ME Bank Reviews 227

TrustScore 1 out of 5

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Review summary

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Looking at 144 reviews, most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Many customers expressed significant dissatisfaction with the customer service, citing extremely long wait times, unhelpful staff, and difficulties in contacting the bank through various channels like phone, chat, or email. People also reported issues with their accounts being blocked, problems with payments, and a general decline in service quality, particularly since a recent acquisition. Conversely, a few other people also felt that some individual staff members were knowledgeable, professional, and genuinely tried to assist them, despite the overall negative service experience.

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Response time

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Service

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Joined ME bank, they blocked my account pending ID (which they could have just asked for before I joined rather than blocking my account so I can't even access any money I've sent there) Tried to call... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I've been with ME for 14 years. Settlement of my first property sale was handled abysmally. Including notice of a shortfall due to cross collateralized loans only on settlement day. Now almost 3 week... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Since Jan 24 we have been locked out of our accounts, they never sent us the email with our login codes, tried to phone ME to get sorted but could not get through, waited 2 HOURS yesterday only for th... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I’ve been t ruing to payout and close my home loan with ME Bank but have waited nearly 2 months now for this to happen. Meanwhile, they happily take my fortnightly repayment out even though I signalle... See more


Company details

  1. Bank
  2. Financial Institution
  3. Mortgage Lender

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We’re completely owned by Australian industry super funds – and we make online banking easy.


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TrustScore 1 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I have been with this bank since it…

I have been with this bank since it first started. Have had 2 home loans with them, credit card, etc. The service used to be outstanding - Could not fault them. Over the last 3-4 years there has been a slow decline in the service - Harder to reach via phone, slow responses to email and online requests. Since being taken over by BOQ and then transitioning to ME GO it has been an absolute disgrace. Phone calls are NEVER answered., The chat function in the app constantly deletes unanswered enquiries, complaints are not responded to or dealt with, the credit cards were discontinued with minimal notice I was locked out of online banking for no reason and as stated earlier cannot get through via phone to discuss or rectify. Terrible bank, avoid at all cost.

April 20, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This is the WORST bank ever…

This is the WORST bank I have ever dealt with. I have currently been on hold for over 3 hours after submitting a home loan discharge form over 5 weeks ago. This is my 12th contact (email, online & phone) with the bank and I have had not spoken to a single human. Have spent 10 hours in total on hold. Been a customer for over 25 years. Absolute garbage......

April 17, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Woeful customer experience

Ever since my accounts were migrated to MEGo platform I have not been able to get a phone call to customer service answered. Today I spent over an hour waiting, without getting to an actual person - TWICE! There is no online chat, email address or other way to contact anyone. It is just disgusting - let me be clear - if it wasnt going to cost me ridiculous $$s to move my mortgage to another bank I would have done so months ago. Also, let me be clear, IF you do actually get to a person, they are the best to deal with. The problem obviously lies with management and not enough staffing - or maybe they just plain don't care anymore.

April 16, 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

All about the profit not the customet

Improve customer service. Poorest i have encountered lately and hard to understand as call centre is based overseas. This bank along with the Bank of Queensland have become a joke. I am actively seeking another bank after being a customer for sometime and would not recommend this bank to anyone. I am embarrased to be associated with them.

April 16, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible wait times for customer…

Terrible wait times for customer service 1hr 20 wait on phone ,the service people are polite but terribly inconsistent with service and disappointment on no credit service why is the discharge of my money 25 days terrible

April 15, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Been with them for more than a decade

Been with them for more than a decade. Needed a written bank letter to verify I have an account with them for an application. Live chat does not work at all. OK I will wait on a call for 1 hour+. They say they cannot send me this information over email because it is insecure. Or by physical mail, when I asked. And there are no bank branches.

I ask how it is different to all the other emails they send me which confirm I have an account with them.

After a bit of probing and time on hold going back and forth with the line manager, they concede actually they just don't do these letters - it's not about email being insecure. Just wasting my time.

I no longer have a relationship manager - which I used to have. Really hard to even talk to someone.

I don't begrudge the poor frontline support people, but there's no one else to escalate to.

April 13, 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

New ME GO is a nightmare

Like for others the ME migration to the ME GO App has been so bad that after banking with ME for over 20 years, I’m closing my home loan as it is impossible to contact them and I left a complaint and still no response.

