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Reviewed Jan. 8, 2017
I had a merchant who kept making monthly charges to my Capital One credit card, after I told them to stop because I was no longer a member. I asked Capital One to stop accepting their charges, but they refused to step in to help, and allowed the merchant to keep making these charges to my credit card. At the time I had acquired quite a bit of travel credit, so I am guessing they didn't feel like they need to help me because they had me trapped with the travel credit. If I closed my account I would lose my travel credits. This company is a scam.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2017
When charges appeared on my credit card that were clearly not charged by me, I reported this to Capital One and the charges were removed and the card cancelled. This happened in October 2016. In December 2016 the charges were reapplied to my card! The paperwork stated that the merchants verified that the products were sent. I called Capital One to report that on the paperwork sent to me the three separate charged items went to three different addresses (in other states not mine), had three different email addresses and had different credit card numbers! Yes, the credit card numbers to which these items were charged do not even match my cancelled card number! This has been so frustrating that I am ready to turn it over to an attorney.
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2017
I have been with Capital One for at least two years. I have not missed a payment on my card until 2016, my financial situation put me in a bind. My daughter was almost kicked out of her home, and I need to help her. I could not make any of my payment on the regular basis. I put a deposit on this card of 500.00, so I could build my credit rating. When they closed my account they sent me a letter telling me I owe 501.00.
I knew I have that deposit on my account, I contacted the agency that transfer me to the collection and I asked them to please put the money I deposit toward this card and I would only owe one dollar towards my bill. They told me that there is no 500.00 and I owe them the 501.00. I said "How can that be, when I send you a deposit of 500.00 and suddenly I have nothing?" I have asked many times over to please send me the statement of my account to showing me where they put my money. The last time I look at my statement I owe them 750.00, this was from interested charges. I nearly fell over when I heard this. Now they have ruin my credit rating, by put a special code beside the credit bureau. Now I can't get anything because of this special code they put beside my name.
This company is not trying to help people's credit rating. They are there to ruin people's credit rate. I rate the company very low. Don't fall for their advertisement, it is all false.
Reviewed Jan. 3, 2017
I'm writing today due to the full disgust with the customer service provided by Capital One bank. I have a business checking account with them and a business credit card. I also have my personal accounts with them. I wanted to merge my business checking account and business credit card together so I can manage these accounts from one login. The representatives that I spoke with kept putting me on hold and transferring me from one department to another until finally one told me that I can merge my account by linking them. I didn't get her name but I told that I did not want to see any of my business accounts on my personal login. She assured me that it would be as I wanted and as soon as I clicked on the tab to merge I lost my old login for my personal accounts and got a login for the business credit card instead. This I was told couldn't be undone because I as the customer initiated the change!!! This is the madness that happens with this bank.
I was finally able to speak with a manager Ron ID# ** and he confirmed to me that I was screwed because I followed the lead of the customer service representative. He did try to get me sorted out by contacting the IT department who then said for security purposes they could not revert my account to what it was prior to the change. Well I got screwed because I followed the instructions of Capital One customer service agent and I got to deal with their ineptitude because I "the customer" initiated the change.
Reviewed Jan. 2, 2017
I was traveling in Florida, 900 miles from home. I got one fraud alert a few days ago because I had been making some contributions to charity... and I had just started using my new VPN provider. Cap One called me and we were able to resolve the issue quickly. I told the rep that I was in Florida and working behind a VPN. But two days later another fraud alert after I had made two purchases in two separate stores in Florida. I called again to fix the alert. It took me ONE WHOLE HOUR to fix it because Cap One's staff would only accept the last four of my social sec nor (it is against federal law to use the number for identification), would put me on interminable hold, would not call me back so as to minimize the hold.
Had a "problem" understanding that I use a flip phone and not a smartphone so I could give the rep the pin nor she sent... but wait... the rep then was able to call my cell number after I said I was not near my computer. BUT I tried the chat window today... after I entered my account that is behind Cap One's SSL walls. The rep would not chat with me unless I gave him my social security no.!!! His manager would not either, even though I was able to cut and paste my current balances from my account. The reps are from the Philippines and elsewhere; I believe "two" of the women I talked with yesterday sounded quite similar. It would not surprise me if Cap One has some procedure to split calls based on geographic source (besides the obvious language filters).
I worked in hospital IT for thirty years. It is no big deal to reconcile post office lists and other available sources. Do you think Cap One and others would think?NO, the credit card fees generate so much money that they can be arrogant... and if a bank or other financially critical entity crashes, well taxpayers everywhere get to pay the bill. I think I will use PayPal or something else after I check reviews. So Cap One... what's in my wallet? What I have got is not far from my wallet... so get your hands out of my pants!!! :-)
Reviewed Dec. 31, 2016
I have been a Capital One customer since 2002. I don't use this card because of the extremely low limit. I asked to increase it and they can't until I use if for 5 month straight. Asinine methodology because it's hard to use when your limit is low. Will be closing it and I will use my Amex Platinum. Capital One, big mistake!
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2016
My colleague and I went to Poland and rented an apartment three days before we were to go on a tour. The property manager gave us the codes to get in the apartment. All different codes. We were both Flight Attendants so we know about safety! She put an alarm on the door. The second night of our visit the alarm went off at 4:30 am and what did I see when I jumped up but a strange man in our room!!! My colleague scream at him "to get out of here" and he was shocked by the noise of the alarmed and backed out. We immediately called the property manager and she and her husband came over at 5 am to change the locks immediately.
Well when I returned from Europe I called Capital One immediately and told them not to pay the bill. Well after numerous discussions they informed me that I would have to take it up with the apartment complex!!! It seems that the manager suggested that we might have know this man even though both of us are in our late sixties. Why would we call the property manager at 5 am if we knew this jerk! We were in terror and I still have PTSD over this. How you want to wake up to some stranger in your bedroom in a foreign country? Anyway good old Capital One who so called "works of us" doesn't. They were rude, unhelpful and totally irresponsible when it comes to their customers! I am a good customer of theirs but no more! Keep this in mind... they don't support their clients!
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2016
All of a sudden my card was closed yesterday without any warning. I've been a loyal customer for 3+ years. Always pay card on time, in full and never even leave any balance on the card. This card has higher limit ($25k) so I use it on everything, shopping, grocery, travel... I never miss payment, never default, use minimal (around $2k/month for living expenses, and more when I travel). And without warning they simply closed it permanently along with another Capital One card that I had but haven't been using. I will never apply for Capital One card again. Not worth the trouble and the embarrassment when your card decline trying to spend $20 at Kroger.
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2016
Shame on Capital One!!! Beware customers if you lose your job or have financial hardships within your household!!! I have 3 credit card accounts with them. I fell behind in payments on 2 cards due to my husband being out of work about 8 months and I made payment plans with both accounts. However couldn't make payment on time for one of the credit card plan and they closed the account with NOTHING IN WRITING AND NO PHONE CALL TO DISCUSS THE SITUATION!!! There are people all over the world having financial difficulties Capital One. Be more compassionate with helping your customers. If it wasn't for us you would have no business!!! Very disappointing in all communication from your end!
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2016
I am having issues applying for a credit card. I keep getting the reason that I have too many accounts. I called Capital One and had to be transferred three times as no one was able to assist me with my issue. I then learn with the fourth person I spoke to, that the account that I HAD has been cancelled over a year ago. So if I dont even have an account... how can I have too many to apply for a new card???
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2016
Just received our November card statement and found two charges of unknown sources. One for $1000 and another a few days later for $6000. I called Capital One to report this and the guy said there was another charge not showing on the statement for $20,000! I have this account preferences set for email alert whenever I use it. If I use it for gas I usually get an email in seconds. My balance is almost always under $1000 but never received a phone call or email alert on these charges. You think that they would have thought something was odd with a $20,000 overseas charge?? They told me the charges were being taken off and the card closed. I don't plan to use one again. They want a cashless society - good luck with that.
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2016
After over 10 years with Capital One with an excellent credit rating and never late - our card was terminated. The "reason" was past, present or pending litigation. We have never - not now - and have no pending litigation against us! We were instructed to go to our local courthouse and check with them. Nothing! We are 65 and 67 years old - never been in trouble - my husband is former military with a high security clearance - I think we would have known if we were ever or are currently being sued! We were not allowed to speak to anyone as it was a final decision made by the company attorneys and we were told that they do not make mistakes. Obviously they had us mixed up with someone else! We have since moved on to a much better credit card company but I wanted to warn anyone considering Capital One that you could be inconveniently dropped without warning for a vague unexplained reason.
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2016
If you ever have a dispute with a merchant, Capital One will not only not assist you, they will actively mislead and lie to you as to the status and resolution. We were defrauded by a Travel Agency, for over $6,000; the fraud was in writing and clearly evident. Yet, Capital One did not protect its customers and transferred the $6,000 to the merchant despite our timely protest. When push comes to shove, Capital One will screw its own customers.
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2016
I phoned in to report 2 disputes. One being a fraudulent charge for an item which was never received. 45 days later I discover that they lost the details on one of the disputes and we start all over again with potentially up to 90 days to resolve!!! Incompetence! Oh and when I first reported the disputes they also spent the first 45 minutes trying to convince me that I'd probably done something wrong on the vendor's website and that it was all my fault. The fact that no item was received was obviously too complicated for them to grasp. Useless. Can't wait for this to be resolved so that I can cancel this card and get it OUT OF MY WALLET.
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2016
This company cancelled my credit card I had for over 5 years due to suspected fraud. I used my 2 checking acct make payments and they were verified with the bank. They did the exact same thing to my husband. It's other companies out there and I will not be using this company again. The people are rude and don't know what they are doing.
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2016
92 year old widow who does not drive or travel approved for card, received card and cannot get activated because she does not have a license to drive or passport. Contacted by the most rude people who fail to accept the fact that member of the silent generation are too old to drive or travel and that some never have. Capital One gets a major FAIL for her treatment.
Reviewed Dec. 20, 2016
I have been a loyal Cap1 customer for many years. Both a credit card and auto-loan customer. Recently I made a payment on my credit card using the Cap1 app on my mobile device. Unfortunately, on accident I selected an old/closed checking account that was saved in the app. I attempted it twice before I realized I was using the old account. Both payments were returned to Cap1 with an error saying that the bank account was closed. Once I realized this, I immediately called to make payment with the correct account only to find out that they closed my card and there was no way to re-open! I was never notified via phone, through the app or by any other means that there was a problem with my payment. I would have immediately taken care of the situation had I been aware. I am very disappointed and will be making it a priority to tell people about this terrible experience!
Reviewed Dec. 19, 2016
My credit card was charged $600 on November 28th 2016 without my permission. I called Capital One and complained about this charge on Dec 1 2016 when I saw the charge on my statement. The agent was refusing to reverse the charges and put me on to the fraud department. I spoke with the agent and explained to him that this company does not have my authorization to charge my card. He told me that if I gave the card my credit card to them over the phone they can charge me as many times as they want and whatever amounts they feel like. I told him to cancel my card immediately. He told me that he was canceled my card and issued me new cards. He informed me that the old cards no longer worked.
On December 16th 2016 I called regarding my new card and when I was checking my online statement there was another charge $3,879 by the same company whom did not have my permission to process the first charge. I told the agent to reverse this payment right away as it was just posted. The agent refused and told me that they already authorized the payment. I even spoke with the security department and they claim that if you give your credit card over the phone to any company that company can charge as much as they want whenever they feel like. This policy does not exist with any other credit card company. If this is Capital One's policy then all of their users should be made aware of this huge loophole. They treated me, throughout the entire process, like they were a collection company.
Reviewed Dec. 15, 2016
BEWARE!!! Today, 12/15/2016, my Capital One credit card account was cancelled without warning and left me stranded out-of-town without a credit card!!! At first I thought that my card was denied because I forgot to notify them that I was on travel. However, when I called customer service, they told me that my Capital One made a business decision to terminate my account and it is irreversible. I was shocked and asked them why the account was closed as I always paid my bill on time and in full, but they can only vaguely tell me that my spending activities was outside of their expectation for a personal account! Having been a Capital One banking customer for nearly 30 years, needless to say I was angry and will look for another bank as soon as I get back in town.
Reviewed Dec. 15, 2016
I was locked out of my account due to too many incorrect passwords so I called the number to unlock it. First off they treat you as a thief trying to break into someone's account instead of a person who is trying to recover and or fix your account. I got asked my phone number at least 7 times. Even though they had it on caller ID as a rep confirmed for me. I was on the phone for over 50 minutes maybe longer, I stopped the rep at some point to say "do you not believe that I am who I say I am trying to access my account? Would you like my social security number to verify." She then asked for my email and my birth date.
I was dumbfounded. I have read some other reviews for Capital One and I 100% agree that they do not care for their customers. I highly suggest that if you are having the same issues you switch to Ally Financial. I have never had one problem let alone a conversation or situation that couldn't be handled in twenty minutes.
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2016
I was approved for a top credit with Capital One however I had to send in my prepaid light bill as ID and driver license. After going through all of this they said it was not enough. It was like once they saw I was ** they did everything they could not to activate the card yet they are still sending me preapproved letters every week. So if am not who I say am why are they still sending me offers. Please don't get a Capital One card. The people are rude and they will just keeping asking you for all this information but they are not going to approved you once they see your ID.
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2016
I am totally, totally disappointed with this card company. I was blindly mislead and taken for a ride of my life. I had no idea the interest rate would be so high and unreasonable, especially for someone trying to rebuild credit. This company is crude and uncaring about people. I am paying almost double my monthly payment. Nothing they can do about it. (Sorry) they said... Lesson learned... Never again will I trust that companies want to help people. Just their business only... Signed. Disgusted!
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2016
I have been a customer with Capital One for many years. On 12/10/16, I submitted my monthly credit card payment using their website for $163.00. I received the confirmation number and documented it in my records. The payment posted to Capital One on 12/11/16. I checked my bank balance on 12/12/16 to find I had a balance of 0.00 in checking! I checked my account to see which transactions had cleared, only to see that Capital One had debited my account for $5,980.03 instead of the $163.00 I authorized!
I called Capital One and spoke with the first representative who told me I need to speak with her supervisor, whose name is Keith to have the payment reversed. In speaking with Keith, he told me the payment could be reversed, but they would need to confirm the payment had indeed cleared and it would take 5 business before my funds would be returned then however longer my bank would require to make the funds available.
I was in shock! How in the world can it take 5 days to process a refund for a problem I did not cause, but it only took Capital One, 1 day to debit my account for the funds! Since it was almost midnight, there was nothing they could do so I had to call back once my bank opened. I called Capital One back then as soon as my bank opened, the day supervisor, whose name is Will, did a conference call with my bank and confirmed the transaction had indeed cleared. Will proceeded to tell me the payment could be refunded, but it would take 5 days and I told him as I told Keith, this is unacceptable. Will told me he could request the refund be expedited so the funds would be available in 2-3 business days! This is still unacceptable! I don't understand why my account to be debited in 1 day, but the funds can't be transferred back in 1 day.
We continued to go back and forth, I finally asked to speak with his supervisor as he was not being helpful as far as I was concerned. Will told me his supervisor is only an administrator who does not speak with customers! This is one of the biggest lies I've ever heard. I continued to ask for the name of a supervisory position higher than him and he continued to tell me there was no one else as he was the highest supervisor I could speak with. I then asked if Capital One was going to pay the overdraft fees caused by their error, he said they had no way to reimburse those funds? I literally couldn't believe what I was hearing!!! I asked him did he realized how illogical and nonsensical this information sounded!
According to my bank, even though I have overdraft protection which pulls funds from my savings account, there's a $35.00 fee for each transaction (I'll be dealing with this issue as well, ridiculous)! I've been searching for a name or names of people in leadership who can appropriately address this issue. After the funds are returned to my account, I am closing any credit card account associated with Capital One! They are absolutely the worse!
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2016
I finally had to destroy this card after over 10 years being a member of Capital One. It is impossible to travel internationally with it. Capital One set me a card with a chip embedded in it, telling me that no travel alerts need to be made. Last year, I had the same trouble, so I set a travel date anyway, just in case. That didn't work either. I made a purchase for a ticket back to the USA, it was declined, for no reason. China Air is not a small company, yet it was declined, I was stuck at the airport for a day because of Capital One. It has happened before several times. I called the phone number on the back of the card. It's almost impossible to make a collect call in China, so I made a toll call to their fraud department to clear this up. But, I couldn't, I had to listen to their recording for at least 10 minutes, each time, for hours. They said it was a direct number, another lie.
In the middle of waiting, they hung up on me. I went to "chat" with them again and told them that I got through, they wanted a 7 digit number to connect, I wasn't given one. When I went to chat again, they said they didn't know about a 7 digit number. They couldn't correct the error by chat, only by direct phone, which doesn't work out of the USA. So many apologies, but no action. A friend came to the airport from another city in China to help me, all because of Capital One. STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY, THEY ARE NOTHING BUT TROUBLE!!!
I am hiring an attorney to sue them for all the trouble they caused on this trip. I should have dropped them the first time they did this to me. They assured me that it wouldn't happen again, but it happens EVERY time. Now, I had the good sense to destroy the card and let this account "retire" into oblivion. After this lesson, I will bring cash when I travel, lots of it so I don't have to go through this again with another credit card company, hopefully they will not be totally incompetent like Capital One.
Reviewed Dec. 10, 2016
I got approved for a Capital One card. When I tried to activate the card it said fraudulent activity suspected on the card. How's that possible when my card was never activated. I FAX them my social security number, driver license, proof of address. They still didn't remove the false hold on my card... I'm tell you people don't get this card. Just because this happen to you, that doesn't mean it won't. This is uncalled for. Orchard Bank needs to get their money back from Capital One. I hate they sold out to them.
Reviewed Dec. 9, 2016
I had a credit card open and current for over ten years. I paid the card off and forgot about it. The card represented my oldest credit history. Because I hadn't used the card in 18 months they closed the card. No phone call, no letter of notification, nothing. I'm in the process of qualifying for a home loan. Closing my longest standing card dropped my score significantly.
I called customer service, spent over an hour speaking with supervisors. The best they could do was offer to let me open a new account. Which would hurt my credit even more by absorbing another credit hard inquiry and helping me none at all as far as credit history goes. I don't need another new card, I need my 13 year credit history back. I realize I need to keep track of my cards and use them but a simple phone call or email or letter would have been nice prior to closing my account. Not good.
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2016
I called Capital One to see if I could get a $39.00 Annual Fee waived. An associate informed me last year that due to my excellent payment history (Never Late and always paid in full) and the length of time that I have been a customer (11 years) that I should be able to get it waived going forward but that they didn't have a card for me that didn't have an Annual Fee. I called and I was told that they couldn't waive the fee, that even though I have a great credit score and excellent payment history and have been with them 11 years the fee would still apply. Capital One is the only card I have with a fee and the lowest credit line but I kept them because I had them for a long time. I asked to close the account and they were quick to close it. They truly DO NOT care about their customers. I will never open another Capital One credit card again and I certainly would NOT recommend them to anyone.
Reviewed Dec. 7, 2016
Got a Capital One Credit Card to use only for one recurring item. After reading about the different accounts Capital One offers, I decided to open a savings account (September 22) and checking (November 17) - to put some cash into periodically to facilitate making payments on the credit card. I received checks in the mail. I received a debit card in the mail. On November 28, I received an email stating that my account was closed and funds would go to the account I had automatic funds transferred from. After speaking to an agent on the phone, she said it was closed because I had not responded to a 'verification letter' mailed to me dated November 21. I never received it. Shredded the checks and debit card because the account could not be reinstated once closed.
Account closed November 28 - agent told me the letter said I had 10 days. Spoke with her manager, then to the next manager who could not (or would not?) give me copies of the statements 'because the billing cycle needs to end before a statement can be generated.' Received a letter in the mail dated November 28, 2016 - postmarked - December 2, 2016 stating I needed to verify information or my accounts would be closed 10 days from the date of this letter. I tried to get a copy of the letter from November 21 that all reps were swearing was sent. If it's the same letter as the one dated today saying I had 10 days to respond or accounts would be closed, then why was the account closed after 7 days after the initial letter was sent? Mix up? Maybe. More like incompetence. Not worth the aggravation of dealing with customer service.
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2016
I think it's been almost 3 or 4 months since I opened and used my Capital One 360 checking account. My personal information especially my SSN that I gave them was true. My SSN I got it from my lawyer who was fixing my papers when my first employer filed a petition for me. But the only problem is I haven't tried to use it whenever I worked. Anyway, I know if ever your information can't verify or didn't match, whatever you're applying especially opening a bank account or applying credit card; they won't approve it. But they approved my checking and savings account. November 28, 2016 my friend decided to have a joint account. They approved the joint account and that same day my friend deposited her check $2828 on her tablet.
