- Report: #1024092
Complaint Review: Kemba Credit Union
| Kemba Credit Union 8763 Union Centre Blvd
West Chester, Ohio United States of America |
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Kemba Credit Union REFUSED TO DIRECT DEPOSIT MY IRS REFUND! West Chester, Ohio
*Author of original report: Thank you
*Consumer Comment: I did some further research and....
*Author of original report: Not IRS rule, Kemba rule
*Consumer Comment: I think you'll find the credit union IS doing what's required....
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Then, today, they sent back my direct deposit IRS refund because I have a joint tax return
with my husband, and my account only has my name on it. NEVER EVER was this a problem before, not there, not anywhere. REFUSED to bend. My refund went in last year no problem. Their response was "we made a mistake last year, it should have been refused." REALLY? I had no prior notice from them whatsoever on either of these things.
There have been other instances that have happened before; these are the last straws. Last year, they sent me a letter with notice of NSF charges on a business account I had closed the year before. They charged me because I didn't keep enough money in it. The account was closed for all that time and I never received anything from them until the charges got pretty high. I was out of town at that time, also. I was able to prove I had closed that account, so they had to refund my money.
I am 1000 miles from home; they told me the ONLY way they wouldn't send my money back to the IRS is if my husband came in to the branch personally and I added him to my account. Of course, that wasn't possible! I have cashed checks before with both of our names on it and they have his driver's license and signature information on file. When I asked for the manager named "Ally" to call me back about this, I received no return call. Plus, as soon as I had hung up with them, they released my money back to the IRS. They were very rude and nasty about it. Hey, we are sorry but too bad for you. Told me they should have sent it back last year, too. It will take at least 5 weeks to have the IRS send a check to my house now. I needed the money TODAY not 5 weeks later.
Now, I am out of town without my refund I was depending on to pay my bills while here. They have caused me much anxiety over this and it's NEEDLESS. I have never gotten any notices regarding the "mistake" from last tax season, nor did they send me anything about freezing my card when I left town...all in the name of "we are protecting your accounts from fraud." Well, the only fraud I am seeing is with KEMBA! I had no reason to believe they would refuse to deposit my refund. Had I known, I would have closed my account with them BEFORE leaving town for 4 weeks. I will be closing it as soon as I arrive home.
This report was posted on Ripoff Report on 03/05/2013 06:34 PM and is a permanent record located here: http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Kemba-Credit-Union/West-Chester-Ohio-45069/Kemba-Credit-Union-REFUSED-TO-DIRECT-DEPOSIT-MY-IRS-REFUND-West-Chester-Ohio-1024092. The posting time indicated is Arizona local time. Arizona does not observe daylight savings so the post time may be Mountain or Pacific depending on the time of year.
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Search Tips#1 Author of original report
Thank you
AUTHOR: PB - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, March 05, 2013
#2 Consumer Comment
I did some further research and....
AUTHOR: Ken - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, March 05, 2013
Sorry you were so badly inconvenienced.
#3 Author of original report
Not IRS rule, Kemba rule
AUTHOR: PB - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, March 05, 2013
The IRS representative was way more professional than my own banking institution. They refused to even hold my money until I returned to town. As I mentioned in my original report, I have never had a problem before In any of my previous checking accounts, including Kemba last year. If last year's deposit was a mistake, they are a year too late informing me about it.
#4 Consumer Comment
I think you'll find the credit union IS doing what's required....
AUTHOR: Ken - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, March 05, 2013
The credit union has no choice to stay within the law.

