Bank of the West

"BancWest" redirects here. For the Australian bank, see Bankwest. For the Canadian bank formerly known as Bank West, see Zag Bank. For the territory, see West Bank.
Bank of the West
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryBanking
Founded1874; 150 years ago (1874)
DefunctSeptember 4, 2023; 14 months ago (2023-09-04)
FateMerged into BMO Bank, N.A.
SuccessorMerged into BMO Bank, N.A.
Headquarters180 Montgomery Street
San Francisco (with major support centers in Omaha, Fargo, Denver, Greater Los Angeles)
Key people
Nandita Bakhshi, CEO & President
RevenueIncreaseUS$2.75 billion (2020)[1]
IncreaseUS$593 million (2020)
Number of employees
9,261 (2020)
ParentBank of Montreal (BMO)
WebsiteArchived official website at the Wayback Machine (archive index)

Bank of the West was an American financial institution headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. It had more than 600 branches and offices in the Midwest and Western United States.

It was founded in 1874 in San Jose, California, as the Farmers National Gold Bank of San Jose. Bank of the West was then owned by the French banking group BNP from 1979 to 2023. The acquisition of Bank of the West by the Canadian banking group Bank of Montreal (BMO) was completed in February 2023, with the intention of absorbing it into BMO's U.S. subsidiary BMO Harris Bank. Over the ensuing Labor Day weekend, the Bank of the West brand was retired, and all accounts and branches from both subsidiaries were converted and merged into the renamed BMO Bank, N.A. by September 5.[2]

  1. ^ "Bank of the West Data". Retrieved December 7, 2021.
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