Canadian Western Bank (CWB; French: Banque canadienne de l'Ouest), also operating as CWB Financial Group, was a Canadian bank based in Edmonton, Alberta.
[2] The CWB Financial Group is made up of 10 banking, lending, wealth and trust companies.
It was led by Bank of Alberta co-founders Charles Alexander Allard and Eugene Pechet.
In 2001, it acquired the Kelowna and Regina branches of the Laurentian Bank of Canada.
[8][9] Canadian Western Bank is a member of the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC).