Complaints
This profile includes complaints for Fort Liberty Federal Credit Union's headquarters and its corporate-owned locations. To view all corporate locations, see
Customer Complaints Summary
- 19 total complaints in the last 3 years.
- 3 complaints closed in the last 12 months.
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Initial Complaint
Date:02/24/2025
Type:Product IssuesStatus:AnsweredMore info
Complaint statuses
- Resolved:
- The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
- Unresolved:
- The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
- Answered:
- The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
- Unanswered:
- The business failed to respond to the dispute.
- Unpursuable:
- BBB is unable to locate the business.
I have been trying to close my checking account for well over a month and because I no longer live in the immediate area, Im doing it via email which I was told I could do. The main woman Ive been in contact with is extremely disorganized, telling me she needs something else when its already been sent. Ive received differing info to change my address online in order to close it, then, someone else told me its no longer an option to do online and a hand written letter with the old address and new address was sufficient. They have had all the required paperwork for about 3 weeks now and the account is still not closed. My file was apparently transferred to a branch manager whom never followed up with me. I called over a week ago a left a message with a branch manager and have yet to have my call returned. I followed up via email with the initial gal I was in touch with over a week ago and she also has not responded. This has been absolutely ridiculous and frustrating. I also requested info to make a complaint outside of the branch staff and that email was ignored. I just want my account closed and I dont feel like I should have to take half a day off work to make it happen.Business Response
Date: 03/25/2025
Dear Mrs. ****************** you for contacting Fort Liberty FCU regarding your account. We value your feedback and are grateful you took the time to contact us regarding your experience.
Due to an increase in fraud, we have implemented additional measures to verify our members before closing our accounts. According to our records your account was closed on February 25, 2025.We appreciate your business and apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.Sincerely,
***** ******Initial Complaint
Date:11/20/2024
Type:Product IssuesStatus:ResolvedMore info
Complaint statuses
- Resolved:
- The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
- Unresolved:
- The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
- Answered:
- The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
- Unanswered:
- The business failed to respond to the dispute.
- Unpursuable:
- BBB is unable to locate the business.
Bank is refusing to give back the $203 that they wrongfully took from my account based on a mistake that consumers credit union had made.Fort Liberty Credit Union said that they would refund me once the issue was resolved. They are now refusing to reimburse me.Establishment needs to be investigated for stealing money from not just me but other members with their shady business practices utilizing "overdraft fees"Business Response
Date: 12/31/2024
Dear Mr.******
Reference 22581466
On November 15, 2024, Consumer COOP EXT Trans debited Mr. ******** checking account twice in one day, each for $660.67, amount totaling $1,321.34. Consequently,Mr. ******** checking account balance became negative, -$150.77. This double transaction resulted in additional fees of seven (7) $29 fees totaling $203.00 due to other bill payments and debit card charges incurred as a direct result.
Upon Mr.******** ******** we explained that the double debit was executed by Consumer COOP EXT Trans and confirmed that this was not an error on our part. We recommended he contact Consumer **** EXT Trans directly for resolution.
On November 19, 2024, Consumer COOP EXT Trans took action by depositing $660.67 back into Mr. ******** account.
Recognizing the impact of this situation on Mr. ******* and despite the fact that it was not an error attributed to FLFCU, we chose to proactively credit him for the $29 in fees incurred.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact me at ************.
Thank you
***** ******Customer Answer
Date: 01/02/2025
Better Business Bureau:
I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID ********, and find that this resolution is satisfactory to me.
Sincerely,
***** ******Initial Complaint
Date:04/17/2024
Type:Product IssuesStatus:ResolvedMore info
Complaint statuses
- Resolved:
- The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
- Unresolved:
- The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
- Answered:
- The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
- Unanswered:
- The business failed to respond to the dispute.
- Unpursuable:
- BBB is unable to locate the business.
