---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001069157-21-000068"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EWBC"
cik: "0001069157"
company_name: "EAST WEST BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2021-07-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T03:10:29.307466+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# East West Bancorp Q2 net income $224.7M, EPS $1.57; loans $40.1B, deposits $52.6B

## Summary
- Net income $224.7M ($1.57 diluted EPS); ROAA 1.56%, ROAE 16.6%.
- Total loans record $40.1B; total deposits record $52.6B with 41% noninterest-bearing demand deposits.
- Adjusted pre-tax pre-provision income grew 33% annualized QoQ; adjusted PTPP profitability 2.0%.
- Asset quality improved: criticized loans -15% QoQ, net charge-offs 0.13%, NPA ratio 0.38%.
- Negative $15M provision for credit losses; PPP-excluded loans grew 12% annualized.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001069157-21-000068
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EWBC
- cik: 0001069157
- company_name: EAST WEST BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2021-07-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069157/000106915721000068/0001069157-21-000068-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069157/000106915721000068/ewbc-20210722.htm

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