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ME Bank Home Loans
Terrible terrible and terrible
I’ve been with ME for 20 years. It has taken 4 months and still waiting. For top up approval I have equity in house it’s a very small top up for home improvements. I would not recommend my worst enemy to use this organisation
Andy
Please don’t make things worse. It’s my experience shared on a review site. I’m just sharing my experience. Need to be a lot shaper ME the wheel is squeaky.
Lip service is cheap? It’s sad that organisation’s like ME pass the buck ?
To many silver bullets and shining knights in this organisation that are going to make it happened. Andy 4 mths is a joke
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- 2 reviews
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Bad Bank, Cash Back offer never paid, Don't believe in Cash Back Offer
I have been offered a $3K cash back 24 hrs after settlement; after settlement they told me that the offer will be paid 3 month after settlement; after 3 months they did not paid the offer.
Hi Oscar, I'm really sorry to hear that this cash back has yet to be paid and I would like to sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused. We'd love to look into this further, however I'm afraid ...
Read moreas Product Review isn't secure, we're not able to bring up your accounts here. Therefore if you can please call ME on 13 15 63 or send ME a secure email through your internet banking by clicking 'Messages' and we can look into this ASAP - NickI did it Nick, I have been sending my complains through internet banking - messages, all I received is a lies and more lies regarding this cash back that have never been paid.
I'm really sorry to hear that Oscar and again, I would like to sincerely apologise for the experience that you've had with ME.
As I mentioned, I'm afraid that I'm not able to bring up your account ...
Read moreover Product Review but if you would like to submit an official complaint in regard to this, please don't hesitate to do so through our website here: mebank.com.au/home/contact-us/customer-feedback-form/ and this will go through to our ResolveME team who will be in touch within 2 business days to look into this further. - Nick- 2 reviews
Slow Service and Outdated Application Process
ME Bank is great for banking however they do not excel with home loans. Lower interest rate than the big 4 but you pay the price with the wait times and outdated application process. We had to send our pre-approval application via mail which significantly delayed the process. After 4 weeks, several emails requesting updates on our progress and false promises that the wait times were ‘getting shorter’ our mobile banker finally looked at our application and requested more documents as the ones we sent were now too old. We ceased our application with ME and went to Macquarie who completed our pre-approval in 3 business days. Look elsewhere!
Hi Caitlin, thanks for sending this feedback through and I'm sorry you've had a poor experience with ME. As Product Review isn't a secure channel, I'm unable to pass on any feedback from here. If you ...
Read morewould like to log some feedback or have a chat with someone about your experience, please give ME a call on 13 15 63 or you can also send ME your feedback in a secure email through your internet banking and we'll follow up on this for you. Take care - Kady- 2 reviews
Still stressed by the experience
Had many problems including a change of their system no longer withdrawing loan amount from linked account, talking to representatives who provided false information and these resulted in extra payments and default notices. Also took 13 thousand off the money sitting on top mortgage without notice. Closed accounts without any communication- very stressful.
Hi Rhino, we’ve recently moved some of our older loan products to a newer banking system. I apologise for the stress that this has caused, we aren’t able to look into anything via Product Review. But ...
Read morewe’re definitely wanting to look into this for you, so could you please give ME a call on 13 15 63 or send ME a secure email from your internet banking ‘Messages’ and then ‘Contact ME’ with some more details, we’ll do our best to follow this up for you and try to resolve the issues that have occurred. - JeremyFind out how ME Bank Home Loans compares to other Home Loans
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Hopeless
28 days to discharge a loan - it took half that time to get a new one approved.
When I called to check they were unable to find the discharge request.
- 2 reviews
- 3 likes
ME provides the opposite of customer service
last year ME Bank stuffed up my redraw facility. Now I have been on hold for an hour so far because they do not answer their phones, and you have to request a loan discharge form over the phone. Forget doing business with this worthless lot.
- 2 reviews
- 2 likes
No Frills No Service Bank
This used to be a great customer-service focused bank - backed and promoted by both Super Funds and Unions; however this bank has lost its way. MeBank is rationalising another of its customer service options and is soon ending its 24-hr Self-Service Telephone banking service. It plans to reduce customer service to mostly online banking-only. It offers no face-to-face customer service and its poorly-maintained and seemingly never upgraded 24-hr Self-Service Telephone banking service, which doesn't follow its own customer service menu, but at l...
Read moreeast offers some customer autonomy and respite from its long customer-service assisted phone banking wait times - will too soon end. The exact closure date is not publicised. Formal complaints to MeBank and the Banking Industry are routinely dismissed. Profit margins - not customer service needs - seem to be at the centre of this bank's service charter. Incompetence and rude arrogance are its true currency and could/should constitute MEBank's promotional tag line - ME((( . Super Funds and Unions would well be advised to find another more competent and ethical banking service to patronise. I certainly will.Related Articles
Hopeless bank as once existing customer. Been unable to update my home loan. It’s been six weeks and 3rd attempt
3 times I have tried to reduce my rate for my homeland. Currently awaiting paperwork to be emailed and so far it’s been six weeks. Very unhelpful and very slow to help you reduce your home loan rate but quick to ring if my credit card is overdue. Very frustrating and hopeless bank once you are an existing customer
- 3 reviews
- 3 likes
Most expensive rates in the country
Just got a letter saying my home loan rate is increasing to 4.3% . Logged into internet banking to call and get pictures of fake chattering teeth . Are your customers a joke to you.
