Bank of the West Reviews

I have a BMO (Bank of the West) credit card, and have used it in many instances for purchase protection. I was recently scammed by a seller on ebay, who substituted a purchase with a cheap alternate. I tried to file a dispute with BMO, and was refused because that is not considered "fraud." Switch and bait and any other known criminal activity is ok with BMO, just as long as it does not fit their definition of fraud. The phone help, especially Tina Slocum, was dismissive and annoyed. She could care less. I sent all the info requested, and she shut down the case. The BMO master card will not offer you any protection. If you are using it for that reason, don't bother.

The bank tellers and the branch manager at Bank of the West in Arcadia, California cannot keep customers' confidentiality. They gossip and create major problems in companies and accounts holders. You cannot trust your personal information with them.

I paid OFF my card ($1,087.00) BEFORE the due date 0n 1 JUNE 2023 and they won't credit the card until 9 JUNE and the money was taken out of my account TODAY 2 JUNE 2023!!!! This is the same bank that was taken over by a US/CANADIAN bank after it folded!!!!

I went to the bank and closed my account. They said the account is closed and gave me a final check that would zero out the balance. A month later I got notice from Bank of the west charging me insufficient fund for trying to send money to my mortgage company and other creditors under banking online auto pay. Not to mention all creditors were charging me for sending money for sending them insufficient fund checks. Went to the Bank of the West, talk to the manager, asking them why they are still sending out checks on an account that was closed a month earlier. She told me they have corrected everything and I need to pay them $47 under overdraft protection. Again a month later I got a letter from creditors that Bank of the West was sending them check and rejecting it for insufficient fund. Now the creditors are charging me again for sending them check with insufficient fund.

I was charged a late fee for an additional payment that I made. Instead of reversing the late fee, they went and reversed the next payment I made & I still have not received the $$ back in my account. Nobody seems to know what happened and even though I can see all of the activity on the loan site, they swear there are no late fees and nobody can explain why they reversed my next payment and why it has taken over 2 weeks and I still don't have the money back in my account. I will NOT recommend this bank to anyone.

BOW this is the second chance I have given to earn my business and you have failed. I thought by now you would have worked out your very clunky HELOC process. Other companies are blowing you away. In 2016 I had the same experience of overkill and redundancy to the point I moved my entire mortgage away from you. After weeks in chaos I started over with Amerisave and was done in 6 days. For now you still hold my checking, savings accounts (4 in total) that I only keep because of my relationship with my personal banker. BUT I can't say I feel safe in your hands and I don't foresee that keeping me here much longer. Streamline your application process, know your customer, stick to timelines.

I received a mail from the Bank of the West for a balance transfer. I applied for the card and requested a balance transfer of $7200 on January 9. The money never came but the Bank of the West was withdrawing money from my account on February 9 and March 9, $225 and $218. When I called, the representative said they cannot refund money but will reissue a check. When I called the second time, they put me on hold for an hour. They stole my $443 and refuse to refund. If this is not a thief, I don't know what is.

I wanted to call ahead (day before). I purchase something that is more than my spending limit. Supervisor says I need to call the exact day to let them know. I said I will be too busy to call the day of so I wanted to call ahead. Supervisor says it's their policy that I need to call the day of the purchase. I said, "It's for a doctor's procedure and I won't have time to call tomorrow." I asked him to provide me that policy but he says he could not cause it's internal. How would people know it's their policy if they cannot even provide that policy to us. I'm just trying to use my own money. It's not their money! They are treating your money as if it's their money. Wth. All I needed was money for my doctor's procedure and now I'll have to find time tomorrow to call knowing I'm going to be very busy. Don't bank here. My other bank already approved my limit increased as of yesterday. I will likely pull all my money from this bank.

Bank of the West worst customer, my account was overdraft on 01/24. I have money Zelle to Bank of the West to cover overdraft. At 3:11pm bank charge me $35 saying cutoff time was 3pm so money post next day. After calling to complain Bank of the West charge me another $35 for overdraft on 01/25 for the overdraft charges, try getting in touch with CEO Nandita Bakhshi in SA but no phone number to contact headquarters. I contact the Better Business to further investigate.

Have called their customer support line multiple and their hold time is more than an hour. I went into one of their branches, but denied service and told to return another day because they were too busy. I called their headquarters and this rude female picked up the phone and refused to provide her name saying she can't give it out. I was told to call another number. I spoke with a male who also had an attitude. He said he'll have someone from their management team give me a call. This is unacceptable. I can't believe this bank operates this way. It's a shame they operate this way.