{{short description|Community bank in Texas, U.S.}} {{multiple issues| {{more citations needed|date=December 2010}} {{More footnotes|date=December 2010}} }} {{Infobox company | name = Southwestern Bank | native_name = {{lang|zh-Hant-TW|美南銀行}} | logo = Southwestern Bank.png | image = SouthwesternNationalBankHoustonTX.jpg | image_caption = Southwestern National Bank headquarters in Chinatown, Houston | type = Private | foundation = {{Start date and age|1997|11|3}} in Houston, Texas | location = Houston, Texas, United States | key_people = Jody Lee, Chairwomen Joanne Kim, CEO Mohammed Younus, President | industry = Financial services | services = Banking | assets = | homepage = {{URL|www.southwesternbank.com}} | key people = }} [[File:Southwestern National Bank Austin Texas.jpg|thumb|Austin, Texas branch]]
'''Southwestern National Bank''' ({{lang-zh|t=美南銀行}}), doing business as '''Southwestern Bank''', is a United States-based community bank, with headquarters in Houston, Texas, that focuses on Asian Americans. Southwestern National Bank currently has branch locations within the Texas and California regions. In May 2026, the bank began branding itself publicly as Southwestern Bank, while retaining the legal name Southwestern National Bank.
==History== The location of Southwestern National Bank in the south reflects one of the newest trends of Chinese American and Asian American population diffusion into areas other than the traditional regions settled by Asian Americans, such as the western United States and northeastern United States. The establishment of this bank was in accompaniment with the booming economy of the late 1990s of Chinatown, Houston and also the Telecom Corridor (Silicon Prairie) in suburban Dallas, Texas. These two trends attracted a significant number of Chinese / Asian scientists, engineers, immigrants, businessman, and real estate investors into the area.
==Overview== Southwestern National Bank offers a range of commercial banking services, including deposits, loans, trade finance, online banking, and cash management, to businesses and residents in its service areas.
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== Other sources == *[http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2007/08/06/story2.html Bank bets on growth in Asian communities] *Moreno, Jenalia. "[http://airwolf.lmtonline.com/news/archive/022507/pagea16.pdf Houston Banks cater to Asian Businesses]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120210181405/http://airwolf.lmtonline.com/news/archive/022507/pagea16.pdf Archive]) ''Houston Chronicle''. *[http://www.certifiedbb.com/blog/2007/12/houston-banks-on-small-business.html Houston-based banks feel less subprime pain]
==External links== {{Portal|Texas|Companies|China|Banks}} {{Commonscat}} *[http://www.swnbk.com Southwestern National Bank homepage]
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