EXHIBIT 23

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

The Board of Directors

Hanmi Financial Corporation:

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos. 333-118733 and 333-117753) on Form S-3 and the registration statements (Nos. 333-122482 and 333-115753) on Form S-8 of Hanmi Financial Corporation of our reports dated February 29, 2008, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Hanmi Financial Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2007, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007, which reports appear in the December 31, 2007 annual report on Form 10-K of Hanmi Financial Corporation.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

 

Los Angeles, California

February 29, 2008