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First City Credit Union has 8 locations, listed below.

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    • First City Credit Union

      500 W. Woodbury Road Altadena, CA 91001-5410

    • First City Credit Union

      471 Azusa Avenue West Covina, CA 91791

    • First City Credit Union

      P.O. Box 93727 Pasadena, CA 91109-3727

    • First City Credit Union

      250 West First Street, Suite 150 Claremont, CA 91711

    • First City Credit Union

      40162 10th Street West Suite A2 Palmdale, CA 93551

    Business ProfileforFirst City Credit Union

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    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 3 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    7 complaints closed in last 3 years

    6 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    First City Credit Union has 8 locations, listed below.

    *This company may be headquartered in or have additional locations in another country. Please click on the country abbreviation in the search box below to change to a different country location.

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      • First City Credit Union

        500 W. Woodbury Road Altadena, CA 91001-5410

      • First City Credit Union

        471 Azusa Avenue West Covina, CA 91791

      • First City Credit Union

        P.O. Box 93727 Pasadena, CA 91109-3727

      • First City Credit Union

        250 West First Street, Suite 150 Claremont, CA 91711

      • First City Credit Union

        40162 10th Street West Suite A2 Palmdale, CA 93551

      Location of This Business
      500 W. Woodbury Road, Altadena, CA 91001-5410
      Years in Business:
      86
      Business Started:
      9/28/1937
      Alternate Business Name
      • 1st City Savings
      • FirstCity Credit Union
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      Customer Complaints

      7 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      03/04/2024

      Complaint Type:
      Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      Resolved
      I requested a wire transfer using Zelle via First City Credit Union's member app to an external ************* account in the amount of $1,000, Payment ID#************ and Trace ID #**********. The transaction completed on First City Credit Union's end but has not completed (posted) on Discover's end. My $1,000 has been lost in transaction. Representatives from neither side can let me know what happened, what the delay is nor when a resolution will occur. Not having access to my money is preventing me from managing my finances and is causing emotional financial distress. I want the transaction completed, i.e. deposited in my Discover account or for the transaction to be cancelled and returned the originating First City Credit union account, ASAP. ******* from First City CU ***************** was rude and rushed me off the phone. There was no added concern for my issue nor want to resolve the issue and retain a customer.
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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Kellie!!! S

      1 star

      03/01/2024

      THE EMPLOYEES AT THE FIRST CITY CREDIT UNION ARE THIEVES!! ONE EMPLOYEE AT THE CALIFORNIA STREET BRANCH TOOK MY CASH DEPOSIT & GAVE ME A DEPOSIT SLIP INSTEAD OF A ************** ENTER MY CAR PAYMENT INTO THE COMPUTER FOR 3 DAYS!! IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED THE EMPLOYEE TOOK THE CASH HOME & REPAID MY ACCOUNT DAYS LATER!

      First City Credit Union Response

      03/05/2024

      Thank you, ***************** for bringing this to our attention and giving us the opportunity to research what took place on your account. Following our internal investigation, we did find the error was due to oversight of the employee who accepted your loan payments, and not applying them immediately to your loans. Your payments were made on February 29, 2024, at 10:00am, and the error was discovered on March 1, 2024, at 10am. Once the error was identified, we corrected it by applying your loan payments and using the effective date of February 29, 2024. Because we back dated your payments, no additional interest was charged to your loans. Please be assured, we found no malicious intent in the delay of posting the payments, nor were the cash payments ever removed from the branch. On March 4, 2024, you spoke to our Vice President of ****** Services, ***************, who apologized and assured you this was an honest mistake, an employee error and that it would be addressed accordingly. Please, if you have any additional questions or concerns, you can reach out to ***************, at ************************************ or at **********************.Sincerely,First City Credit Union ********************

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