| Founded in 1874 in San Jose, $40 billion-asset Bank of the West is the fourth-largest commercial bank headquartered in the Western U.S. Bank of the West currently operates 480 banking locations in 16 Western and Midwestern states extending eastward to Minnesota and Wisconsin. The bank operates commercial banking centers in San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Newport Beach and San Diego.
The Commercial Banking Group serves middle market and larger companies and provides specialized expertise in loan syndication, trade finance, cash management, equipment leasing and capital markets. Bank of the West also offers such specialty business lines as public finance, government banking, agribusiness lending and religious institution lending.
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