CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP - FORM 10-K - EX-23.1 - CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM - March 16, 2010

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10-K - FORM 10-K - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPd10k.htm
EX-3.2 - RESTATED BYLAWS - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex32.htm
EX-3.1 - RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex31.htm
EX-21.1 - SUBSIDIARIES OF THE BANCORP - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex211.htm
EX-12.1 - COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex121.htm
EX-3.2.1 - AMENDMENT TO RESTATED BYLAWS - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex321.htm
EX-10.2.3 - AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex1023.htm
EX-10.2.5 - AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex1025.htm
EX-10.2.4 - AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex1024.htm
EX-10.2.2 - AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex1022.htm
EX-10.2.1 - AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex1021.htm
EX-10.9.2 - FORM OF CONSENT - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex1092.htm
EX-10.2.7 - AMENDMENT NO. 7 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex1027.htm
EX-10.2.6 - AMENDMENT NO. 6 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex1026.htm
EX-32.2 - CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex322.htm
EX-31.2 - CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex312.htm
EX-24.1 - POWER OF ATTORNEY - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex241.htm
EX-99.1 - FIRST FISCAL YEAR CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER - SECTION 111(B) - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex991.htm
EX-31.1 - CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex3111.htm
EX-32.1 - CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex3211.htm
EX-3.1.1 - AMENDMENT TO RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex311.htm
EX-99.2 - FIRST FISCAL YEAR CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER -SECTION 111(B) - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex992.htm

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

Cathay General Bancorp:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos. 33-33767, 333-133570, 333-156552, 333-161591, 333-162445 and 333-163070) on Form S-3 and the registration statements (Nos. 333-87225, 333-110008, 333-110009 and 333-127762) on Form S-8 of Cathay General Bancorp and subsidiaries (the “Company”) of our reports dated March 16, 2010, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2009, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009, which reports appear in the December 31, 2009 annual report on Form 10-K of Cathay General Bancorp.

/s/     KPMG LLP

Los Angeles, California

March 16, 2010

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