April 10, 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

On hold for 47 minutes

On hold for 47 minutes, The me staff member was generally nice but once she said we are only giving term deposits to new customers because of the high immigration I probably think I would of preferred them to say maybe you should go searching for another bank which is exactly what I am going to do

April 10, 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Fed up and leaving in droves

ME migration to the ME GO App has been so bad that after banking with ME for 26 years, I’m closing my home loans and savings accounts.
I have been without functioning debit cards since the migration because my debit cards were cancelled by ME and not replaced. It left me with no way of accessing my money while travelling interstate, having to borrow cash from friends-unbelievably bad.
I’ve had a similar experience to others, very long wait times, incompetent customer “service”, gaslighting and poor resolution and follow through on being issued replacement debit cards.
Who is ME actually looking after? Does the BOQ want us to leave in droves? For that they receive ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

April 9, 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Re-iterating the other appalling reviews…

Re-iterating what most of the reviews say, this bank is appalling since being taken over by BoQland. They were great up until recently now are appalling, especially since the ME Go transition which was a nightmare. I have twice now mysteriously failed my verification checks when trying to access my app and money, without any explanation of why, after twice being on hold each time for over an hour. You are told to ring back - its a catch 22 situation. When you do finally get thru their endless menus and waiting, their call centre staff are difficult to understand, or even hear due to the echo and other calls you can hear in the background. I’m taking my home loan and banking elsewhere and strongly recommend you do the same.

April 9, 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Since the take-over by Bank of…

Since the take-over by Bank of Queensland, ME Bank has become a complete and utter basket-case. Pre-existing home-loan customers have been shafted and are, for all practical purposes, unable to simply switch to a comparable and competetive home-loan 'product'. Since the very poorly handled transition to ME GO: if you haven't saved your transaction statements or if you haven't received printed statements in the mail, you can forget about looking up something that happened in one of your accounts before the transition - access denied. The wholly inadequate customer service interfaces via overseas call centres are a very effective barrier to any form of banking customer interaction. Terrible, deplorable and probably unlawful. I highly recommend taking your banking business elsewhere - all of it.

April 9, 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Been with ME for 30 plus years

Been with ME for 30 plus years. 6 weeks ago had an illegal transaction occur. They did nothing to identify the scammer or contact me to cancel my card. I contacted them. They have been very unprofessional and today hung up on me. The rep had no idea and couldn’t seem to find my complaint file or offer any comfort regarding a refund etc

S Jones

February 26, 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Disgraceful customer service. 1 hour plus wait times.

I have 2 home loans with ME bank. I'm wanting to discharge a loan through a mortage broker. For the discharge paperwork, the broker sent it to me and returned it. I've heard nothing and each time I call i'm on hold for over an hour. And when I get through, the staff are friendly but not very helpful. I'm still waiting. Disgraceful customer service. Looking for a new lender. Broker says he cant to anything.

March 31, 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Appalling App, Appalling Service, Appalling Bank

I've spent two days trying to make one simple "Pay Anyone" amount for a relatively low amount - nothing that should ring any bells. Two days of trying to contact them via the App (the "Banking Butler" never responded), two attempts to get in contact by phone (total on-hold time 1hr 45mins).
I joined this bank about 5 years ago to get away from the huge anonymous Big 4 who don't give a rats about small customers, just their shareholders, and initially enjoyed the ME Bank experience, but in the last 12 - 18 months the service and facilities have taken a deep dive to the abyss. I now have to consider changing banks again, which is a pain, but I think I have to do it for my own sanity.

March 30, 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They missed my settlement that was…

They missed my settlement that was supposed to be yesterday at 2pm, and since then, I have spoken to 6 different people and just been bounced around. I don't understand how a bank misses settlement that is already booked? Unbelievable. On hold right now as I write this and it's been over an hour.

March 30, 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

terrible. the worst.

Yes I agree. The new system is terrible. 2.5 hours to speak to a customer rep. For the second time and after 1.5 hours their phone cut off. Not their fault but got wrong information. Tried again to contact and after an I hour again, gave up. Still not their customer support fault, but new log in etc is beyond me. They must be under the pump. So many hurdles to get into my accounts no record of history unless you use their App. I use only a secure internet and they now do not support a full service and so I am moving banks to another. Shame really they were a good bank to deal with and now I would give them -10 and will never deal with them again. BOQ have ruined ME Bank. Have been with them since they launched over 25yrs

March 20, 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This is not the way banks are supposed…

This is not the way banks are supposed to work. MF Bank's customer service is warped. The foreign call dudes have no idea how to verify your ID, and then they imply you're attempting ID theft and hang up. It is an utterly miserable, infuriating experience dealing with these useless muppets. Avoid, and choose any other bank.

March 30, 2026
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