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I once had someone send me a decent sum of money using Zelle, but I had no Zelle account. I tried to set one up, CU not supported. Went the Debit route -- Also,
by brewtide 5y ago
I once had someone send me a decent sum of money using Zelle, but I had no Zelle account. I tried to set one up, CU not supported. Went the Debit route -- Also, in my case, not supported.
After a few phone calls with their customer service department, it was evident that it was not going to work out. ALSO, they had no way to 'refund' that person the sizable amount of money beyond waiting the 2 weeks or so it takes for that money to be 'unclaimed', and thus reverting to the originating account.
So, for 2 weeks, thousands of dollars were 'stuck' in no mans land.
It all resolved out, when the timeframes were hit, and transactions reversed, but it still boggles my mind that they do not have a method beyond this when such cases arise.
- jdavis703 5y agoTwo weeks is ridiculous. But one of the problems with instant transfers is it makes fraud easy. In fact when Zelle first rolled out, there were several news stories of people who were swindled. Banks don’t just move slow because they’re old and stuffy — sometimes they have speed bumps to minimize fraud losses.