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  200 Bellevue Way NE Bellevue Downtown Nfc Bellevue, WA 98004-5720

  
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  401 Broadway E Ste 125 Seattle, WA 98102-3696

  
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  1753 S Burlington Blvd Ste 100 Burlington, WA 98233-3235

  
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  1512 6th Ave Downtown Seattle Financial Center Seattle, WA 98101-1706

  

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• Initial Complaint

  Date:02/08/2023

  Type:Customer Service Issues
  Status:

  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 paid off my home loan with BECU yesterday and I got an email saying there is a new document about the home loan I paid off. When I log in online, everything about the loan is removed. I have no access to the doc they notified me with email, no info about my loan info/history, and all past documents. When I contact them, the customer service told me that I need to call one of their department to find out the info. I don't understand why they notify me there is a new document if they remove everything. I also don't agree that they remove everything as I will need those info for reporting tax next year. Why I should spend hours on phone to find out the find that should already be there for me all the time. I need them to bring all the info back for me.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 02/28/2023

  BECU research indicates member's BECU home loan was paid in full on February 7, 2023. The mortgage account has been removed from Online Banking as BECU does not maintain Paid in Full (PIF) mortgages online. BECU retains PIF mortgage documents, and they are available through our ***************************** should members require additional loan information. On February 8, 2023 the member contacted us regarding this issue and their request was sent to the *****************************. The ***************************** has responded to the member's request and advised that we are not able to reinstate the mortgage account online, however, we sent the member their ****, recent account activity, and loan information to the email address of record on February 8, 2023.

  The response is being sent to the complainant via email for their records. 

• Initial Complaint

  Date:02/01/2023

  Type:Product Issues
  Status:

  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 BECU was breached on December 15 and closed due to fraud on December 16, 2022. I opened new acccounts on the same date. $800 was removed without authorization by *****. I was assured that the money would be returned within 2 or 3 business days. I received an email from BECU/Zelle that the money was returned to a closed account and sent back. I have made repeated attempts to have this money returned to my account. I contacted customer service/technical support four times who told me they would write a "ticket" to ***** and that ***** is a third party vendor. Finally on December 28, ***** (technical support) did write a ticket. No response. I have visited the ************* twice and talked to ************** who told me that he would ask for an "exception" but the only person who apparently can do this was on PTO. I've tried to contact ***** but they seem indifferent and insist I contact BECU. So far, everyone seems to admit it's my $800 but no one seems to want to give it back. Just return my money to my account and I will go away.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 02/17/2023

  ***** attempted to return the funds to the account the funds were withdrawn from, however, because it had been closed on December 15, 2022, the transaction was rejected. On December 28, 2022 we submitted a ticket with ***** to reattempt the refund and have the funds returned to the member's new account. This process typically takes 30 days to complete, but in this instance, it took longer than our standard timeframe for Zelle to return the funds. On February 1, 2023 the amount for the Zelle dispute of $800.00 was credited to the member's new account. The response is being sent to the complainant via email for their records. 

• Initial Complaint

  Date:01/18/2023

  Type:Service or Repair Issues
  Status:

  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.

  On 10/31/22 I went to the Alderwood BECU to withdraw $2000.00 from my account. I had to speak with someone there to allow me to withdraw that from the cash machine. I went to the *** in their lobby and withdrew cash, counting it right there. I had only $1900. I immediately went to the same lady who helped me and told her I was short $100.00 and asked her to count the money. She wouldn't touch it, saying she couldn't touch the money as she wasn't a teller. Apparently no one there can actually do anything with money!She did file a report to the main office, they checked the machine and said it all reconciled and would do nothing to get my $100.00.I have had an account there for several years. I am an honest person and do not make up things like that. They are basically saying that their machine never makes a mistake, that it and therefore they, are in infallible. The person in front of me or after me or anyone that day could have gotten an extra $100 and either not noticed or not said anything. $100 is a lot of money to me and it seems incredible that they will not reconcile this issue. I would very much appreciate your help with this matter. They should know that I will tell everyone I know how unsatisfied I am and how uncompromising they are.Sincerely,***********************, LMT ************

