This was our first experience with BMO Harris bank, including this location. We were serviced by Linsey at her desk because we were doing a long transaction of setting up checking and savings accounts. Linsey was fantastic with us. She spent 40 minutes with us setting everything up for us. There was probably about 20 different things that she had to do for us. She was extremely pleasant and thorough. I told my son that that was the best experience I have ever had at a bank. Seriously, at other banks (yea, I'm talking about TCF and US Bank) we always had to make multiple trips to get everything accomplished. Not here, with Linsey. We walked out of the building confident that everything was set up and ready to go. Great experience. Ask for Linsey. She's there every day except for Thursday. read more

I was unaware of the check hold policy. I have been waiting a week for the check to clear and it still hasn't. This check is my paycheck, so it's pretty impactful to not be able to access the money that is mine. I am facing late fees on bills that I need to pay, I am draining my savings to cover the bills that are set on autopay to not incur overdraft charges from the bank that won't allow me to use the money that is mine. 0/10 would not recommend. read more

I'm extremely disappointed and feel misled after years of banking with BMO Harris. We were told that we could set up kids accounts for our children, complete with debit cards so they could conveniently access their money. We were assured these accounts couldn't go negative and that there would be no charges if they accidentally overspent--this was the whole reason we chose BMO Harris. Unfortunately, none of that turned out to be true. In November 2025, about a year after we set up the accounts my child's account went negative and we were hit with charges. I spent countless hours on the phone with customer service, and even had to visit a branch in person, where I was told the problem was fixed and the charges reversed. Supposedly, the account hadn't been set up as a kids account, but now it was corrected. I trusted that information, but it turned out to be yet another false promise. Today, I found my son's account negative again. After 45 more frustrating minutes on the phone, I was told once more that the account had never been set up as a kids account. To make matters worse, I was informed that if it's actually set up as a kids account, they can't use a debit card at all--meaning the feature we were promised simply doesn't exist. This makes it impossible for my kids to easily access their money, which was the main reason for opening the account. We have multiple accounts with BMO Harris and have been loyal customers for years. It's incredibly disappointing to feel like we were lied to all this time. I hope BMO Harris will take this feedback seriously and make changes so that no other families have to go through this hassle and frustration. read more

This was one of the worst banking experiences I have ever had. I called the bank to dispute two $25 Amazon return fees that I did not recognize. The bank opened an investigation and temporarily credited the amounts back. Shortly after that, the bank decided to close my account. I did NOT request to close my account. The bank made that decision. This was extremely inconvenient because my salary was being deposited into this account and I had to urgently change all my payment and payroll information. To make the situation worse, after the bank closed the account, they charged me a $50 "early closing fee". No one informed me about this fee. No one warned me that closing the account would result in a penalty. And again -- I did not request the account closure. Charging a customer an early closing fee when the bank itself decided to close the account feels completely unfair and unacceptable. Customer service was dismissive and refused to resolve the issue. I strongly recommend people read the reviews before opening an account here. My experience was extremely disappointing. read more

BMO Harris Bank - Banks & Credit Unions Near Me - Villa Park, Illinois

Ive had it with BMO, and will be closing all of my accounts with them on the next business day. Every single time I try to bank online, I get We can't find your username or password. If I call for help on a weekend or bank holiday I reach a call center in the Philippines. And they can't find my account either, although they don't mind making wait while they try to search. Their ATMs are terrible too. Twice, at on -site BMO ATMs, the machines rebooted mid transaction. I had to call to confirm that the transaction completed. Also, MANY times the ATMs fail transactions after all user inputs. And they don't seem to care read more

I recently opened a new BMO account, and I'm honestly furious with how my first experience has gone. After depositing my very first check through the BMO mobile app, I was shocked to find out it will take 7 business days to process -- yes, seven! I even called customer service hoping there was a way to speed things up, but got absolutely nowhere. How is anyone supposed to pay their bills or manage everyday expenses with such a ridiculous wait time for a simple mobile deposit? This is 2025 -- every other major bank processes checks within a day or two at most. I opened this account expecting convenience, but instead I'm stuck waiting over a week just to access my own money. If this is how BMO treats new customers, I'm seriously regretting making the switch. Definitely not the kind of "modern banking experience" they advertise. read more

Customer service is crap. They send everything to a call center. There is no way to reach 'the back office' which they claim is in charge of everything. Their 'fraud' prevention is a joke. It pops up, you mark it as fraud. They still give your money away and then ask you to call the call center who has no idea how to fill out the form. The bank as a whole is trash. Take your money anywhere else. read more