Since $5000 is the max deposit for the day. She asked me to deposit her other check, I did. Then next day I just saw on my account when I checked online, there was a note saying that I need to call them. They put hold on our account. I called and they told me that they can't verify my SSN. I told them that why only now. I've been using this account for the past 3 months. They asked to get W9. I told them if ever I'll have problem on getting W9, what's going to happen? They just said that get W9 and fax it to them. My friend called them also and they asked her more than 10 questions past addresses, cross street and she said that the only question that she can't remember was the year when her SSN was issued. She said she'll get her SSN card just to be sure. Every info about her was true.
Then they said that unfortunately she wasn't able to pass. Usually they're going to ask for proof of identity driver's license, SSN card to fax it to them. But with them just close the account and they can't even give us the balance that was on our account. We called again, they gave us another option so we could get the money. They told us to call the issuer of the check for stop payment. And they even said that whatever balance that was on the account it will go back to the check issuer and whatever amount that we got we have to be responsible for that. But when we called the issuer and asked them for stop payment, the first check that was deposited was already paid and even the 2nd one.
Then now we tried to call Capital One, those guys or customer service that we talked to they're rude, don't have good manners. We just asked them what's going to the rest of my friend's money. They said that we can't get anything because everything was fraud. And they said that they don't have business with us anymore and just hang up. My friend's info are real and the checks that we deposited was under her name so why can't she get the rest of her money.
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2016
I recently opened up a new credit card to clean up my credit. I used a new bank account to make the payments. But when the payments went through, the account defaulted to an old account I shut down. I've have since made payments from my current bank account to bring it current. But the strange thing about it is, the old account it defaulted to, is nowhere to be found on my Capital One account. When I asked a representative about it, they tried to blame it on me. I asked if it would report to my credit, and the girl said, "I don't know. I'm no credit expert." I am so frustrated with Capital One. Credit is just not something you mess with. I would definitely stay away from ever using them.
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2016
I've been with Capital One for many years and have never had any cause to be concerned but did run into an issue with transferring of monies from my 360 account to my credit card. After speaking with an agent, I was promised that, as a one-time courtesy, my $59 would be waived but for me to call beforehand to confirm. I called to confirm and was told that, yes, that would happen. It did not happen and I was charged the $59. I phoned and spoke with three different agents but the bottom line was: The first agent didn't know about the changes to their governing practices, i.e., was either incompetent, or lied or was a nice person and they, themselves were just greedy and really not understanding what Customer Service is. Do NOT do business with these people. Ever.
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2016
Was approved for a card and as soon as it came in it automatically said it had fraud on it. I submitted my photo i.d., ss card, bank statements, utility bill, lease and my rent notice. None of this was good. They still wanted more information. This company is a ripoff and kept saying they wanted to protect me. How are you protecting me by gathering all my information and then saying it's not good enough. My cooperation should be good enough especially when I hadn't even activated the card. I now have a hard hit on my credit report for a card I have and will never use. Do not apply for one of their cards.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2016
After having this card over 4 years with excellent credit and payment history, we had 2 incidents of a "late payment" this past year. It seems when a check is mailed through the post office, there is a very long time until the check is posted, with the check arriving at the facility and not being processed right away. This resulted in 2 "lates" from them. We requested a credit increase due to doubling our annual business income, and they flat out refused. They would not remove the late marks from our account, and when I asked to discuss with other levels of management , they put me on hold, then asked if I would like to close my account.
They obviously do not value my business nor me as a customer. This is not the first time I have had issues with them. Their miles program is also not very good. They are not at all helpful to you when there is a problem. Overall, I am looking to move to American Express. I have had nothing but excellent interactions with them. Do not get a Capital One Card!
Reviewed Nov. 26, 2016
I am working on rebuilding my credit and so I applied for Capital One Quicksilver and was notified that I was approved for 1k. I later receive an email stating I need to first prove my identity by submitting two forms of ID. I successfully upload my documents and even receive confirmation. Then I get an email and phone call saying there was fraudulent activity on my account, I never even got to activate my card!! So shady, I will NEVER deal with this company again. I received the new credit card and could not activate it although I was approved. They said I needed to reapply due to a discrepancy. Awful awful company. I now have a hard inquiry on my credit for nothing!!
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2016
I went on Capital One website to pay my bill and an ad popped up for this skin cream $4.95 for a 'trial'. It arrived and I saw a $188.94 charge on my credit card. I disputed this to no avail. Tried to send it back unopened. No luck. I was told they would call me. Never did. Capital one offered minimum help. In the end I couldn't get out of it. Capital One shouldn't allow this on their website. Buyer beware.
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2016
CAPITAL ONE AND PROSPERITY BANK HOLDING HOSTAGE HARD WORKING SINGLE MOTHER AND DISABLED SON’S $4,500.00. This mother works 6 days a week to completely support her family!! She deposited $4,500.00 Cashier’s Check into the night deposit so that she could have money to move herself and her disabled son from San Antonio to Tyler. The Cashier’s Check (which is to be just like CASH) well the Cashier’s check was deposited into the account and then the mother noticed the next day it was gone out of the account. The mother went immediately to branch of CAPITAL ONE BANK in Tyler, Texas where the Cashier’s Check was deposited and asked for her cashier’s check. They expressed to her that they are unable to give her the check and they will mail the check to the address on the account.
The mother explained that she was going to be moving from that address that same day and would no longer be at the address in San Antonio and begged and pleaded with the bank that that was all the money in the world she had to support herself and her son. The bank just snickered well you better change your address on the account because you are NOT getting the check today (November 2, 2016). The mother and son called immediately to customer service and changed the address on the account. However, CAPITAL ONE BANK still overnighted the Cashier’s Check in the amount of $4,500.00 to a vacant apartment in San Antonio, Texas. WORST part is they sent it FedEx overnight with NO SIGNATURE REQUIRED. Therefore, the ONLY MONEY IN THE WORLD THIS MOTHER and DISABLED SON HAVE has now been LEFT AT THE DOOR OF A VACANT APARTMENT COMPLEX in the middle of SAN ANTONIO, Texas.
Yes, as you can imagine the package was stolen. The hardworking mother that has never asked for anything was now moving to a new city and has taken a new job and has NO FOOD for herself or her son. The mother and son sit for days at the bank begging and pleading for someone to help and cancel the check and give her the money she so desperately needs. She has deadlines to pay her bills. She needs food. She has never received welfare and is not about to ask for anything. She only wants her money so she can take care of her family. They have bills that are automatically taken out of the Capital One account each month. Those have been sent back unpaid YET CAPITAL ONE BANK has charged the account $35.00 for each transaction so now the account is negative over $600.00 and her bills have not been paid!!
She has deadlines to pay her insurance premium. She has deadlines to pay her rent. She not received a paycheck yet on her new job!! She really needs America's help today!! Capital One and Prosperity Bank still has her money and will not give it to her. It has been 25 days since she has had her money!! The banks are telling her it will be 90 days before she gets it back!! THANK GOD for her friend who went and purchased them groceries. HOWEVER, those are running out! The phones have been shut off all the while Capital One and Prosperity Bank are holding her money hostage while the family is suffering!! NOT A GREAT THANKSGIVING FOR THIS FAMILY!!! The disabled son doesn't son doesn't even have a bed to sleep on. He’s sleeping on a couch. THE MONEY IS SO URGENTLY NEEDED FOR THIS FAMILY!!
Reviewed Nov. 22, 2016
I applied for my first credit card with Capital One, and received a student credit card with a $500 limit. When using the online banking app I entered my account number incorrectly and made two payments without noticing. I called customer service several times to make sure the correct account number was now on my account. After calling customer service I was informed the balance was going to be on a freeze for five days, and I could pay it off as soon as the balance shows in my account. When the balance was available five days later I paid the full amount and there were no problems. After discussing my concerns about my account number and actively trying to fix the problem I was informed everything was fixed and my account looked fine.
The day after paying off my balance I called to confirm that the payment had gone through and was informed that everything was fine and my balance had been paid off. When I checked to see if the amount had been put back on my credit card the app stated that my card was restricted and I could no longer use it. I called customer service again and spoke with a representative who informed me that my account had been closed due to an excessive amount of returned payments. I informed him I had spoke with three people on previous days and had never been informed of this and was told my account was perfect the day before.
I asked to speak with the supervisor and she said the same thing. She informed me that it was a "business decision" due to my two returned payments and told me there was absolutely nothing they could do for me. I am no longer able to hold a credit card with Capital One, and needless to say I would never attempt to bank with them again. I highly recommend choosing any other credit card, their benefits are not worth dealing with negligent airheads who have the ability to ruin your credit from something as simple as an error when using their amazing online banking option. Absolutely disappointing.
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2016
Capital One has actually been great. Right up till there was a problem. I pay off my card every month and have been for 5 years. I have a pretty good credit score. I happen to be on vacation at payment time and neglect to make a payment to them. My fault: I'll have to pay interest and a penalty... OK, I screwed up. To my surprise, a week after the due date my card was not approved at the cash register. BOTH my Capital One cards had been deactivated. I had to activate a card I never use via phone to get thru the cashier's line. When I called them, they said I had better pay quickly because in another week I would be reported to the credit Bureaus as a delinquent customer. So, they got $80 in interest and penalties and I got NOTHING but bad mouthed. They have earned WAY too much money from me to be treated that way. I'm looking for another card.
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2016
After being with Capital One for many years now and making my payments on time always, I requested a small increase for Christmas. Was rejected with some lame excuse that I couldn't even understand. They are truly a rip off. I will be shopping for a new card ASAP.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2016
Be ready for a overdraft fee of $35 even if the account is overdrawn by just .05. That is their words not mine. I will say that most of my experience with them has been okay. But this policy is just terrible and really can have a big effect on a person. I will be switching very soon.
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2016
By far the worst banking institution I have ever dealt with. They will straight up take money out of your deposits when using an atm. It's completely unheard of. Then you have to make a claim (it seriously happened 3 times) and months later they will very casually just take the money from your account back without telling you. So basically they are complete thieves. The atm took $200 in cash from me the third time and they credit my account 21 days later, around 45 days after that they just took it back and said they couldn't find my money... WTF.
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2016
Fighting with these people is getting old when you lock me out of my account after it was paid and I used it 4 times the day you lock me from using it and then to go through my bank not 1 but 2 times because there uniformed employees that need to speak fricking English.
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2016
I've tried to cancel my Capital One card today am. I was on hold, two times for app: 40 mins each time, I couldn't connect with them. I left a message, saying, "I want to cancel my card and Do Not add another year membership fee." I even sent a message through Facebook Capital One, and left a message with one of their advisers, with the same message, "Cancel card, and don't add another membership fee." I couldn't believe a call I got this evening. I got a message from Capital One, saying, I have 3 days to make a payment, because my card is way over its limit, which it was under its limit just after last week's payment.
If this payment is not made in 3 days, they're going after my credit file?? Are you kidding me. Just after I've tried all day to connect with these people, and I informed them, to cancel this card, and don't add a yearly membership fee on it, they actually did the opposite of what I was requesting?? I owed them just under $300.00. Now they just added another yearly member ship fee, that brings me up towards the $400.00 mark. Now I will file with the Consumers Relations Board, and Capital One will not see a penny, until they correct their greedy little ways. By the way, I have copies of all my attempts to cancel my card and request no further membership fees from you. Straighten your act out Capital One.
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2016
Credit card issues - They have horrible customer service. Everyone gives you a different answer. No one explains anything to you when you have a problem. They lock up accounts and charge you late fees. They have high interest rates and the reps are extremely disrespectful and unhelpful.
Reviewed Nov. 11, 2016
Credit fraud services stopped usage on credit card. When my husband called to rectify the issues they demanded a copy of his social security card. We did not feel comfortable making a copy so we went to the local Capital One bank with a bank manager verifying his identity and called the credit card services. 5 days later they still demanded the social security card and said that this was normal practice. I've had Capital One credit cards for 8 years and banking services for 1 year. I never had this problem and even the Capital One bank manager said he never heard of this before. Capital One's Credit Card repeatedly told my husband it wasn't his account so they closed his account. Then they send a bill asking him to pay, but per their customer service they even stated he could not be verified this was his account.
Reviewed Nov. 10, 2016
This bank sucks like no other. They charge about the highest interest rates of any bank and my wife and I are now eating it up. If your balance is near your maximum it will cost you heavy. And once you've paid off any card you wind up paying about double your credit limit. Many years ago I had Capital One and once I paid off card they begged me even offering me a fixed interest and I said "shove it".
They are biggest liars like killary and like her love money, so my suggestion is pay off your capital one cards and close them period like I'm doing. They looked for most vulnerable people and I do admit our credit, aka. my wife and me our credit is in fair range but gouging on interest isn't answer and they're enjoying it now but when we close all our accounts, (3 of them) it's bye to capital one. BOTTOM LINE, THEY'RE BIGGEST RIPOFF!
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2016
I was approved for a Capital One Secured Mastercard and added an additional deposit on 10/19 to increase my credit limit. There is a 10 day hold on any deposit and it had been 3 weeks on 11/8 when I called. Customer Service said they would need to send an e-mail to the Secured Department which will take up to 3 business days for a response and then would take an additional 7 to 10 business days before I can see the money in my account. So at best case, it will be November 23 to see the money in my account and could be November 29th before I see the money. So, 5 to 6 weeks to see a deposit clear is totally unacceptable.
Reviewed Nov. 7, 2016
I was locked out of my account. Had to argue to make a payment and was charged a $25 late fee when they locked my account. When I called the person working with me didn't speak English I could understand to unlock my account. Worst customer service ever!!!
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2016
I changed my credit card to prevent LA Fitness from charging my credit card for services I did not receive. Capital One gave them access to my new card and even after I canceled the card they added charges to the card. After I called Capital One I was told that MasterCard allow merchants access to credit cards even if the consumer blocks them or change the card. I asked them if their loyalty is to me their customer or the merchant. I was told that's just how Mastercard works and there is nothing they can do.
Updated review: Nov. 18, 2016
I am pleased to say that Capital One was able to help me not in the way I had planned, but I definitely have a positive opinion of them now.
Original Review: Nov. 4, 2016
I have contacted Capital One on two separate occasions to see if there were any hardship assistance programs that they offered to try to get my debt under control after a divorce. I am struggling financially and would like to work on getting my account balance down. I have inquired about a rate reduction but all they will offer is a payment arrangement which does not help considering I am not behind on my payments and am making the minimum payment. I am trying to avoid bankruptcy, but they don't seem to be interested in helping a customer that has been with them for 10 plus years.
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2016
I have 4 different bank accounts: BBVA Compass, Chase, Paypal, Capital One Bank. From all the mobile apps Capital One bank has the best mobile app. And also I haven't got any overdraft fees with Capital One. However, I have got 18$ from Chase and 78$ from BBVA Compass for overdraft fees [TRUE STORY]! Whenever I report my card was lost they gave me a new card for free. Other banks have extra fees on it, like 5$. Easy money transfer between checking accounts and I can easily lock my card in case if it is stolen from the mobile app. The customer service is also great! I never had problems with Capital One. Simply it is best!
Reviewed Nov. 3, 2016
I called Capital One and got the corporate switchboard. I call and asked for executive service and I kept getting transfer to customer service. I kept calling back. I asked them to transfer me to executive service and they refuse. Capital One is a rip-off and have bad customer service. None of them need a job.
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2016
I made a P2P transfer from my checking account. It has been many days, money never reached the intended recipient. Contacted CapitalOne360, the 'manager' to whom I escalated bluntly said I should check with the recipient bank and/or the clearinghouse. Now, I am pursuing this issue with governmental regulatory agencies. I was an ING Direct customer. Capital One killed all the greatness of ING Direct! Such careless, inhumane, customer service. I have a long term relation with them but, now, deciding to retire everything.
Reviewed Oct. 31, 2016
They opened me a Quicksilver Visa card in May 2016 with a $3,000 credit line. I have had past credit problems. Originally they said after 5 on time payments they would increase my credit line. On my October 2016 statement they increased my credit line without me asking to $12,500. I was NOT expecting that but it was a good surprise. They did just what they said they would do and went way beyond what I was expecting. GREAT JOB Capital One.
Reviewed Oct. 31, 2016
We recently rented a vacation rental. After a few hours of being in the rental, we had a water leak running down the wall and discovered mice (I had one run out in front of me). We called Capital One right away to find out what our options were. We were told repeatedly not to worry, that everything would be fine and that we were covered by our credit card. We were told to take lots of pictures to document our case. Based on this information, we left the residence the following day and the owner refused to give us a refund for the other 6 nights we did not use.
To make a long story short, after sending in documentation, we were told that we had no course of action and would have to pay the owners after all. We were also told that they wouldn't accept pictures as documentation and that the only way we would receive a refund was if the owner gave us a credit voucher. Why would they give a credit voucher if there was a dispute?? So basically, we are out $1300. I feel like I was lied to by Capital One and I was told things that basically were not true, which led us to leave the residence based on this false information. Capital One has cost me lots of money because of this.
Reviewed Oct. 31, 2016
I have had this card for since 2008 and had this account balance coverage premium charge on my statements which appears to be part of the credit card charges. It is a separate company of which they are partners of Capital One. The company is called Canadian Premier Life Insurance. If you have this on your card cancel it immediately as you don't have to have this and they very rarely pay out the claims. The phone number is next to the charge. Capital One is a very disgusting example of company that puts you deeper into financial slavery. Pay off your card and cancel it!!!
Reviewed Oct. 27, 2016
Capital One bought out my airline ccard after using it for over 15 years. I continued using it. I made a payment that CapOne said wasn't received, they shut down the card within 2 days & sent notification to EACH CREDIT REPORTING AGENCY that I was delinquent. I'm grateful that I wasn't in a foreign country at this time & had only their card to pay for things. I proved it was sent on time, had my bank provide copies that it was cashed & provided that to CapOne. It took about two weeks to accomplish this.
After that I had to recontact the credit reporting agencies to get re-established again. They are the worst company I've ever dealt with in over 40 years of having credit cards. They should not be able to have that in their fine print (if they do) & they can get away with it. No need to contact me as it's been resolved but please investigate their practices. I know to travel with at least two credit cards in case one is lost/stolen. I shudder to think if that had happened & I had to pay a hotel bill before checking out or if I needed anything in an emergency. Thank you.
Reviewed Oct. 27, 2016
I made an agreement with a long term repayment plan. Another staff member reviewed it and changed it stating I agreed with it. Liars. I want them paid off ASAP. They lied. I want attorney if their services are free only.
Reviewed Oct. 27, 2016
I tried to open a Capital One 360 checking account (application#: **). I called them, and they refused to open the account, and even provide me the reason that they cannot open the account. I was polite with them all times, however, their CS was NOT. They hang up on me during my last call after I just said thank you! I did not have a good experience working with Capital One customer service.
Reviewed Oct. 27, 2016
I have had a Capital One credit card for a long time with a balance I've been paying on. No annual fee. Got an offer to switch to the Quicksilver card. Noticed the info said I could earn reward points and have no yearly fee. I called to make sure I was choosing the card with no annual fee because there is a different card (Venture) with a fee. I was assured that I could switch to the Quicksilver with no annual fee.
So I get my first statement and I've been charged $69 for annual fee. Called Capital One and the fee was removed. However, I was told on phone that the card would continue to have annual fee due the next year. I was told a meeting would be held to discuss the fee. There should not even be a question - I had been told "no annual fee." This is fraudulent business practice in my opinion. I'm aware Capital One has had class action lawsuits in past for charging excessive interest. I will cancel my card soon as I decide how to move the balance. Never trust Capital One!
Reviewed Oct. 26, 2016
I got a Capital One credit card a couple of months ago. I made two successful payments. My funds were available the very next day for the first two payments. Now on this third payment, my funds are being held for 5 days. This is after the Capital One computer system says they have my money, and the funds are gone from my bank. They are still issuing a 5 day hold for no reason. And again, this is after the money has left my account and Capital One's computer says they have my money.
Three different Representatives refused to release the funds because of some policy they have. When I say that this policy makes no sense because we've made two successful payments, and now they have the money, all representatives says it is just their system. When I asked if it's always going to be 5 days they all said they do not know. This is a ridiculous policy to hold my funds for 5 days out of the blue when they've already gotten payments from the very same bank account and their computer shows they have the money. This is ridiculous.
