O rating for this woman who looked at my account stating that "I do not have enough money on my…read moreaccount " to clear a $5000 money order . It was around 4:30 pm on May 17th that i was humiliated by this so called Manager. Maybe she has not struggled in her life sitting on her comfy chair in her comfy office. I told her i have a mortgage coming on the 23rd so i need it. I have been banking with First Ontario Credit Union for more than 25 years. Not one single overdraft. I am responsible . But No , this Manager do not give a crap about it. "I am not authorized to clear the money order " . So why are you here ? To humiliate me ?

Held up my check that was deposited from another bank for 7 days even tho they told me it would be…read moreonly for 5, caused me to miss two flights and have to book two hotel stays (+$1500) all because HSBC wasn't responding to their faxes to confirm that the check I deposited was legit. Except HSBC was responding. The whole time. FirstOntario James Street branch was sending out faxes with their OLD FAX NUMBER ON THE PAGE INSTEAD OF THE FAX NUMBER ON THEIR CARDS. They couldn't figure that out in 7 days when it took me 20 minutes to figure out and show them. Best part? The HSBC branch they were trying to fax for a week is LITERALLY 3 DOORS DOWN FROM THEM. They couldn't be bothered to walk over and see what was wrong. Their loss. I'm bring over a business with +40 shareholders and +20 employees plus THOUSANDS of online transactions. Bank of Montreal was more than happy to take my business. Whole thing is my fault really. This is what I get for trying to bank with a small bank so I could "help the community". Lesson learned. If you're a student or elderly person on fixed income, this is the bank for you. Definitely not an institution that can handle a multi million dollar operation.

On Saturday, I needed to find a bank to withdraw funds. I bank with Tangerine and any Scotiabank…read morebranch will do. I found this one close by to where I was and drove over here. This branch looks large from the outside. There is a drive-thru ABM, so I drove around the building to get to it. Yep, this branch is indeed big. The ABM was operation and clean. I did my transaction and got my cash just fine. No complaints at all. There is plenty of parking. It's located in a plaza. It was open when I dropped by at roughly 2 pm on a Saturday afternoon. If you need teller services, you're in good hands. (67)

I would just like to say how awful my experience has been the past month now with this bank. I have…read morebeen trying to deposit my paycheque and remove any holds from my regular job to pay my bills and I have been getting the run around and sent to far to many people all saying something different. I simply wanted to take any hold off my work pay so I can pay my bills right away on time and it seems impossible so far. the tellers were dismissive with next to no attempt at resolving my issues. It has been done at a my last branch so I know it can be done. I have been lied to; having been told it would not be put on hold but nothing changed and I was and am still unable to to access the money that I have worked for. The absolute worst experience with a bank I have ever had.

So many reasons to sign on. 15 years and not one bad experience. Lots of highly positive ones…read morethough!

I am giving this Branch 3 stars. Only because there is one or 2 tellers that are nice but lately…read morethe last few tellers have been rude and condescending.