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Credit One Bank was founded in 1984 and provides access to credit for those who are often overlooked by traditional banks. Currently the company serves more than 12 million customers across the United States. Credit One Bank offers a variety of cards, including cash back credit cards, travel rewards cards, and more. Customers can manage their accounts online or through Credit One's mobile app and can access the customer service team 24/7 by phone or email.
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Reviewed Sept. 20, 2018
I am honestly so regretful for having to use Credit One Bank. This is one of the most dishonest people on earth. They recently closed my friend's account just because 2 small payments didn't come through. After a year or more of owning the card, this has never happened before. The money in the card keeps disappearing. I am very upset and disappointed with the handling of this card on the issuer's side. God is looking!!!
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2018
My Credit One card has had fraud committed on it three times! Then they allowed someone to call in and they authorized them to make an express payment on the card with the debit card I have tied to the account so they could commit fraud on it again!! Then they transferred old balance to new card (for the 3rd time) and my card that has an 800 limit on it and a 201 balance when they made the transfer, now has a balance of almost 3,000!!! They have been making me pay huge payments on this card, which I can't miss due to I'm in the middle of getting a mortgage. Now I received a call from the mortgage company saying they can't do the mortgage because Credit One reported that I owe 3,000 on an 800 credit limit card which dropped my credit score 51 points!!!
Then when you call the company you will never speak to a person that lives in the US and speaks English and they will file a report every time you call and say that it is still under investigation and won't be cleared up for 60 to 90 days!!! They have literally prevented me from buying the house I have lived in for 8 years and caused me to have to move soon due to not being able to get a mortgage! This company is a total scam!!!
Reviewed Sept. 15, 2018
We have had nothing but problems with the card, paying on the card, and them adding unauthorized charges. Calling in is a nightmare, expect to get hung up on numerous times. Authorized users are a joke because they will not even take payments from authorized users. This card has caused our credit to be worse than anything. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY!!!
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2018
From the beginning they were nothing but a headache. They would constantly send me confirmations of my payment being received and then would not take the money out of my account for a week. Weekly payments were made to pay off my balance but they closed my account because two payments were unable to go through because by the time they took the money out of my account my other bills would hit my account. These were not my monthly payments as they were always taken care of and I had 100% payment history on my account. After being told my account would be fine after paying off the overages that happened because of my two missed payments I would have access to my account again and be in good standing. This apparently was a lie and my account had already been closed.
Reviewed Sept. 11, 2018
I received my card and a week later my bill with a $75 annual fee charged. I called same day to cancel but it was already too late they said. I have to pay to $0.00 in order to close. They sent me advertisements for at least one year and I never saw in any of the fine print and would be a card with an annual charge. They asked me if I still had the advertisement and of course I've said no cuz now it's three weeks later. I always do save my agreement that comes with the card and it did say there was an annual fee. I'm just angry and frustrated that I have to take a loss of $75 in order to close this account.
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2018
Absolutely stay away from Credit One Bank!!! I reported a fraud credit card opened with my information and even sent a theft report but this nasty company with their very rude and disrespectful employees keep going behind my back saying it is valid. No one in this company will do anything about this fraud account. Do not trust Credit One Bank.
Reviewed Sept. 9, 2018
I was sent credit card with line limit. Days later I was sent a letter which says there is 75 dollars yearly fee. I called customer service to cancel the card. I was assured card was cancelled, but later received a statement, and later a message that someone broke into my account. There should be a serious police work involved here.
Reviewed Sept. 3, 2018
We have a Visa and a Mastercard with them. In the time that we opened the accounts, our accounts have been hacked about 4 times in a year. They keep canceling the cards and sending us new ones. They tell us that they are transferring the balance from the cancelled card to the new one. I actually paid off the Mastercard in Feb 2018 and almost the paid off the Visa as well. I tried to use the Mastercard in March and it was declined. When you try and call them, you cannot speak to anyone that speaks ENGLISH. They constantly call my phone all day from 8am 'til 9pm at night and on weekends including Sundays. I have blocked all their and numbers and they always find another # to call from. THEY ARE A SCAM.
Reviewed Sept. 3, 2018
This company targets people who need to rebuild their credit. They place online blocks on the account so that you cannot make online payments or see statements. They do not clear the blocks even though they state it will be removed 24-48 hours after your call with them. Furthermore, they will move your payment due date up a day keeping in mind that you are unable to see this because the account is "temporarily blocked". They also do not allow automatic payments thereby collecting as many fees as possible from their customers.
I foolishly did not do my homework on this company prior to accepting their credit offer. I thought it would be a good way to rebuild my credit after divorce, but it has been a horrible experience. I do not carry a balance on this card due to the high interest rate but it has still been a hassle to deal with them. I wish I had researched them first, I have not found one good review about them... Do not make the same mistake I and others have made by accepting any offer from them.
Reviewed Sept. 1, 2018
We received a credit card with an activate today sticker then a few days later a statement with a 75.00 charge fee to have card, never applied for it and I called them to verify 877-825-3242. They said the credit card was active, told them it is not ours and to delete it. Will have to file a police report.
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2018
I was online checking to see if my payment had post to the account. I was prompted to a site that I asked if I needed a replacement card and there was only a submit button there. I tried to reverse it. Tried to go out of it. There was no way to exit out or anything. I accidentally hit the submit button and it will not reverse. It just kept going. I try to stop and delete it before continue. Next thing I know I have a $25 replacement card.
I know when I try to call Credit One bank to tell them, "I don’t want it. I don’t need a replacement card." they’re going to say they’ve already sent it out. I don’t know why it’s been an issue lately. I paid my account off and ever since I paid it off it’s just been pretty strange edit these extra. You know. They can’t hear me. The phone's breaking down every time I try to make a payment or I can’t get through. I don’t know what’s really going on. I always liked my card and never really had problems with them until I paid off my account. Unfortunately because of their shenanigans I may have to close the card completely.
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2018
Fraud completed on my account in another state. I reported all transactions. They only submitted 2 of the 1500 balance. Canceled the card and they shipped another. Made me make payments the entire time until I got it resolved. In the meantime I put a password on my account and the next time I called they never asked for it, said that it was placed on the old account that I canceled... why would I call for fraud and put a password on the account I closed? Told me it was my fault I didn't put it on the new one... 4 managers later that was resolved. 4 months later 3 months later issues are still not resolved... I type this email as my account access has been shut down, they want me to fax my ID to regain access and want me to dispute the transactions with the companies they were purchased with. I cannot express the level of stress I am feeling right now.
Reviewed Aug. 28, 2018
Credit One Bank is a SCAM!!! Stay AWAY! Their website is "experiencing problems" constantly, not allowing you to log in, or reset your password. So you are forced to call, they refuse to waive the late fees that you get BECAUSE of the website being down, AND THEN they charge you $9.95 to take your payment over the phone. It's a clever little scam they've got going. Then, you can request to have the late fee and processing fee waived, but it gets better. The only way for that to happen, is to "have a supervisor call you back". That phone call never comes. I refused to hang up this morning, and asked to be connected to a supervisor. 49 minutes later they took me off hold and hung up the phone.
Reviewed Aug. 27, 2018
DO NOT GET THIS CARD! It will be the biggest mistake of your life. I cannot wait to finish paying this card off (less than $100) so I can cut it up and mail it to them with a big **. I got this card with another card (Discover) to start my credit. Credit One will call you about 20+ times a day, even when you have no payment due. This should be illegal. I seriously made a payment and they called me the next week, I said I didn't realize payments were due weekly now. They apologized and hung up. Even now they are calling me, It's 8/27/2018 and my minimum payment of $25 is due 09/11/2018. But yet they are calling me 20 + times a day.
When I do answer and ask they say they are sorry for the mistake and to have a good day, then 5 minutes later, guess who calls. YEP Credit One. If there is ever any advice you take from a stranger in your life, please, please, please do not get this card. You will regret it. I promise you. BTW Discover it has been amazing. My score went up 30 points in roughly 3 months.
Reviewed Aug. 27, 2018
I filled out the application for this card, was approved and then got charged for an annual fee, activation fee and processing fee. Cancelled card, 3 months later was called and told I owed annual fee and late charges.
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2018
I started to fill out an application and then set it aside. A couple of days later, I was told that I was approved and that the card would arrive soon. Today I got an email from them claiming someone had changed my contact information and to call a number they listed in the email. I called. It was a fax machine. I called another number through their website and was asked first for the last four digits of my Social Security number and then my mailing address. I declined. I will cancel the card and report any more creepy information.
Reviewed Aug. 18, 2018
This is a terrible card. They charge interest BEFORE your statement is even due. They have an option to check your credit score, but in August 2018, my last update was from March of 2018. The rep said that Experian has failed to give them my updated score and that I should contact them directly. I would close this card, but I don't want to ruin my credit history. I asked if the card was inactive for a long period of time, will they close my account, they said no, as long as there is no outstanding balance for over 90 days, the account will remain open. I WILL NEVER USE THIS CARD AGAIN.
Reviewed Aug. 18, 2018
I keep my balance low with Credit One because of this issue. I pay on a weekly basis to keep my balance 0 and not pay interest. Their automated payment system says I have made too many payments in the last 30 days and won't accept a standard payment. However if I want to spend $9.95 they will accept an Express payment. I tried to contact them and was unable to understand them nor were they any assistance with the problem. This company is nothing more than a legalized scam artist. Stay away from this place.
Reviewed Aug. 17, 2018
I've had this credit card for a few years and all of a sudden they started taking large payments out of my account right after I would make my payment. 1st payment made was $100, next day they took out $500 and now they are trying to get two more payments out of my account.
Reviewed Aug. 16, 2018
If you don't get it in writing when you close your account they will scam you out of late fees/annual fees and your credit score will be impacted in the negative. Get everything in writing if you want to close your account. Get the name of the CS person too. Get a paper statement with proof of closure. Check your credit score. Check your credit reports. They will not do as they say.
On May 20th 2018, I called Credit One to find out why I did not have a current credit card. I found out that they had mailed it to my old address. They also had inaccurate information about my email address and my phone number which I tried to update in their system but was unable to. I spoke to a young man with a thick accent. I told him I did not want to keep the account open because of the missing card that had been mailed a year prior. I also said that I had just paid off the balance and I wanted to close the account. I was told that I would owe no further fees or any annual fee.
I asked specifically about the annual fee. I told him I would pay off whatever I owed legally to close the account. He assured me that the account was now closed and that I would owe nothing further. I did not get this in writing via a letter of any kind which I thought I had requested. I noticed as of August 14 2018 that my credit score has dropping. I thought about it and realized it was probably Credit One because they are well known to exploit their credit card users by tacking on late fees, annual fees, and essentially exploiting the people they are supposed to serve. That was it. BINGO!
Credit One has a history of complaints from the Better Business Bureau. Pattern of Complaints from BBB: "BBB files indicate that this business has a pattern of complaints concerning billing/collection issues. Complainants allege that this Credit One Bank charges consumers, sometimes repeatedly, without authorization, which may include late or unexplained fees. Complainants also allege that Credit One Bank forwards incorrect information to credit reporting agencies such as Equifax, Experian and TransUnion."
The CS person I spoke to on August 14, 2018 named Jacop told me that I owed $103.00 dollars and that I had "two missed payments". I told him that any late fees or annual fees were supposed to be non existent dues to the fact that I paid off the card and closed it. He said he would put my balance to 0.00 but I am waiting for a formal letter. I had to contact TransUnion, and the rest. I will wait for my proof, but I am filing with the FCC and the BBB. This company essentially preys on people trying to build up their credit. Get it in writing! Watch your back!
Reviewed Aug. 15, 2018
For one Credit One Bank has no one that speaks clear English. It's like they are programmed what to say, well my payment was 40.00. They took 140.00 out of my bank account then turned around and closed my account. I was never late on payments but everything was clearly their fault. Somebody legally need to something about this company! I could go on further but never again.
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2018
I had a account with this Companies for several yrs and I paid my bill on time, and they will try to entice you with higher credit limits when your account is almost paid off... Don't take their offers. If you are late on any payment, or get way behind on your bill, they WILL NOT work with you or set up a payment arrangement because they make the most money off of Late Fees and Finance charges. My Consolidation Company tried to set a payment arrangement with them, so my finance charges could be lower but they refuse to accept that.
They refused to accept ANY payment from the Consolidation company, so my debt racked up and they sent it to a collection agency... eventually one of the Collection agencies accepted a payment arrangement but now this account is on my credit report because they wanted to play hardball instead of clearing up the debt. I'm currently writing letters to the Credit Agency to explain what they did and why they refused to work with my Consolidation company while Larger companies like Amazon willingly accepted an offered to clear up my Debt... Don't deal with them, they are only money hungry.
Reviewed Aug. 13, 2018
I got behind on my Credit One account by mistake, now they refuse to take any payment less than what they piled up. I called and tried to make partial payments and they refuse to take a partial payment of any kind. I can't change my due date to reflect my social security payment, so they are able to charge me a late fee of $35 each month! Add that to my rapidly increasing 'past dues' and I now owe over $740+ on what was just a 480 account several months ago. I asked them to (1) close the account, (2) stop adding on late fees and let me pay partial payments in order to get caught up, but I got a solid NO to any help. They emailed me saying they had the perfect solution for me to get caught up.
I called the number and was told that they would be pleased to accept 2 payments of $280 per month for two months. Isn't that great?! Only problem? I would have to stop paying rent! I informed them of this and their answer was that they thought I should do whatever was needed to pay the payments...regardless of whether or not I paid my rent or not. I have told them time and again that I am low income...doesn't matter...the bill just keeps climbing and they will not help. I turned this account over to a debt relief agency and they informed me that Credit One wouldn't consent to work their program with me until the past due was paid in full. You can see where this is going, can't you?
Reviewed Aug. 13, 2018
I am on a fixed, one time a month budget, payment due on the 9th my check comes in on the 13. I am charged a late fee every month for $37.00. I also PAY a fee for the card $75.00 per year. When I call to close the account after 3 months the representative speaks broken English, I ask for a rep in the USA and I get transferred 5 more times, the lady that answers the call says there is no grace period. This card is a scam.
Reviewed Aug. 12, 2018
I was notified via email by Credit One that they believe charges to my account were fraudulent. Only after allowing 4 out of 5 charges at the same store within minutes go through did it click that something was wrong to them. I immediately called when I received the notification from my office desk (which means I am not at the store). I have been told that it will take up to three months to investigate and in the meantime I must pay for the charges until the investigation is complete. This is BS to make a customer be responsible for charges that they didn't charge. I have NEVER had this happen with any other company before, I will be closing this account ASAP.