Reviewed Oct. 26, 2016
I have two Capital One credit cards both accounts in good standing. And I've been trying to use them online and every purchase I try to make is declined or says please try again. I've contacted Capital One and gotten absolutely nowhere! One of the reps said maybe I'm not using the card right or not putting the info right. I've had these cards for about 4 years and shop online regularly. Looking to switch companies now since they are doing nothing about this issue.
Reviewed Oct. 25, 2016
My Capital One card sent an E-mail and a text of potential fraudulent activity. I confirmed it WAS fraudulent activity. They had me call the fraud area, a new card was sent to me NEXT BUSINESS MORNING, and it was a pleasant experience. This, despite the fact that $488 in fraud charges were stopped, and $121 in fraud charges were actually put through. The rep assured me those $121 charges would be removed from the bill that day (they were). With very little distinguishing credit cards, customer service is all they have. Capital One also has the foresight to issue different card numbers for different individuals on the accounts. This way, while my account was cancelled, my husband's was still active. Nice touch!
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2016
My wife and I have been searching for a card that earns a decent amount of points for travel. The Venture card seemed like a nice fit since we can pay all of our bills and earn points. We applied, and got instant approval, and less than a week later, we received our cards (joint account). However, upon activation, it claimed our account was fraudulent. The scary thing is, they asked us to send our social security card through the mail. NO BUSINESS SHOULD EVER ASK FOR THIS! How ironic is it that they are protecting from frauds, yet are asking for customers to be extremely liable by sending personal information via mail. Ridiculous! We called them and canceled our account, and what a joke it was.
Reviewed Oct. 20, 2016
Made a $1.00 payment. It was returned and now I have been declined a credit limit increase. The payment was not on a due date just a random payment. They refuse to overlook the error. I will let this card sit in a sock drawer effective immediately. I have worked other cards with double the limits and same rewards. They just lost a customer. They could give a rat's ** that humans make simple errors.
Reviewed Oct. 19, 2016
Every time I pay my bill there is a hidden charge of some kind. Interest charges when I am not using the card and late charges 5 days before the end of my billing cycle. They are ruining my credit score. Don't ever, ever, ever get this card! None of these charges were in my initial paperwork.
Reviewed Oct. 19, 2016
I have been paying on time and more than the minimum due for over a year. But my interest rate is 29.4%. So I called to find out why but all they would do is set me up with a credit counselor. When I asked her to lower my interest rate, she said she couldn't do it, but she could take off the yearly $39.00 fee. I explained that my husband hasn't worked in over 2 years due to health issues and I need to talk to someone who could lower my interest rate. She transfers me to someone who says they can lower the amount due every month? I'm paying more than what's due and on time every month, so how's that going to help? Just prolongs the interest and I pay even more. I ended up closing the account. She said that Capital One doesn't look at payment history, but she doesn't know the formula they use. What a bunch of jerks!
Reviewed Oct. 19, 2016
I applied for a Capital One Spark 1.5% through their website. What I received in the mail was not the card I applied for but a different Spark card. The first rep stated I was denied but was given a similar card. I did not receive a denied application letter. The second person I spoke to said the first was wrong in her information and I got the card I applied for. Capital One and I have been going back and forth with various reps (4 total) about how they open this card I did not applied for without any notice or authorization from me.
They say to the contrary I had applied for the card but insist they have no information they can give me evident to show I had applied for the card sent (no e-signature, or any information with my name on it). All I wanted was to have the card closed and any information remove from the bureau reports. Rep #3 stated that that can be done if I acknowledge CO was not at fault. They were at fault and will be if this messes my good credit. Rep# 4 refused to do anything stating what I have been hearing for about two months. Beware. Capital One is REAL SHADY.
Reviewed Oct. 18, 2016
I get an application in the mail. I reply, then get a letter that I will be getting a card in the mail. I get the card and it says to call confirm which I do. I read through the paperwork. It says after ten days of my account being open I can do a balance transfer so I do nothing further. Then about a week later I get a call from a number that does not say Capital One but is suspicious with a bad connection saying I used fraudulent information to open my account and gives a case number I can't understand due to the connection.
I suspected the call was a scam to call and give my personal information to, so I don't call. Later, I get a letter that is slightly different saying someone used my information to open an account! (This is too much bother! I don't need this Capital One! Don't send me a card then say, oops it's this, no it's this. Why approve then say "Wait!") I then call after I have the letter with case number but only to get a person with a thick accent. I just wrote on my letter "close this account" & mailed it back. Why do they to this? To scare customers? Do they change their minds or did someone mess up? I'm done with them. Too much trouble.
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2016
What they DON'T tell you, even if you ask, is that you WILL have problems depositing money into this business account! And if you can't deposit money, you can't pay bills. After several calls, I found out that Spark's business accounts have a "limit" as to how much you can deposit into your bank account each month, and the limit varies unpredictably from month to month!! What kind of business wants this headache? And why don't they disclose this up front? I have had a small business for 28 years. I found out today, mid-month, that I cannot deposit any more money into my account.
I am a small business and depositing $30,000 a month shouldn't seem unusual, but apparently it is for Spark Capital One business banking! So, for the first time in 28 years I will be mailing bills late, as I will not be able to magically open up a BETTER account fast enough to get my bills paid. Best part? Spark Business associates who answer the phone won't answer questions and won't transfer you to anybody else. Just say NO to Spark Capital One business banking!!
Reviewed Oct. 15, 2016
I purchased Capital One Bank card in January of 2012, and 'til this day, I still have this card. Capital One Bank card is an excellent card. Yes, I have read the agreement. And yes, Capital One Bank card charge $39.00 annual fee (which is not much). In 2012, Capital One Bank approve me of $500.00, because of my outstanding good payments, they approve me of an extra $250.00 credit increase. As time went on, Capital One Bank approve me of an extra credit increase of $750.00 because of my outstanding good payments. Again, as time went on, Capital One Bank approve me of another credit increase of $750.00. So right now, I am at $2250.00.
During the year of 2016, I ask Capital One Bank can I be approve of another credit increase? Capital One Bank replied, "Yes, you can." So right now, I have $4250.00 on my Capital One Bank card. I went from $500.00 in 2012 to $4250.00 in 2016. As long as you continue to make your payments on time to Capital One Bank card or any other credit card. Credit card company will increase your credit.
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2016
First, with a credit score of over 750 my credit limit has never been reviewed and increased (should not need to ask). They offer credit score monitoring so this should not be an issue. Second, system down and person on phone offered to waive late fee (first time late in 10 years and was for $8 charge). Because system down I have to call back and was told that the person I get may not agree to waive late fee. Third, had fraud charges re-occurring and Cap 1 stated they cannot prevent them from coming through even though it was identified as fraud. Consumer has to deal with issue as if brand new. Not safe. Giving two stars because the last person I dealt with actually tried very hard and put some thought into it.
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2016
Dealing with them for 1 month now. Had to Re fax papers 3 times. Now I call again and they say we don't have one of the sheets. Then they find it. Now the process starts over another month to wait. Managers are too busy to talk with their customers. It takes 48 hrs for a return call.
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2016
I had an existing account with Capital Bank in which I had my daughter as a co-signer as I authorized for college purposes.I called Capital One customer service to remove my daughter from this account and they told me they would go ahead and take care of it and that I could continue to use existing card. I called to verify of the change and I was told that my account was closed. Due to their policy rules. Not only did they close the account, they also kept the reward points accumulated with purchases I had made. I requested previous recorded call to verify previous conversation with representative and I was told that the account was now closed and that nothing could be done. I feel this is very poor customer representation and unfairness.
Reviewed Oct. 11, 2016
We got a $13.00 "rewards check" in the mail and deposited it into our small, local bank where we have over $100,000 balance. A week later the bank called us and told us the check "was NO GOOD" so we had to go in and pick it up!!! We called Capital One where we have had credit cards forever and were first told by the overseas Asian sounding man that the check "can only be cashed at a major bank like Wells Fargo" so we asked for a supervisor. She, naturally, had never heard of such a thing and told us to "mail the check back and get a credit on our account." It's now going on 3 weeks since we got the Rewards check and it's back in the mail to Capital One. If you get a Rewards check, beware! If you don't belong to Wells Fargo you can't cash it!
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2016
My husband initiated accounts with Capital One because of the ease of using the cards and money machines when we traveled. I think he did not plan a long term relationship with this company and I was not included on all the accounts as he did so carefully in all other aspects of our estate. Unfortunately he died unexpectedly leaving me to deal with this very reluctant and challenging company. I could never get past the usual circle of uninformed phone clerks and department transfers and endless stalling. This went on for months. I finally had to use the attorney working on our probate process. This cost me over $1000 in fees to simply close out these accounts. The account statements requested were never forwarded. This company is set up to avoid actual criminal behavior by just a hair.
It is a shameful way to do business and a sad comment on our American system of keeping monies Capital One is not entitled to and using them for interest as long as possible. I WOULD ADVISE ANYONE CONSIDERING DEALING WITH THIS COMPANY TO AVOID ANY CONTACT AT ALL. This process has taken close to two years to work out. Imagine my fury at finally having a supposed customer service clerk call me recently and tell me there was no reason for me to have used my attorney!!! What a crock! My attorney sent and resent death certificates and called and called these jokers... As I said I had to pay for every one of these calls and processes. I can't say enough bad things about Capital One, but let me add that as I have shared my story SO MANY of my friends and acquaintances have confessed to the same kind of runaround and mistreatment from this company. BEWARE!!!
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2016
I've been using my card on remittance site since 2012 using both VISA or MASTERCARD without problems. Until almost a year now and TODAY, I had an emergency so I woke up at 3 AM, went to 7 Online remittance site till 5 AM, spoke to their customer service and found out that my card is locked. Customer service of these remittance site asked me if they can verify my account with this bank. The CSR connected me to this bank phone number but there is "NO" 24 hours service to this bank. Answering machine will tell to need to call this bank during business hours. So I got so stressed that my migraine was hurting so bad and I end up losing my whole day workpay coz for 2 hours I was trying to send money on severe stress... I had to took my medication and went to bed. I had to call out to my work because of this stressful card issue.
When I woke up around 10 am, I called this bank CSR and ask to unlock my card. The lady claimed I need to register my card to MASTERCARD.COM for security code. So I went to MasterCard site, followed the registration and still it appeared my card is locked. I called the number provided by MasterCard site which I was ask to put my card number. Came to surprise and to hear "WELCOME to CAPITAL ONE BANK..." So my call from MasterCard CSR Hotline was rerouted to this bank.
Why is this bank so complicated that I am unable to use my own money?? I spoke to another CSR of this bank who help me all the way to unlock my card. Then finally I can send money after: 1. Two hours of stress trying to find out what's going with my card... 2. Got bad and severely painful migraine. 3. That I end up unable to work losing my whole day pay. 4. Going back and forth with MasterCard site and this bank CSR just to unlock my card.
I am aware now that this did not just happened to me. I spoke to family and friends which this terrible experience made everybody agreed to close their accounts and open new account to different and better bank. This experience that me and my family experienced is NOT acceptable. We all had experience that we can use our card for shopping online or elsewhere but having issues for cash out or withdrawal transaction. SEVERE STRESS ... CAN'T use your own money in case of emergency.
Updated review: Oct. 25, 2016
As all of you could read, this was quite a frustrating experience, but today it has been resolved. Although I had received my deposits back 10 plus days ago, I was called today by David from the Office of the President of Capital One 360 apologizing for the whole experience and stated that after their investigation into the recordings of the conversations and application for the account, my information was mishandled and closed inappropriately. The conversation was handled very professionally and addressed my concerns by listening and actually took accountability of the issues. I appreciated the call and would strongly reconsider doing business with Capital One as a whole, accepting that the mistakes were with individuals and not corporate culture.
Original Review: Oct. 8, 2016
I decided to give the Spark business banking a try, as I was seeking alternatives solutions that may work and once I filled out the online application, I was requested to send ID, copy of social security card and the current articles of incorporation or business license. All of this was done and and the account was opened. For two weeks I received a steady stream of emails telling me to link my accounts and make a deposit. As I was traveling for a couple of weeks, when I returned, I linked the account to my current business account and waited for the.08 &.02 deposits for verification (which took another 2 business days).
Once verified, I executed a test deposit with $100 to make sure it executed to the right account and routing address. It showed the following day. At this point, we are three weeks plus in the process and I decide to move my business funds into the Spark account. I activate the debit card they sent me a week earlier and then I execute a transfer of $15K into the account and three hours later I receive an email that states there has been some strange activity on the account and I need to call in. The account will be on hold until that happens. Since I had never used anything on this account except link the accounts, make a deposits and activate my debit card, I am thinking they just want to verify the amount.
After waiting for an hour on hold (not exaggerating), I speak with one of the security people that states he he needs to ask some questions to validate who I am, since they cannot meet people in person. He ask not to be put on speaker phone and not to type on the computer while speaking. This seemed a little dramatic, but ok. I ask all of his questions except that I could not give him the previous address that I lived before the current one (it was a transition place for my job transfer and I couldn't recall it), but gave him answer to mother name, sibling, child, out of state residence, where did the funds come from and so on.
They came back and stated that I did not meet their requirements and that I would have to go back to my bank and have them request to retrieve the funds that I deposited. They could not give me a reason why just that I could not open an account with them. Strange, but I said ok and asked about the $15K that I had just executed. The guy from security stated that it would not be deposited and I would just have to ask my bank to get the initial $100 back. I reiterated the question to make sure that I would not have to go to my bank and cancel the request. He said "No".
The next day I go to HSBC, open up a business account and go to make the withdrawal from my account and the $15K had been deposited into the Spark account. At this time I call Spark again, wait for another hour on hold and they state that they have the funds and that only my bank can make the request to get the funds back. I explain to them that they did not do what they stated and now I have to wait until Monday to get the funds requested and that I will lose more time and efforts dealing with them.
I would suggest NOT opening an account with Spark at all as since I was able to open up a business account the next day with the same information with one of the most prominent banks in the world with no issues and acceptance, they obviously targeted me for some biases or inaccurate assessments in their process, but still took the deposits and are making me go thru extra efforts to retrieve it. They will not wire it back to the bank... my bank has to request it. What if I had completely closed this account!!! If I have problems getting my funds back within a reasonable time, I am taking them to court! Again, no alerts came until I transferred the $15K into the account... 3+ weeks after opening it! Again, this has nothing to do with Capital One... just the Spark Business division of the company.
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2016
Have many credit cards and Capital One, particularly the Capital One/Neiman Marcus credit card is the worst. They overcharged without letting me know, never informed me I had a balance on my account. I found out myself via credit report (dramatic drop in my credit score). When I called, they promised to correct that, but 12 months passed, nothing happened.
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2016
On September 21, I got an email stating my email address had been updated. The next day, I received a voicemail saying my account was locked and I had to call back their security department to rectify the situation. I have, in the past 2 weeks, called this department several times, and each time the hold time was over 50 minutes, at which point I had to give up and leave a message. They seem to have no sense of urgency returning calls or rectifying problems. It is now October 4, and I am no closer to having this problem fixed, cannot log into my accounts online, or reach anyone to help me.
I was able to log in over the phone and see that on September 21, there were several withdrawals of about $2000, not made by me. This is clearly an issue of fraud, but Capital One 360 doesn't seem to care about letting its customers know about it, and don't care to help address the problem. I am stuck between a rock and a hard place because I can't reach a live person to help, can't log into my accounts, and can't close out my accounts until the problems are resolved. This is by far the worst banking and fraud department I've ever experienced. I will never trust them with my money again. As soon as I'm able, I'm pulling all my money out.
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2016
I jut had a very unpleasant conversation with an argumentative and pushy Capital One manager named Dan (ID **). Last time I called to make a payment, it was the weekend or some other reason for it not to go though that day, so that representative told me I could call back in a few days to have the late fee waved. However, speaking to Dan, he let me know that the fee was waived after cut-off time and because of the fee my new minimum payment had more than tripled. This is not what I was instructed on the first call, but something Dan brashly maintained was their rules.
I'm old school, and think what's promised should be honored. Unfortunately Capital One, or at least not employee **, agrees with that. I have a complaint PO Box address he gave me, but obviously by the time they'll get to my complaint from the PO Box, my credit will be long gone. Thanks Capital One and Dan! Let's see when Karma hits you! Until then, have a nice evening and enjoy your "victory" - it sounded like you truly enjoyed it!
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2016
I always made my payment on time. I had two credit cards with them, one personal and one business. My personal return a payment two times but never the business credit card so Capital One took it upon themselves to cancel both of my credit cards without letting me know at all. Meanwhile I had already paid one full payment of the one that was return. I call and they just tell me they close it and I won't been able to open another credit card with them ever. Very rude and also ruining my credit. Thanks a lot Capital One for being the worst with your customers.
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2016
I purchased tickets from New York Pass through Ticketsatwork.com. I was charged twice for 4 tickets. I was charged 850.98 for 4 tickets. At the time that I was in New York, I didn't realize I had been doubly charged. In addition, when I got to New York and tried to get my 4 ticket books from this company, they said they didn't have my name in the system. I never received anything and was charged double for nothing. What a scam. When I tried to get a refund from Capital One they sent me a letter. They had charged it back to my account. In addition, the letter included a toll-free number of 1-800-887-8643 if I had any questions. When I called this number, it says that the number is not in service. So Capital One will just let you get ripped off and they just don't care. Good luck wasting your time with any disputes if you are double billed or don't receive services or both. I lost a large amount of money here for nothing.
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2016
In the last several years I had many problems with signing in to my account. I appreciate the security but every time I have to reset (often) my password it takes forever and it does not work. I spend countless minutes on the phone with a rep. Finally it works. In the short future it does not give me accesses to my account. It says (OOPS! It does not match what we have on record). Today it did it again. Someone please help me. Should I change banks?
Reviewed Sept. 30, 2016
In order to 'earn' miles, you have to have made travel related purchases to pay off with the miles you earn. And it has to be like within 6 months or something. And if you want to reimburse your ticket, you have to have enough points for the whole ticket price - maybe even 2 tickets if you bought two at once. Good luck figuring out how to do that on your own - I had to call in. The rep was kind enough to go through my statements with me and help me find travel related things to pay with my miles. It's sad. I've also been a customers for well over 5 years. Since then, they've increased my credit limit 1 time. I've had a high balance on this card for almost 2 years. I finally paid it off and requested a credit limit increase in they denied it (3 times in 10 months) because I'm not using enough of my credit line. Seriously? Please don't get this card.
Reviewed Sept. 29, 2016
On September 21, 2016 my Capital One 360 savings account was compromised. I was notified on September 23, 2016, that my savings account had been locked down because of this outside action. I have 2 savings accounts with Capital One 360 and only one of the accounts was compromised when some unknown person opened a checking account and withdrew $2000 from this account. The Capital One rep. who I spoke with said that I would be notified within 24 hours by an investigator from their fraud team. I waited 3 days and spent over 60 minutes per call, 5 calls, to Capital One to get a response on the telephone, and when I did get through, all of the representatives that I talked to told me the same thing, that I would have to wait until they retrieved my funds from the bank where the account was opened and that they could not give me new account numbers until this happened.
At this point the 5th rep. that I talked to, I indicated to her that I no longer wanted to do business with Capital One and I wanted both of my accounts closed and my money sent back to the online account that I used to fund my Capital One accounts. This rep. again told me that I would have to wait 10 days for my funds to be released. I told her that since I was FDIC insured that my funds should be released right away and that their bank could retrieve the fraudulent funds that were withdrawn. I then told her about the Todd-Franklin Act that opened an entity to protect the consumers, The Consumer Protection Act, where you could contact them when your bank was not following FDIC policies.
At this time the rep. from Capital One 360 told me that it was their policy to hold your funds from 5 to 10 days and not the policy of the FDIC. At this point the rep. changed her tone and agreed that per their policy, and since I wanted to close down my accounts, that they would release my funds on the 5th day and send them back to the bank that I used to fund the account. I am supposed to get a callback today, which is September 29, 2016, 8 days after the account was compromised.
This is truly unbelievable that your money is FDIC insured and that you are prevented from getting your own money. I believe that with almost 600,000 verified complaints against Capital One 360 that they are afraid they will have a run on their online bank. Do not bank with Capital One 360 online unless you do not care that you can not access and withdraw your funds when you want them. BEWARE GENERAL PUBLIC.
