Bank of the West is a financially strong, well-capitalized and prudently managed FDIC-insured bank that customers have entrusted with their money for more than 130 years.

Bank of the West has expanded from the California frontier to its current position as one of the top 25 commercial banks in the nation, with assets of more than $63 billion. The bank now serves more than 4 million business and household accounts in hundreds of communities in 19 Western and Midwestern states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Through holding company BancWest Corporation, the bank is a subsidiary of BNP Paribas, one of only four banks globally now rated AA+ or stronger by Standard & Poor's.

Bank of the West is a high-performance, full-service regional financial services company with more than 700 commercial and retail banking locations and approximately 10,500 employees. The bank's stability and development have been sustained through a strong focus on sound, conservative banking practices and a superior level of customer service. Bank of the West employs a business model that lets the bank make service-focused decisions -- about credit, products and other aspects of its operations -- as quickly, consistently and as close to the customer as possible. The bank operates distinct units to provide a range of superior deposit, credit, insurance* and investment** products and services — Commercial Banking, Regional Banking, National Finance and Wealth Management.