Honolulu / Hawaii / United States
BancWest Corporation is a regional financial services company with total assets of more than $50 billion as of December 31, 2004. It is headquartered in Honolulu, with an administrative headquarters in San Francisco and branches in Hawaii and 16 states in the West, Southwest, Rocky Mountains and Great Plains as far east as Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin. BancWests principal subsidiaries are two full-service community banks: Bank of the West was founded in 1874 and is the third oldest bank in California. Its headquarters is in San Francisco. It operates 480 branches in California, Hawaii, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming. First Hawaiian Bank, which was founded in 1858 and is the oldest financial institution in Hawaii. First Hawaiian has 56 branches throughout Hawaii, three in Guam and two in Saipan. Principal subsidiaries include First Hawaiian Insurance, Inc. and First Hawaiian Leasing, Inc.
