Meriwest Credit Union

I’ve been a. Member of Meriweast CU for years and just recently was referred by my son to think about using them for a car loan as he had attained a car loan last year thru them for his loan and was very pleased. Well I did my homework and checked several options for financing and Meriwest beat at all the other options on loans and not only for my car loan, but also for a refinance loan on my house.
If you are thinking about a car or home loan I highly recommend seeing Bryan at the Hillsdale branch!
He is very knowledgeable about loans and other financial services.
Bobbie helped me with my home refinance and was great to work with as well.
This company has great employees! I highly recommend before you go elsewhere to check out their services.

I have always had a pleasant experience with meriwest. They made a duplicate withdrawal (their error) and the person helping me was very understanding and helpful. They said I would receive my funds within 1 – 48 hours… 6 days later NOTHING. I know it isn’t this branches fault, which is why I am giving them 4 stars. I have been a member since 06and this is the first time something like this has happened

Worst bank ever!!! Don’t go here… I switched to this snail pace… no customer service… having to order checks and debit cards 3 times before receiving anything crap hole from Wells Fargo and I am beyond disappointed!!! I was told everything was fine with my account and that they would automatically order checks and debit cards for me and I would receive them within 3 – 4 business days… lies!!! It’s been 3 weeks and nothing… I keep having to get cashiers checks at 5 dollars each to pay my bills… finding a location is ridiculous… I just got off the phone with them after being transferred 5 times to hear oh, I see the order but it wasn’t processed… sorry…I cannot begin to tell you the headaches and disappointment with this bank… it’s horrible!!! Negative stars!!!

I love Meriwest and I love this branch. Never a wait of more than a minute when I’ve gone — even at lunch time. I moved my business accounts from BofA and my personal accounts from Wells Fargo. Best business decision ever! I have been into this branch less than 10 times, yet 3 of the employees know me by my first AND last name. Knocks my socks off every time. They are always friendly, smiling and they laugh at my corny jokes. My bookkeeper comes here for a number of her clients besides me and she raves about them too. BoA and Wells Fargo cared about money; making money that is — they only cared about how they could part me from the maximum amount of my money. Meriwest is the opposite — they ask me how I’m doing, how business is, etc. They care about me and want to help me increase my weath. I like these guys a lot. Oh and I can walk into any 7 – 11 and use the ATM for free. Meriwest will even reimburse me if I use an ATM that does charge me. Freakin stellar credit union. I have business accounts, personal accounts, CD’s and in the past car loans with them. A+

I’m really surprised by some of the reviews about Meriwest and their extremely mediocre rating (2 stars). I’ve been with this credit union since 2006, and have never had any problems. I’ve had car loans, checking and savings accounts with me, all without issue.
Recently, I came into the Hillsdale branch and went through the process of getting a cashier’s checl (really, who uses these anymore). Although the process was new to me, the cute girl behind the counter took care of it quickly and explained the process to me. I reallye appreciated the smile and great attitude on such a rainy, miserable day.
All in all, I think Meriwest, like most financial institutions, has a mixed range of customers who have good and bad experiences. In my opinion, I have to say I assume they more good than bad, but as we all now, it’s usually the pissed off customers who decided to rant about it, not the happy, content ones.

I would write a three-​star review, but I need to normalize the score a little bit. (You think that never happens on Unilocal?Dream on. At least I’m transparent about it.)
I’ve been a member for 17 years, dating back to when they were Pacific IBM Employees Federal Credit Union, like Michael L. states in his review.
Maybe it’s narcissism, but I don’t have any of the problems the other reviewers have so I don’t know why they deserve such lousy reviews. I have my mortgage with them, as well as a checking and savings account with them. The car I own was also with an auto loan with them.
Specifically about Hillsdale, there is a mid-​40s woman who used to work at River Oaks that has worked for Meriwest for at least 10 years. She always remembers me. She remembers when I used to come in and buy money orders (because they were free) for things I bought on eBay because no one accepted PayPal back then.
There’s this really hot blonde if you’re into that as well. I mean, it is what it is. I am only concerned with her ability to be a teller, and she is also good at that. She even referred me to the Making Homes Affordable whatnot that Obama signed a couple years ago. I was able to lower my payments $ 200/​month and my interest rate 0.85%, all the while getting out of an ARM and into a fixed.
There are other people that work there as well. They’re all fine too but less memorable because they are dudes.
So why not a five-​star review (or a true four-​star review)? They used to have free candy every day. Now it’s only on Fridays. Otherwise they’re competitive with other credit unions and better than most offline banks.

I was enjoying my banking experience with them but now I am having some issues. I tried to use my bank card and the ATM didn’t read my card so I tried again. Meriwest Froze my card it has now been 5 days without access to my money. I am taking my business some place else.