Home > Corporate History Since its inception in 1994, Hana Financial has provided innovative financial solutions to empower our clients to reach their financial goals. In our ongoing efforts to solidify the expertise and expand the scope of our services, we became a fully diversified financial service company. September 2008 Received the Preferred Lenders Program (PLP) status with the Small Business Administration May 2008 Opened Northwest Regional Office in Seattle April 2007 Obtained Small Business Administration (SBA) Lending License April 2007 Launched Commercial Real Estate Lending December 2006 Reached $1.2 billion in factored volume June 2006 Private Label Commercial Letter of Credit Services with Bank of America April 2006 Secured revolving financing facility with WestLB Bank August 2005 L.A. Corporate headquarters moved to new office at 1000 Wilshire Boulevard, 20th Floor, Los Angeles, California April 2005 10th Anniversary of Hana Financial, Inc. December 2004 Launched web based version of the proprietary e-Factoring system July 2004 Partnership agreement with Korea Export & Import Bank April 2004 Became Factors Chain International (FCI) member February 2003 Opened New Jersey office in Fort Lee January 2003 Sunnie Kim appointed as the new CEO April 1998 Implemented Hana's proprietary factoring system April 1995 Began formal business operations August 1994 Incorporation of Hana Financial, Inc.