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Exhibit 21.1

SUBSIDIARIES OF EAST WEST BANCORP, INC.

East West Bank

    100 %

East West Capital Trust I

   
100

%

East West Capital Trust II

   
100

%

East West Capital Statutory Trust III

   
100

%

East West Capital Trust IV

   
100

%

East West Capital Trust V

   
100

%

East West Capital Trust VI

   
100

%

East West Capital Trust VII

   
100

%

East West Capital Trust VIII

   
100

%

East West Capital Trust IX

   
100

%

East West Insurance Services, Inc. 

   
100

%

East West Leasing (1)

   
100

%

American International Bancorp, Inc. (1)

   
100

%

United National Bancorp, Inc. (1)

   
100

%

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