"Bank of the West is a diversified financial services holding company, headquartered in San Francisco, California. It is a subsidiary of BNP Paribas. The Bank has more than 700 banking centers in the Midwest and Western United States. Bank of the West can't """"bear"""" the thought of customers banking elsewhere. The bank (which uses a bear as its logo) has more than 700 offices in some 20 states in the western and Midwestern US. Catering to consumers and small to midsized companies, Bank of the West offers deposit accounts, credit cards, insurance, investment products, trust services, and financial planning. It focuses its lending on residential mortgages and consumer loans, which together make up about half of its loan portfolio. Parent company BancWest is owned by French bank BNP Paribas. Bank Of The West, Inc. provides various banking services. The company offers accounts, such as personal and commercial accounts, CDs and IRAs, and CDARS investments, consumer, home improvement, commercial, construction, mortgage, and SBA preferred loans, and lines of credit. It also provides remote deposit capture, safe deposit boxes, Visa check card, and merchant services, Internet banking services, and eCorp-business Internet banking services."