Reviewed Aug. 10, 2018
I was unable to get them to understand a payment was missing. Kept telling me about all the charges on account but not the payment. Tried to cancel card, kept transferring me to different people who kept offering me other options. Very frustrating. I also had a very hard time understanding them. Support done out of the country.
Reviewed Aug. 10, 2018
So this company is absolutely the worst company I have ever dealt with. So in June I was going to make my payment but I had noticed that there was some charges that I had not done. So I called them right away and told them that I did not do these charges. They told me that they would deactivate the card and they would issue me a new one as well as the investigation team would work on it to find out what happened.
So about a month goes by and I never receive my replacement card and I also try to login to my online account to make a payment and it is locked. I called them to let them know that I never received the card and to find out what the status is on the investigation and find out why I can't I login to my account. I get told that they are sending me a new card (again) and the investigation is still underway. Then they tell me that I do not need to make a payment because my account is under investigation and that they will contact me. I asked if this will effect my credit report because I am trying to build it up to buy a home, they said no and not to worry that it will not effect my credit. I asked when I can view my online account and they say with in 24-48 hours it will be unlocked. I try it about a week later and it's still locked.
Another month goes by and still the same thing... I have not received the new issued card and still have no way of getting into my locked online account and I never receive a phone call about the status of the investigation. And yet again, I call and its the same old song and dance, they say I do not need to make a payment because the account is in investigation still (by the way its been about 60 days by this time) and they will contact me with status updates, they said my online account will be unlocked with in 24-48 hours, and that they will send me a new card. Yea... none of that ever happened.
So I have called them one final time today and we are now at 90 days, they have now changed their story that account is still under investigation and that now it takes 90 days for the investigation to be complete. They said they account is still locked and they said that it would be unlocked with in 24-48 hours. Oh and I still never got my new issued card and they couldn't tell me when they sent it out. Then here was the real kicker, they said that my account was has an OVERDUE PAYMENT!!! And that I need to make the payment and my payment is late over 30 days and it has now been reflected on my credit report. WTF!!! This is literally the worst company I have dealt with. I had spoken with the manager and that got me no where after explaining the situation that has occurred over the past 3 months. Today I closed the account.
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2018
First, I've had issue with Credit One Bank regarding fraudulent charges on the account and their resolution was to reissue the card. They did not check if there were unauthorized charges with me. They credited items they assumed were fraudulent. Their customer service representatives are very inexperienced with answer the customer did not ask questions for. In May 2018, I notified Credit One Bank that I would be out of the country until July 2018 but my payments were scheduled. I am a Fraud Victim so carefully reviewed all my account for irregularities and unauthorized charges. I found my credit cards were replaced and other charges were added to the account. I was told I called June 19, 2018 to report my card had been stolen but I had my card in my possession.
Upon return home, I called July 27, 2018. Spoke with a representative that was very difficult to understand so I asked to speak a Supervisor about waiving the late fees. I scheduled the payments before leaving but checking did not reflect payments. My financial institution stated the Credit One Bank payments were canceled and funds withdrawn therefore my identity had been compromised. After getting another checking with different account and most of the funds deposited back into the account, I proceeded to pay my creditors. I have a very good payment history with my creditors therefore they waived late fees. On August 9, 2018, I logged into the Credit One Bank portal to check if payment posted.
I found that their system still considered my account past due but current snapshot of the account reflects due date as 08/26/18 for $57.00. Again the representative provided inaccurate information that did not make sense. John (rep) stated my account is past due $59.00 which totally confused me. How can the system show account current with payment due 08/26/18 and the rep show past due? Then I receive a credit monitoring alert telling me Credit One Bank reported an account with last 4 digits ** for past due 30 days. Credit One never issued a card to me with those last 4 digits therefore they've issued someone else a card in my name once more. Another issue I have with Credit One that although they closed my account without notification, why would they still charge me an annual fee for the closed account. At this point with all the issues with Credit One Bank, I will leave the accounts closed.
Reviewed Aug. 7, 2018
a live person, she could not tell me what transaction accounted for the $78 balance, other than that it was a "bank charge," I assume it is the annual service charge, plus daily interest. If I can see the charge online in my balance, I ought to be able to see what it is for in transactions. This outfit is set up to ** the consumer. I will be canceling the account ASAP.
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2018
I called Credit One Bank to make a payment today and they asked me for my credit card number. I told them I do not have the card in front of me. I asked them if there was another option that they can check my file. So, they said if I don't have my card info they needed my full social security number to look up my file. I refused to give my social over the phone. So they transferred me to some service line and the line was a disconnected number. I ended up ** at the lady on the other of the phone and she went silent... Did anyone have this problem? SMH.
