BancWest Corporation is the holding company for two dynamic financial institutions: Bank of the West and First Hawaiian Bank. With combined assets of nearly $74 billion, the two banks serve more than 2 million households and businesses through 727 branch banking locations and dozens of commercial banking offices in 20 Western and Midwestern states, Guam and Saipan. The banks have representative offices in New York, Tokyo, Japan; Taipei, Taiwan and Grand Cayman, West Indies. BancWest Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas, a European leader in banking and financial services, with a significant and growing presence in the United States and leading positions in Asia.