UCBH Holdings, Inc. Announces Opening of San Marino Branch in California

Business Wire, June 3, 2008

~ New Branch Expands United Commercial Bank's Services in Los Angeles County ~

SAN FRANCISCO -- UCBH Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCBH), the holding company of United Commercial Bank (UCB[TM]), announced the opening of a new full-service branch in San Marino, California, further strengthening and expanding UCB's presence in the San Gabriel Valley of the Southern California market. With the opening of the San Marino branch, which is located at 2295 Huntington Drive, UCB has 22 branches/offices in Southern California.

The expansion of UCB into Los Angeles County continues to be a key business objective. With Asians constituting approximately 49% of the population in San Marino, this branch is strategically located and is part of the Bank's strategy to increase its market share in Southern California.

"We are very pleased with the opening of our new branch in the city of San Marino," said Mr. Thomas S. Wu, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of UCBH Holdings, Inc. "We look forward to providing the quality banking services that UCB is known for in this important and growing market, as well as to better serve our existing customers and attract new customers in Southern California."

About UCBH Holdings, Inc.

UCBH Holdings, Inc., with $12.74 billion in assets as of March 31, 2008, is the holding company for United Commercial Bank, a state-chartered commercial bank, which is a leading bank in the United States serving the Chinese communities and American companies doing business in Greater China. Together, the Bank and its subsidiaries, including United Commercial Bank (China) Limited, operate 51 California branches/offices located in the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, Stockton, Los Angeles and Orange counties, eight branches in New York, five branches in metropolitan Atlanta, three branches in New England, two branches in the Pacific Northwest, a branch in Houston, branches in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Shantou, China, and representative offices in Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, China, and Taipei, Taiwan. UCB, with headquarters in San Francisco, provides commercial banking services to small- and medium-sized businesses and professionals in a variety of industries, as well as consumer and private client services to individuals. The Bank offers a full range of lending activities, including commercial real estate and construction loans, commercial credit facilities, international trade finance, asset-based financing, cash management, loans guaranteed by the U.S. Small Business Administration, commercial, multifamily and residential mortgages, home equity lines of credit, and online banking services for businesses and consumers. For additional information, visit the web site for United Commercial Bank at www.ibankUNITED.com or the web site for UCBH Holdings, Inc. at www.ucbh.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this release may include forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are based upon specific assumptions that may or may not prove correct. Forward-looking statements are also subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors relating to the Company's and the Bank's operations and business environment, all of which are difficult to predict, and many of which are beyond the control of the Company and the Bank. The factors include, among others: economic and business conditions in the areas and markets in which the Company and the Bank operate, particularly those affecting loans secured by real estate; deterioration or improvement in the ability of the Bank's borrowers to pay their debts to the Bank; market fluctuations such as those affecting interest and foreign exchange rates and the value of securities in which the Bank invests; competition from other financial institutions, whether banks, investment banks, insurance companies or others; the ability of the Bank to assimilate acquisitions, enter new markets and lines of business, and open new branches, successfully; changes in business strategies; changes in tax law and governmental regulation of financial institutions; demographic changes; and other risks and uncertainties, including those discussed in the documents the Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The foregoing may cause the actual results and performance of the Company and the Bank to be materially different from the results and performance indicated or suggested by the forward-looking statements. Further description of the risks and uncertainties are included in detail in the Company's current, quarterly and annual reports, as filed with the SEC.