Reviewed Sept. 27, 2016
New account opened. I asked for wiring instructions to deposit the initial $5000 but was told to just take a picture and deposit it via the website. OK fine. Then they put a hold on the funds. Fine. I expected that. Then I wanted to deposit $3000 additional. Was told to wire it so my bank wired $3000. Now they put a hold on that wire. So in summary CO360 is holding $8000. So I call their 866-464-7761 after receiving notice via email that my funds are not available and unless I call they will close the account.
I'm in Mexico and none of their toll free numbers are available so I spend 3 days with wait times over 1 hour on hold waiting for them to pick up. My phone dies twice. I call, call, and call with no answer ever. What a lack of service, lack of courtesy, lack of customer service. I can talk to the regular customer service but they have no authority so I get transferred. 45 minute minimum hold... for days. It's at the point where I am no longer mad just disappointed with this company. What a joke.
Reviewed Sept. 27, 2016
They locked my account after I opened an account for a week and transferred in a large amount of money. They sent out an email saying I had to call the customer security team. I called many many times but could never go through. I also left messages and sent them emails. I don't know how long I will get this resolved. After it settles, I will transfer my money out and stay away from them forever!!!
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2016
I had an account with Capital One years ago and never had a problem. So I decided to recently open up another one. After receiving the card I got countless emails to activate the card. I finally activated it on August 27,2016. On September 12, I received my first invoice. It showed a late fee of $25 and a activation fee of $79. The due date was SEPTEMBER 2!!! So I call the number on the card to ask how can I get a late fee when the invoice was obviously mailed late, and how can they automatically generate a late fee upon mailing out the invoice! The guy stated the activation fee was supposed to be paid once the card was activated. I told him then my first invoice should be for an activation fee, BUT since they can get their end straight cancel the card!!
He then sends me to a supervisor who now says in order for this to not show on my Credit report as late she'll waive the late fee. I asked her to still cancel the card. Now she's decided to drop the activation fee down to $50 which will show on my new invoice with a due date of Oct. 2. On Sept. 24th I attempt to rent a car because I have a $400 limit. It declined saying I only had $50 on the card for use! Finally call the following Monday am. I'm told I have a $25 late fee that was past due and a $50 fee due on Oct. 2! I asked have the Oct invoiced been mailed out yet and he said they sent that on the 6th of Sept (but as of today I still haven't seen it). Was told there weren't any notes on my account from the 12th.
I'm transferred to a supervisor after 30 min. I explain the entire scenario. She says the $50 is due on Oct 2nd and see the information I was giving her. I ask why the first person couldn't see it. She said because only supervisors can access everything. Customer service can only see online information. LOL! So I explain I'm out of state and need to use the card for rooming. She tells me once the $50 is paid the funds would be available but I had to use a debit card. I repeated back the information she said. I asked her to explain how the invoices are automatically generated with a late fee add, is that what they do to charge extra to their customers. But mysteriously there's an echo in the phone and she can't quite understand me nor can I hear her.
I laugh and tell her that I see she has selective hearing and answers to what she chooses so take the payment so I can use my card. Oh!!! Phone lines clear she's repeating back my debit information with no problem confirmation number on deck!! Then she's hits me with this speech... "Thank you for your payment authorizing $50, your payment will post midnight tonight and your funds will be available tomorrow." LOL!!! YEP!!! She got me for the payment! So I ask for her supervisor and she tries to continue explain the funds being available tomorrow instead of ASAP like she stated. I ask for a corporate number, that was a no go and she finally give me an address to send in my complaint. Hope it's the right one!
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2016
They put customers on hold so long. I ask the rep what if it was life or death, and he said just do whatever you have to do. It is rep # **, and I ask him can I speak because I did not get a word in and he said that he hear me so I said 'can you stop talking and listen to me" and he said no. So that's what brings me here.
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2016
I opened a checking account for my aging mother (with their help), got her social security check being deposited there as well as a small pension. They then froze all funds - $2790 so far. Such will be more to come as I can't redirect the pension and SSN check to a new account in time. They have a copy of my power of attorney and still they hold her funds. I am having to foot all her bills from my account. Total criminals. I will be heading to a new bank Monday to open new accounts for both my mother and I.
Reviewed Sept. 22, 2016
I called about a week ago to have a replacement card sent to me because I used it online and I didn't feel comfortable about the site. The incompetent employee of Capital One Bank closed my account and sent me a new card. I called and ask them why they couldn't give me an answer. I was told since the account is close they can't reopen it and I should have gotten an account closed disclosures which I never received. I did not mention my account to be close I ask for a replacement card. I believe it unfair to me since I didn't close the account, it was an Bank Error, someone should own up and take the responsibility for it, it shouldn't be me. I personal will not do any business with them anymore and also going forward I will tell all my friend and family not to do business with Capital One. I am disgusted by this.
Reviewed Sept. 22, 2016
Capital One's computer system locked me out of my account because I was accessing my account from a new cellphone. I called the Capital One Customer Service number and after navigating their useless phone tree I finally spoke to an individual who was very rude and placed me on eternal hold because they had no clue how to address the issue. This was the first time I had to contact Capital One and the experience was so bad I don't want to carry Capital One in my wallet anymore. Very very poor Customer Service at Capital One.
Reviewed Sept. 22, 2016
Stay away. I was in the process of transitioning from Wells Fargo to Capital One - for both personal & business - and Capital One froze all of my accounts. Upon login, I am forced to call Capital One. The wait time is prolonged, taking 30 to 60 minutes. The support agents are quite rude. Effectively, all of my money is lost in cyberspace. Horrible experience.
Reviewed Sept. 21, 2016
Capital One cancelled my account in a letter they sent to me. The reason was a "pending legal action". I called customer service but no more specifics were given. I went to redeem my rewards and found out that Capital took all of my rewards. Please help.
Reviewed Sept. 21, 2016
Got my 300 limit card to help build my credit August 3rd. Payment was due sep 3 2016. So I put my account information in for my bank account. Yeah they held the payment for 10 days. Showed on my credit report that it was paid... WRONG, the money never cleared my bank account when I called they sent me to the fraud department and told me that I was wrong for paying my 319.30 payment and that is why they held the payment. ME: "WHY THE HELL WOULD I JUST PAY 300.00 if the bill tells me to pay 319.30?" Thats what I will pay. NO ONE will ever convince me otherwise.
So finally after going to the bank, checking the account making sure everything is OK. I receive a letter stating my account is being closed for lack of payment and Fraudulent activity. I called and got the BS runaround about them not being able to reopen the account or take any other payment method other than the "FRAUDULENT BANK ACCOUNT ATTACHED" to the account. They screw up now, I'm screwed. Any suggestions? I'm also sick of talking to non-English speaking people that never listen to what you are saying. I'm over it... Advice please!
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2016
Capital one claimed I opened a credit card account a few years ago, which I didn't. They went as far as to fake a application from a prior account that was discharged a year before in chapter 7 bankruptcy. They sent me a summons to go to court so I settled the debt for 2400.00. Because it would of cost over 3000.00 if I went to court. I had them send me proof of charges and they all matched a different card I have, they didn't care if I had proof. Any lawyers on here think I have a case of fraud against them??
Reviewed Sept. 18, 2016
For about a year I was receiving pre-approved credit cards in the mail, at least twice a week. I would get it open it and then off the shredder it went. Well last week I went to check my credit report and to my surprise there was a Capital One credit listed with a $300 credit limit, and starting in February 2014 to July 2016 they made 40 inquiries into my credit check. Called Capital One and was fuming. They claim it was ID theft. Say BS, they open account under my name. Now the fun part - trying to get off of my credit report. Everyone check your reports, this is the same thing Wells Fargo was doing. Help!!!
Reviewed Sept. 16, 2016
I redeemed the miles on my account. That led to restrictions on the account so I could not redeem miles. I was asked to provide social security card, driver's license and utility bill. I provided the documents. I was asked to send documents again. However, the documents are not what they want, they just don't want you to redeem those miles. Repeated phone calls and hours on hold did not convince them of my identity. Beware of redeeming miles, if you do they will harass you enough that you would never do that again. So much for "no hassle rewards." I closed all of my Capital One accounts. Who wants to deal with a company that behaves this way?
Reviewed Sept. 15, 2016
To start with, Capital One prefers using snail mail, FAX and phone calls. I find this SO irritating, old-fashioned and annoying. It's beyond words. They WILL NOT allow me to email or upload anything even to my secure message center. Main reason for this complaint is I've been "working" with Capital One dispute resolution for weeks to overturn a charge from Airbnb for a cancelled reservation. The room was booked and cancelled within 24 hours and I'm allowed to get a refund minus a small fee. I have NOT received the refund from Airbnb and Capital One seems unable or unwilling to resolve this in my favor. I had a CitiBank VISA card lost and CitiBank resolved over $3,000 in charges with one phone call. American Express is even easier. I will never use or recommend Capital One credit card. Furthermore, when I called to see if they could switch me to a rewards card, they said "no".
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2016
I am writing about Capital One's customer service. In July of 2015, I had noticed that my cards were being hacked by the bogus charges on my account. I contacted Capital One immediately to have them shut down my accounts because of fraudulent activities on my accounts. They did not shut them down and my money was taken out and then they had the nerve to tell me that I owe the money. I just want them to take me to court and tell the judge that what they did. Why they didn't shut down my accounts, I have no idea. They are totally in the wrong!
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2016
We open our account for online access since they don't have local branch in California. It's a mistake. We could not login after verification and we call customer service 3 times a day on 9/12/2016 to get help. We were put on long hold a disconnected. We never be able to access our account, again!!! So is our money.
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2016
Ours is a long story - year over year shut-off during travel, despite following all of Capital One's notification rules: We hold a Capital One Visa Signature Account with a very large limit. We use this account FOR EVERYTHING! We pay every bill we can, and all day to day purchases with this card, paying the balance in full every month. We do this because we do appreciate the point system! It is a very good program. To be fair, we have never had any issues with our account for our day to day purchases. Never an error or duplication and, if we suspected a problem, they have always helped us should a dispute be necessary. Our problems occur when we travel. We travel frequently - for business and pleasure... And thus our story begins...
March 2015, when booking a trip to Playa Del Carmen, MX, the charge was denied, despite our call to inform Capital One we were going to be making a purchase in Mexico - We followed all the guidelines and rules and it still did not work. We were in Las Vegas at the time which made the situation even more inconvenient (keep in mind, we called ahead of time - following their rules). The matter was eventually resolved but with a large amount of time on the phone and multiple calls to Mexico, asking their accountants to run the payment many times before the payment went through.
May 2016, Returned to Playa, MX and after being there 2 days, a charge gets denied. We called before leaving the US to inform that we would be traveling but after two days of spending, the fraud alert suddenly kicks in??? Again, vacation time spent on the phone, sorting out the issue. Multiple representatives made apologies and stated they would "note the account". Two days later, still in Playa, MX on the same trip, another denial and repeat of steps above... Whew!
June 2016, Entire family travels to Hawaii (total 2 adults/3 teenagers). We call Capital One ahead of time to inform them we are traveling because, we do not want to get that far away from home (Cincinnati, Oh) with our kids, and have any issues. Representatives explain that we did not need to call since this is a trip within the 50 United States - that this trip is considered domestic travel. Guess What??? EVEN WORSE!!! Second day in Honolulu, not just a denied charge - TOTAL SHUT OFF OF OUR CARDS!!! My fiancé spent hours on the phone with Reps, Supervisors, telling them over and over that we called ahead and that we were told this wasn't an issue and that we are in Hawaii with our children on vacation. One man had basically told my husband that he couldn't help us and that we would have to write a letter and send verification to reinstate our account!!!
My fiancé finally told them that we literally spend many thousands of dollars/month with their company and if our track record of good standing and our past patterns did not speak to this outrageous situation, that we were going to sue, on principle, even if it costs us a fortune! (Basically, he had a temper fit and I guess this got the guy on the phone to do something). Meanwhile, we are all sitting in our hotel room, wasting precious vacation time on the islands. After 4.5 hours of phone time, the card was turned back on. No compensation or apologies were offered - nothing to make up for the inconvenience.
Aug 2016 - In Las Vegas again, first day there - DENIED! Called in and, admittedly, we were furious and sternly told the Rep that we were in Vegas and reminded them that we have been told repeatedly (and this is stated on the website) that we are traveling domestically so why are they denying us??? We did get an apology and was transferred to the fraud department to a VERY RUDE LADY who lectured us on calling in before travel??? OMG!!! Which we did, even for this domestic trip, because of our past experiences!!! The issue was eventually sorted out but we spent almost two hours on the phone sorting this out - AGAIN, during our travel time!
September 10, 2016 (TODAY!) After years of living as partners, we have decided to get married. We have been kicking around how and where and decided to combine our marriage with a 'Bucket List' Trip. Therefore, in the past month, we have been making arrangements with a wedding planner in Santorini, Greece. When it came time to pay the deposits, we both go very nervous. I know, I know... Why would we keep the Capital One at this point. Truth is, we don't have domestic problems at home. And we REALLY enjoy the points. This perk saved them our business, multiple times. So... after we put our fear aside, we set up a Skype call in the middle of the night last night (7 hour diff between here and Greece) to lock down next steps and pay deposits with the Resort & Wedding Venue.
This morning, we got up early and called Capital One. We spoke at length with the rep, explaining we would be make two purchases utilizing the Greek International bank named Alpha. We explained the amounts (in Euros and US Dollars) and that one would hit today, and the other within the next few days. The rep told us that she had "noted the account" and we were all set! So, we opened the website and entered the payment. CAN YOU GUESS WHAT HAPPENED??? Yep! Denial! And when we called back, we got a rep, named Yat (sp) who proceeded to lecture us on the purpose of the Capital One Fraud Protection Program... ARE YOU FLIPPING KIDDING ME!!!??!!! We just told this person to be silent and pass us to a Supervisor. They placed us on hold for over 15 minutes - for real, no exaggeration.
We actually giggled together and deducted that perhaps this was their best practice - to give an irate customer 'cool down' time? Maybe? A Supervisor, named Tabby, from the Fraud alert dept jumped on and, once we got the charge for one down payment to go through, we told her that there would be another, within the next few days, explaining the amount and the venue - everything. She proceeded to explain that she "COULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE CHARGE WOULD GO THROUGH". We were shocked. Excuse me??? She proceeded to give us the same lecture that the first guy had done... "Capital One Fraud protection is for you... Ya ya ya."
My fiancé finally cut her off and explained "WE KNOW! And we appreciate it! But right now, this program is preventing your customer from doing what we want to do! How can we fix this?" Basically, she said, she can't. No guarantees that the second charge will work. So... Here we are. Praying that the Wedding Venue and Resort do not get DENIED when they try to run our downpayment for our wedding date reservation, as we have already provided them our Card info. This being the #1 wedding destination in Europe, time is important and each day delayed, increases that chances loss of availability for the dates we have chosen.
In closing, Capital One Credit Card Company has not hurt us from a financial standpoint. We both have excellent credit and we have always agreed with the transactions reported on our statements. However, it's the customer service and the Fraud protection practices that are most likely going to force us to take our business elsewhere. From our standpoint, and to explain it from an emotional point of view, we are being victimized by the Fraud protection program, during our special trips with family. And, to add insult to injury, when we call for help, we either get lectured about stuff we already know and the necessary actions that we already did - per their rules, or we have gotten a rep who was very rude and condescending.
At the risk of sounding biased, which we are not, We once had a woman from the fraud department, who was obviously **, yell at us saying "You need to call us before you travel, Sir!" despite us having just told her we did and always do! To check the notes! Which she did and then said, "Well, then I can't help you!" HUH??? WHAT??? What kind of answer is that???
CAPITAL ONE - PLEASE READ THIS REVIEW. It is not too late for someone to fix this situation and save the loss of good customers!!! Do something! Our discussions with Supervisors have not corrected this recurring situation. PLEASE HELP!!! One additional call out - your reps do not accurately note the account when people call in. We have had reps read back to us, some of the notes on our account, from prior calls and they are laughable. One even noted we were calling to dispute a charge in Mx - WE HAD CALLED BECAUSE A CHARGED WAS BEING DENIED!!! Bad documentation of customer needs and concerns will burn you! Nearly all our calls have been because of travel denials.
Reviewed Sept. 8, 2016
They have a really ineffective customer service. They upgraded my cards but did not give me sign up bonus. I called them to cancel my upgrade before getting my new cards. They told they cant. They have policies which dont care about customer satisfaction.
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2016
No use in paying this credit card early. No use in paying it late... either way you're charged a late fee. I am never late. Always pay ahead of billing cycle and have been charged numerous times for late fees... and to top it off they won't fix it. They only let put back one late fee a year. I work nights sleep days... can't call.
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2016
I received my credit card and was not charged interest for a certain amount of time. Once my time ran out I started having to pay interest. Also at the same time I would try and log into the area where I could pay my bill and was unable to till the day after my payment was due and was then charged a late payment. Then because it started to go over my limit with the fees I was then charged fees for being over my limit. Trying to fix my credit with this card was not the best way. I have been in court and lawyers continue to contact me. I only owed a bit over $500. It is now up to almost $3000.00 because of fees and me giving up.
Reviewed Sept. 6, 2016
I already have 2 credit card and had checking account with this bank till last week. While I was depositing money through ATM, money got stuck inside during daytime. I called the 800 number and they told me they are going to credit this deposit amount to my account. But instead of credit, they freaking shut my account down and send me a letter that pretty much says nothing. Letter says they can close anybody's account with no explanation. That's it. What a business mentality! All I did deposit money through ATM god's sake!
Reviewed Sept. 6, 2016
They make too many mistakes. I have a Capital One 360 account that was originally an ING account. I would be out $1790 if I didn’t catch their mistake, then I asked them for my statements going back which they sent, and they send me somebody else’s statements.
Updated review: Sept. 14, 2016
They corrected the error.
Original Review: Sept. 6, 2016
I have been receiving emails from Capital One that are intended to someone else. It has been too long that I am complaining and asking for the removal of my email from their mailing list. Now I am going to post as many complaints online and hopefully someone answers to my request. This is an absurd, for me, that tell how much of their clients security they are concerned for. I am not the person to whom the email is intended for. This email has always been mine (I use it for over 15 years) and from my knowledge my account was never hacked. So, please, remove my email from your database.
Reviewed Sept. 6, 2016
First, let me say I applied for this card, in part, due to info on creditcardforum.com. That was mistake number one. I just posted my Capital One horror story to help others that visit that site. It was gone in an hour. Poof. I was approved for a Capital One secured card. They said when they received my $99 deposit ELECTRONICALLY they would ship the card two to three weeks later. I got the card today after 17 days. It said on the card to call and activate. When I called, the automated voice said the card was flagged for fraudulent use. How so?! It wasn't activated?
I spoke with an Indian gentleman who claimed his name was (ahem) "Leroy". Leroy went into a mantra about being concerned with protecting my identity, what with so much identity theft today. Yeah, identity theft is a big concern for poor people who have to apply for SECURED cards. And, bear in mind, my wife received a regular Capital One card five days after being approved. Too, she was able to activate it without ever speaking to anyone.
So I give Leroy my name, social security number, my phone number, A SECOND PHONE NUMBER, and he says he's going to ask me some public information questions to ensure I'm me. At that point, I lost patience and said, "No, no, no, no, no. Cancel the account and refund my $99 deposit." He says, "Uh, hold on." After five minutes, he returns and starts flapping about me being responsible for any charges to the card. I'm like, "What charges? YOU never ACTIVATED it!" He says to ignore anything that doesn't pertain to me. He rambles for another three minutes about things that have nothing to do with me or the never-activated card.
Then he says the deposit will be MAILED after two billing cycles. What billing cycle? How do you bill a card that was not activated? I say, "You mean two months?" He says yes. Two months... So a total of at least three months of interest they make off me. Before I hung up, I told "Leroy" if I didn't get my money in two months I would contact the Illinois Attorney General. Please, people, spread the word. Do not trust Capital One, nor sites like creditcardforum.com that say only pleasant things about a business!
Reviewed Sept. 4, 2016
I have a credit card with this company, which I pay in full every month. I tried to log in today to my account, and failed. I called and spoke with customer service. She checked my information and said the date of birth I reported was incorrect. I said "No, Capital One entered my incorrect date of birth." The rep corrected the DOB in the system. She said she could send me a temporary password via email. The email never arrived, even though the customer rep said she sent it four times. She put me through to technical support, but there was no answer. I called back and was told that I had no account online. Also, I could not sign up online because I had to wait 72 hours due to the change of date of birth.
