Bank of the West promoted Beth Hale to the position of executive vice president, head of product and payments solutions in the bank’s Retail Banking Group.

Hale will be responsible for leading and managing the overall strategy focused on deepening and expanding banking solutions for retail and small business clients. Hale has more than 15 years of banking experience and has worked in the financial services industry for 25 years. She will continue to be based out of Bank of the West’s San Francisco headquarters and will report to Ryan Bailey, EVP, head of the Retail Banking Group.

“Beth’s established track record of success here at Bank of the West made her the ideal candidate to lead our team in product and payment solutions,” Bailey said. “Her industry experience and the scope of her various roles, both within and outside of the bank, make her an ideal leader of this team as we set our sights on the future growth and success of the retail banking and the bank as a whole.”

Before joining Bank of The West, Hale spent four years with M&T Bank in Buffalo, NY, where she was a group vice president in Distribution Planning & Analysis, ATM Services and Community Reinvestment Act initiatives. She spent eight years at JPMorgan Chase in Seattle as a division executive, leading retail distribution strategy, analytics and marketing planning. Previously, she spent 11 years with the FDIC in Washington, D.C.