Reviewed Aug. 2, 2018
I sent a complaint online to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The website is www.helpwithmybank.gov. I tried almost 20 times to pay my bill online but I could not, because I could never set up the account. Try to pay by phone and there is a charge of more than 9.00 dollars. This is a fraud, they also charge for late fee that has happened to me because I could not make the payment in term of this way every month. You have to pay an amount to pay by phone. And sending the payment by mail does not guarantee that they say they received it in time.
Reviewed Aug. 2, 2018
I've had this card several years, now starting in May I believe, I receive letter confirming an address change? Well, how could I get this at my "old" correct address if I changed it? Meantime, ooh yes there were charges being made on my account. Took 2 months to straighten this out and prove I am me, finally got access back, log on and make a payment (by the way they charged late fee even though they had me locked out) and the very same week I am again locked out! Called and told them to shut this account down, must mail me statement as I cannot log on online again. Nightmare and these guys are little to no help. Hard to understand, I don't think they see the gravity here either.
Even though it's going to hit my credit report to close this account, these guys are a risk not worth taking. On call I told them to close. They wanted me to send a letter taking full responsibility for account... um no Habib, how about you include statement going back to when problem started showing me I am responsible. Never Again with this one.
Reviewed July 27, 2018
Every time I submit a pre-qualifying application, I receive an error that the connection to the secured server has been lost and we are unable to continue processing your request. You will need to start over. This cycle continues over and over. Then I got letter in the mail stating possible fraud. WTF!!!! I don't know if I am at risk of someone possibly trying to commit fraud while submitting the application or it's this piss poor of a company website!!!! When I contacted customer service no one could tell me what was the issue even after submitting a ticket and waiting 7 business days to call back. The last rep told me I will only be able to get a credit card if I received a letter with a reference number. I'm upset because I know my credit is well over the min. acceptable credit score and a few colleagues recommended I apply with the company. My experience hasn't been pleasant or successful.
Reviewed July 27, 2018
Why don't I like Credit One? Let me count the ways: 1. As soon as you're a second late for a payment, they start spamming you. I've gotten calls upwards of 10 times a day from different numbers that are all associated with these guys. That's incredibly predatory. They even call on weekends. 2. The APRs and rates are pretty terrible, but I expect that's something you know going into one of these cards.
3. I went to pay my bill, which is due tomorrow, today. It won't let me and has randomly decided, after YEARS of continued use of the same bank account, that I need to "re-verify" my bank account. This will take 1-5 days. Which means For those 2-5 days I'm going to be getting 10 calls a day, because even when I answer and talk to someone, either no one reads the notes or no one is making notes to begin with. There's no customer service line to call with a person about this, there's no way to contact someone online. Just to recap: Credit One is physically preventing me from paying my bill on time and will harass me even though they are the ones preventing me from paying my own bill. How screwed up is that. Avoid at all costs, seriously.
Reviewed July 26, 2018
Credit One has been a pain in my **. Since day one they shut my account 3 times. All because I didn't have the right bank info. I am unable to talk, so they wanted me to get a POA from bank. And I said my wife can do the talking for me. They said ok and charge me a $19.00 fee. Well they shut me down again saying my bank info incorrect and I've made payments all month. Called them up and said the info was incorrect. I paid them some money and they charge me a fee again. Well they wouldn't let me in my account. They said I needed a bank statement from the bank showing I had a account there. There is really something fishy here. I need help with these crooks.
Reviewed July 25, 2018
So having horrible credit I wanted to try and rebuild my credit so I got this card. You can check your credit in their app but don’t believe them because my real credit score was way lower than what they said it was. Also all the customer service reps are in India or some other country. High interest and fees and I’ve notice balance discrepancies of the tune of about 30$. When my card had charges that were fraudulent they not only cancelled my card but my whole account is suspended. I have not had this card long so we will see what’s next.
Reviewed July 24, 2018
Received my card early 2017, made one transaction without issue then everything else after was declined - could not get a answer from the rude customer service reps who rush you off the phone so I gave up and cut up the card. Decided to try again and early July 2018 I requested a new card ($25 fee for that). Once I got my card I used it at a Shell gas station with a successful transaction but now everything is declined. Over the last 4 days I’ve spoken with 16 reps and 5 supervisors who all say they refreshed my card and in 15 min the card will be OK and that the decline was due too “unusual merchants” (Shell gas, Amazon, Target, ShopRite, McDonald’s). To me those are normal.
As of today the manager said she solved my issue and the card will be ok in 24 hours. However I don’t believe it will work. I believe they approve you for a card and charge you the $99 annual fee and high interest and allow 1 transaction to go through then decline the rest, making you call and request a new card (which cost $25). Then when you get a new card they approve 1 purchase then deny all the rest again. Stay far away from this company!!!
Reviewed July 23, 2018
I've had this credit card since 2013 (trying to rebuild my credit after the 2007-2010 recession, I'm in the construction industry... nuf said :)) Sooooo, my lesser gripe is the high interest rate (but, pretty understandable if your credit rating is not so great). Here's the kicker though: that brutal "yearly" charge to have this card. You might be wondering why I put "yearly" in quotations. That's because it's a yearly charge... billed monthly. I've wanted to cancel this card for quite some time, now that my credit score is back to a somewhat normal range. But every time I pay off the balance, they charge $8.25 as soon as my payment posts... soooo, now you've got an open balance again and can't cancel.
