CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP - FORM 10-K - EX-23.1 - CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM - February 25, 2011

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10-K - FORM 10-K - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPd10k.htm
EX-32.1 - CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex321.htm
EX-99.2 - CERTIFICATION FOR YEARS FOLLOWING FIRST FISCAL YEAR OF STABILIZATION ACT - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex992.htm
EX-99.1 - CERTIFICATION FOR YEARS FOLLOWING FIRST FISCAL YEAR OF STABILIZATION ACT - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex991.htm
EX-21.1 - SUBSIDIARIES OF THE BANCORP - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex211.htm
EX-31.2 - CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex312.htm
EX-12.1 - COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex121.htm
EX-10.2 - EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex102.htm
EX-24.1 - POWER OF ATTORNEY - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex241.htm
EX-31.1 - CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex311.htm
EX-10.7.2 - FORM OF 2005 INCENTIVE PLAN STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (NONSTATUTORY) - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex1072.htm
EX-10.7.3 - FORM OF 2005 INCENTIVE PLAN STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (NONSTATUTORY) - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex1073.htm
EX-32.2 - CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 - CATHAY GENERAL BANCORPdex322.htm

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

Cathay General Bancorp:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos. 33-33767, 333-133570, 333-156552, 333-161591, 333-162445, and 333-163070) on Form S-3 and the registration statements (Nos. 333-87225, 333-110008, 333-110009, and 333-127762) on Form S-8 of Cathay General Bancorp and subsidiaries (the Company) of our reports dated February 25, 2011, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss), changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2010, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010, which reports appear in the December 31, 2010 annual report on Form 10-K of Cathay General Bancorp.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Los Angeles, California

February 25, 2011

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