East-West Bancorp Consumer and Business Banking — Compensation and employee benefits increased by 17.0% to $70.10M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 13.1%, from $61.96M to $70.10M. Over 3 years (FY 2022 to FY 2025), Consumer and Business Banking — Compensation and employee benefits shows an upward trend with a 7.2% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
Rising costs may indicate headcount expansion or increased incentive compensation, which should ideally correlate with revenue growth.
Total personnel-related expenses for the consumer and business banking segment, including salaries, bonuses, and benefit...
Standard operating expense category for personnel in banking.
ewbc_segment_consumer_and_business_banking_compensation_and_employee_benefits| Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | $48.85M | $48.85M | $48.85M | $48.85M | $50.85M | $50.85M | $50.85M | $50.85M | $53.95M | $53.74M | $53.87M | $56.06M | $61.96M | $58.15M | $60.47M | $59.92M | $70.10M |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +4.1% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +6.1% | -0.4% | +0.2% | +4.1% | +10.5% | -6.2% | +4.0% | -0.9% | +17.0% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +4.1% | +4.1% | +4.1% | +4.1% | +6.1% | +5.7% | +5.9% | +10.2% | +14.9% | +8.2% | +12.3% | +6.9% | +13.1% |