I spoke with a supervisor to waive the 72 hours and she said that could not be done, and that I should not have reported the incorrect birth date. I made it clear that at age 63, I know my date of birth, and the error was on Capital One's part - a data entry error. This all took 35 minutes of my Sunday. What a waste, and all for nothing. I hate this company. I would close the card account but it will hurt my credit score. To avoid more problems, I'll just use this card for parking meters to keep the charges low. What a pathetic company.
Reviewed Sept. 4, 2016
I purchased something from the UK and my credit card was rejected. I called Capital One and they stated the reason was that the company was not in the USA. They did not call me, I had to call Capital One. After verifying I was who I said I was "many times" the transaction was authorized. Fortunately I was available, not out of the country and without internet service. Capital One advertises international transactions without fees, but apparently Capital One makes it very hard to make these purchases. I am scheduled to travel soon and concerned Capital One will reject my card and I will not be able to respond.
Reviewed Sept. 1, 2016
My husband was in a dental office trying to use the Capital One Venture card, and it got declined. I was 10 days late on a $52 payment which I made through my bank and it was processing today. But when I called Capital One to ask why they declined the charge, I was told they didn't show the payment being made yet. I explained that it was made and it would hit their account today. I have a $148 balance on my account with a $3000 credit line, and I owe less than $100 after the $52 payment hits.
I spoke to a representative and a supervisor and was told they couldn't take the hold off my account without another payment being made. So I paid off the $97.27 and told them I would never use Capital One again for anything! In fairness, the supervisor that tried to help me was polite, but ultimately didn't have the authorization to help me. I worked for a Fortune 50 company for 10 years and I understand how this works. But there should have been someone - this could be escalated to to fix my concern. For $52 they just lost a long time customer for life.
Reviewed Aug. 31, 2016
Deceptive, poor service, unethical, and exceptionally rude. I recently attempted to switch, admittedly enamored with the ease of their mobile banking tools. What a huge mistake. It was a disaster from the start. In every way. They are the 'if it seems too good to be real, it is' bank. They are like the overly friendly, overly casual, come on too strong new acquaintance, the one where gut tells you something is sinister and explosive and not to be trusted (no one is that - energetic, perfect, friendly, etc). And then 'bam', the wingnut comes out in a narcissistic/BPD way. That is Capital One - and I thought Spark Business was operated more autonomously - had both personal and business. NOPE. This bank will crumbled for sure!
Do not, do not, do not make the same mistake. There are others that are much better. Capital One used to be an afterthought; the nerdy kid that blossomed over the summer and turned into an ** as well. Their hold times are surreal - and the automated voice actually says this, which captures their infantile business ego and says it all: "I know you're tired of being on hold. I get it. But, try and be me. I'm an automated voice. I have to keep repeating the same thing over and over all day." And that makes it all ok. Genius. Run. Don't Walk. Awful.
Reviewed Aug. 31, 2016
I applied for a card from Capital One on July 26 and was immediately approved. Cards came in the mail and I called to activate them. They then said they needed me to send a front and back scan of my driver's license to confirm my identity. This was sent and they still did not activate the cards. I called them and they said they could not read the barcode on the card. I spoke to someone again on August 29 and re-sent the driver's license plus my W2 and even my passport to confirm my ID. The lady said she would get it resolved and call me back the same day. 48 hours later still no callback. I called again and was told the account is closed because their "investigator" could not confirm my ID and that I needed to reapply for the card. Needless to say this company is about as bad as it gets when it comes to customer service. I finally gave up and put the cards through the shredder.
Reviewed Aug. 28, 2016
August 12 a devastating flood took over numerous parishes in Louisiana. Individuals as well as businesses were inundated. A gentleman from Capital One location that I do business with telephoned me one evening and let me know the building was flooded. He told me I need to go to the building itself and get my belongings from my safe deposit box. "Please go between the hours of 10:00 and 2:00. We will have a member of our staff there to serve you." In the midst of cleaning, scrubbing and surviving, I have stopped my days several times over to get to the bank at this designated time. No one except the demolition crew is present.
I have made numerous telephone calls to the local as well as the main office branches of Capital One. No return calls as promised! At such a stressful time, when I NEED my belongings that I pay to have safely secured in times such as these, I cannot get to them. This has added more anxiety to my life and many other individuals as well. This is not acceptable. I NEED the funds and paperwork that is safely secured in their vault. I am getting more frustrated daily. I had no other opportunity to express my needs than to put it on Facebook and in Capital One's reviews.
Reviewed Aug. 24, 2016
Got a credit card with Capital One Bank thinking it was a No Annual Fee. Got the first statement with a annual fee of $75.00 and line read "from September 2016 to August 2017" so I call and cancel the card intermediately and asked to cancel the annual fee and they say we can only give you $25.00 credit. And I mention "How can you charge annual fee for Services that you have not provided yet? Is not September yet. We are in August 2016." They only credit me $25.00 and I have to paid due to I do not want bad credit on my Credit Report and they know that. That is the reason why they do it but Where is the Government? This bank should be close intermediately by regulators. They will continue to do this "SCAM" until our government put a stop to it.
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2016
My husband and I refinanced our home with a cash out to pay off some bills. The title company mailed us the checks endorsed to the creditors themselves. After speaking with the person at the title company in charge of our refinance funds...she misunderstood me when I said I was paying for 1 account by mailing overnight 2 accounts in person and 1 account (Capital One) online since there are no Capital One banks in our state. I was not told they block online payments with their checks. Once I saw that the check to pay off the balance was kicked back I called Capital One, spoke with a lady explaining everything - I was NOT ONCE told that my account would be closed. I asked for the over night delivery payment address and mailed out the actual check within a couple hours.
When I went to check my account this morning it showed my account is restricted. I thought ok, they are just blocking payments temporarily due to the large payment being kicked back. They will speak with me and everything will be corrected. When I finally go through to someone, I was told my account is closed, there is nothing they can do about it and I am welcome to re apply for another card. After having my card for years and having a good standing with Capital One I was shocked that they wouldn't call me or contact me to make sure that nothing fraudulent was going on. They just said, "this is our policy. You broke the policy." Basically I have been with a company for years that does NOT take care of LONG standing, GOOD standing account holders.
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2016
Ok so everything was going good with Capital One. It was a new card. I've been paying excellent and trying to leave a $0 balance at the end of every statement but all of a sudden I make a payment and check back to make sure my payment has cleared and Capital One has restricted my account. So I call in and they tell me my account has been restricted because they suspect fraudulent activity on my account and request and then they ask about some authorized users I have on my account (which I know nothing about) and they tell me I need to send in an ID and ssn for each person on there.
And now I'm trying to tell them I want to cancel the card and report fraud on Tim account and they're telling me there is nothing I can do at this point but send in the info. So now I'm perplexed at how someone can do fraud on my account and I'm being penalized for it!!! I was trying to rebuild my credit and now I have a bunch of inquiries and nobody will touch me and I just recently for a credit line increase from Cap One. I don't know what to do. Someone help me please!!!
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2016
While Reviewing my statement on the 8/08/2016, I noticed few charges that were not made by me. Right away I notified the customer service and submitted the claim and replaced my debit card. Today is 8/22/2016 and there had been no communication from the capital one representative at all. They did not ask me for any more information nor they bother to call me to give me status update.
I call them today to get the status update and the representative could not assist with the status update so I ask for the supervisor and few minutes later I get this rude lady name tracy as capital one supervisor, who would not let me finish my sentence and keep on interrupting me. Her attitude was the worst I have gotten from capital one employees.
So finally I tell her that I just need to know the status update and she comes back with that they decline my claim without any proof or any explanation. She tells me I need to directly deal with the merchants to get the credit back. I notified her that I already tried to call them but there is no response, she responded with "well there is nothing we can do." I ask her, "Well can I get what proof you guys have that you are not helping me resolve this issue appropriately?" She cuts me off before I could even finish the whole sentence and said that "I am not going to go back and forth with you on this." She said, "You need to contact corporate, I can't help you."
She gave me the corporate information and hung up on me. 1680 Capital one, Dr. Mclean VA 22102 -3491 - 703-720-2500 - corporate headquarter, representative: **. I like capital one but I don't deserve to be treated like this. I earn my money working hard every day and the last thing I want is to be disrespected like this by someone who is not happy to be there providing customer service.
Reviewed Aug. 17, 2016
Ok I happened to stumble on this review and I was surprised to see so many 1 star reviews? Here's my story... Few years back I let my girlfriend's mother use my Credit Card BOA at Best Buy to buy an HP pavilion. I told her to use her address for the billing and just pay the bills. All is cool! BOA calls me about 8 months after purchase and asks me when I'm going to make a payment on outstanding debts? I was like what? I look at the billing on my card and her Mom was paying the bill 30 days late 3 times, 60 days late 1 times, and 9 times late 4 times... I was out of my mind pissed off! I went berserk. Told them to pay it off in totality. I then purchased a $4000 car for my girlfriend with the BOA card but noticed my interest was like 26%!
About a year or two went by, and someone said "hey you try Credit Karma?" I was like "no what's that!" I signed up, and logged on Credit Karma and it said my horrible credit was going up again and showed me an ad about Capital One credit card no interest for 1 year! I decided to look into it and transferred my entire balance from BOA to Capital One. Now there was a mix-up. CP said it was BOA and BOA said it was CP. I've no idea but the transfer took 3 days longer than it should have! I then made the same payment on CP card and no interest! They then told me because on my outstanding payment history they wanted to raise my credit from $5000 to $10,000. I was like "hell yeah!" I paid most of the card off and they sent me a letter saying my Card activity was so good they wanted to upgrade me to a rewards card called Quicksilver! Basically every purchase money is given to my card to do with as I see fit...
I did so and about 6 months ago made a 360 Savings account. Liked it so much as the Interest rate was superior to BOA .02%. 3 months ago I made a CP Checking account also. So far everything has been amazing! My Credit has shot back up to 772. I haven't had any issues at all, albeit taking 3 days for transfers to register at CP Bank.
Check this out. You won't believe me but I'm going to tell you anyway, when I made my Checking account the CP person asked how I like CP so far I said "so far awesome." I wanted to see their banking and maybe transfer my BOA account over entirely... He says to me "Ask me how I can help you more today Marc." I said "what?" He says it again "Ask me how I can help you more today Marc." So I repeated what he said, and he says "Oh well for asking Marc. We at CP appreciate your business and as such we can lower your interest rate by 7% for the next 4 months!" I was like "Sweet. Do it!"
So in closing my experience with CP has been great! They are pain in the ass things like only being able to use Allpoint ATMS without paying, and trying to transfer funds over is lengthy. But it's FREE! I pay nothing for them to hold my $$$$ and they give me a decent rate of returns. I think CP is good. I'm not sure what the others have problems with. Maybe they have trouble with everything? For me, I pay my bills, watch my account and try to be frugal mostly using Amazon as my purchases and CP has been great! I may swap my BOA over to CP and I've been with BOA since they were called Bay Bank!
Reviewed Aug. 17, 2016
A bank I rarely use was charged with a Cap One payment. They proved that I didn't make the payment. They were not helpful in making sure they took away that charge. Instead they put it on my bank to get rid of the charge. I did an online chat and phone call and neither person was helpful. Really upset I chose Capital One instead of a different company.
Reviewed Aug. 16, 2016
I have had the same experience with requests for credit line increases as a number of others on this site. In the 2 years I have had my Quicksilver card, I have never made payments of less than the full balance or 3-5 times the minimum payment. Yet when I recently requested a credit line increase, I received several form and apparently computer generated denials saying that my average payments were less than the minimum payments. Thinking this was a mistake, I continued to submit requests online but only received the same form letter. Calls to the company were of no avail as the representatives, while sympathetic could or would not do anything. I finally sent a letter to the CEO and managed to at least get a response from a named employee. However, all she did was refer to the same computer generated form letter. When I called her, she was less than professional, and repeated the same non-response to my inquiry.
There is something clearly wrong with this computer driven system and the total incompetence and lack of professionalism has led me to close the several accounts I have with the company and maintain the credit card only as a very last resort for my credit needs. The common thread from my experience and many complaints on this site seems to be a steadfast refusal to acknowledge when they have make a mistake and to try to correct it. It is as if the employees are programmed, single focused and will not entertain any concern that calls into question their programmed responses. There seems to be little regard for their customers and I can only surmise it is their view that customers are a dime a dozen and so what if they lose a few.
Reviewed Aug. 16, 2016
First off, I had to wait a month to get my card to begin with. I received about a dozen pre-approvals from Capital One before my card could even get to my house. Clearly their priorities are a little off in that regard. I have paid Capital One early since having the card. I made a payment in full early for only $318 and had the funds taken from my bank account. On the app for Capital One it showed my balance was brought back to $0 and my payment was posted on their app. I went to pay for my bill out at a restaurant and was declined. I checked the app and it showed that my available credit was $0 even with my balance being $0.
So I called and was told that they had placed a 5 day hold on my $318. We called my bank to verify funds and was told that it was pending and would be cleared tonight because it was done over the weekend. But they still refused to remove the hold after being on the phone for over 20 minutes. A complete waste of time and holding up the waiter and embarrassing me and my date because they "reserve the right to place holds on payments until the funds clear". I am somewhat familiar with Regulation CC and was not aware that a hold under $5000 could be placed for 5 days without it being an exception under very specific reasons, none of which I fell into. I had to pay my bill another way after wasting my time and being completely inconvenienced.
When I called back to report a complaint and ask for a survey, I was questioned as to what the purpose of the survey was for and when deemed to be a complaint, was sent to someone else who took my complaint verbally. I did not feel comfortable leaving a verbal complaint because who knows where that goes. Then was told they could remove the hold tomorrow as if doing me a favor, I told them I was still unhappy. That does not go back and not inconvenience me or pay my bill. I was then told "well you have that option or you can just wait for the normal hold time" (3 more days) when they are fully aware already that funds will be cleared tonight. Very upset with the service.
Reviewed Aug. 15, 2016
I inadvertently paid a duplicate payment which Capital One refuses to acknowledge. My credit score is over 800 and I learned how add and subtract in grammar school.
Reviewed Aug. 13, 2016
Pre-approved credit cards and online applications cause serious problems with identity theft. When you don't file for credit cards, you don't worry. My father has 9 Capital One credit cards that he did not apply for. They refuse to send a list of charges and refuse to send signature cards even after you have lawyers send a subpoena. We have called and filed several fraud reports over and over. Filed identity theft charges at the police station. We got it as far as a preliminary hearing for the CRIMINAL that did this, but not just Capital One, ALL the credit cards companies never replied or complied with the court-ordered subpoena. This is absolutely outrageous and sends a message to identity thieves that it is OK to steal from people. You won't ever get caught. If I didn't comply with a court order, I'd be held in contempt of court. What makes you or anyone else so special and exempt?
Capital One does not care about financial abuse caused by identity theft against a 72 yr old, widowed, disabled veteran: a man who has had 2 strokes and hasn't been able to read anymore for the last 6 years. He can't even use the internet. Let alone fill out online applications. The identity thief has been encouraged to pay off the accounts, which has happened but dad's credit score is 430 and the man can't even get approved to rent at a disabled veterans senior assisted living facility. Capital One is not the only company that did not comply with court orders, also US bank, Merrick Bank, Juniper Card, 123 Rewards visa, Lowe's, WalMart. None complied.
Unprofessional, uncaring, and plain disgusting. Get it together and maybe become a little more cautious when it seems a person over 65 is applying online for 9 cards to do balance transfers and pay for the identity thief's own credit card balances. Glad you guys were aware enough to catch all that Ponzi scheming, not to mention money laundering and conversion between accounts. Do they even KNOW what suspicious activity IS??? SARS reports? What's that? Oh, that thing you guys ignore when you call over 40 times to resolve an identity theft dispute. They let this one just fly right by. Money hungry, financially abusive, identity theft enablers.
The next time you see a commercial that says, "Capital One: what's in your wallet" make sure it isn't in someone else's wallet because they're really not paying attention. As long as the card is being used, they don't really care whose wallet it is in. I would highly recommend you check your credit regularly, NEVER apply for a credit card online, and if you are an identity thief, I know you love that Cap 1 is such an easy target. Reading all these reports, OBVIOUSLY you already know. Stop online applications! BOYCOTT Capital One and make sure that if you have an account, you have the actual card in your wallet.
Reviewed Aug. 12, 2016
I as applied for a Capital One credit card... Quick silver. I tried to active my card. It said there is some fraudulent activity on my account which is a lie, I never activated it. I didn't report my card lost or stolen. They reported me to transunion credit service. I can never get a credit card from any company that will stay on my file for 7 years. I did nothing wrong. Capital One had no reason or proof of fraud. Whoever you are if you are reading this do not I repeat don't ** with Capital One they will ruin you. I'm filing a suit on Capital One. This is the worst company in the world. Stay away!!!
Reviewed Aug. 10, 2016
My two kids and I were forced to find other lodging, in spite of a confirmation number. I couldn't believe they still charged my credit card number. Do you think Capital One would stand behind me in this fraud? No they didn't. After 2 decades, I am no longer their cardholder! Good riddance - they are not in my wallet. And the little Beaver Dam Lodge won't have their pilfering paws in my wallet either.
Reviewed Aug. 10, 2016
I have excellent credit and have never been turned down for a credit card until now. I didn't get it, so I installed Credit Karma to see what was going on, but it still looked good. When I got the letter of explanation from Cap. One it said I was denied because I had applied for a different Capital One credit card recently. In their "terms" it said that you could be denied if you applied to 2 or more Cap. One cards in 60 days, hence I thought they only counted the one that I already had in hand. Kind of deceiving. Also, Cap. One gives you hard hits on your credit score so applying for this card made my score worse. Too bad for Cap. One, because I was going to use this new card as my primary card.
Reviewed Aug. 10, 2016
I tried using my card and got declined at the store. This has NEVER happened to me. I have always made my payments and been on top of even over paying. I called to try and find out what was going on. I had made a $748 payment in the month of June. I did not receive a bill for the month of July. I assumed that since I had made such a significant payment that it had just carried over. So, I clearly thought it would do the same for August. I was wrong. After explaining my situation to Eva (who apparently as she stated, does not have a boss who speaks on the phone) she told me that the balance would not carry over and kept repeating how I had "failed to make my payment" OVER AND OVER as if I were some moron.
I explained to her that I had thought since I did NOT receive a statement for the month of July that it would have been the same since I had not used my card until now. She told me that if I didn't check my email, which I do, that I would not have seen it. I asked her if she saw where the email got sent out for July because I NEVER RECEIVED A STATEMENT. She kept speaking to me like a child. I was completely furious at this point and decided I would just cancel my business as soon as I got my card paid off. ALL BECAUSE OF EVA. She is the absolute worse customer service representative I have ever spoken with in my life. Good job Capital One on your hiring skills. I did not even want to give a star but had to!
Reviewed Aug. 10, 2016
I applied for a credit because it said no annual fee. First time using the card they charged me an annual fee, turned around and reversed the charges but then stated I will be charged a fee the following year even after I send info stating I wasn't suppose to be charged a fee. I feel I was lied to just to become a new customer sad. But guess that's how it goes, I fax over all my info and they still telling me I will be charge a fee from here on out!!! Wish I knew from the start this would happen. I sent all the info the sent me saying I won't be charge annual fee but yet they charging me. I just don't understand that. Oh wait and claim they never receive my faxes. Kind of convenient huh???
Reviewed Aug. 10, 2016
I opened a Secured Debit card with Capital One. For those of you unfamiliar with secured debit cards it's basically only for people who do not qualify for a real credit card due to horrible credit score. So they allow you to deposit your own money and you get charged interest on your own money to build up credit. So I deposited $200 and things were going just fine. A few months down the line Capital One offered me to up my credit to $500. Meaning I have an extra $300 of real credit available and $200 of my own cash in the card. But when canceled my card they said I was going to get my deposit back and they only refunded me $49 out of my $200. They are sure making a profit out of other people's money. Capital One is Stealing my initial $200 deposit.
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2016
I made the mistake of purchasing a lottery ticket with a Capital One card. I was unaware that this constituted a cash advance, and when speaking with customer service, I was quoted the terms of agreement signed a decade ago. There is no such thing as a gesture of good faith with this company. They have no desire to retain customers.
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2016
Used Capital for taking a Mediterranean cruise, got overcharged in Croatia restaurant and Capital One keeps refusing to protect me from a bait and switch scam at Proto Fish Restaurant. We are still going back and forth trying to settled it. Won't use them again!
