Bank of the West is extending its fintech accelerator to its retail bank

Bank of the West wants to extend the reach of the program from just commercial banking to also reach retail banking and wealth management
The incubator-type program is a collaboration between Bank of the West and L’Atelier, the innovation studio of the BNP Paribas group, which is headquartered in Paris with posts in San Francisco and Shanghai

Tanaya Macheel | March 29, 2018

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