"MetroBank News Release"

MetroBank (Stock Symbol: MCBI) stock hit a 52 week high today. Price during trading today hit $29.80 before closing at $29.08. This year, MetroBank stock has risen 70% from a low of $17.50 back in May.

Company Background

MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. operates as the holding company for MetroBank, National Association (bank). The bank offers commercial banking services to small and medium sized businesses and consumers in the state of Texas. It provides a range of deposit products and services, such as checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, time deposits, automated teller machine cards, debit cards, and online banking. The bank’s lending products include residential mortgage loans, residential construction loans, automobile loans, lines of credit, and other personal loans, as well as commercial mortgage loans, construction loans, residential mortgage brokerage and lending, trade finance, and commercial and industrial loans. As of June 30, 2005, MetroCorp operated 13 branches in Houston and Dallas, Texas. The company was founded by Don J. Wang in 1987 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

股票上市的休士頓首都銀行股價於11月14日當天中的最高點為美金$29.80，以美金$29.55收盤，達到了股票上市以來的最高點。據該行財務長蔡振忠表示，以美金$29.80的股價來算，首都銀行股價於今年已經漲了70%。

首都股票上市公司在加州的第一銀行於今年10月5日正式加入首都的陣容，首都銀行在達拉斯地區的發展，經由總經理戴建民的領導策劃之下，將在數月內擴增約有7500平方呎寬敞的最大一家分行. 首都銀行也花了很多工夫，鼓勵員工向上，在崗位上力求進步。目前銀行成長迅速，內部員工不敷使用，本行也歡迎其他有銀行業務經驗的精英加入服務陣容