Reviewed Aug. 5, 2016
I requested an increased line of credit. I received a form letter declining my request with the reason "average monthly payment has been too low". Since my monthly payments have ranged between $500-$1000 per month for the past year, this is clearly an inaccurate assessment. I've called and 'chatted' with this company a minimum of 5 times to determine what they are using for information to review my account. The reps and managers can see exactly where I have questions and concerns, and they have ZERO ability to refer me to a department or give me any credible information as to the source of their decisions. I have a credit score of over 800, years of credit history and I pay hundreds of percentage points over the minimum required and I have never had a late payment. I look forward to paying the remainder of my balance and NEVER using this card again!
Reviewed Aug. 2, 2016
My husband and I have used the Capital One credit card for years. Since the very beginning the system was unable to understand that both of us need to EQUALLY access or monitor the activity on the account. My husband (the primary on the account) has called repeatedly to try and make ME the primary or somehow enable both of us to act as the primary so that I can make adjustments to the account. I too work full time and pay all of the bills. My money is used to pay the bills too but the system somehow won't allow me to make the necessary adjustments to the account. We have tried and tried to get them to understand this calling, writing etc. but they just don't seem to be able to make the necessary changes to enable me to call and make adjustments.
Over the years we have had a number of fraudulent activities on the account. I have been unable to take care of these issues because I am not the primary. This is beyond frustrating. Most recently we received an email stating that our mailing address had been successfully changed. We didn't change our address. When I looked at our credit card information online, our address had changed from one state to another all the way across the country. I called to notify the fraud dept. that this was not accurate however, I couldn't successfully interact with anyone because I was not the primary.
In addition I simply could not understand the person on the other line because she had such a heavy accent. I had to ask for another assistant so that I could actually converse. I Sat on the phone for over 20 minutes waiting for Destiny to simply tell me what the company says over and over. "We can't talk to YOU, we have to talk to your husband."
When my husband finally found some time in his day (he is an insanely busy at work) he called the number that Destiny said was her direct line and waited nearly hour for Destiny. He was so sketched-out by the weird phone number, odd name, heavy accents and incredibly wait time that he said "forget it, we'll find another credit card company." What an unprofessional company! Why doesn't the company figure this out? Many of my friends that are high net worth individuals simply have their bookkeepers take care of these issues. Why can't I, the wife, monitor the account? We are done with this company as their customer service is insanely AWFUL. This is laughable.
Reviewed Aug. 1, 2016
I have had a Capital One Master Card for a number of years, always paid on time and have had very few complaints -- until June 30, 2016. I was a few days away from taking a trip overseas when I discovered that my Capital One Master Card was missing, I take very few credit cards with me whenever I travel out of the US and like to use Capital One Master card as they do not charge a foreign transaction fee. So I called Master Card right away and asked for a replacement card. I was told that due to the long 4th of July weekend they could not get a replacement card to me before I left the country on July 05. We arranged to have them send my replacement card to my hotel. I gave them the address and they asked me to contact the hotel and tell them to be on the lookout for an express package for me. Reassured, I took some cash and left on my trip. A BIG MISTAKE.
By July 09, when I had not received my new card, I tried to call them using the "if overseas call collect" number using the hotel operator assistance. It did not work; no response for several seconds followed by a busy signal. I called them using their 800 number knowing full well that it would accrue a charge. I ended up talking to someone in the Philippines who did not know why I had not received a replacement card. I was on hold for a long time when I was put through to her supervisor (in the Philippines) who had me go through the whole story again and then put me on hold again.
After several minutes she came back to tell me that she had found out (by talking to the US) that my new card had been sent to my home address in the US. She said "she was very sorry", and could send me a replacement card to my hotel address (that she had been given) in 4 to 5 business days. I told her I did not have 4 to 5 business days and had to have a card in 48 hours. I was on hold again for several additional minutes. She finally said she had authorization to try all means to get me a card on an expedited basis. To their credit they did make that deadline.
They woke me up at 3:00 am insisting that I come down to the lobby and sign for it. I tried to use the new Master Card I had received at a vendor later that day who said the card was rejected. Back to calling Master Card who told me the card they issue in such circumstance is not a Chip card and needs to be swiped. When I told them that in fact that is what the merchant had done, they replied "yes, but they should additionally enter the card numbers manually". I tried that again, and also asked my hotel people. Everyone said that they tried but it did not work. I ended up borrowing money from friends and colleagues with whom I was traveling to be able to pay my hotel bill and other charges.
Today 08/01 having returned back home and allowing myself sufficient time to cool down, I called MasterCard to complain and ask to be reimbursed for a large phone bill that I had incurred calling Master Card / Capital One. After explaining in detail to two levels of Mastercard personnel, they basically said "we are truly sorry for all the troubles you have had but we are just a service provider to Capital One and you should take your complaint to them." They transferred me to someone at Capital One. I had to go through the whole story in detail again with him.
Finally, he said I needed to talk to his supervisor. Had to go through the whole story again. The supervisor also indicated he felt very sorry but he needed to check to see if they could reimburse me for my calls to Master Card / Capital One. A different person got the line with me who introduced herself as a "senior supervisor." After listening to the whole story again she spent most of her time on: It was the merchants' fault. They should have been able to use the card that was sent to me. They have a contract with Visa / Mastercard and should honor it. (Never mind that they swiped it and tried to put in the number manually with no success.)
I should have gone through the international operator to use the collect call feature. No matter that I tried to do so with assistance from the hotel operator. Finally she offered me $50 dollars credit (I had incurred over $144). I asked for a written apology. I never received a response. I believe that their service was poor and inattentive and no one appeared to be able to make a decision without checking with a supervisor and a supervisor's supervisor and, those who made decisions were usually wrong. I expected much better than the service I received. If I owed them money, they would have expected payment on time. They refused to accept responsibility for the financial cost that I suffered because of their incompetence. They never acknowledged that they had made a serious error.
Reviewed July 30, 2016
Let's face it, there are millions of Americans who fall behind on debt. Car loans are one of those debts which are very common to fall behind on. I happen to be one of those people, and I do my very best to get caught up, but when expenses pile up and you have 3 kids, it can definitely be hard. Capital One (Auto Finance) makes it extremely hard. They harass you by calling 10x a day, and the biggest gripe I have is if you fall behind on your loan - THEY BLOCK YOU FROM LOGGING ON TO YOUR ONLINE ACCOUNT TO VIEW YOUR LOAN INFO.
This is very troubling to me because I want to be able to keep track of my payments, and maybe plan a schedule on my own to get caught up. Just like millions of people who rely on online access to manage and maintain their finances, I rely on this type of access for 99.9% of mine. I can tell you the reason why they do this...It's because they want you to call in to get this info, and when you call in, their representatives pressure you into making a payment on the spot, or setting up confusing payment plans. And if you want to view your payment history, they have to SNAIL MAIL it to you which doesn't get to you in 5-10 business days. They WILL NOT email it to you.
This all being said, this is a practice that is in my opinion detrimental to their borrowers. Not only does this block you real-time access to your account and transaction history, it blocks you from MAKING A PAYMENT online, which is what I do with ALL of my other accounts. It makes no sense, and it also is very, very shady. I do NOT recommend using Capital One for any financing needs, as they control and distribute your information only how they see fit and make it very hard for you to keep track of your financial transactions with them. There is absolutely no reason for them to block online access to your account information, and whoever made that decision at Capital One should be fired.
Reviewed July 29, 2016
I use my Capital One Mastercard when abroad for two reasons: 1) no foreign truncation fee and 2) the collision damage waiver is covered if the damage waiver is declined from the auto rental company and the entire charge is placed on the Mastercard. Well, I rented a car through Europcar in Spain and charged the entire amount on my Capital One card. I damaged the front grill/bumper by hitting a high curb.
When I turned the car in, Europcar assessed the damage and that amount was put on the Mastercard. When I returned to the States, I filed a claim to get my money back. Mastercard Benefits (not Capital One) for a year now has found every excuse not to settle my claim. Basically saying they require a Europcar Demand Letter, the appraisal or estimate of damage, parts invoice, and a fleet utilization log. Europcar does not have these documents, and most of this required information is available in the documents that were given to Mastercard Benefits.
Still Mastercard Benefits wants these documents their way. I have talked with Mastercard Benefits 6 times about this and received the same response - "When we get all the requested documents, we will make a decision on your claim." I contacted Europcar to try and get the required documents. Europcar sent the documents they have but not the four required by Mastercard Benefits. So, I am out 400 euros. Beware using your Mastercard collision damage waiver benefit.
Reviewed July 25, 2016
Capital One is the worst credit card company ever to reach the face of this earth. Customer service was horrible, I was on hold longer than them actually trying to resolve my issue. On top of it all, my rep has an attitude and continues to try to talk over me. I would recommend this company to no one. By far the worst experience in every aspect. False advertising from every corner. Then they try to lie about no hassle. I received phone calls for a week straight because I had a payment due of 142 bucks.
Come on man there are people out here with way worst problems than what I had. I'm so upset and want this company to just be closed down. They are the biggest scam in history. Let's not mention my banking experience. Someone hacked my account and I lost over 200 grand and they tell me they were going to investigate. They never did any investigation I never received a call back from any fraud specialist when it was time for them to pay me back my money. Now I'm taking them to court. I pray that I when and have this company closed down. The absolute worst company ever!!! Do not bank or get a credit card with Capital One!!!
Reviewed July 24, 2016
So... I've had Capital One for 3 years and never had a problem. A few weeks ago they sent me a new card with the chip to replace one of my platinum credit cards. I didn't know that this was being sent and I didn't ask for it but I went with it. I went to activate it and found out that "Because of fraudulent activity I need to verify my information". Not only did they black a hold on my accounts they also did it on my other 3 cards. So I sent them the documents that they requested and never heard back. They kept telling me to send the information back to them and I did. When I did the 4th time they said that it can't be verified. I went to my lawyer and called my bank verify my identity at the Capital One 360 Bank.
After this was done they took the alert off and said it was fine. Then one hour later it was back on because of fraudulent. So I called and asked and they wanted the papers again. I sent it in and after I ended 2 hours later I got a call to call them back and it turns out that they closed all my accounts and that I would have to apply all over again. So, the B.B.B will hear about this and so will the Corporate office as well. Will never do business with them again.
Reviewed July 21, 2016
After being sick myself and taking care of my husband who had Parkinson's I started going over my bank statements and saw that capital one had been taking money out of my account for 20 months. I had my bank give me copies of all the checks and they sent copies to capital one. I tried calling them today and was told there is no number to investigation dept. for me to call. So if they had me send papers to investigation dept. why don't they have a number?? They said I would have to just wait. After reading some of the reviews of others that have had problems with these morons I'm really p----- off. I have to wait, but they were quick to take my money. This company needs to be shut down. I'm calling the B.B.B. Others should do the same. They are guilty of credit card fraud.
Reviewed July 21, 2016
I opened my Capital One CC in January of 2014. After about 8 months they sent me a new chipped card and did a poor job communicating because I never expected it and tossed it with junk mail. 2 months later my cards just stops working. When I call and they explain what happened, I was okay with this and had them send a new card... It never arrived. I called a 2nd time, and they inform me the address change I gave them didn't get input correctly and the card was sent back to them. So again I update my address with person and another card is re-issued.
Still now 8 months after my card was shut off, 4 phone calls, and I have no replacement. I called today just to close my card and be done with this poor excuse of a company and they hang up on me 3 times when trying to reach a manager to discuss the failure to provide minimal customer support. So I gave up and just closed the card and opened a new one with my bank. I don't get it Capital One, I get 50 CC offers in the mail a week and they send me cards I don't even ask for. Why do you struggle getting me a card after 6 phone calls. Don't bother with these amateurs, they don't know what they are doing.
Reviewed July 21, 2016
They will only steal from you if they get the opportunity and they have that opportunity 24/7... I paid off my account and the next month they still charged me a fee.
Reviewed July 19, 2016
In June I received a phone call supposedly from Capital One asking for personal information "to update their records". I considered it a phishing expedition and refused to give the account info. I then called Capital One to ask if this was a legitimate phone call. Their fraud department insisted no one from Capital One ever asked for personal information in this manner and congratulated me for not giving out the info. I received a second call similar to the first about a week later, and hung up on them.
Mid-July I received a call from a company that automatically bills my Capital One account saying the card had been refused. Capital One then told me they had cancelled the card because I did not respond to their telephone calls. They also said the account could not be reinstated. At no time did they contact me by email or snailmail. In fact, I received a statement from them only a day or two before this happened, and I continued to get e-alerts about my account balance (which was zero as I had paid it in full before they cancelled it). I consider this very poor customer service.
Reviewed July 14, 2016
Twice now I've been charged a $24.00 late fee because my payment wasn't received on time, despite the fact that both times I put the check in the mail 8+ days before it was due (and no holidays to slow it down). It only had to cross a single state from Missouri to Illinois! Most recent example... payment due the 24th... went out in the mail the 16th... 8 days ahead of time but somehow it wasn't posted to my account until the 28th!! 12 DAYS TO CROSS A SINGLE STATE?!! Plus I had to pay the fee each time because they REFUSED TO REMOVE IT! LOL!!
I thought about blaming the postal service for the slow arrival, but I've NEVER had trouble sending or receiving mail and having it arrive that late... unless it's with Capital One. Like I said, this happened to me one other time before, plus I've seen many others complaining about payments not being received "anywhere near when they should have been." I closed my account and couldn't be happier! I'll be telling my friends, family, and EVERYONE to stay away from this company! They WILL try to rob you from time to time by PRETENDING your payment wasn't received on time. If you love losing $24.00 once in a while, I highly recommend Capital One!
Reviewed July 14, 2016
We opened a Capital One account in 2011. I became ill and was hospitalized, our income dropped drastically. We called them and explained the situation, we made partial payments for 3 months, they began regular payments again. One year ago I turned all our credit cards over to a consolidation, and it has been a big relief. The problem is that no one can deal with Capital One. Once credit cards are put into a consolidation, they are supposed to be marked closed and noted that they are being paid. Capital One refuses to do this. Our credit report has one delinquent credit report - Capital One. It shows we missed three payments, and since they refuse to mark it closed, it counts as using 31% of our credit due to the balance of only $577. They agreed to the terms of the consolidation, but they never show an account closed unless it is paid in full. For this reason, we have been denied our home loan. Probably my last chance at ever getting a new home.
I have called many many times to the credit bureau, Equifax, Transunion, and to Capital One. The credit bureaus admit that Capital One is impenetrable and unmovable. They lied to me today and told me that if I paid them off, it would help my credit report and show closed. What they didn't tell me was that the 3 payments that they have marked missed and late will still reflect on my report - fortunately I asked someone at my bank before I paid them. I don't know what to do, no one speaks English, everyone claims to be a supervisor, and no one does what they say they are going to do. They show notes in their computer that they were going to send me a letter a month ago showing that we are current now, and they are being paid thru the consolidation, but they can't find where anyone ever sent it. Do not do business with these people.
Reviewed July 13, 2016
I requested a lien release for a loan that has been closed since 2010. They have had the information for over 3 business weeks. I have been told the department has no phone and I cannot talk to a manager. The only form of communication is email and fax. They have emailed me twice to say that my information will be processed in the order it was received. They will not give me any other information or a person responsible for the lien release. Every time I've called in they give me a different excuse and I talk to a different service rep. The house this is on has been sold and closed on July 1st!!! The title company is holding my money because we cannot prove the lien release. I am begging for help on this situation.
Reviewed July 10, 2016
I pay at least double auto payments & extra payments every month on both of my Capital One cards. I am being charged so many fees and interest charges that I can't get the balance down. I read terms carefully. I didn't see this coming. Had them a couple of years. Only charge if I have to.
Reviewed July 9, 2016
I read bad reviews on here about Capital One. They're the best company I have done business with! EVER!!! I bank with them, have a brand new truck financed with them. I have two credit cards with them! I pay my bills before they are due every month, and I have never had one problem!!
Reviewed July 6, 2016
I have the same thing happening as another review. 6 months ago I had $2500 worth of charges on card. Capital One noticed it immediately and canceled the card and blocked the transactions. Now I'm paying monthly fees on an account I had a 0 balance on. Over the weekend I received an email that the account was past due, so that goes on my credit report. I've called them several times... idiots.
Last year I lost a card after moving. I told them my new address. They sent it to a similarly spelled street even though I clearly spelled the name out, said "It's spelled with a V not a D". They said, "Ok understood". Whoever received card went on a shopping spree. They eventually fixed the charges but trying to explain to them that NONE of the charges that were on the card that they had delivered to the wrong address were me. It was like trying to explain rocket science to a monkey that ANY charges on the card sent to the wrong address weren't me. I mean come on really. I'm going to stop using them after this is all cleared up.
Reviewed July 5, 2016
I found out my identity was stolen by a bad mark on my credit report from an account with Capital One that was sent to collections for nonpayment. I called Capital One and after being passed around and around trying to get someone who speaks English and understands me I reported the issue. 3 months later - I am still dealing with this fraud card. They have sent 3 sets of documents to my home with someone else's name on them so I can't complete the paperwork needed for the fraud charges. Today I find out that they "closed" my case because the phone number and mailing address were verified when the card was activated. Well of course it was - my identity was stolen! So I am having to fight with them to reopen my fraud case - meanwhile this is sitting on my credit report and destroying my credit. They do not care about you as a customer and are very unwilling to help you when you have a problem. Stay FAR FAR AWAY from this company!!
Reviewed July 3, 2016
This has been by far the worst customer service treatment I have ever received. I work as a call center agent myself and the one thing I hate most is having to be on the phone on my day off. I am trying to rebuild my credit and so thinking I had plans for the 4th that I would make my payment to Capital One and use my card so I can build my credit. I made my payment only to find that my available credit was still at $0 on a $300 limit. I was confused since a payment had never been held before the fraud charges on my card.
After 5 phone calls to them (2 of which I got reps that had heavy accents and spoke too fast and got rude with me, 1 with a supervisor who hung up while on hold with the bank, 1 supervisor who brushed me off and 1 who basically told me I am screwed) I get "Sorry there is nothing we can do about releasing your payment because it's a holiday weekend and we have to verify with the bank first." Well I contacted my bank who told me they don't even see the transaction from Capital One. I told this to the supervisor who after put me on hold and came back and said that they won't send it to the bank until Monday. Way to go Capital One on screwing a former loyal customer over a holiday weekend.
Reviewed July 1, 2016
Please don't believe that this bank has adequate or reliable service. I realize that there are low fees, and attractive websites, but the services are erratic and unavailable. There are links to services that have not been designed yet. Payments are not received on (or near) the dates specified. Customer service is a grueling wait. Expect arbitrary shut-downs of accounts without recourse (see "grueling wait" above). Please recognize that this is a beautifully promoted bank, without services to maintain customers.
Reviewed June 30, 2016
Every time in the five years I used this card that I paid off my card in full, in order to take advantage of no interest, they block my card and make me call and send them all kinds of paperwork from my bank accounts and they ask all kinds of questions as to why I made an usually large payment. They gave me a little $300 credit limit and told me that they would raise it every six months, and then they only raised it to $500 limit on time. They don't want you to pay off your balance and they punish you when you do so because they want you to keep you balance high. Waste of time. They purposely do this to keep you from using the card so you're less apt to pay your balance.
Customer service are all Hindus and repeat themselves like robots. I also found it was very unprofessional to ask me for my banking statements and records, when there was never a problem with any payment; they just create their own auditing system whenever they please and I had to close my card because they tried to bully me into giving out personal information that I do not want to divulge for my financial security.
Reviewed June 29, 2016
Brief rundown after more than two weeks of daily phone calls:
Despite obvious fraud ($15000 at an Apple Store halfway across the country from where I live), Capital One didn't catch this. There was no credit warning. I found the charges online and had to call them. They took all my information and shut down my account saying the case would be addressed within 72 hours and that I would receive a phone call.
No phone call. When I called them after 72 hours nothing at all had been done. There were no notes in the account of anyone in the Fraudulent Fraud Department having even looked at the issue. They then told me that to initiate the investigation I had to drive 45 minutes to my bank and have the bank manager call them to identify me. I did that. Capital One then told the bank manager that I'd received incorrect information and that I had to email them a copy of my driver's license.
I emailed them my driver's license and waited another 72 hours. Again, no one called. I called them. After many long holds, I was told that the driver's license wasn't what they needed. I needed to find my original Social Security Card from 65 years ago and send them a copy. I did send them a copy of my SS card along with a bill stating my name and address. Another 72 hours and no contact. I called them back. They then told me that the SS card and bill were not adequate, so I needed to drive to the bank and have the bank manager call to identify me. See above. Second trip to the bank.
