here . for the australian bank see bankwest . for the canadian bank see bank west . for the palestinian territory see west bank . bank of the west type subsidiary industry banking founded 1874 headquarters 180 montgomery street san francisco with major support centers in omaha fargo denver greater los angeles and honolulu key people nandita bakshi chairman & ceo revenue us 2.62 billion 2008 net income us 561 million 2013 number of employees 10 700 2008 parent bnp paribas website www.bankofthewest.com the bank of the west tower in sacramento california albuquerque petroleum building known as the bank of the west tower is a corporate office building of bank of the west in albuquerque . bank of the west is a diversified financial services holding company headquartered in san francisco california . it is a subsidiary of bnp paribas . it has more than 700 branches in the midwest and western united states . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 notes 4 references 5 external links history edit bank of the west began as farmers national gold bank of san jose california in 1874 . when all bank notes became convertible to gold or silver in 1880 the bank converted from a gold national bank and changed its name to the first national bank of san jose california . 1 in 1970 banque nationale de paris bnp established the french bank of california . later that decade first national bank of san jose changed its name to bank of the west . 2 citation needed in 1979 bnp bought bank of the west and merged in the french bank of california . the bank owns 35 locations and 350 million in assets . 1 throughout the 1980s and 1990s bank of the west bought several other banks and branches . in 1987 bank of the west bought bank of los gatos . note 1 this was followed by the 1990 purchase of central banking systems ; 3 the 1991 purchase of 30 branches in northern california from failed imperial savings and loan ; the 1992 purchase of atlantic financial federal savings bank from the resolution trust corporation ; the 1993 purchase of 15 branches in northern california from citibank for 360 million ; 4 the 1995 purchase of northbay savings bank headquartered in petaluma california ; and the 1997 purchase of branches from bank of america and coast federal bank . in 1995 first hawaiian bank established pacific one bank to hold 30 branches in washington oregon and idaho that it acquired from west one bank when that bank was acquired by u.s. bancorp and had to divest certain assets due to the number of preexisting branches of u.s. bank in the region . three years later in 1998 bnp and first hawaiian inc. the parent of first hawaiian bank and pacific one bank created a company under the bancwest bancorp name to hold bank of the west and first hawaiian bank with bank of the west absorbing pacific one . the creation of bancwest bancorp caused the now called bnp paribas bnpp ownership of the holding company to fall to 45 % . bnpp also agreed not to increase its ownership of the bank holding company before november 2001 . bank of the west footprint in 1999 bank of the west bought sierra west bancorp. this transaction temporarily diluted bnpp s ownership of the holding company to 42 % . in may 2000 bnp and paribas merged to form bnp paribas . in 2001 as part of the regulatory approval process with wells fargo banks s acquisition of first security corp. bank of the west acquired 23 first security branches in new mexico and 7 first security branches in nevada to avoid antitrust issues with overlapping wells fargo operations . also in 2001 first hawaiian bank bought union bank of california s branches in guam and saipan . first hawaiian had established its first branch in guam in 1970 and its first branch in saipan in 1997 . union bank of california had established its branch in guam in 1974 . in may 2001 the independent directors of bancwest bancorp established a special committee that then unanimously voted to accept bnp s offer to acquire the remaining 55 % of bancwest bancorp making the holding company a wholly owned subsidiary of bnp . the year 2001 concluded with the december purchase by bank of the west of united california bank from japan s ufj bank . in march 2004 bank of the west announced the purchase of community first bankshares a bank holding company that operated community first national bank headquartered in fargo north dakota which had 155 offices in 12 states arizona california colorado iowa minnesota nebraska new mexico north dakota south dakota utah wisconsin and wyoming . 5 soon after bank of the west agreed to buy usdb bancorp the parent of union safe deposit bank . 5 in december 2005 bank of the west bought commercial federal corporation of omaha nebraska . this merger added offices in arizona colorado iowa kansas missouri nebraska and oklahoma to bank of the west . in january 2006 bank of the west opened a representative office in tokyo japan and in september 2007 it opened a representative office in taipei taiwan . see also edit lloyds bank california notes edit bank of los gatos had been founded in 1883 . when bank of the west bought it in 1987 it had failed . references edit a b history . bankofthewest.com . bank of the west company profile . hoover s. hoovers.com . retrieved 16 june 2010 . kenneth howe 11 january 1996 . grand jury indicts ex bank executive he worked for central bank . sfgate.com . citybank selling 17 branches in california . nytimes.com . 23 april 1993 . a b banque bnp paribas la banque d un monde qui change . retrieved 2 october 2014 . external links edit official website bnp paribas bank bank of the west classic tennis tournament v t e 50 largest banks and bank holding companies in the united states ally american express bancwest bank of america bank of new york mellon bb & t bbva compass bmo harris capital one charles schwab cit citigroup citizens comerica deutsche discover e trade fifth third first niagara ge capital goldman sachs hsbc bank usa huntington john deere jpmorgan 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