Super irritating (not sure of the legality of this practice either). Very frustrating. Worse, when you call their "customer service", you can count on poor communication, and being transferred at least three times trying to get this done. And that's after you slog your way through the automated phone menu hawking every conceivable "add on" service imaginable. So, after being on hold, and wading through this process... I finally got through to someone (I think my frustration was pretty obvious by the time I talked to the head honcho) who could cancel the card (on the "upside", they refunded my last two "yearly fee" charges. At least that's what the customer service rep said they'd do... we'll see).
Reviewed July 21, 2018
Horrible! I have been trying to rebuild my credit to purchase a home. Credit One Bank was a suggestion from one of the credit sites I frequent. I was approved for a $300 limit back in February and it’s been a nightmare ever since. The problem began in April. My Credit One account was hacked. Someone in Nevada changed the address on my account and then added themselves as an authorized user. Once they received a card, they paid it off using my debit card that was on file and then went to an ATM and stole all the money. I did not catch on to the fraud until I received a letter from Credit One wanting me to confirm an address change.
I called to report that I did not change my address (I live in MD) and that all my money on the card was gone. Credit One closed the old card, took the “authorized user” off and sent me a new card. I reported what happened to my bank and they issued me a new debit card (which they later charged me for). Credit One started a fraud case and my balance was zero (of course since MY money was used to pay off the card).
Fast forward to today. I rented a car this week and after receiving the final bill, I knew I would be over my Credit One limit. So I accessed my account this morning to pay on my account and to my shock, it stated I was over $288. I immediately called Credit One to have them tell me that the balance from the old card was transferred to my new card. I was also told to go to my bank and file a claim to prove that there was fraud.
At this point my patience with this company is at a negative ZERO! I (loudly) explained to the lady what happened and that I was NOT going to pay twice for something their company allowed. After some back and forth, she hung up on me. So I promptly called back. I immediately asked to speak to a supervisor, but the young lady wanted to know my issue. I explained once again what happened, she also tried to tell me it was a balance transfer, to file a claim with my bank and once they’re able to prove it was fraud the money will be taken off my account. I explained that it was not really fraud with my bank, the person received my account number through Credit One and stole the money off that card. She also stated she would transfer me to a supervisor but hung up on me. NOW I’M PASSED LIVID!
I called back for the third time and finally got a full understanding of horrible this company is and how they do not appreciate a diligent consumer. Once I got the third person I skipped all the pleasantries and got right to point. After having the associate suggest I took the money off my card; I suggested she review my account, again! She finally saw where my address was changed; an authorized user was added and wait for it...seeing where the person took my money in NEVADA. She no longer wanted my bank to do Credit One’s job. I realized they were hoping the fraud would be with my bank so that Credit One could get their money back or that I would be dumb enough to pay again. Now they’re going to do their job (supposedly) for the second time. I informed the associate that I will pay what’s owed and then will close this account.
If you get anything from this please be cautious when rebuilding your credit. Companies such as Credit One take advantage of those that are not able to get credit through well established creditors. Try Capital One secured credit card and or your bank secured credit card. Capital One gave me an increase within 6 months for having a good payment history. In addition, credit cards such as Credit One are viewed as “boutique “ cards. Essentially it’s like having a card from a clothing store. Cards like this are frowned upon during credit reporting. Creditors view having these cards as if you’re not able to obtain credit from an established bank. I just received this tidbit after getting cards like Credit One. Please do your homework before rebuilding your credit!
Reviewed July 21, 2018
I find it strange that when I attempt to make a payment online on my due date the site doesn’t work! There was a time I experienced this, so I called and explained the issue. Well the representative basically repaired my account and I was able to pay online after telling him NO I was not making it through him nor will I be paying a fee to make it through him.
Following month same issue! Trying to pay in due date and their online services are down until I called and explained to the lady that I knew she could fix it so I can do the payment online and she did. Happens every time I pay on due date! Now today is a day BEFORE due date. Got on fine to check due amount. Called in to see pay off balance and once I attempt to get back online... you guessed it! Online services DOWN! So I guess I’ll have to call and demand them to repair my online account so I can make my payment because I AM NOT PAYING TO PAY THROUGH THEM OR PAYING A LATE FEE!!!
Reviewed July 16, 2018
I now wish I saw this first. I got a credit report with a delinquent on my account. I pulled up the web account and it did not show any activity. So I called, the woman that I was talking to. I could barely understand her, asked where she is from, and said the Philippines. Now I started to wondering and coming to find out that it is a scam. I have not use the card since October 2017 and paid off the amount I used. The to see a delinquent on my credit report.