The bank manager called Capital One. They took his number at the bank and said they would call him back at that number. Forty-five minutes; no call. The bank manager called back. They had copied down his number incorrectly. They said that they had contacted me through a text to my phone. I had told them previously that the thief had also stolen my phone number. Capital One insisted on texting information on how to gain access to my account to the THIEF. I asked several times for them to take my new phone number. They refused to take the correct phone number. Their phone lines drop calls constantly and they will not allow you to speak to the person who just spoke to you, nor will they take your phone number, so you start the process over time and time again.
When I finally got someone competent on the phone his first reaction was that he was stunned. He couldn't believe what had happened, beginning with no fraud alert on an obviously fraudulent purchase and ending with the fact that no one in the Fraudulent Department had taken note of which purchases were fraudulent. (This was at least the tenth call.) So he took note of the problematic charges and STARTED ANOTHER 72 HOUR INVESTIGATION.
He did issue another card finally, which I will close as soon as I extract my rewards points. However, he also shut down my online account. I need to login again when the new card comes for security reasons. The problem is that Capital One has taken so long that I have a payment due in two days. I asked the Capital One employee what to do and his suggestion was to pay off the $15000 of fraudulent charges made by the thief, hoping that it would be refunded whenever the Fraud Department completes many more 72 hours reviews in which they do absolutely nothing. He hopes that I feel like a valued Capital One customer and he promises to credit $30 to my account once this is over, just to make sure I'm happy. DON'T EVER, EVER DO BUSINESS WITH CAPITAL ONE.
Reviewed June 27, 2016
Noreen customer serve supervisor stayed on the phone with me for over an hour trying to correct a balance transfer from Capital One to Citi Bank. She never left me to try to get the transfer corrected. Citi hung up on us twice!!! Capital One was great!!!
Reviewed June 23, 2016
When I asked to apply for a credit card for someone who has bad credit the first things that showed up under that category was Capital One Credit Card!!! Well I went in to apply for a credit card and they denied me even though it said for bad credit to help rebuild your credit! I don't have the worse credit around but I have a low score but it is over 600 in some bureaus, but even with that I still got denied! I am even working to clean up my credit but I guess that don't count for nothing!!!
If you are thinking of applying for a card from Capital One and you have bad credit please don't do it, cause if you do it will drop your score at least 11 or more points which really hurts you in the long run!!! The reason it hurts you so much is because it is considered a hard hit to you credit! I do not recommend them for anyone who does not have a good score! PLEASE BE WARNED!!! Do not even try. You will be very hurt by their false advertisement on the computer! Cap One you STINK and I will be getting a hold of the Better Business Bureau for the false advertisement for bad credit customer to rebuild their scores!!!
Reviewed June 21, 2016
This company waste my time. I got pre-approved with a new credit card. They didn't send the new card. They ask me to call several times, wasted my time and I ended up just cancelling the account. This company doesn't know how to take care of their customer. They don't deserve to have a good client. Very unprofessional.
Reviewed June 16, 2016
This is a very unprofessional company from my dealing - made up of dishonest, ruthless people starting at the top, that is why the CEO hides from his Customers and the Public. He does not and will not face the actions of his company. BE VERY CAREFUL. They will do anything to hurt your credit rating. Look at the complaints files. This company should be removed - shut down just like the BANKSTER of this Country.
Reviewed June 13, 2016
Capital One said there was fraud on my account and now I can not access any of my money from checking and savings account. I am still waiting to hear from a Capital One investigator. It has been 3 days. Still nothing has been done and can not get into my accounts. DO NOT BANK WITH THIS COMPANY.
Reviewed June 13, 2016
The representatives did everything that they could to delay the paydown so that they could get interest.
Reviewed June 11, 2016
I had called to cancel my cards since they have an annual fee and I don't use them anymore since I have cards with no annual fee. The person that I spoke to offered to waive the fees if we did not close the accounts. Thinking that maybe we might use them again, I agreed. My wife and I have 4 accounts with a zero balance that they offered us this on. We called before the due dates so there would not be an issue. Since I had no balance I had no reason to look at the statements.
2 months later I get a past due notice from one of the accounts with 2 late charges. I called and they said they would waive those since it was on a charge they waived and should have waived before the due date. The next month there is still a charge for a late fee. I called again and they stated that they could only waive one late charge even though it was a late charge on a late charge that should not have even been charged. Needless to say, because of their bad customer service, we paid the late charge and closed all 4 accounts. We have been customers for a long time and have used our accounts and paid them off and have never paid late. It must be nice that they can just write off great customers over a $25 charge that was their fault to begin with. Needless to say I will not be using Capital One for any future accounts.
Reviewed June 8, 2016
I opened a Secured Debit card with Capital One. For those of you unfamiliar with secured debit cards its basically only for people who do not qualify for a real credit card due to horrible credit score. So they allow you to deposit your own money and you get charged interest on your own money to build up credit. So I deposited $200 and things were going just fine. A few months down the line Capital One offered me to up my credit to $500. Meaning I have an extra $300 of real credit available and $200 of my own cash in the card.
Once again things were going fine, so much so Capital One decided to up my credit to $750... Well after about a year of this I decided to cancel the card to obtain a real credit card as my goal was to raise my credit enough to ditch this high interest card and get something more reasonable. When I called to cancel my card they mentioned that this was never a secured card. IMPOSSIBLE seeing as how my credit score was at 355 NO ONE would ever give me a real credit card.
Capital One is Stealing my initial $200 deposit. If a person were to do this they would be in jail. Let alone do it to what Im assuming is not just me. I mean you do this to 1000 people and you made someone at Capital a nice bonus they can pocket. Whatever happened to honest people and honest companies? I seriously hope this company tanks and loses everything. Its not enough to make money off of services but to literally steal from hardworking people, now thats an atrocity against the proletariat.
Reviewed June 6, 2016
Buyer beware when online app. for this co. I successfully opened a 360 checking account only to find out they closed it with no explanation. Called customer service. The agents were rude and hung up in calling back and after extremely long hold time the supervisor I spoke with asked all these weird questions. And after all that "Sorry we can't verify your identity." What a crock of you know what. Other institutions will let you know within 60 seconds of filling out an app. if you're approved or not. The manager at Capital One was condescending so do not do business with Capital One. After reviewing many reviews it's beyond my comprehending why they are still in business.
Reviewed June 5, 2016
I arrived at an ATM machine at 2:10 PM, 6/4/16. I was there to deposit a $25,000 check in to my business account. After entering my pin #, I received a message that something like: "we're sorry but we will not be able to return your check to you". I stood and stared for about 2 minutes because I was unsure what this meant - since I had not yet deposited the check. After the 2 minutes, I decided to cancel the transaction and nothing happened.... for another 15 minutes, as I continued to attempt to cancel the transaction. I wasn't able to leave the ATM because I was concerned that it would suddenly start to work and someone would come along and retrieve my card.
I called Capital One, and after several extremely annoying prompts, got someone on the phone who told me they could have a ATM repair crew there in 4 to 6 hours. I did not have the account #, or Tax ID on me when I went to deposit the check - that's not required in order to make the deposit... They could do nothing for me. I could either sit there for 4-6 hours or drive away and hope that the machine did not spit out my card to someone else. The best part is there was someone in the bank... who wouldn't respond to my banging on the window.
After another 45 minutes, the machine rebooted and I called Capital One back to explain again. I was told the card would be shredded when the bank re-opened in the morning. It was irretrievable from the ATM at that time. Feeling less than somewhat assured, I left. Upon arriving home, I called Capital One with my business account #. I did not have the tax ID # since my partner had opened the account, but I was told that they could find the account with my social security #, which I assumed was correct since I provided that information to open the account.
The next day, I went to use my personal ATM card - and Yes! the moron on the phone cancelled my personal ATM card instead of the business ATM card. As you know you need to go to the branch to get a replacement, or wait 5 -10 days for them to mail one. If you're a working person and cannot be home to sign, for a federal express mail the next day - which I am. I have had many other stupid administrative issues with this bank and was reluctant to open yet another bank account, with hundreds of thousands of dollars, at this bank - I will never do that again, and plan to move my accounts, as soon as this transaction is completed.
Reviewed May 30, 2016
As a long time customer of Capital One, I've had a problem where your bank has repeatedly overcharged my account just so your company can collect late fees & interest on an account - even when the payments were received (by you) a full week before they were due, but the payments were not posted to the account until after the due date.
Since the first of January I've had to call and ask why my payment was held onto for up to two weeks and not applied to my account until after the due date. This problem wasn't a one-time error. In fact, every month since January I've had the same problem. I can understand just once, maybe even twice... but three or four times??? Leads me to believe that Capital One has applied this new practice to get more interest & late fees out of its customers... I do be that's illegal.
I've called customer service over and over but all I've received is lie after lie, as each person I've tried to get an answer from gives me the runaround. When I've asked to speak to a supervisor I'm told that there isn't anyone else they can let me speak to since they were the only people who can handle these problems... We all know that's a lie now don't we. The two individuals who kept lying to me were Alecia #** & Shae #** (she hung up on me).
I've been paying my bills the same way for over 10 years (via bank electronically - sending a check) and have never had this problem before so I know it's not because my bank sends a check to you. Should I get no response from you then I'll have no choice but to turn this matter over to the Federal Banking Commission... I'm sure they'll want to know just what kind of illegal banking practices your company is involved with.
Reviewed May 26, 2016
My card been declined. I called it in and she asked me 3 question and the cashier was waiting and she said the system is slow and she waiting on the system, I answered them all correct but she said the system refused it. That's why I will have a court order to send me the phone call recorder and all the answer she entered it in the system. It's not my mistake if you hiring people don't speaks English and she entered the wrong answers or having a really bad system. Then they asked me to send them a pictures of my social security and ID and bank statement and that will take them 72 hours to review.
The problem they think that they are the only CC in USA and the worse than that, I bought some food in same night and it pass it with no problem and even my card been suspended LOL. They are far way from any CC company. They are the Fraud by itself. If I'm was right, my lawyer office will ask for class of action because we already seen a lot of review complaining about their process. Many thanks.
Reviewed May 25, 2016
I have had a Capital One MasterCard for a few years now and 3 times my card number was stolen. I called immediately and true to Capital Ones' policy, I did not have to pay the charges. One was an incident in which somebody was buying online and shipping to multiple addresses with multiple email addresses. There would have been additional charges every month for subscriptions and I would have been bankrupt within days. Everything was deleted and a new card mailed out. Also, charges were for an international hotel in Canada and I live in the US. Even though everything was taken care of in the past, I was so worried that I would have to pay the charges that I told the representative that I could provide an ironclad alibi as I was at work.
I had not even left the country in years. I was told that I didn't need to worry. The representative also checked and found more charges for the same hotel that had not posted to my card. All charges were disputed and negated from my card when nobody at the hotel would even accept a call from Capital One trying to substantiate the charges. I was told that the charges would have been removed regardless of the hotel not answering. I was mailed out a new card. Everything was fine until more charges from the same hotel showed up on my new card. I called again and everything was taken care of at the time. Capital One even made a stipulation that they would no longer accept any charges from that specific hotel and I was mailed out another new card. All good.
Reviewed May 24, 2016
It's very inconvenience for me waiting 5 days for my CC to be restricted again. I send all the documents and whatever they want to have and still my account is restricted. I talk to their so called customer service person and as for my experience she just don't care if they lose a customer. I understand that this company just want to protect their investment or whatever but if there no customer there know you. So think of it. I might be one but if people asked me about what I experience I will probably say "Don't go Capital One."
Reviewed May 23, 2016
On April 4, 2016, Capital One, chose to close my credit card account. They said they are not required to tell me the reason and the only explanation they gave me was, "Past, Present, Pending Legal Action." They also said that they do not have to have a reason. They can close the account any time they want. When I asked what it was they said "Contact your county clerk's office", which I did and there is no past, present, or pending legal action on me at the county clerk's office. I have a paper stating that.
Here is where it seems a little seedy to me. They contacted me by mail and pre-qualified me for this card which is suppose to help me increase my credit score. I did have a bankruptcy over 10 years ago and they would have known that when they pre-qualified me. So, I was so thrilled when I was approved. I have only had this credit card since September 19, 2015. In December 2015 they increased my credit limit without me asking so you can understand why I am confused that 8 months later they closed it and it was not from lack of use or nonpayment. I pay my bill every month on time. Is it unreasonable for me to want to know why they decided to do this?
Reviewed May 19, 2016
Unfortunately, it gets FAR worse.
When we learned they had forgotten to send the wire 15 days earlier, though they DID NOT forget to charge the $40 fee of course, they offered to send it again. So 15 days after the 1st attempt they "supposedly" sent the $27,400 again. However, once again, the funds never arrived at the recipient bank, & they have still NOT arrived after 24 days later!! So after a total of 38 days, Capital One not only has ABSOLUTELY ZERO idea where our $27,400 has gone, but they have NO clue what they have done with the money at all. They don't know where it is or what they had done with it. They refuse to return it to our account, claiming they need to "check further". 30 years of doing business with numerous financial institutions, & never, Never, NEVER encountered a more incomprehensibly incompetent operation. Or, is it blatant fraud?
Reviewed May 19, 2016
I admittedly had an outstanding balance I owed and was in collections. One day I get a letter in the mail stating my outstanding debt was being discharged and that I would receive a 1099 tax form. It did not say why it was being discharged but I was happy but naively thinking my debt was forgiven. I never questioned it until a few years later while trying to buy a house. The lender called me telling me there was something wrong and I better call Capital One ASAP because I was listed as deceased with all of the major credit bureaus. So I call them to find out what was going on. Starting off they were so friendly and helpful telling how good it was to hear my voice and congratulating me on being alive. They were fast to correct the issue notify the credit bureaus. Great right? Nope.
They reactivated my account and added on years of increased and late fees and then report to the credit bureaus I was over two years delinquent causing my credit score to drop days away from closing on my new home. I called and negotiated a settlement payment. I made the payment and asked for a receipt to be faxed to the lender ASAP. They said no problem and it would be sent by morning. Nothing came through. I called again and they acted as if they did not know what I was saying. They told me it would be 48 to 72 hours. I explained that it was urgent and I needed the receipt now. After being on hold and transferred several time I get a "supervisor" that promises I will get the fax. Nothing!
I call back again and get the same clueless response as if they don't know what I was talking about. I get transferred four times and finally to a "supervisor" again. Now this guy tells me I have to wait until the payment clears before anything will be sent. I decide to check my bank account to see if the payment was pending or cleared and I don't see any payments. I call the bank and they said nothing was pending. So I call Capital One again to confirm the payment. They confirm the payment was made. I asked again for a receipt and the girl says she'd send it. Again nothing. Now it's 48 hours later and still no receipt or payment posted to my account. In the meantime I'm just hours away of losing the house. I have spoken to 8 people - 3 of which were "supervisors".
Reviewed May 16, 2016
Totally inept, unprofessional and a waste of time. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THESE PEOPLE! They falsely put a fraud alert on my card when I first got it. After 5 calls and sending them 5 forms of documentation (DL, SS card, address verification (2), a utility bill), and being on hold 45 mins each time, they still kept me waiting 3 MONTHS. I finally cut the card up and will be changing banks so I will be also withdrawing my significant savings. WILL NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH THEM AGAIN.
Reviewed May 16, 2016
I complained to Capital One about their practices in 11/2015 and at that time told them to close my account and to send me a final bill. They sent me an email detailing the amount due in 11/2015, but did not close the account despite several back and forth online chats to do so. But they did, following these chats send the email of the total they said was due at the time. But did not close the account. So now they have been sending me email telling me they are going to charge off my account as it is 6 months overdue. And from my last filed complaint on here, they refused to send me a paper or email account of what went on. So all their correspondence is one sided basically except for email and the billing notices. People stay away from this bank. Worst company I have ever dealt with.
Reviewed May 15, 2016
On or about November 15, 2015 I started the dispute process with Capital One in regards to office furniture purchased and damaged during the installation process. I told Capital One that I had attempted to resolve the issue with the merchant to no avail. The 3 transactional charges exceeded $50000. The dispute department, after I submitted photos and backup documentation, issued the dispute and credited back my account. Then the journey began.
The dispute department asked the merchant for their version. Merchant sent Capital One a copy of the one page offer sheet that they gave to my company and a copy of the material order sheet they had from the furniture manufacturer. Without notifying me, Capital One charged back my card and sent the merchant the money again. NEVER DID THEY NOTIFY ME. When a charge on my card was declined I called Capital One. Capital One claimed they had sent, via regular mail, notification of merchant response along with their documentation. WE HAVE NEVER RECEIVED THE DOCUMENTATION. Capital One said that by the time we found out it was TOO LATE to provide requested documentation to rebuff the merchant claim. We were one day late in finding out.
I sent them 200 pages of documentation, with photos, emails from experts in field stating the furniture was damaged and all correspondence we had to date with merchant. Capital One said they would try to dispute claim with Visa as a courtesy but since we didn't return information by their deadline they weren't sure the case would be reviewed. Capital One again took the money back from the merchant and returned it to our account. Capital One, 2 weeks later, returned to the merchant the funds, after telling me they had done everything they could do on our behalf, but the final determination was that our claim was not valid. I asked for a copy of the FINAL DETERMINATION and they told me there was nothing in writing. Capital One told me that when they went back to the MERCHANT for the second time to investigate the claim they determined the merchant was not at fault.
I asked Capital One if they took into account the EMAIL FROM THE MANUFACTURER ACKNOWLEDGING THE FURNITURE WAS DAMAGED. Capital One told me they took everything into account and the case was closed as far as they were concerned and the funds were going back to the MERCHANT. Capital One charged back funds to my account even though it put my card balance over its credit limit by $45000. I have requested the credit card account terms and conditions' document but have not received it as of yet. I have realized that the dispute process is so slanted toward the Merchant that Customer Protection is nothing more than an illusion within the Capital One Corporation.
Their entire basis for denying the claim is that the notification they sent via the regular mail, no signed receipt requested, never arrived and my response to the counterclaim was submitted late. They did me a courtesy to even continue to dispute case. I asked Capital One to send me the dispute process procedure and they refused. They stated they are not available to send to consumers. I asked Capital One for a power of attorney form so my attorney could speak to them. They refused. In closing, I can't believe that Capital One can treat their customers like this and that they are not in violation of the consumer protection regulations. My case, as well as many others, are perfect examples of how little protection consumers really have.
Reviewed May 13, 2016
I disputed a large charge on a Quicksilver card. The company that made the charge responded with documentation that contained no names, no signatures and was not on company letterhead. I tracked down the company's address and found that it was a mail forwarding service. The company's website had false names for officers. Still Capital One took the side of this disreputable company and stuck us with the charge. Capital One is okay letting crooks be merchants.
Reviewed May 13, 2016
I had a fraudulent charge 6 months ago that I disputed and it took 3 months and 6 phone calls averaging about 75 minutes each to get the fraudulent charge resolved. So I thought... Fast forward 2 months and Capital One decides to let the original merchant charge my credit card again??? These idiots at Capital One did not block the Merchant that was stealing money from me the first time they tried and let them charge my card again. I have 6 credit cards and have had over a 20 year credit history. I have never had an experience like this with not only a credit card company but any company in the world.
Reviewed May 11, 2016
When I need a giggle I read ConsumerAffairs. I'm amazed that some others are amazed when banks act like banks, credit cards act like credit cards, ** people act like ** people, etc. "My card would default at 150 days no payment. I paid way before that - 122 days (**) and my account is still locked." You go over 90 days with no payment and you confused they closed your credit card. "I paid my bill like I normally do weeks early, but this time I paid on the due date at 8:30pm by phone, but the cut off is 8pm. I guess I'll eat the late fees. So much for customer service huh..." "I been a customer for 20+ years and didn't get a statement and forgot to pay bill and that charged me a late fee for their mistake and they restricted me using my card until I paid the $25 past due amount. What a sorry Bank." You didn't pay your bill that you knew is due every 30 days when you carry a balance. So you mad or upset???
Reviewed May 10, 2016
Naively, I fell for a computer virus scam. I paid $449.00 to a company going by the name of SoftWeak. I find them online as Infotech SoftWeak. The business address does NOT exist on Google Maps, nor Bing Maps, and the phone number to call during business hours always leads to an answering machine with an "unprofessional" message. I have left a message for a call back and Capital One has left a message to call back to dispute the charge. No reply from this "company". Meanwhile, they obtained access to my computer (because of my naivete) and the local computer repair company found malware, keyloggers, viruses, etc. This was a BRAND NEW computer I ordered from Dell Computers... I had yet to use it online.
