Our Online Guarantee, $0 Liability

Our Online Guarantee covers:

• Personal accounts enrolled in Online Banking. Your account must be open, in good standing and not overdrawn when the fraudulent or unauthorized transaction is posted to your account
• The online guarantee does not apply to Mobile Service or offline transactions, online transactions conducted outside of bankofthewest.com or to business and other non-personal accounts, or if you knowingly share your security credentials such as username and password with another person; not applicable to Investment Services Accounts

For you to be eligible for our online guarantee:

• Notify us of any unauthorized activity within 60 calendar days of the statement on which the fraudulent transaction first appeared
• Protect your username and password. Create a password that would be hard for others to guess and do not write it down
• Unauthorized activity must not occur through your negligence, such as leaving your computer unattended during an online banking session
• You must not provide your personal information such as username or passwords, social security number to any third party
• Never respond to emails asking for personal information, such as your Social Security Number, username or passwords. Bank of the West will never request that information
• Protect your personal computer by using up-to-date anti-spyware, anti-virus, and firewall protection software
• If you share your username and password with someone, we will consider any transaction initiated by that person to be an authorized transaction

If the previous conditions are not met, your liability for unauthorized electronic transfers will revert to the liability conditions provided in the Online Banking Service Agreement and/or the Deposit Account Disclosure for Personal Accounts, as applicable. Under no circumstances will your liability be more than allowed by applicable law.

To learn more on how you can help protect yourself, visit our Security FAQ page.