Reviewed July 13, 2018
Opened my account and after several attempts to set up online which none were even close to getting online finally after 4 browsers setup was completed on Internet Explorer. Made 3 payments with them on the phone because I couldnt set up online and the last time they told me they were not going to waive the fee cause their website was working and it was me. Well okay but I shouldnt have to download 4 browsers to make a payment.
Made my first online payment today on July 13th which they still charge you 3.99 to make a payment. But heres the real kicker, it's their website but it takes 3 days for them to process payment, another day to electronically transfer it, and then another day to post it to your account and the payment is made on their website Credit One Bank but the funds immediately come out of your account when you pay. So if you set up your online payment on the day it is due you are already late because you are not paying the express fee for it to post right away... WHAT A SCAM to automatically make you late. Luckily I made my payment 4 days early so it will post on the day it is due. Also look at your expected payment date online. It's already one day past the due date.
Reviewed July 12, 2018
I am so pissed and this is a long story! Going back to October 2017 is when I first became their customer. I was making my payments on time and I only had a limit of $400. In May this year with no prior notice I get a notice from Credit One that my payment was declined due to stop payment. I NEVER STOPPED A PAYMENT AND MY BALANCE WAS ALMOST PAID OFF. When I called their customer service I could hardly understand the person with a really strong Indian accent and after the fifth time I repeated what went on and why I was calling the person unfortunately got cussed out until they put me through to a supervisor! Funny how they understood all the four letter words I was using!
The supervisor tells me that my bank stopped the payment. When I called my bank B Of A, they said Credit One had not even attempted to charge my card with my payment! Then I called Credit One back and called them on the game they were playing because I was almost done paying off my balance and then another supervisor told me they didn't have all the digits on my account number so when I was paying online the payments weren't going through! I screamed "Why did you all let this go on for so long!? Who was irresponsible? Me or you for not alerting me that you didn't have all my information before charging me with interest and penalties up to over $1,000! WHO THE ** DOES THAT!"
I continued to make payments until I tried to make a payment yesterday 7-11-2018 and the person I spoke to informed me that my account had been charged off and sold to someone they don't have the information for and as of 6-28-2018. Even after trying to rectify the situation, no notice was given to me and so as they tried to ** up my credit. I am doing everything I can to ** up their reputation! I am telling everyone I know not to be their customer! Also, stop sending our jobs overseas to people that can't understand or speak English! What the hell is wrong with you? All these jobless people willing to work hard like I do and you send opportunity to another country? Hell will freeze over before I am ever a customer with you ever again! #nojusticenopeace!
Reviewed July 12, 2018
There is a yearly fee of $75.00, which they don't show on your electronic statement which is shady. Also, if you have an authorize user to the account, you pay an additional fee of $19.95 every year as well (which is ridiculous). The interest is also very high. If you need to build your credit. I would suggest keep the card for 1 year, charge on it and make EVERY payment on time. Hopefully that will be enough to get you better credit offers and then close the Credit One acct, that's what I did.
Reviewed July 12, 2018
I had no idea that credit card companies only allow someone to make a maximum of four payments in a 30 day period. Well Credit One Bank only allows you to make 4 payments in 30 days and they will not allow you to pay off the balance if you reached this limit. I'm so confused. Why? I don't get it.
Updated review: July 11, 2018
Credit One resolved my problem quickly out of all the credit cards I have Credit One was the only one that did not allow anyone to steal my money I see now why their fees are high because the security is good they didn't like what they saw so closed my card and sending me a replacement with new number so for that I changed to a 5 star they acted very quickly and kept my funds safe
Original Review: July 11, 2018
Credit One is the worse Credit Card I have. They temporarily suspended my account for no reason. I pay my bill early every month plus the fees are outrageous. I'm paying this card off and I'm cancelling it. I had this card for over 2 years. I really don't need it. I have other cards. I never have problems with 2 of them I been with for 13 years. Never a problem. There are other cards out there to help build your credit. Look around. Don't get this one. It's a nightmare. You've been warned.
Reviewed July 10, 2018
They Charge about $79.00 a yearly fee to begin and then the yearly fee is divided into month amount. THEN THEY JUST CHARGED ME A ONE TIME FEE OF $14.95 for a $250.00 credit line increase... As soon as I build my credit I am dropping them. My Discover credit card charges no yearly fees.
Reviewed July 8, 2018
If I had known this company would be so rude to their customer I would have never applied for a credit card with them. They cancel your password without your permission. Their fees are out of control. I am done with this credit card. This is the worst company to ever get a credit card from. Don't make the mistake and get one whatever you do. They won't let you pay your bill over the phone without a charge. It hard to set up your account online from their website. Just the worst experience I have ever had with a credit card company.
Reviewed July 7, 2018
Started in April 2018. Payment in full occurred on account which hit checking. Called and reported transaction as unauthorised. Verified info. Credit One said they needed to reissue my card. Never received it, but thought it was because of the fraud. Someone changed my address to a Florida address and allowed them to charge card to max. Feel like inside job. Closed accounts, but have to wait for fraud investigation to be done.