My husband, a Vietnam Vet, had an account here since the 1980's. He passed away this past January (2024). I reached out via telephone to Ft Liberty to close the account and transfer the monies out, spoke to cust service, who informed me I needed to email the death certificate, my identification, and a letter from Probate Court stating I am the Administer of the Estate. I emailed what I had, thinking my husband's Will would suffice, as it perfectly stated I was the Administer of the estate, and I did not have to probate the will. I waited a week to hear back, nothing, so I telephoned back. ***************** at first, stated never received the email, so I resent the same email while we were on the phone. She was rude to me and told me that's NOT what she told me she needed, and I need to get a Probate lawyer for the (1) piece of paper SHE needed, and informed me that even if I get that notice, My husband's account would need to stay open for (1) year, I would need to open another account, and PROVE to Ft Liberty I was using the money for bills for my husband. I met with my attorney, who ALSO called Ft Liberty, speaking with same person. She was just as nasty with my attorney, stated they did not have a legal department, would not give him any information, but would pass HIS information to SR ** T****ie, and she would be in touch with him within 48 business hours. As of this writing, that was 3 WEEKS ago. My attorney has left multiple messages to cust service, no avail. There is no contact information other than the (1) phone number. I simply want to close out my husband's account, transfer his money out, and never be in contact with Ft Liberty (***************) again. It is a sad state of America when widows of Veterans are treated with such disrespect, no compassion, and total disregard from a Federal Credit Union serving military families! Ft Liberty needs to make this right, and issue the monies in the account to me, his widow, close the account and part ways.Business Response
Date: 04/30/2024
Dear *****************,
We want to thank you for contacting us at Fort Liberty Federal Credit Union regarding your account. We know that you are concerned about the closure of your husband's account, and we want you to know that we are fully dedicated to resolving this issue. To close your husband's account, we need the Death Certificate and Letter of Administration. Once we have it, we will take immediate action to close the account and provide you with any assistance you may require.We understand that this process may have caused you some inconvenience, and we apologize for that. However, we would like to assure you that your satisfaction is our top priority. We appreciate your patience and understanding in this matter and would like to remind you that we are always here to help. If you have any further questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thanks
***********************
SVP Member Services
Fort Liberty FCU
Customer Answer
Date: 05/01/2024
Better Business Bureau:
I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID ********, and find that this resolution is satisfactory to me.
Sincerely,
*******************************Initial Complaint
Date:04/02/2024
Type:Product IssuesStatus:AnsweredMore info
Complaint statuses
- Resolved:
- The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
- Unresolved:
- The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
- Answered:
- The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
- Unanswered:
- The business failed to respond to the dispute.
- Unpursuable:
- BBB is unable to locate the business.
Date of dispute January 19th and current. ************************* ext 8316 continues to avoids my phone calls and questions. March 14 Spoke with ********************************* ext 7556 was told after she spoke with ************************* that they were trying to figure how to credit me the funds that was removed from my account. Week of March 25 I spoke to *************************, I explained to her that I needed my money and her response to me was I understand its only been a couple of weeks, I said no maam its been 3 months. She rushes me off the phone.Business Response
Date: 04/30/2024
Dear recipient,
We are pleased to inform you that Fort Liberty FCU has successfully concluded its investigation and has reached out to ************** regarding this matter. We would like to assure you that this case has been thoroughly examined and has been resolved in a satisfactory manner. We appreciate your patience and understanding throughout this process.
Thank you for your trust in Fort Liberty FCU. We remain committed to providing exceptional service and support to all our valued members.
Sincerely,***********************
SVP Member Services
Initial Complaint
Date:02/27/2024
Type:Billing IssuesStatus:AnsweredMore info
Complaint statuses
- Resolved:
- The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
- Unresolved:
- The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
- Answered:
- The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
- Unanswered:
- The business failed to respond to the dispute.
- Unpursuable:
- BBB is unable to locate the business.
This Credit Union is my lender for my Auto loan. I have to every 4-5 months prove that I have insurance on my vehicle because of a glitch in the 3rd party companies system that they use to verify insurance to date they have charged me ***** dollars in insurance and currently they owe me 4500 dollars that they are making me jump through hoops to get. I traded my vehicle in on 19 Feb 24 and bought a new vehicle which I financed with a different company because of this. On 20 Feb they added a 4500 dollar insurance policy to my account. This is fraud and not my responsibility to prove every month. You can't just charge people without calling people to verify the legitimacy. I've requested to speak with upper management and have been refused on numerous occasions.Business Response
Date: 02/27/2024
Thank you so much for bringing this situation to our attention. At Fort Liberty Federal Credit Union, we do have a collateral protection insurance process. I appreciate your feedback as to how this impacted you directly. For the privacy of our members we will not disclose account related information. It was a pleasure to speak with you today to put a resolution in place. If you need any additional assistance, please do not hesitate to reach out to me directly.Initial Complaint
Date:01/15/2024
Type:Customer Service IssuesStatus:AnsweredMore info
Complaint statuses
- Resolved:
- The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
- Unresolved:
- The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
- Answered:
- The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
- Unanswered:
- The business failed to respond to the dispute.