Terrible bank! Terrible policies that do not help the average customer. The authentification process is unrealistic and unreliable. Customer service is unwilling to help customers understand the policies and rules that govern bank decisions. Absolutely horrible! I wish I could give them negative stars. read more

I've had to call them 4 times today while I'm supposed to be working. They're having a problem creating my login for my account. They told me to delete my browser cache and data. This has nothing to do with their issue creating a login and will instead affect every webpage I need to visit for work. These people are total clowns. I'm paying of my new loan today and closing the account. Stay far away. read more

This bank is SH*T. Every time I need them, they refuse service of what I need. The latest is I went in with a 32oz cup of all quarters. They said they don't have a change machine. I said, "can't you just count them out?" "I can help if need be." "No, we can give you paper rolls and you can do it and bring them back." I went to my other bank literally across the street, Central Bank of Missouri. They DID have a change machine, but it was down at the moment. The teller counted it out by hand. Took her about 8 mins, ended up being $111.50. I will be closing my account at BMO. read more

Don't do business with them. I had a credit card with them, made all my payments on time and in full, and out of the blue, they cancelled my card for no reason. My credit score is over 800, so they will screw you over at the drop of a hat... read more

I think its very lousy for BMO to cancel my credit card due to terms and conditions, whatever that means, and NOT NOTIFY your customers before hand that you are in fact closing a customer's account. Instead you let vendors get a decline notice when they attempt to charge on my good standing account and then let the customer scramble for alternative payments. This is a lousy business decision. I will make sure to spread the word through social media about your unscrupulous business practices. I will await your letter explaining your business decision. Again, not notifying your customers BEFOREHAND, is really a big mistake and very lousy. Scott S. BMO Card client P.S. How hard is it to email a customer and let them know thirty days in advance? Also, letting a customer wait 30 minutes for a customer service rep via phone is lousy. read more

I had a fantastic time with my BMO mortgage lender (locked in a 5.625% rate, he was always timely and patient). As a result of my mortgage loan, I was required to open a BMO checking account. I expected similar customer service, but instead I've been faced with a handful of issues over the last couple of weeks. While trying to transfer money into that account for my mortgage payments, both my and my wife's external accounts were flagged as fraudulent (despite the fact that we added these external accounts several weeks ago). I spent over 75 minutes on the phone with BMO customer service and was promised that this issue would be resolved in 24-48 hours. She was separately told the same... It's been 4 days and the issue remains. Now I'm rushing to find an alternative way to pay my mortgage on the eve of Thanksgiving week. I just tried closing the checking account, and BMO told me they'd charge me a $50 fee for closing the account within 90 days of opening it. I asked if they'd be willing to waive the fee due to their inability to resolve this issue, and they refused. Avoid them at all costs. Their customer service is terrible. read more

34 years with the card back to when it was Decorah State Bank then Bank of the West. Without notice, my card wasn't working just cancelled. Never carried a balance but was very active each month. So frustrated by the pure lack of decency. Don't bank with them! read more

TLDR: If it's not broke, don't fix it. Happily going back to my original CC company that has my back, communicates exceptionally well and has local representatives/not farmed out to a 3rd world country, and protects ME as the customer. BMO bought out all of our small, local banks in the area - fine. If someone wants to sell/buy, that's life. In order to support "local" and continue doing business, I applied for their cash back credit card. Used it and loved it for several months and then suddenly payments stopped going through. I was left scrambling to use a different method at checkout. Thinking maybe they stopped it for suspicious activity, I started calling around to see what was going on. After jumping through innumerable hoops and waiting on hold for an ungodly time, I learned that BMO shut my card off with no advanced warning. I understand T&C, but like many other reviewers have stated to just shut off a card and then FINALLY get a mailed notification nearly 3 weeks later is a horrible business model. Don't come into somewhere small, expect people to work with you, then treat them like that. Horrible business all the way around. read more

Worse experience I've ever had in 40 years of banking. I had a car loan through them and I will never ever do that again. Their website looks like something that was made by a high schooler 10 years ago. You can't get any information, it's such a backwards site and trying to find certain things such as upcoming payments took me 25 minutes to find. It's just a joke and I know websites, I have developed them. When I needed customer service, I got somebody from the Philippines who could barely speak English. If you pay extra towards your loan, they automatically extend your next month's payment instead of applying the extra amount towards your actual loan amount. They had never stated that. It was just the worst thing I ever went through. I could go on about other issues, but I'm not going to waste my time read more

BMO discriminates against seniors. They intentionally inflict undue stress on them by deciding to cancel their account after they paid it off to use on a family vacation this weds. They should have to reimburse my parents for the thousands of dollars they are now unable to retrieve b cuz it's non refundable 2 days b4 the trip! They sent no notification of any kind. My mother found out that they had done this b cuz she started getting notices from their creditors that their pmts were not made & they r b n charged a fee now. Worst bank for older ppl. Anybody else been discriminated against by BMO & suffered damages-maybe wanna join a class action? read more

