East West Bank is a full-service bank with 130 branches in the United States and greater China. In 2009, it purchased the assets of United Commercial Bank which brought them to this location in downtown San Mateo. Its attentive staff is very good about helping you with your banking in a timely manner. Some staff members are able to assist in Chinese and Spanish as well as English.
East West Bank is located inside the 99 Market grocery store in the President Square Shopping Plaza on Golden West Ave and Duarte Road. This location has three teller windows and is a full-service bank.
Personal banking programs include checking and savings accounts, and online banking and bill payment. International personal bank services include foreign currency exchanges, international remittances and wire transfers. The small business program offers treasury management services, the ePayment Suite and commercial insurance.
East West Bank's ATM is part of many networks including Visa, Star, Plus, Pulse, Union Pay, Discover and NYCE. Almost all of the transactions that can be done at the teller window may be conducted via ATM including cash advances, withdrawls and deposits.
Fremont Bank, founded in 1964, is one of California's oldest independently operated banks. This branch of the Bay Area community bank is comfortingly security-minded. Not only are customers buzzed in through the locked front door, but a no-hats-or-sunglasses policy aims to discourage potential bad guys. Customers are served coffee from an individual-pod machine. There's an ATM only a few feet from the disabled-parking spaces, and lots of general parking in front.
