page_title: MetroCorp Bancshares
hierarchical_section_title: MetroCorp Bancshares
caption_attribution_description: English: MetroBank bank branch and headquarters in Dynasty Plaza in the Houston Chinatown 中文: 首都銀行的总部 - 首都銀行的分行的 - 休斯敦中國城
context_page_description: MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. was an American banking corporation headquartered in Chinatown and in Greater Sharpstown in Houston, Texas.
  MetroCorp, first incorporated in 1998, was an overseas Chinese bank holding company for two overseas Chinese banks in the United States: MetroBank National Association and Metro United Bank. The company is one of the few overseas Chinese banks / financial institutions that are publicly held. MetroBank operates banks in Greater Houston and the Dallas-Fort Worth Area in Texas. MetroBank has its headquarters in its parent company's offices.
  As of 2007 MetroBank is one of four overseas Chinese banks with its headquarters in Houston, and it is the only Houston-based overseas Chinese bank that is publicly traded. The other MetroCorp subsidiary, Metro United Bank, operates in California. Metro United had its headquarters in the City of Industry.
  In 2014, East West Bank acquired MetroBank for $268 million in cash and stock, and MetroBank branches were to be rebranded in 2014.
context_section_description: MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. (MetroCorp, Nasdaq: MCBI) was an American banking corporation headquartered in Chinatown and in Greater Sharpstown in Houston, Texas.
  MetroCorp, first incorporated in 1998, was an overseas Chinese bank holding company for two overseas Chinese banks in the United States: MetroBank National Association (MetroBank, Chinese: T: 首都銀行, S: 首都银行, P: Shǒudū Yínháng) and Metro United Bank. The company is one of the few overseas Chinese banks / financial institutions that are publicly held. MetroBank operates banks in Greater Houston and the Dallas-Fort Worth Area in Texas. MetroBank has its headquarters in its parent company's offices.
  As of 2007 MetroBank is one of four overseas Chinese banks with its headquarters in Houston, and it is the only Houston-based overseas Chinese bank that is publicly traded. The other MetroCorp subsidiary, Metro United Bank, operates in California. Metro United had its headquarters in the City of Industry.
  In 2014, East West Bank acquired MetroBank for $268 million in cash and stock, and MetroBank branches were to be rebranded in 2014.
caption: MetroCorp headquarters and MetroBank branch - Dynasty Plaza, Chinatown and Greater Sharpstown, Houston, Texas
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