  

  Business Response

  Date: 02/01/2023

  BECU has re-reviewed the member's dispute in response to this communication and we can confirm that no errors occurred during the transaction referenced above. BECU research indicates that the ***s at the ******** ***************************** (NFC) shows that the General Ledger (GL) report is in balance for October 31, *************************************** the electronic journal during the transaction. As courtesy, and due to member's good account history with BECU, we have made an exception to credit the member the amount of the *** dispute of $100.00.

  The response is being sent to the complainant via email for their records. 

• Initial Complaint

  Date:12/29/2022

  Type:Billing Issues
  Status:

  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 was rendered unable to make my final credit card payments to BECU due to a lack of ******************* capabilities to transfer payment from my current bank to my old BECU accounts. Part of why I originally opted to change banks was due to a security breach with BECU's system which greatly compromised my money and security, and I have had difficulties getting back into the account ever since that time to make payments.While trying to 0 out my credit card to close all of my remaining accounts with BECU, I was locked out from online banking, and was not able to reach them by phone (both due to a lack of responding employees when called, and a lack of calls returned to me after said attempts). Because of this, I was incapable of making payments on time, and was charged late fees.When I did eventually get in touch with BECU, I was told by the employee over the phone who was assisting me that the situation was unusual and out of my hands, and very openly walked back the late fees, acknowledging that the late payments were no fault of mine. However, despite this, my credit score was greatly impacted. When I reached out to BECU again to have them dispute this, since I made my full payment as soon as I was able after a BECU employee agreed with me that the payment issues were no fault of my own, I was denied.As a result, my credit score has been severely impacted, despite the fact that I was fully incapable of making payments due to system failures and unreachable employees until the date I did manage to get in contact with BECU and make the full payment.Essentially, BECU agreed that I was not at fault due to the errors / security issues, willingly walked back the late fees, brought my account current, and apologized, but refuse to submit an accurate report to repair my credit score - which would not have been damaged had I been able to make my payments on time as usual.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 01/19/2023

  On December 15, 2022 member contacted BECU, during the call member explained they switched to another bank due to a Zelle security breach and their connectivity to their old BECU accounts was limited, which prevented them from making their **** payment. During the call member stated they would make the **** payment in full at that time and requested for the late fees to be waived. The ************** representative refunded two late fees totaling $50.00 as a courtesy but did not indicate that the late payments were due to a BECU error. BECU investigated member's credit bureau dispute and determined that no error had occurred; BECU is accurately reporting the **** as 30 days past due for the October 2022 and November 2022 payments to the Credit **************** (CRA). Regarding member's Online Banking access, upon further review we found that there was no Online Banking restriction placed on member's account during the time that was reference in the BBB communication, and they had full accessibility. BECU reviewed member's Online Banking history and found that they logged in successfully on 10/28/2022, no login attempts in November, and they successfully logged in multiple times from 12/15/2022-12/29/2022. Lastly, I would like to address that BECU did experienced a system outage on November 20, 2022 that resulted in BECU digital banking system to be unavailable, and it was restored on the same day. 

  The response is being sent to the complainant via email for their records. 

• Initial Complaint

  Date:12/28/2022

  Type:Billing Issues
  Status:

  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.