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Incompetent and arrogant. Don't fall for the cool marketing image!
This bank projects a cool and friendly image in its ads, but don't believe the marketing. The reality is a mixture of incompetence and arrogance. The first giveaway was in the lead-up to my home loan settlement, when the bank sent me a package of 4 documents to sign, but with one of the four documents missing. This was a completely standard owner-occupier loan that they probably write thousands of each year... how hard can it be to send 4 simple documents? It was all downhill from there. They managed to link my online savings account to a...
Read morenother ME account (instead of an external account), which meant that I was unable to access my money in the account - had to waste more time of the phone to fix a problem that should not have happened in the first place. I was promised a 0.25% discount on my home loan as a NTEU member, this discount mysteriously disappeared after just a couple of months - never received any explanation or a reason from the bank. Interest rate cuts (2019-2020) were routinely either not passed on at all or only partially passed on. When I decided to refinance, I called ME Bank on the off-chance that they might offer me something better rather than lose me altogether; the customer service person I spoke to was so obnoxiously arrogant that there was no doubt in my mind after that call about going elsewhere. Their "parting gift" to me was to delay my refinance settlement by a month because they lost a document my conveyancer had sent to them early in the process. This one month has cost me several hundred $$ in extra interest. Needless to say, I am glad to have said "Good Bye" to them, and I have no intention of ever dealing with this pathetic excuse for a bank!- 11 reviews
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Started out great!! Have become bad!!!
Found ME to be excellent for the first 15 years or so, couldn't be better. Going down the gurgler in the last few years!! Their rates were always quite a bit below others in the past, now one of the most expensive around which is hard to believe as they are not a full blown bank with branches etc to cost in?? Wait times on the phone are long & then told someone will call you back within the next 2 days???? What!! I finally get a day off during the week when I can call & sort stuff to be told that, ridiculous!!!!! When we call you guy's we need ...
Read moreto talk to someone there & then when we are in our home/work office with all relevant info, pen, paper, computer in front of us. Not at work sweating, in front of customers, unable to concentrate with nothing at hand that we need to make the call useful. Also new customers get looked after better than us 17 year loyal customers with offers of more attractive interest rates. To be fair they did drop my rate after asking for a better deal but it still wasn't very competitive. I think I need to leave this crowd.Worst bank and customer service
Did a construction loan with ME Bank, sent application through for stage one payment as well as requested documents for the bank to be told it’s been completed and funds will be in building account in 24 hours to then receive a call a week later saying we can’t pay the builder due to a discrepancy with no explanation or detailed reason why. I have been calling everyday for the past month to be told the same thing over and over again that a team leader will call me, I am get to receive any phone call from the team leader or any explanation of what is going on even though we have settled the loan more then 2 months ago. Do not waste you time with this bank!
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- 2 reviews
- 1 like
Messed around
Had verbal pre-approval from an ME representative to buy a house more than a year ago. Good loyal client with strong savings record. Borrowing well within limits. Permanent, covid-safe job. Recently successfully bid at auction, subject to finance (14 days). ME messed us around for 5 weeks and then finally said no. No real explanation, nothing in writing.
Many others would have lost their deposit at that point. Fortunately a rival bank has been very helpful. Stress was increased by a lack of communication. We had to do all the following up with ...
Disgraceful bank
Mebank ripped me off, charging $400 on top of a high rate. When I stopped them taking my $400 they increased interest to 4.75%. 11 years as a customer. Scum.
- 3 reviews
- 10 likes
Interest rates remains high
Borrowed from ME in 2001, the interest rate at the time was competitive as an owner occupier the interest rate currently (July 2020) is 4.47%. Conversations with ME about the interest rate have been to no avail and the costs involved in refinancing have made the option unviable. I have always made repayments on time and have a spotless credit report. Never again.
Questions & Answers
Hi. which one is quicker - processing a new construction loan or processing our release paper?
Hi there! So that we can follow these matters up for you, can you please give ME a call on 13 15 63. - Jeremy
once you approve a home loan how long before i get the loan documents to sign? & then how long does it take for my refinance from my existing lender (choicelend) to go through? thanks
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I'm sorry to hear about this experience you've had recently with ME. I can't look into what may be occurring with the Top-up approval here due to security purposes. But, if you can let ME know in a pr...
Read moreivate message your full name and contact number, we'll be able to escalate this issue through to the relevant team and hopefully get this sorted once and for all for you. - Andy