UCBH Holdings, Inc. to Host Webcast to Discuss Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results

When: Friday, October 24, 2008 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time (11:00 a.m. Eastern Time) Who: Thomas S. Wu, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer What: UCBH Holdings, Inc. will host a webcast to review its financial results for the third quarter 2008. How: The webcast and accompanying slide presentation will be available through a link on the Investor Relations page of the Company's web site at www.ucbh.com. If you are unable to listen to the live webcast on the day of the event, an archived replay with the slide presentation will be available at www.ucbh.com.

About UCBH Holdings, Inc.

UCBH Holdings, Inc., with $12.87 billion in assets as of June 30, 2008, is the holding company for United Commercial Bank, a state-chartered commercial bank, which is a leading bank in the United States serving the Chinese communities and American companies doing business in Greater China. Together, the Bank and its subsidiaries, including United Commercial Bank (China) Limited, operate 51 California branches/offices located in the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, Stockton, Los Angeles and Orange counties, eight branches in New York, five branches in metropolitan Atlanta, three branches in New England, two branches in the Pacific Northwest, a branch in Houston, branches in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Shantou, China, and representative offices in Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, China, and Taipei, Taiwan. UCB, with headquarters in San Francisco, provides commercial banking services to small- and medium-sized businesses and professionals in a variety of industries, as well as consumer and private client services to individuals. The Bank offers a full range of lending activities, including commercial real estate and construction loans, commercial credit facilities, international trade finance, asset-based financing, cash management, loans guaranteed by the U.S. Small Business Administration, commercial, multifamily and residential mortgages, home equity lines of credit, and online banking services for businesses and consumers. For additional information, visit the web site for United Commercial Bank at www.ibankUNITED.com or the web site for UCBH Holdings, Inc. at www.ucbh.com.

SOURCE: UCBH Holdings, Inc.

UCBH Holdings, Inc. Douglas Mitchell, 415-315-2800 Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations Craig S. On, 415-315-2800 Senior Vice President and Interim Chief Financial Officer or EVC Group Investor Relations: Douglas M. Sherk or Jenifer Kirtland, 415-896-6820 Media Relations: Steve DiMattia, 646-201-5445