  I moved from WA and needed to pull all the funds from my account since I am no longer in the area. Every time I tried to pull the funds from my account several fees incurred. I called BECU and explained the situation, they reversed all fees. I then again tried to pull my funds and again was hit with a $25 fee again. This put my account in a negative balance of -$25. I do not want this account and it's been a hassle to have and deal with every since I moved. I spoke with someone since I tried to login in and view the account and was transferred to another agent. But now the representative, seeing that I am no longer a customer was not helpful and did not listen to me at all. I requested that the last fee be removed and the account be closed. She ignored my request and then just stated the negative balance and then went silent saying nothing. I am again asking, close the account and refund the last fee. I have been a customer since 2010, I've had several accounts and credit cards.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 01/19/2023

  On July 27, 2022 member called and spoke to a ************** representative regarding the Non-Sufficient Funds (***) fee they incurred on 7/15/2022 and as a courtesy the representative reversed one *** fee. On August 3, 2022, member contacted us regarding several $25.00 fees beginning in June 2022 that they were unaware of. It appears member meant for the transfers and payments to withdraw from their checking account, but they provided their savings account number instead, which resulted in the *** fees. The representative got leadership approval to reverse additional fees as a courtesy and outside our standard guidelines; on August 3, 2022, we reversed four fees from June and one fee from August totaling $125.00. The representative informed member that this was a onetime exception and BECU will not refund any additional *** fees moving forward. Additionally, the representative provided the member instructions for obtaining the form online to close out their BECU account. On September 20, 2022 ******* ****** initiated another attempt to withdrawal funds from member's savings account and at that time, the savings account had a zero balance, and a $25 *** fee was assessed. On November 19, 2022 BECU exercised our right to offset the checking account by transferring the remaining balance of $8.04 from the checking account to the overdrawn savings account, and the checking and savings accounts were charged off and closed. The checking account was closed with a zero balance the your savings account was charged off with a balance owed of $16.96. On December 28, 2022 member contacted BECU and spoke to a ************** representative regarding an issue with logging into their Online Banking. The representative transferred the call to our Loan Loss Recovery (LLR) department due to the charge off status on the account. Member spoke to an LLR representative, and during the call member requested for the $25.00 *** fee from 9/20/22 be reversed, and the request was denied as we had previously informed them of how to avoid the *** fees, how to close their accounts, and that we would not reverse additional fees. Subsequent to this communication and as an effort to amicably resolve this situation, BECU is making an exception to forgive the charge off amount of $16.96 and we have ceased our collection effort.

  The response is being sent to the complainant via email for their records. 

  Customer Answer

  Date: 01/27/2023

   
  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:12/26/2022

  Type:Product Issues
  Status:

  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.

  Late October 2022 there was multiple fraudulent charges on my business account when I noticed I called my bank but my account was not being found the rep. ***** for my social security number- I let them know I was not comfortable providing that information they told me to go in person - I did and they assisted with filing a dispute for non authorized charges. All charges were reimbursed except for a ******** charge from **************** who is under the ***** *********** When I reached out to Becu they said that due to the charge not being reported with in 24 hours they could no longer pursue reimbursement and that I needed to contact America ************************* to initiate the reimbursement, I did and they informed me that the charges could be reimbursed but that the bank (Becu) needed to initiate reimbursement request and that the bank did not.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 01/09/2023

  On October 27, 2022 a Written Statement of Unauthorized Debit (****) Business Account was submitted for the charge from AMEX EPAYMENT for $3,000.00 on the member's business checking account. BECU reviewed the Automated Clearing House (ACH) details in the *************** System that shows the transaction dated October 24, 2022 with a Corporate Credit Debit (CCD) Standard Entry Class (SEC) code which demonstrates it is a business-to-business Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) transaction, and the timeframe for return is 24 hours from when the transaction posted to the business account. The **** was submitted past that timeframe and BECU was unable to process the dispute. Subsequent to this communication the member states they were told the originating financial institution would accept a return request from us, on December 28, 2022 we requested a late return with ***** Fargo, as they are the financial institution that initiated the transaction. On December 30, 2022 ***** Fargo sent ** a notice that the request for late return was denied and advised the member to work directly with **************** at ************ for further information regarding this transaction.

  The response is being sent to the complainant via email for their records. 

