Carmichael Bank of the West Branch Changes Ownership
Jun 08, 2023 12:00AM ● By Story and photo by Thomas J. Sullivan
The Bank of the West branch in Carmichael Village Shopping Center at 4001 Manzanita Avenue and Fair Oaks Boulevard is joining the BMO family.
CARMICHAEL, CA (MPG) - The Carmichael branch of the Bank of the West at 4001 Manzanita Avenue is scheduled to see new exterior signage installed soon as owners BMO Harris Bank, N.A., complete their rollout of the bank’s new business name.
BMO signage has already been installed at the former branch of the Bank of the West at 7831 Greenback Lane in Citrus Heights.
The Bank of the West website continues to announce the ongoing name change to BMO to its customers. Inside the local branch, in the Carmichael Village Shopping Center near the corner of Manzanita Avenue and Fair Oaks Boulevard, it was “business as usual,” as tellers and branch managers at the Carmichael Branch busily attended to customers with their banking needs.
Local residents may remember that 4001 Manzanita Avenue was once home to The Westerner Drive-In movie theater, operated by United California Theaters in the early 1960s. It closed in 1981.
In its place, the Carmichael Village shopping center is home to Ace Hardware, Starbucks, Leslie’s Pool Supplies and Bel Air Market.
An outside lobby ATM machine bore the dual logos of Bank of the West and BMO until the conversion is complete. BMO is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
BMO’s acquisition of Bank of the West, headquartered in San Francisco in February brings its nearly 1.8 million customers into BMO and extends its banking presence through more than 500 additional branches and commercial and wealth offices in key U.S. growth markets, according to the company.
As the 8th largest bank in North America by assets, BMO is positioned in three of the top five U.S. markets, has a footprint in 32 states, and expanded both its national specialty commercial businesses and its digital banking platform to help its customers to make real financial progress in all 50 states in announcing the acquisition earlier this year.
Until conversion of the banks’ systems, expected in early September 2023, Bank of the West customers in Carmichael will continue to be served through their respective BMO and Bank of the West branches, websites and mobile applications.
In the coming months, BMO will continue to provide Bank of the West customers in Carmichael with key information about how the combined bank will serve them, including the plan for the conversion of their current accounts.
The bank has automatic teller (ATM) locations inside local Walgreen’s Drugs in the area which will feature the new BMO signage.
The BMO branch at 4001 Manzanita Avenue in Carmichael is open Monday through Friday from 9 am to 5 pm and closed weekends. For more information, call (916) 487-1100 or visit: https://www.bankofthewest.com/customer-service/branch/california/carmichael/4001-manzanita-ave
