West Bank has been ranked as one of the top 20 banks in the country by American Banker Magazine. American Banker evaluates public and private banks with assets ranging from $2 billion to $10 billion, ranking them based on their three-year average return on average equity. For the top 20 banks in this asset class the average return was 21.11%, 10 percentage points above the average return for all banks in the asset class (11.61%). West Bank’s average return was 18.84%, placing it at No. 18 on the rankings. The top 20 institutions also held more core deposits compared with their total deposit base, reported a higher median return on average assets, and posted a stronger efficiency ratio compared with the entire peer group. “We are immensely proud to secure a place among the nation’s top performing banks. We are a reflection of our customers and the communities we serve,” West Bank CEO Dave Nelson said in a news release. The full rankings are available on the American Banker website.