• Initial Complaint

  Date:12/20/2022

  Type:Service or Repair Issues
  Status:

  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 name is ******************************* I got hacked on my account and my other accounts and they made I believe 3 or 4 fraud charges one they sent my account **** for some reason I think they were money laundering or something but BECU opened me a new account they put that ****$ in my new account and they locked it up so I couldnt touch it now they said Im like 900$ in the negative but how I havent touched that account and now they say Im liable for it which Im definitely not and willing to fight it if ********* or just switch banks cause they cant figure anything out but Im definitely not paying that cause there the ones that made it negative and there taking for ever to let me get access to my new account and they said they wouldnt refund the fraud charges at least the lady on the phone said that but I got a letter saying they did so there just running me around Im stressed out and enough is enough

  

  Business Response

  Date: 01/25/2023

  BECU Financial Crimes conducted a thorough investigation and determined based on several factors that the member fully participated in the transactions involved in their claim. On December 14, 2022, a BECU Financial Crimes investigator attempted to reach out to the member to discuss the investigation but was unable to connect with them and left a voicemail requesting for the member to call back. On December 19, 2022 the *************************** concluded their investigation and the claim was denied; therefore, no funds will be credited as a result of this claim. Based on the evidence from the investigation the fraudulent activity listed on the claim was determined to be the type of fraud in which consumers willingly provide their online banking credentials and/or debit card and PIN to enable fraudulent transactions. On January 17, 2023 member brought their account current with a payroll check deposit, and Financial Crimes unlocked their account. Member was advised that if this check returned, their accounts will be locked and only guaranteed funds such as cash will be accepted to bring the account positive. The response is being sent to complainant via email for their records. 

• Initial Complaint

  Date:12/13/2022

  Type:Billing Issues
  Status:

  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.

  On October 6th I went to ******************** for the ******** +Machine concert, at 8 PM. Before the concert, I bought 1 t-shirt as a souvenir of the concert. The t-shirt was $45, plus taxes would be around 50. I used my debit card to pay for the t-shirt, and as they were ******* as to buy fast because of the line, I paid without looking at the amount charged. But right away I got an email from my bank BECU saying I had a large expense of $104.18 from ********************. That meant that they charged for 2 t-shirts instead of one. I immediately went to talk to the clerk to solve the issue, but she said she couldn't find any transaction in my name in their system. I then talked to the self claimed manager, and she told me the same, even with me showing her the purchase on mybank app. She then said the t-shirt company didn't have a name or number,. and that I should complain with *************. I did,and they answered me via email saying they couldn't find any transaction in my name, even with me sending them a screenshot of my bank app with the transaction. So then ************* consumer service told me by email (attached) to contact BECU for a dispute, but I lost the dispute because BECU said there was no discrepancy with the transaction and I didnt provide more proof. I called BECU to further explain what kind of proof they wanted besides my bank account report with the charge of $104.18 by ********************, and the email from ************* costumer service telling me they didn't have any charge on their side and that I should contact BECU, but all the times I called (more than 2x) no attendant knew what to tell me, to why I lost the dispute, only empty explanations (email attached). So did BECU contacted ******************** to find the transaction on my name? I want to know in which basis they disconsired my dispute, it's not explained. If the charge is on my account but not in Climate system, how come BECU says there is no discrepancy? Why did I lose?

  

  Business Response

  Date: 12/29/2022

  On October 11, 2022 member contacted BECU requesting to file a MasterCard Dispute for the charge of $104.18 on October 7, 2022 with ********************. On December 2, 2022 BECU completed our investigation and denied the claim due to no error was found. Upon further review, it was determined that the claim was not processed correctly. Due to this being a BECU error, we have provided the member a permanent credit for the disputed amount while BECU continues to work with the merchant to recover the funds. As of December 23, 2022, $59.18 has been credited back to the member's account. 

  The response is being sent to the complainant via email for their records. 

