(CU)_Last month, it was reported that BNP Paribas is working with JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs to assess the sale of its 147-year-old US arm Bank of the West. With potential suitors including Toronto-Dominion Bank, the Bank of Montreal (BMO) and Ohio-based KeyCorp, the French lender was seeking to retreat from the American retail banking market with a deal that could value the unit at around $15 billion.
On Sunday, the Wall Street Journal reported that…