Does Bank of the West offer 24 hour customer service?
A:Not at this number; hours here are Mon-Fri 7am-11pm, Sat-Sun 8am-10pm CT.The least busy day is Sunday, and the most busy day is Friday.Schedule a call when the call center is open and when it's convenient for you.
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How long will I wait on hold?
A:The average hold time is 33 minutes.The longest hold times are on Thursday, and the shortest are on Friday.You can skip the hold time for free.
How do I get through the phone menu to a live person?
Consider using our free service that calls and talks to customer service for you, then sends you a report. Or use our free service that waits on hold and tells you when a human rep is on the line. But if those options don't appeal to you, our team has also documented the phone menu for Bank of the West below.
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GetHuman researchers routinely call this Bank of the West phone number to document the phone system.
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Below are some clips we've found from Bank of the West's phone menus and tips that help give an idea of what you will encounter when you call. We've highlighted why they are important as well:
They may ask you to enter information with the dial pad
"Welcome to BMO.
Please enter your Social Security number, tax ID, or account number followed by the pound key."
Excerpt from a call with Bank of the West
Monday, April 21, 2025 4:26 PM
What are the hours and when should I call?
Bank of the West operates the call center for this 800-488-2265 phone number Mon-Fri 7am-11pm, Sat-Sun 8am-10pm CT.The short answer is that you should call on a Tuesday.This observation and the following section are based on analysis of a sample set of 148 calls made in the last 90 days using our free, web-based phone (see above).
Call when they- and you- are open
When you use our free AI-powered phone to call and talk, wait on hold, or navigate for you, you can also schedule the call with Bank of the West at a time when they are open and when it works for you. We will confirm you are ready before placing the call, just in case. That means you can "set it and forget it" ahead of time.
An important note: busy times vs hold times vs best time to call
When we refer to busy or less busy times, we are talking about the volume of calls. The busiest times are when the most people are calling this Bank of the West phone number (least busy times have fewer people calling). This high call volume does not necessarily mean that you will have a long hold time when you call. Companies like Bank of the West staff their call centers differently based on the time of day and day of the week, so you may experience a shorter wait on hold at the busiest of times. When we refer to the best time to call, we are referring to the optimal combination of lower call volume and shorter wait times.
The least busy time to call
The least busy day to call Bank of the West is Sunday.The most busy day to call is Friday, which averages 244% more phone calls by comparison.Again, this is based on a sample of 148 calls made with our AI-powered, web-based phone in the last 90 days.
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The shortest wait on hold
We measured the shortest hold times to be on Friday.The longest wait in the queue on average occurs on Thursday.
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Below is a sample of recent calls to Bank of the West, and their purpose. Are any of these similar to the reason you are trying to call?
Fraudulent transaction issue: "I'm calling about a potential issue with fraudulent transactions on my account."
- From a call lasting 6m 2s , Dec 6, 2024 8:45 PM
Requesting lien release: "If I faxed over a letter for requesting a lien release and the title in the fax, would that help?"
- From a call lasting 17m 43s , Sep 30, 2024 3:31 PM
Account balance inquiry: "I'd like to know the balance of my account, and I'd like to know when the payment due."
- From a call lasting 8m 16s , Aug 3, 2024 1:02 PM
Inquiring about tax statement: "I'm calling because we paid off our RV in June but I didn't receive a tax statement."
- From a call lasting 10m 27s , Feb 12, 2024 7:38 PM
Information about why customers call Bank of the West is extracted from issues that customers have reported to GetHuman.
As a last, sometimes only, resort- Bank of the West customer service can be accessed through their website. This can entail digging through help articles before finding a form and "being allowed" to submit a problem to their team, and rarely leads to a real-time conversation, which is why GetHuman does not recommend this unless it's the only way.
Conclusion and closing notes
This is Bank of the West's best phone number, the real-time current wait on hold and tools for skipping right through those phone lines to get right to a Bank of the West agent. This phone number is Bank of the West's best phone number because 1,818 customers like you used this contact information over the last 18 months and gave us feedback. Common problems addressed by the customer care unit that answers calls to 800-488-2265 include Setup an account, Question, Complaint and other customer service issues. Rather than trying to call Bank of the West first, consider describing your issue first; from that we may be able to recommend an optimal way to contact them via phone or web. In total, Bank of the West has 1 phone number. It's not always clear what is the best way to talk to Bank of the West representatives, so we started compiling this information built from suggestions from the customer community. Please keep sharing your experiences so we can continue to improve this free resource.
GetHuman does not provide call center services or customer support operations for Bank of the West. The two organizations are not related. GetHuman builds free tools and shares information to help customers of companies like Bank of the West. For large companies that includes tools such as our GetHuman Phone, which allows you to call a company but skip the part where you wait on the line to get a live human rep. We continue to work on these tools to help customers like you (and ourselves!) navigate the messy phone menus, hold times, and confusion with customer service. As long as you keep sharing it with your friends and loved ones, we'll keep doing it.