BMO, it's just good to have a nice Blackhawk card and Bulls card. They suck as a bank. Online banking sucks. The overdraft system is stupid. Today, they took $165, a reverse bank credit fee that clearly points I were in the right read more

A simple... very simple question about a large payment made against my LOC and why it has not posted in a week. I have been transferred 4 times and yet again this person tell me i need to talk to someone else. I went from the LOC dept to the Online dept to the LOC dept and now being sent elsewhere. As an Executive i do not have time for this show! A simple payment posting question - i see it online in my accts showing "in process' now for 5 business days. SERIOUSLY??? Secondly, tax forms - there is a folder online for tax forms but of course they are not filed there. Had to call to be told to look at the regular statement forms for 2025 and there i will find my 2024 tax forms. Just a waste of time. read more

They took 200.00 dollars from me saying I couldn't get this back because I didn't let them know about within 90 days mind you my husband passed on the day they let a fraudulent company take my money read more

Wish we could give minus stars!!! This bank is the worst! We went with this bank because it gave us a lower interest rate, but they have been nothing but trouble. I had to go into their bank to set up my account to pay them. Then they sent us 5 different payment books which were all incorrect. I finally got into their online banking and noticed the money I paid extra and specifically asked to go to the principal was never applied. They lied and said it was, but when I couldn't find it online I called back and was told by another customer service person that they don't do that. It only lowers your payment. They don't allow you to see a dashboard of your total account (total that was financed, what you've paid, etc.) as other banks do. It only shows you payments??? This bank is fraudulent!!! Run away if anyone suggests them!!! read more

Over 50 people in my office and every single one of them got their direct deposit on 7/5 as scheduled. Not me! I'm the only dummy that banks with crappy BMO. BMO apparently can't handle direct deposits the day after a holiday. I had to call on 7/8 to find out where the hell my money was and then they finally processed the deposit. Thanks for leaving me with no way to buy gas or groceries for over 3 days. You suck read more

HORRIBLE! Wish I could give 0 stars. Hours on the phone only to be disconnected and provided inconsistent information. I was told I HAD to close my account due to fraud concerns but could open a replacement account via phone. Then was told that my husband had to be on the phone too. He drove home hours to participate and we spent hours verifying information and were told the account would be active (e.g. to reinstate autobill payments) 48 hours after our receipt of confirmation emails. Emails never came. More hours on the phone only to be told that we need to drive the 3 hours to the nearest branch to open a new account and that the different departments can't be expected to know or track what's been shared or promised by other departments. Still on hold while I'm typing. I will drive the 3 hours and will gift cheap champagne so they can celebrate my move to a different bank. read more

I have had a credit card with them for over 30 years. I just received a letter dated 4/10/2025 that they are closing out my credit card on 3/31/2025 because we were identified as not fitting with their requirements. I am ok if they don't want my business anymore but they should have told me that BEFORE they cancelled my card, not 2 weeks after. read more

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Paid off 2 credit cards and still getting charged interest on one and nobody can explain why....

I would give negative stars if I could. My credit line was closed, without being provided any notice, with a balance so it has ruined my credit as it looks like I am over the limit by $5k. The kicker is that I've never made any late payments. I would never do business with this bank again. STAY AWAY!!! read more

The worst Bank for a loan. I took out a boat loan and realized after that there is a per diem. Meaning I pay $5.60 per day that I have the loan. It's basically rape, and nothing was clearly stating that when I applied and was approved. It seemed like every other loan I have ever had. Not this one. To top it off, they apply over payments to the next payment. It's Dec 2024 and I don't have a payment due until Sept 2026 because I have been over paying thinking I was paying down the principal and interest. That is not the case. They wont adjust the payments, and my perdiem stays the same at $5.60 per day regardless if I have $1 on the principal or $50K. WORST WORST WORST company to do a loan with. Stay Clear. read more

