HWBK vs OPBK Comparison

Hawthorn Bancshares Inc is a financial holding company that, along with its subsidiary bank, provides commercial banking for small and mid sized businesses, including equipment, operating, commercial real estate and SBA loans, and personal banking services such as real estate mortgage lending, installment and consumer loans, certificates of deposit, and checking, savings and money market accounts. It has two segments, banking and wealth management, with the banking segment earning the majority of its revenue and conducting general banking business, offering checking and savings accounts, internet banking, debit cards, certificates of deposit, brokerage services and others. Its primary source of revenue is net interest income derived from lending and deposit taking activities.

OP Bancorp operates its commercial community banking activities through Open Bank its wholly owned banking subsidiary. It provides commercial banking services to small and medium-sized businesses, their owners, and retail customers, with a focus on the Korean-American community. The bank currently operate twelve full service branches: nine branches across Los Angeles and Orange Counties in California, as well as one branch each in Santa Clara, California; Carrollton, Texas; and Las Vegas, Nevada. Additionally, it maintains five loan production offices located in Pleasanton, California; Atlanta, Georgia; Aurora, Colorado; Lynnwood, Washington; and Fairfax, Virginia. Substantially all its business activities are conducted through the Bank.