EXHIBIT 32.1

                                  CERTIFICATION

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

      In connection with the Quarterly Report of Hanmi Financial Corporation
(the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the three-month period ended June 30, 2004, as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), I, Jae Whan Yoo, President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the best of my knowledge that:

      (a)   the Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
            15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

      (b)   the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
            material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
            of the Company.

Date: August 9, 2004

                                           /s/ Jae Whan Yoo
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                                           Jae Whan Yoo
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer

      A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has
been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished
to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.