This company's practices are ridiculous. I called to access my account and request a service. When a representative answered, he requested my account number. I let him know I had to look it up and asked if there was something else I could provide to verify my account. He said my social security number, which I provided. After I gave him my social security number, he tells me he can't assist me because I didn't provide my account number. So I've banked for a while, like most of us. I know that's very unlikely, but by this time, I had pulled up my account number and offered it to him, and he refused to assist me. I requested to speak to a supervisor; he refused. I requested his name and ID number or location so that I could provide this info when I complained to a supervisor; he refused! By this time, I'm feeling like I'm in a fraudulent situation calling my bank because he took my SSN and refused to assist me or allow me to speak to a supervisor. How do I know you aren't taking my information and not logging the call? After I ran down the list of suspect behavior on his behalf, he finally gave me his name and nonchalantly said he was in Guatemala City, which based on his conduct, I don't even know if I should believe! I called back to speak to someone with common sense, and he flagged my whole account so that I couldn't speak to anyone and have to go into a branch to access my account. The person I spoke to after him was very apologetic and understood my frustration and confirmed the unusual behavior, but at this point, they couldn't do anything because of whatever he did with my account. I will be closing my account as soon as I walk into that bank on Monday, and of course, it's the weekend! Days without access to my account or funds. Bank of Montreal... no thank you! Do not use this bank; run! read more

BMO bank is a joke form the bottom to the top . I have had an ongoing problem since October of last year and still can't get a strait answer. Don't bother to call the customer service phone that's out sourced to some 3rd world country . When i tried to complain to the branch manger she told i could close my accounts and go some where else if i wanted to. I have called area operations mangers and been hung-up on . I have sent dozens of emails and never get a response back. STAY AWAY . read more

Less than 1 star for customer service. On hold for more than an hour with no results..... press 1 press 2 press 3 press 4 really then nothing read more

DO NOT USE BMO Bank. I have a credit score of over 800 and never made a late payment. I have had this credit card for more than 15 years (previously Bank of the West.) BMO closed my credit account with no notification and no explanation. They have a clause in their account agreements that says they can do this whenever they want and by using them, we agree to it. When I called the credit department for an explanation, two different agents told me that they mailed an explanation letter on two different days. I went into a branch, and they also could not give me an explanation. I still have not received any letter of explanation from them and nothing in the APP or online shows that my account is closed. At Bank of the West my interest rate was 9.9%. When BMO took over my account two years ago, they raised my interest rate to 14.99% overnight with no explanation. This is by far the worst customer service I have ever seen. read more

BMO has changed their bank statement. It is very hard to read now and there is no section on the last page to balance your check book. Some people do still balance their check books. I called to give my feedback, but they haven't done anything about it. read more

Customer service is trash and lazy. They have taken out double payments for my wife's car 3 months in and row. And each time we call to get it refunded, we get push back. Hope this bank goes out of business soon. read more

I had a horrific experience with BMO that cost me about $1,500. I had a sizable CD that matured and I wanted to close my account and have the money sent to me. Notwithstanding that this is the year 2025, and even though I had sent them a wire transfer when I opened the account, they insisted on mailing me a paper check. When the check never arrived, they made canceling that check and having a new one issued exceedingly difficult. They refused to send me a new check unless I signed and had notarized an indemnity agreement in which I had to essentially claim responsibility for losing the check, even though it had never arrived, and to indemnify them for any loss if someone else cashed that check. Then they made me feel like they were doing me a favor by waving their 90-day waiting period to send me a new check. I finally, after much effort, reached an agent who was very helpful, and after I emailed her the signed and notarized indemnity agreement (which she was unable to waive), was able to arrange to have a replacement check sent to me via UPS, but still it was over a month between closing the account and having the money, a cost to me of $1,500 in lost interest (which of course BMO benefited from by having an extra month to use my money without having to read more

The worst bank and service ever!! Support is terrible and they have fraud controls in place that locked my account after a basic transfer to another bank account that was setup and used for over a year! Spent 30 minutes on a call just to be told I need to call back tomorrow since they didn't have access to remove the hold. Can't wait to stop in a branch tomorrow and close this account! AVOID BMO!!!!! read more

I was a 15 year customer when they decided to close my account...no warning, no notice. I received the run around on why and what my actual balance was. It's not worth the frustration. Choose a different company. read more

They cancelled my Credit card for no reason. "Just a business decision" They did not inform me they did so until I called them. Then they kept my rewards! read more

I recently tried to use my BMO card for a purchase. 4 year account holder, $8000 limit, never a late payment, zero balance, and an 800+ FICO. Card was declined because customer service said the account was being closed per BMO policies and they do not need to inform the consumer?!! No reason given and according to customer service, no reason will be provided. Untrustworthy policies from a sub-par financial services provider. Stay away....frustration looms. There are far better banking options today than 3rd tier providers like BMO. read more

just a crappy bank. structured to suit their owners/investor and big league. (corporate) I was told once I open an account my funds are available immediately however that's not the case. I cash a check in the bank up to 24 hours and 5 days if I do online banking. this place is becoming more of a joke the more I use them. (just opened an account less than a month ago) read more

I would give BMO zero stars if I could. BMO bought my old bank. BMO totally sucks. I am moving my accounts to another bank.