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OVERVIEW
For more than 130 years, Bank of the West has helped
customers achieve their financial dreams. We begin
by listening to understand our customers’ needs and
objectives. We analyze and prioritize their goals for the
present and the future. We provide customers with
the right financial solutions to safeguard and grow
their assets. Our value proposition – to deliver a full
range of banking products and services along with
exceptional customer service – creates mutual benefits
and long-term banking relationships. It also has
reinforced a simple truth: at Bank of the West,
relationship banking is a best practice, affirmed in
2008 by industry observers.
With assets of $66.9 billion and nearly four million
business and household accounts, Bank of the West
is among the 25 largest commercial banks in the
United States.
We operate more than 700 branch, commercial and
specialty business locations in 19 states – Arizona,
California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North
Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah,
Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Representative
offices in New York, Taipei and Tokyo provide support
for our international customers.
Serving Our Customers
Our retail banking network offers personal banking for
consumers and small business owners, services that
include checking and savings accounts, credit cards,
direct consumer loans and lines of credit, mortgages,
construction loans, online banking and private banking
services. Specialized loan products for small business –
BusinessLink and AgLink – are available at our branch
network to support the needs of growing small and
medium enterprises.
Bank of the West provides wealth management services
including asset management, insurance, investments
and trusts.
Middle market companies have access to a full range
of commercial banking products: capital markets,
cash management, credit cards, equipment finance,
foreign exchange, loan syndication, SBA loans, trade
finance and wealth management. Our commercial
• Pacific Northwest
• Northern California
• Central California
• Southern California
• Southwest
• Rocky Mountains
• Midwest
• Great Plains
Our Regions