  Customer Answer

  Date: 01/07/2023

   
  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:12/09/2022

  Type:Sales and Advertising Issues
  Status:

  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 went into the South Hill ****** to make two cash deposits, one of $400 rent from my son and one of $3000 that I had from selling my horse trailer. I want to cash machine #*** and made the first deposit of $400 cash rent money successfully. But when I put in the $3000 trailer money in, the cash machine grabbed all the money at once and when I pushed the cancelled transaction button, it had deposited $400 only to my account and gave me back only $1700 instead of the correct amount of $900. I immediately called for help and I demanded to see the manager. All he could say was that everything would be fine, that when the cash was counted that night, they would find my extra cash in the machine. I demanded a letter stating this. He issued me provisional credit of $1300 that should have been $900. $400 deposit plus $1700 cash returned equals $2100. $3000 minus $2100 equals $900. I then went to Sound Credit Union-a partner branch to BECU and deposited the $1700 cash after with an actual teller. Now, BECU said their cash machine was correct and withdrew the money from my account today putting me into to overdraft status. It is not right. I lost $900. I have talked to three different people at BECU asking for help- the cash machine stole my $900. But they say - no, the cash machine totals balance- I am wrong- too bad for me. This is stealing. Can you help me? This is wrong - I lost $900 and am now denied membership at another credit union because of this. It has ruined my credit rating too. Please help me.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 01/03/2023

  On November 10, 2022 the member spoke to a Member Consultant representative at the ******** ********** ***************************** (NFC) who submitted a Deposit and Withdrawal Research Request (DWRR) at their request for a missing ATM deposit of $1,300.00. A provisional credit of $1,300.00 was placed in their account on the same day while we conducted our research. Based on our research, BECU reported no errors during the transaction, and we are unable to honor the claim. We sent the member a letter on November 23, 2022 notifying them of the investigation result and that the provisional credit we placed in their account will be deducted on 12/3/2022. On December 2, 2022 two additional DWRR were submitted per the member's request, one over the phone with the ************** and another in person at the ******* Roxbury NFC. Both requests were declined as duplicates and the decision remains the same as the original DWRR. BECU has re-reviewed the member's claim in response to this communication and we can confirm that no errors occurred during the transaction referenced above. BECU research indicates that the ATMs at ******** South Hill NFC havent reported any outage and the General Ledger (GL) report is in balance for November 10, 2022. There were no hardware errors in the electronic journal, our report shows that two $400.00 cash deposits were processed successfully and $1,600.00 was inserted and then returned. Regarding the member's claim that this matter has prevented them from obtaining membership at other credit unions and their credit score has been impacted, our records show we have not reported any negative information to ChexSystems or the Credit Reporting Agencies. 

  The response is being sent to the complainant via email for their records. 

• Initial Complaint

  Date:12/06/2022

  Type:Customer Service Issues
  Status:

  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.

  Blocked out of my online banking multiple times in the same week. Have had to make a number of calls to customer service to reset my password because the online portal won't allow for me to change it myself. It's increasingly frustrating to have to call and wait on hold for 10+ minutes just to have access to the funds in my account. This has led to many cancelled transactions and frankly embarrassing situations when I'm unable to complete a transaction due to my account being locked.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 12/15/2022

  Member contacted BECU on October 20, 2022 regarding being locked out of their Online Banking and unable to reset their password online. The ************** representative assisted the member with unlocking their Online Banking and providing them a temporary password that would prompt the member to reset their password. Member called again on December 2, 2022 and December 5, 2022 regarding the same issue, and the representatives assisted the member in restoring their online banking access. Our Technical Support Analyst (TSA) team reviewed the member's Online Banking access and determined that they were using a temporary password on multiple attempts, however, the system requires the immediate change of a temporary password. Member's online banking is setup with an access assistance option which allows them to reset their password online. The password change must be done via the BECU.org website, not the BECU app. Unfortunately, there is not a clear indication of the reason the member was unable to reset their password online. We recommend that the member contact us and work with our TSA team to troubleshoot the issue.

  The response is being sent to the complainant via email for their records.