Metrocorp

Metrocorp Inc. is a media company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that publishes lifestyle magazines in the United States. Metrocorp (sometimes rendered in camel case as "MetroCorp") publishes the following magazine titles:

Metrocorp grew out of the company that has published Philadelphia magazine since 1946. It acquired Boston magazine in 1971. At one point it acquired, but has since sold, ownership of The Dig. It is owned by the Lipson family.

MetroCorp Bancshares

MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. (MetroCorp, Nasdaq: MCBI) is an American banking corporation headquartered in Chinatown and in Greater Sharpstown in Houston, Texas.

MetroCorp, first incorporated in 1998, is an overseas Chinese bank holding company for two overseas Chinese banks in the United States: MetroBank National Association (MetroBank, Chinese: T: 首都銀行, S: 首都银行, P: Shǒudū Yínháng) and Metro United Bank. The company is one of the few overseas Chinese banks / financial institutions that are publicly held. MetroBank operates banks in Greater Houston and the Dallas-Fort Worth Area in Texas. MetroBank has its headquarters in its parent company's offices. As of 2007 MetroBank is one of four overseas Chinese banks with its headquarters in Houston, and it is the only Houston-based overseas Chinese bank that is publicly traded. The other MetroCorp subsidiary, Metro United Bank, operates in California. Metro United has its headquarters in the City of Industry.

History

In September 2009 MetroBank had 10 Greater Houston branches and 3 Dallas-Fort Worth branches, with assets of $1.2 billion. Metro United had assets of $426.8 million. During that year, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency asked MetroBank to revise its balance sheet. MetroBank signed a formal agreement with the office to do this within 90 days. In 2010 MetroBank signed an agreement with Bank of China-Shanghai so that MetroBank could offer services involving the renminbi, the currency of the People's Republic of China.