First Hawaiian, Inc. is a bank holding company headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.

First Hawaiian was listed on the NASDAQ on August 4, 2016, and made its debut at number 12 in the January 2017 publication of Forbes' America's 100 Largest Banks with $20 billion in total assets.

This was the first successful banking partnership under the laws of the independent Kingdom of Hawaiʻi.

It operated from a basement room in "Makee & Anthon's Building" on Kaʻahumanu Street.

It then created a new subsidiary - Pacific One Bank - to hold the branches, with a charter in Oregon.

During the same year, First Hawaiian also acquired ANB Financial Corporation, which was the owner of American National Bank in central Washington state.

In December, BNP Paribas completed its acquisition of 100% of First Hawaiian Bank and its parent company BancWest.

On December 23, 2015, First Hawaiian Bank announced that parent company BNP Paribas was considering strategic options for the subsidiary, including an initial public offering.