public traded as nasdaq fhb industry banking founded 1858 headquarters first hawaiian center honolulu area served united states hawaii guam and northern mariana islands key people robert s. harrison ceo & president revenue us 538.9 million 2011 net income us 209 million 2011 number of employees 2 151 2011 parent bnp paribas website www.fhb.com first hawaiian bank is a regional commercial bank headquartered in honolulu hawaii at the first hawaiian center . it is a subsidiary of french banking company bnp paribas . founded in 1858 first hawaiian is the oldest and largest by deposits loans and total assets bank in the state of hawaii and claims to be the second oldest bank west of the rockies . first hawaiian was listed on the nasdaq in august 2016 . the bank currently operates 58 branches in hawaii three in guam and two in saipan . according to fdic records as of december 31 2011 the bank s assets were us 15.8 billion . contents 1 history 2 sources 2.1 pre 1927 3 external links history edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message this section contains embedded lists that may be better presented using prose . you can help by converting the list or lists to prose if appropriate . editing help is available . january 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message august 17 1858 charles reed bishop and his partner william a. aldrich opened bishop & co. this was the first successful banking partnership under the laws of the independent kingdom of hawaii . important milestones in the company s history include 1890 king david kal kaua chartered the predecessor of the pioneer federal savings bank . 1895 samuel m. damon bought bishop & co. from charles bishop . 1885 claus spreckels and william g. irwin established a second bank claus spreckels & co. 1900 first american bank of hawaii is established . it was the united states government s depository in the hawaii islands . 1906 the baldwin bank is founded in maui . 1910 bishop & co. bank opened its first branch in hilo . claus spreckels & co. incorporated as bank of honolulu . 1911 bishop & co. opened its first branch on kauai at waimea . 1916 chinese american bank is established as the first bank to serve the chinese american community in hawaii . 1917 the army national bank of schofield barracks was founded out of a branch of bishop & co. and took a national charter . series 1929 us 50 national bank note of the bishop first national bank of honolulu hawaii precursor to first hawaiian bank 1919 bishop & co.incorporated as bank of bishop & co. 1922 the bank acquired bank of honolulu . 1923 the bank opened a branch in the kona district of hawai i island . 1924 the bank opened a branch on lanai island . 1929 on 30 january the bank announced that it was merging with first national bank of hawaii first american savings bank army national bank of schofield barracks and baldwin bank maui . the bank changed its name to bishop first national bank of honolulu . first national bank of hawaii and the first american savings bank were an outgrowth of the first american bank of hawaii . 1933 the bank s name became bishop national bank of hawaii at honolulu . 1956 the bank s name changed yet again this time to bishop national bank of hawaii . 1966 the bank acquired cooke trust company . 1969 the bank s name became first hawaiian bank . 1970 the bank opened its first branch on guam in dededo . 1975 first hawaiian acquired the 11 branch hawaii thrift & loan which had been in financial difficulty and turned it into first hawaiian creditcorp . 1978 the first hawaiian international auto show debuts with first hawaiian as its sponsor backer . 1991 first hawaiian acquired first interstate bank of hawaii 20 branches us 858 million assets which traced its ancestry back through american security bank which had been established in 1935 as a reorganization of chinese american bank . 1992 first hawaiian acquired east west bank which had one branch in honolulu and one on maui . 1993 first hawaiian acquired century old pioneer federal savings bank 19 branches us 600 million assets . it continued to operate as a separate institution . 1996 first hawaiian acquired 31 branches in oregon washington and idaho from u.s. bancorp. it then created a new subsidiary pacific one bank to hold the branches with a charter in oregon . 1996 first hawaiian acquired anb financial corporation 4 branches us 71 million assets owner of american national bank in central washington state . american national s branches eventually became part of pacific one bank . 1996 first hawaiian built its new headquarters the first hawaiian center . at 429 ft 131 m this was the tallest building in hawaii . 1997 first hawaiian merged in pioneer federal and the next year merged in first hawaiian creditcorp . 1998 first hawaiian merged with san francisco based bank of the west former subsidiary of banque nationale de paris bnp . the surviving company first hawaiian inc. was renamed bancwest corporation . former first hawaiian inc. shareholders owned 55 % of bancwest ; bnp former owner of bank of the west owned 45 % . 2001 first hawaiian bank acquired union bank of california s branch network in guam and saipan 3 branches us 200 million assets . in december the french bank bnp paribas completes 100 % acquisition of first hawaiian bank and its parent company bancwest . bank of the west and first hawaiian bank however continued to operate as separate institutions . 2016 a subsidiary of bnp paribas completes public offering selling 24 250 000 shares of first hawaiian inc. at 23 share . those share are publicly traded under symbol fhb . bnp retains ownership of approximately 84.9 % of first hawaiian inc. . sources edit pre 1927 edit cecil g. tilton . 1927 . the history of banking in hawaii . university of hawaii research publications no. 3 . external links edit first hawaiian bank website charles reed bishop 1822 1915 a philanthropist banker in hawaii in source d histoire retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title first hawaiian bank & oldid 742296134 categories banks based in hawaiibanks established in 1858bnp paribas1858 establishments in hawaiihidden categories articles needing additional references from november 2011all articles needing additional referencesarticles needing cleanup from january 2012all pages needing cleanuparticles with sections that need to be turned into prose from january 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial 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