The buzz at the Brookhurst Town Center in the heart of Little Saigon in Orange County: Michael H. Mullarky and his startup bank.
Some sitting at the center's outdoor cafe occasionally will take a break from their socializing and stroll past the cavernous storefront next door to see what Mullarky is doing.
He'll wave, take a sip from his Squirt soda, then bury his head to edit board meeting minutes or draft credit policies on his laptop computer.
Mullarky is chief credit officer for Saigon National Bank, which is set to join Westminster's growing Vietnamese banking scene this fall.
"I'm in a fish bowl. Everybody walks by and looks in. I've been sitting here for three months," said a sweating Mullarky, who keeps doors propped open in the front and back of the soon-to-be opened bank.
In late May, Saigon National rival First Vietnamese American Bank opened its doors to mark the first bank specifically …
