repayment.
OP Bancorp earningsOPBK
OP Bancorp's report shows what it pays to attract deposits, a price PCB Bancorp watches when competing for Korean-American customers' funds.
Read OP Bancorp's deposit costs alongside deposit growth. If costs rise while deposits still grow, banks may be paying more to keep or attract funds; PCB Bancorp could face pressure to raise its own rates, narrowing what it earns from lending. If costs stay lower while deposits hold or grow, pressure to compete on deposit rates looks less acute.
Hope Bancorp, Inc. earningsHOPE
Hope Bancorp's commercial-property lending and repayment trends show whether borrowers in overlapping Korean-American markets are still seeking loans and keeping up with payments.
Look at whether Hope Bancorp's commercial-property loans are growing, then whether its problem loans are rising. Growth with problem loans contained suggests borrowers in these markets still want financing and repayment has not materially weakened—a supportive signal for PCB Bancorp, whose loans are heavily weighted toward CRE. Slower lending alongside more problem loans points to weaker demand or repayment capacity, making conditions for PCB's portfolio more concerning.
Fed Interest Rate Decision
Fed rate decisions matter to PCB Bancorp because they can change what PCB Bank earns on its commercial and residential loans versus what it pays depositors, and affect whether borrowers can repay.
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If it comes in above expectations
If rates rise, PCB Bank may earn more on loans that reprice, but higher deposit costs and borrower payments could squeeze its margin and strain repayments on its property- and business-backed loans.
If it comes in below expectations
If rates fall, PCB Bank may pay less for deposits, but yields on loans that reprice could also decline and borrowers may repay loans sooner, reducing interest income.
