http://www.viewpoints.com/Alliant-Credit-Union-reviews Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:18:25 GMT Latest reviews about Alliant Credit Union http://www.viewpoints.com/Alliant-Credit-Union-review-96873 <p>-Alliant reports its members when 30 or 60 days behind on a payment (more like a mega-bank than a member-owned credit union), harming the member's credit rating needlessly (vindictively?). <br/>-If you overdraw their check card (how is that even possible?), for six months they hold all your check AND CASH deposits for days before they let you use the funds, making it even harder to cover your checks and make payments. This is after already paying expensive penalties. There is no explanation for this, it's just to punish the member. <br/>-If you are late on a loan payment, they cut off your access to making future payments online or via ATM. That's right: instead of helping you, the member, catch up on a late bill, they actually go OUT OF THEIR WAY to put you farther behind. <br/>-Alliant engages in the despicable practice of "universal default' by which banks use any negative credit activity, even if unrelated in ANY WAY to your relationship with them, as an excuse to raise your loan or credit card interest...</p>... Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:18:25 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Alliant-Credit-Union-review-96873 flybob 2 http://www.viewpoints.com/Alliant-Credit-Union-review-ad6a2 Alliant Credit Union, formerly United Airlines Employees' Credit Union, was organized in 1935.<br/>It currently has more than 207,000 members with nearly $4.4 billion in assets.<br/>Based in Illinois, it has branches in Denver, El Segungo (CA, near LAX), San Francisco (at Airport), and Dulles, VA.<br/><br/>Membership is very easy to get by joing the National PTA or your local PTA, if you do not meet other eligibility requirements.<br/><br/>Rates on products are very competitive.  Depost account include CDs, IRAs, and HSAs.<br/>It is very easy to open your account online and to register for their Skybank system - an excellent interface to access your online accounts.<br/><br/>I had a few questions and found their customer service to be outstanding.  Email replies were timely and accurate.  Telephome calls were professional and fully answered all  my questions.<br/><br/>I am very pleased with Alliant and would recommend them, without hesitiation.<br/><br/>Website: http://www.alliantcreditunion.org... Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:51:31 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Alliant-Credit-Union-review-ad6a2 goldsheet 5