Fitch affirms East West Bancorp

Fitch Ratings said it affirmed East West Bancorp, Inc.'s short-term issuer default rating at F2 and removed the rating from under criteria observation.

Additionally, Fitch affirmed East West Bank's short-term issuer default rating at F2 and removed the rating from under criteria observation.

The short-term issuer default rating was affirmed and removed from watch, which had been assigned to East West Bank's short-term issuer default rating along with nine other North American banks on May 6, following the publication of Fitch's cross-sector criteria for short-term ratings on May 2.

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