- Unpursuable:
- BBB is unable to locate the business.
My vehicle was placed into repossession and I was forced to pay an absurd fee of over a quarter of my loan amount thats remaining just to get my property back. Now I am being harassed with text messages from random numbers and my loan payments are up to current.Business Response
Date: 01/22/2024
Thank you for the feedback provided. Fort Liberty Federal Credit Union does not communicate with our members via text message regarding account specific matters. Please feel free to contact me directly with any questions or concerns. I will be more than happy to work directly with you toward a resolution.Initial Complaint
Date:09/29/2023
Type:Service or Repair IssuesStatus:AnsweredMore info
Complaint statuses
- Resolved:
- The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
- Unresolved:
- The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
- Answered:
- The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
- Unanswered:
- The business failed to respond to the dispute.
- Unpursuable:
- BBB is unable to locate the business.
I have been trying to apply for ******** for my mother since the 13th of September and have been talking to a VP and I have been told that they are working on it everyday. I have a deadline of yesterday to get everything turned in for my mother. Today I finally got them to transfer the money out of my mothers account. My mother is in a nursing home and ******** pending. Since she is ******** pending I have to either get everything submitted or pay out of pocket. It is $11000 a month for her to be at the nursing home. I am very frustrated with this entire process.Business Response
Date: 10/17/2023
October 17, 2023
***************************
5644 **********
******************, **, 32925-2917
Dear **************,Thank you for contacting Fort Liberty FCU regarding your mothers account. We value your feedback and are grateful you took the time to contact us regarding your experience. On September 29, 2023, your request was processed and completed. We appreciate your business and apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Sincerely,
***********************
VP Sales and Services
*********************Initial Complaint
Date:09/28/2023
Type:Service or Repair IssuesStatus:AnsweredMore info
Complaint statuses
- Resolved:
- The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
- Unresolved:
- The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
- Answered:
- The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
- Unanswered:
- The business failed to respond to the dispute.
- Unpursuable:
- BBB is unable to locate the business.
I have had constant issues with thus bank since I opened my account the first few months were fine and then almost over night things began spiraling down. I started getting constant over draft fees and when I finally started taking screen shots of my bank statement I started finding discrepancies in my account. It turns out the app will show you all of your purchases but not all of them are taken out of your funds available estimate so you think you have 250 but you actually only have 200 or 190 and then when evey thing process you end up negative. So I called and asked about this and I was told thats why you need to mange your finances and that just because it's shown in pending doesn't mean it's subtracted from funds available as shown above or with the others that already had been subtracted even though still pending. At this point in time I now have to screen shot my statement and add and subtract everything on my own to get my true funds available that worked for the most part but I don't always have time to do it and sure enough I will get hit again but not only that, I am putting so much effort into just knowing my balance I begin to forget stuff and now I am constantly caught off guard by auto payments which is where most of my Over drafts come from these days. Which leads us too what happened today, yesterday I checked my account around lunch realized my streaming accounts hadn't taken out yet so I sent a friend $7. About 3:50pm EST I looked at my phone saw my streaming accounts took there funds and left over drafted 2x. I shrugged if off knowing I gambled and I lost. Later that evening I realized I was given another over draft fee I checked my account saw nothing else came out so I decided to call in the morning knowing bank was already closed. I checked my account this morning seeing the fee was still there I called to get a refunded just to have someone yell at me I am wrong and need to mange my finances better even though my bank statement shows otherBusiness Response
Date: 10/25/2023
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Dear ****************,Thank you for contacting Fort Liberty FCU regarding your account. We value your feedback and are grateful you took the time to contact us regarding your experience.
We are committed to providing excellent member service and look forward to working with you on a resolution. We believe the issue resulted from you using your debit card as credit transactions for your purchases.