I called Capital One the very NIGHT SoftWeak conned me into giving up my Social Security Number AND my Credit Card number. I told them I felt I was the victim of Fraud. They agreed and had me file a Dispute. Since filing the dispute, Capital One has made me jump through hoops. They keep asking for things, such as a RECEIPT from SoftWeak for the charge. I was NEVER given one. Then they asked for the phone records to PROVE THAT I called SoftWeak to get my money back. I don't have phone records since the 2 calls were originated by 1) A Capital One Representative while I was on hold with the Credit Card Company, and 2) my daughter. I was on the phone with her while she dialed the SoftWeak phone number (obtained from online) in a 3-way call. My daughter lives 2 hours from me... So again, I do NOT have "proof" of the phone calls, but Capital One obviously has "proof" of their attempt to contact SoftWeak.
I've also given a copy of the requested repair invoice to Capital One, along with a statement verifying the computer had verified malware, key loggers, viruses on it, from my local computer repair service. With all of this information, Capital One has now sent a letter stating that because I couldn't give them phone records, nor a receipt from SoftWeak, that they could NOT HELP ME!! This Credit Card company is a TRAVESTY!!! I have been a victim twice... but, I am not giving up and will be "doubling down" with Capital One. Meanwhile, because of their HORRIBLE customer service, I am cancelling all of my Capital One credit cards and contacting the Federal Trade Commission, along with writing further reviews of Capital One and their horrible handling of this incident.
Reviewed May 6, 2016
I opened a credit card account with Capital One in February 2016 for my wife due to their multiple offers with 15 month 0% APR. So, I opened the account and she did a lot of purchases and boom, next month she was charged an interest. Called Capital One and spoke with multiple agents and nothing happened. So next day called again and insisted that I want to speak a with a manager. When I spoke with this branch manager, he was kinda lying that they can't find anything on their system about any offers and he told me that they will do an investigation. And it turned out that they didn't do anything but just let it go for the sake of their company. Capital One is baiting and switching their product and charge interest, and they are bunch of liars, and the manager was rude and disrespectful.
Reviewed May 2, 2016
I have been using Capital One credit since 2010 and never even once late on the payments. Last year, they close my accounts for some stupid reason stating "non-consistency of personal and family use" which I was so angry. I even went to their branch to try to get a straight answer, but you got the same saying all over again and they even told you that you could re-apply after 90 days. I thought I was done with them.
Fast forward, on April 26 2016, I was in need to some business credit card and happened to receive a Capital One spark card invitation letter. I thought why not, could be nice have some extra credit limit for my business. BTW, my credit score is 750+ and I applied both of my personal and business cards with Capital One. I got an approval right after I submit the application, Personal for 10000 and business for 12000.
Today I got the new business card and called them to activate. They told me there is no information in the system then transferred me over the some "special department" to explain to me why. Got the same old answer as I got last year due to the inconsistency. I was like WTF, then I checked my personal card, same thing happened, they closed it without notice, not even a email.
I really do not care about they close my accounts that much because they have right to do so. The part I am so angry about is if they using the same reason to close my account or to do business with them, they should not approved my application at the first place. Look what happened now, my credit score gonna drop because of the 2 inquiries and the reports gonna look bad because it is gonna show my credit length less than few days which they kept telling me there is nothing they could do when I called them about this. This is such a ** company when it comes to trouble with them and the customer service ain't gonna do nothing. If you really need some good credit card, there are plenty of the companies out there. Avoid these **!
Reviewed May 1, 2016
My wife has had a Cap 1 credit card for several years, and there have been no problems until last December. Since then they have been delaying depositing the checks I have been sending them for as much as two weeks after they post them to my account. As a result, Cap 1's collection department starts calling me to ask where is the check, and trying to get me to sent another check. April 2016 is typical. On April 3, I made an e-payment through my bank, USAA Federal Savings Bank, to Cap 1 with an arrival of April 13. The due date was April 19. USAA mailed the check to them on April 8. I found out later in the month that they had posted it to my wife's account on April 11. But at about same time the collections department started calling every day asking where my payment was. I told them that they should have received it by April 13, but they said that they did not.
The calls continued for 10 days and suddenly stopped. It was at this point I checked the payment history on my wife's account and found that the check that they didn't get was posted to her account on April 11. The check was finally cashed and returned to my bank on April 27. I do not know this is a lack of internal communications at Cap 1, which is hard to believe with today's technology, or they were trying to get me to pay twice. My word to anyone facing this problem is to check the payment history on their online account to make sure the check has not been posted. Second, if the check has not been posted, and you decided to send another check, stop payment on the first check. It will cost you $30 or more, but it better than having your payment being taken out twice and throwing your budget out of whack. As soon as my wife's account is paid off, it will be cancelled. I would not recommend doing business with Cap 1.
Reviewed April 29, 2016
This has been a disappointment from the first attempt to apply for a personal credit card. Went through the arduous task of providing all the required information to apply for a card. I received confirmation that a card would come. It didn't. I called, and they said they never received my information. Had to reapply via phone. Attempting to pay my first bill early, they entered the wrong checking number. It was not my mistake. The correct information was in their system.
This took two days to square away. Today I got a call at 7am asking me for personal information to verify that I'm the person who owns the card, or my card would be "restricted". I said no! I've had the card for over a month, put (and paid off) $1400 and just now they want to verify that I'm me? Today, I tried to pay off the rest of the balance, and I was given an error message wouldn't allow me to pay. There is no way to email them… To complain I must write a "letter". What's that? This is 2016. So, I thought I'd just take this public. SO Very Disappointed!
Reviewed April 29, 2016
So I placed an order with a company, except this company charged me 2 different transactions which were not approved by me. It was after the store hours were closed. So I contacted Capital One Fraud Department, waited 30 mins to talk to someone. The girl told me that she could do nothing until the transaction cleared, and that I have to call back tomorrow when it cleared. I said that I called to notify them that this transaction is not approved and that I wished to dispute the transaction.
The girl on the phone, kept repeating herself with a great amount of attitude and hostility, that she could not help me until the transaction posted, yet the transaction is counted against my line of credit and they could not flag it as a challenged transaction until I called back in the morning. So the transaction counts against me, yet I can't do anything until it clears. I asked to speak to her supervisor. She said her supervisor could not help me, and she abruptly said if there was nothing else, she thanked me for calling Capital One, and hung up before I could answer.
Reviewed April 27, 2016
Capital One was using a credit tracker formula to give me a number for my credit score. I recently signed in online to make a payment on my account and to track my credit score. Capital One recently changed their credit score program. So when I checked my score this time, it HAD DROPPED by 85 points, which is bogus because my credit hasn't been impacted negatively. When I called a customer service rep and told him about this, he didn't know why the score should have changed so much. Neither do I! Overall, Capital One is just another seductive credit card usurer that preys on those who don't have money. Can anybody tell me why it isn't considered usurious and illegal by the Federal Government for a company to be able to charge 24% interest on borrowed money? I think it is outrageous!
Reviewed April 21, 2016
I just got off from one of their "fraud" account managers earlier in the person of David. I am a victim of fraud, notified their bank of what happened, cancelled my card as well as deactivated my online account, submitted all the needed documents twice (although, every time I called them they told me I needed to resubmit the same documents over and over), and yet the issue has not been resolved after a month or so of calling them. They told me, after several attempts of relating the same incidents, that my account will be restricted indefinitely because they needed to get in touch with the person who is the scammer by the way!!! I'm not sure if they know what they are supposed to do or understand the issue at all. Oh well, good luck but I'm done with this company.
Reviewed April 20, 2016
Had a scam committed on me and over 450 other people by the same company. I immediately alerted Capital One. They stopped payment initially and then reinstituted it. I was to prove the item was not worth the value that was sent to me, which would be impossible. I showed them in all sorts of ways that this company was a scam. Sent them all of the proof that I could acquire from the web and also my statements was well at 12 pages of other people's complaints. Did not receive anything but the bill. What a ** outfit and on top of it all, then I discovered that they have the LOWEST CONSUMER SATISFACTION AVAILABLE. BEWARE. They are not consumer friendly in the slightest. I canceled my account.
Reviewed April 20, 2016
I have credited a sum of money into a beneficiary account holder of Capital One. Transfer was successful, but the holder claims that his account is being investigated by the bank and all funds were seized. Despite numerous attempts to call them and even by post, there has been no response from the bank at all. At a minimum, professionally, they should have at least attempted to reach out to me since I was the one that the funds were being transferred. Voice calls were useless as they would not entertain me since I am not their customer. Numerous mails sent by post went quiet. How could anyone have any trust with banks since no one would bother to explain what is happening? At the end of the day, every single penny is hard-earned and for this to just vanish into thin air is very painful when all I did was to comply with the procedures of transferring funds internationally.
Reviewed April 19, 2016
I opened this account with the intent of adding a "Just In Case" standby for incidentals. Little did I know, I would go through trouble with the account just 1 1/2 months in! Making sure I don't go over 100.00 total with a Credit line of 500.00, I spent 92.00 total in my second month with this card. Keeping up with all of my financials and making payments early, as my due date for payment was May 8th, I made the payment at 8pm on April 20th (2 weeks early) which is a practice I use on all of my credit accounts. Well since I had a little overage, I decided to round up to 95.00. What I read in the agreement was that monies submitted after business hours would post the next day. Ok, that's fine. I know my money is in the account. So came 1:30pm April 21. No posting!
So I call Capital One Customer Service to get Shan. Shan informed me that my payment may take as long as 12 midnight April 21 to post. I stated, "That's not what I read in your agreement." While I said this to her more than once, it never went answered. So I asked her to speak to a supervisor. The supervisor tried to convince me (While I was looking at my online account!) that the payment has been posted. I stopped her in her words and said, "Wait, let me refresh the page to see if I'm wrong!" And of course, the payment was still "Processing".
I then asked the Supervisor, "Why would my payment take almost 48 hours to post when in your agreement it states clearly that it will post the following business day?" She said, like Shan, it is a possibility that it will not post until 12 midnight. I said, "Ma'am, this is the same thing your other person told me and just in case you aren't aware, you're on this phone because her answer was not good enough!" She kept trying to tell me that the payment has posted while adding that "It might post at 12 midnight." I got disgusted and told her, "Never mind, when this payment posts, I'm just going to close the account!" Which I did today!! Poor service, lies, and deceit. Not a good look for a large company like this!!
Reviewed April 18, 2016
Never ever bank from this company. In fact, they should not be considered a company with their lousy employees. Do not bother faxing them documents because every time they will tell you they did not receive any documents. More surprisingly, they will tell you they received the documents and tell you one month later that they did not get any (of course, you will have to actually call the office because they never notify on anything). Do not bother waiting for a check to be delivered because there is going to be some kind of miscommunication between departments in Capital One. Their employees are clumsy as it can get. I cannot believe they have not been fired yet. Shame on you, Capital One. I am looking for a lawyer to sue your miserable company.
Reviewed April 17, 2016
I have been with Capital One for a long time and was always very satisfied with them until recently. I received a letter from the IRS stating that we owed taxes on a settlement with Capital One. We never had a settlement at all with anyone and, while Capital One confirmed it over the phone, would not send anything to the IRS stating that they sent that under the wrong name. I have spoken to them many times regarding this and was promised calls back within 24 - 48 hours, which never happened. Canceled all my credit cards and will not do business with them anymore!!
Reviewed April 17, 2016
I was a loyal customer of Capital One credit cards. I have an excellent credit score and have maintained good relations with all my creditors for 20+ years. My issue is when I moved, they cut off my card. They tell me a story about a "severe fraud issue" where someone called into the account pretending to be me and "knew the secret questions". To validate who I was, I needed to provide 3 forms of ID (license, SSN card, and 3rd form of ID). I don't have a SSN card so they tell me the only way to re-instate is to validate with a 3rd party bank. I go there, have my personal bank call the card company, they call back at the branch and ask for me, etc. to do the validation. They verify I am who I proclaim. To "prevent this" going forward, they give me a code to give them.
Roll forward a month. The same issue happens again. They tell me it's a severe fraud issue and need the 3 IDs. This is after I provided the correct code and the correct secret answers to questions. This is all after waiting 7 minutes and being hung up on. Then when I call back, another 10 minutes to get to a person. Then 20 minutes on hold while the supervisor does something in the background. Then he comes back and tells me the above. I asked for a supervisor at that point. He said there's no one there now and I could call back on Monday (this is Saturday night). I told him to cancel my card and hung up after a few vulgarities.
Reviewed April 14, 2016
The credit card didn't help me much but I paid a lot of money for interest rate etc. Finally thanks God I closed it. Will never work with Capital One.
Reviewed April 14, 2016
I have had several checking and savings accounts with Capital One for years. As our 6 kids have gotten older and needed the services of a financial institution we have helped them open their accounts with Capital One as well. I have owned several businesses and did all my banking with Capital One. Now we are medically retired and have closed all our credit card accounts and was only using check cards. During one of our visits to a Capital One Bank to replace our check cards so that we can combat fraud by getting new numbers on occasion we were asked if we would like to apply for a credit card. I initially refused but the bank employee persisted. I reluctantly agreed after I was informed about the cash back option if I paid my mortgage with the card and then paid the card. Everything went as planned for the first months payment from the home computer once we had help setting it up through Capital One customer service.
While we were out of town we didn't have a computer so we had to install another Capital One App to access the credit card side to make payments with our phone. This was all new to us and separate from the banking app we were accustomed to using. We called for assistance when we first tried to access the credit card side from our computer because we could not access it even though it was from the same bank. While on vacation we made a payment using the new app from our phone for the first time. We didn't notice that an old Capital One bank account was dug up and linked to the credit card and the payments were being drafted from this account. We made several payments while on vacation using the app.
When we got back home the account switched back to the correct account we initially had linked to draft from. We never caught the flaw until we were notified about fraud on our account. All our accounts were frozen and we were threatened with fraud. The reason this happened is because the app linked a old account that I was removed from 2 years ago. I never knew the account number or expected to ever be linked back to this account. I admit our ignorance for not noticing the accounts switched. My argument is the account should have NEVER been an option for linking. As stated earlier we have several accounts with Capital One and if the option even came up to link accounts we assumed it was one of ours and not a account I was removed from accessing for over 2 years.
The bank argues that it was not possible for this to happen. How many people know all their bank account numbers by heart? It's even more challenging if you have several accounts and loss of eyesight while trying to read a phone. We have NEVER had an overdraft or late payments for any of these accounts. We have to admit that we got lazy and relied on the electronic notifications of activity and balances. We never received any form of notifications informing us about the switching of the accounts. The bank has been unbearable during our attempts to reverse the drafts and correct the problems. They really like to play the blame game and threaten with fraud. There is 3 times the money in the account to reverse the wrong payments. Once this is settled I will close all my families accounts and spend my retirement blogging. The internet is a beautiful thing.
Reviewed April 13, 2016
Capital One I closed and straightened out - even have a confirmation # of closed account. I never signed a agreement for them to take my money for payment protection on the initial $500 - credit score says still open and $ of $2,000 available - But it's still active a Mastercard. They took over Boscov's and still harass me. I closed it out the Boscov's account - it is always due on the 28th - I only use the account mostly for christmas. They keep doing the same thing - No closure of account and they keep racking up late payment fees on account and argue with me. Also care credit - OHIO for family dental in cherry hill NJ - I paid off the account. Sister and Mom said they would pay - I got the statements late - You know what I mean! Never got a payoff sheet to send in to straighten out my credit issue with them!
Reviewed April 12, 2016
I have had a Capital One account for over 15 years. Just recently I was told there was fraudulent transactions being made on the account. We have checked the account and there is no new charges for years. Of course we are paying it down slowly. Very slowly. The customer service person that I called, insisted I give her some specific information, i. e. last four of my social, etc. I gave some info then became very suspicious and told her I would not tell her any more info until she told me what the "fraud" consisted of. She would not tell me. I have come to the conclusion that this entire exchange was just a ruse to get us/me to sign up for Capital One's "credit protection" plan. Or their payment protection plan.
This is scandalous. Insinuating some fraud is happening to make me think I need their extra services. This company should be monitoring their systems at all times for fraud and keeping all of our info secure on their end. If they are unable to do so, they need to invest in better software and anti-hacking strategies, not asking their customers for extra money each month to pay for security that should already be in place.
Reviewed April 12, 2016
After reviewing posted comments I thought I'd add my two cents. I set up bank account information for credit card payment. Initiated payment for two weeks prior to due date. Cap1 emails me stating my bank refused payment because there was no account at my bank with that number. All payment rejections cause your bank account to be blocked from further use, even if the rejection is a Cap1 transmission error, which they seldom admit. Thought I might have entered wrong numbers so went online at Cap1 to resubmit. Cap1 site rejected my resubmission stating no such account existed (which let me know I had given correct account numbers originally because even a one digit difference would have allowed entry of new banking info.)
Hmmm... so called Cap1 since there was still 7 days to make payment. Rep took bank account number to accept phone payment but account was BLOCKED by Cap1's computer so I paid full amount with the debit card attached to same bank account. Rep said I needed to talk with supervisor to unblock account. Supervisor wanted me to get letter from bank for account verification and an extensive list of other admissions that dug further than questions on a post 9/11 passport application. "Baloney" I said, "it was your computer's transmission error!" Offered to send screen shot of my account activity to prove I had funds available, acct was in good standing and the debit card payment had already posted to the same bank account. Spent 2 hrs on phone that day and ended up being disconnected. Phoey!
Called 2 days later said I wanted bank account removed from Cap1 "not valid account" list, that transmission noise had voided submission NOT my bank's refusal or wrong account information. Got run around, explained same logic to new supervisor who started the "get a letter from your bank rigmarole" which I rebutted with "let's call my bank and if CAP1 is wrong you issue me a $50 credit for the 3 hours this has now taken of my time". Cap1 supervisor placed conference call to my bank who proceeded to verify the accuracy of routing and account numbers. That the account was open and active. That the bank had never received a request for payment from Cap1. That I had more than sufficient funds 4 days before and after the alleged Cap1 payment submission to cover payment. And NO the bank would not fax a letter to Cap1's back office about my account! But would provided a unique reference number for the call.
Yikes it was too simple (why didn't the first supervisor I spoke to suggest we resolve the matter in this manner? It was so easy.) And 3 hours later there's a $50 credit on my Cap 1 account and my bank account number is no longer blocked for use as a payment source. Insufficient pay for 3 hours work but better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick! Do the obvious is my conclusion. Cut the debate and conference call with a verifying source. They want to tie you up, maybe you'll get weary (73% probability that you will) and they get the overcharges, the extra interest, those little revenue producing sums that roll over into millions of profit. And you also won't fight so hard the next time... Well I was lucky today and the problems ARE compounded by the foreign call centers, English as a second or third language but American dollars are the REAL language!
Do the unexpected. PROVE IT but first ask Cap1 "if I can prove to you that this was Cap1's problem and NOT mine or my banks' problem, what are you going to give me for my time?" Don't cuss, stay calm and keep focused. They are not prepared for that strategy... After all they're the company for second or third tier credit which makes your claims suspect from the first moment. Understand the problem before you seek a solution and remember they ARE NOT on your side, profit is their reward. They are probably no better or worse than the rest of the financial vultures... Don't take it personal. Make 'em give you something back.
Reviewed April 8, 2016
Extremely disappointing as I have been trying now for three months to combine a Capital One MasterCard with a zero balance with another Capital One MasterCard that has a balance. The automated online process won't allow me to combine the accounts although I meet the criteria stated. Customer Service at Capital One is USELESS. They advise that this is a self-help site and although I meet ALL the criteria stated, I cannot combine the accounts. And furthermore they aren't able to provide ANY additional assistance other than to say "try again in the future". How frustrating!!! Amazing as to how it seems companies respond YET don't answer to their customers' questions.
Reviewed April 7, 2016
Capital One agreed to reverse a total of $66.50 on my account due to a problem on their end. One month later the reverse did not occur and they charged me an additional $15.67 in interest and fees. When I called to file another dispute I was disconnected twice and spent almost three hours on the phone. I spoke with a total of 12 different people five of whom I gave my phone number to call me back if we were disconnected. No one called me back. I ended up canceling the card. Worst of all my FICO score dropped because of their screw up. I never missed a payment in 3 years of having this card and yet my FICO score went down as a result of doing business with Capital One!
Capital One Company Information
- Company Name:
- Capital One
- Year Founded:
- 1988
- Address:
- 1680 Capital One Drive
- City:
- McLean
- State/Province:
- VT
- Postal Code:
- 22102
- Country:
- United States
- Website:
- www.capitalone.com
