• Hope Bancorp posted Q1 net income of $29.54 million, up 40% year over year, with diluted EPS of $0.23.
• Net interest income climbed 23.1% to $124.06 million, lifting net interest margin 36 basis points to 2.9%.
• Provision for credit losses rose to $8.65 million from $4.8 million a year earlier, while noninterest expense increased 12.6% to $94.46 million.
• Total assets ended quarter at $18.66 billion, deposits rose 0.8% from year-end to $15.73 billion, while loans receivable slipped 0.4% to $14.64 billion.
• Nonperforming assets fell 11.4% from year-end to $120.52 million, with nonperforming assets-to-total assets improving to 0.65% from 0.73%.

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