-Debit transactions using your PIN are completed online in real time, while credit transactions using your signature are completed offline.
-Debit cards are linked to a bank account and draw directly from those funds, while credit cards do not draw any money immediately and are processed through a credit processing network.
Going forward, we suggest that you use your debit card transactions as Pin-based therefore transactions are posted to your account online in real time, and you will be able to view your accurate balance when using your mobile app. As a courtesy, we have provided credit to the members account regarding overdraft fees. We appreciate your business and apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Thank you for your understanding and continued loyalty to Fort Liberty FCU. If we can be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us at *********************.
Sincerely,
***********************
VP Sales and ServiceInitial Complaint
Date:07/05/2023
Type:Service or Repair IssuesStatus:AnsweredMore info
Complaint statuses
- Resolved:
- The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
- Unresolved:
- The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
- Answered:
- The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
- Unanswered:
- The business failed to respond to the dispute.
- Unpursuable:
- BBB is unable to locate the business.
Phone was compromised by an online website , filed a dispute with the bank they approved half the transactions but denied the remaining and made account negative , reached out to see my options spoke with VP ***** was questioned about MY income like I was a criminal , no help at all wasnt offered a payment plan or nothing YET my phone was hacked and have proof of it .Business Response
Date: 07/14/2023
Dear ****************
Thank you for contacting ************ FCU regarding your account balance and letting us know your account was compromised. We value your feedback and are grateful you took the time to contact us regarding your experience. We are committed to providing excellent member service and look forward to working with you on a resolution. Can you please give me a call or *************************, VP of Lending and Collection *************) at your earliest convenience to discuss arrangements of how we can assist you. Also, weve made several attempts to contact you to discuss arrangements. So, please give us a call. We appreciate your business and apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.Sincerely,
***********************
VP Sales and Services
*********************Initial Complaint
Date:03/10/2023
Type:Billing IssuesStatus:AnsweredMore info
Complaint statuses
- Resolved:
- The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
- Unresolved:
- The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
- Answered:
- The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
- Unanswered:
- The business failed to respond to the dispute.
- Unpursuable:
- BBB is unable to locate the business.
This account is inaccurate under 15 U.S.C. ****g validation of debt. FORT BRAGG FCU has been reporting inaccurate and incomplete account information to my credit file. In addition, while the collector attempted to collect a debt that is not mine, they broke 15 U.S. Code ****k - Civil liability. I am maintaining a careful record of my communications with you for the purpose of filing a complaint to the *** if the non-compliance continues. Like, Wenger ** Trans Union Corp., No. 95-6445 (C.D.Cal. No** 14,1995), FORT BRAGG FCU may be liable for your willful non-compliance. Also, in ****** ** ******************* Services LLC (D. Ariz. 2018), FORT BRAGG FCU may be liable for false reporting. Credit reporting laws ensure that bureaus report only 100% accurate credit information. Every step must be taken to assure the information reported is completely accurate and correct. The following information therefore needs to be reinvestigated. I respectfully request to be provided proof of this alleged item, specifically the original application, contract, note, other instrument bearing my signature and payment history.Under 15 U.S. Code ****d - Disclosure of investigative consumer reports; you are in violation. I have attached the definition so you can see the violation! (a)Disclosure of fact of preparation A person may not procure or cause to be prepared an investigative consumer report on any consumer unless(1)it is clearly and accurately disclosed to the consumer that an investigative consumer report including information as to his character, general reputation, personal characteristics, and mode of living, whichever are applicable, may be made, and such disclosure (A) is made in a writing mailed, or otherwise delivered, to the consumer, not later than three days after the date on which the report was first requestedBusiness Response
Date: 03/30/2023
Fort Bragg Federal Credit Union is in receipt of the above-mentioned case number filed with the Better Business Bureau.
On October 13, 2022, the credit union responded to Better Business Bureau case number ********. Along with our response letter, loan documentation was provided via **** to the address we have on file. Per your request, we will resend the October response with the loan documentation.
It is apparent that based on the information provided to us via case number ********, we do not have your current address for our records. Please contact us directly to update your account.
Please feel free to contact Fort Bragg Federal Credit Union directly with any additional questions at ************.
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