Reviewed July 6, 2018
I had a card from Credit One and ran into a ** load of problems. First off, someone made fraud payment and a couple of fraud charges. And this was after I had already closed this account a month prior. Then I was alerted by my credit monitoring company and then they charged my account off even after I paid it off. I filed a small claims lawsuit this afternoon for 5000 dollars, I'll keep you informed on its progress.
Reviewed July 3, 2018
I’ve had this card for 6 months and I’ve always having an issue with making my payments online. I called today because of an email they sent about my account. I was not able to log in the account. I called customer service and was told that my account was suspended because of a returned payment. I asked for the account information they had and it does not match what I know I put it and what has been saved. I was told my account was closed and that it will be reported to the credit agency on the 7th. The only way to possibly get my account reinstated would be to send a letter from the bank of my account information? Like why? They are a scam and full of bull. No one could tell me how long the process would take. I’m contacting a lawyer.
Reviewed June 29, 2018
They offered me a credit card to help improve my credit. I accepted it. I used it for a few charges, paid the whole thing off the end of each month, then closed. Stopped using it months ago. Assuming I didn't have a monthly payment to pay, I logged into my account today to see that I owe them over $100 and even worse my credit score dropping because of nonpayment. It turns out that they charged me some hidden fee I wasn't aware of, then each month the fee accumulated with late penalty charges and interest. So these days, if you don't owe money, you still owe money and get your credit all screwed up??? What a scam! Companies like this are the reason 2008 financial crisis happened, if not regulated better, it will happen again and even much worse!
Reviewed June 29, 2018
I got this card just as an easy way to finance a payment. Everything was fine for the first couple months, until my payment was due last night and I was unable to even access the "make a payment" screen. This morning, I was charged a late fee, which I expected. I was irritated, but figured it wasn't a big deal since I DID wait until the last day to pay the bill. My fault. This morning I went to make another payment, the payment did not process, and would not allow me to try to make that same payment again, so I called the customer service number that they advised me to contact. I wound up speaking with the most rude individual. She yelled at me, demanded I calm down, and spoke to me like a toddler. It was like she was reading off a script and wasn't even listening to the problem I was describing to her. She would not give me her name, but her attitude is the exact reason that I'm cancelling this card the minute I pay it off completely. Not worth it.
Reviewed June 24, 2018
My credit was badly damaged in 2010. I got a credit card from Credit One to slowly rebuild my credit. I finally got my credit up to a decent score and I held on to this card because it hurts your credit score to close an account but Credit One has to go. I am charged $8.25 a month for an annual fee, I pay the card in full each month but they charge interest on the balance daily, I found a charge for $19.00 so I called Credit One to find out what it was they told me it was a membership fee.
When you pay online Credit One charges close to ten dollars if you want credited that day or no charge if you wait 5 days so if you're on a tight budget either pay the fee or a steep late fee (I never was late). So last month I paid my account in full (on time) this month I have $27.25 in fees. I have 3 other great credit cards now that don't cost me a dime as long as I pay in full every month. Next payment I will pay in full (as always) but I will be mailing a certified letter to close my account. Credit One did help me rebuild my credit but there is no rewards for being a good customer.
Reviewed June 22, 2018
They'll be happy to give you a card and if you want to survive unscathed do what I did. These guys are experts in the shifty'Mc shafts so do not imagine it or use it as a credit card. Create a new email address specifically for this card. Don't use the card if you don't have the cash on hand, you'll need it to pay it off after a few days, after it registers on the website or the app. Only use it once a month. Only keep the card for 9 months. Read your termination instructions carefully and mail the letter certified. Make sure you indicate that you are terminating "our contract at your request". Do not let them talk you into keeping the card. Lie and tell them your bank gave you a $2000 credit card limit and you don't need two credit cards. Always enter your login and password fresh, no saved data fields. Don't bother calling for anything but a credit increase after 4 months.
Do not consider any payment completed, they'll add an extra couple bucks for interest, just pay it if it appears after a zero balance report from the app or website, so watch for it. Do not block the emails reporting your closed account at a zero balance with zero available credit, verify it says zero and delete it. On the 8th month go to Capital One and get the secured card and keep it, they'll have you in two Quicksilvers MC & Visa in 11 months then go get your Discover card. Credit Sesame reports any credit activity before TransUnion, Experian etc. Pay no attention to Credit Sesame recommended cards. Credit Karma is always the last to know anything. Take no loans from any app, go to your bank and ask for a credit builder CD if you want to build your score faster. Good Luck!
Reviewed June 21, 2018
I do find it interesting that the company does not have a technical support team for when issues arise with websites. I would think that if a company has a website, they would have the technical support to work with it. I called, talked with the representative on what was going on, asked to speak with the technical support department as my website had been working 7 days prior. "We do not have a technical support department, we troubleshoot the problem here." Very interesting when a problem arises and they only have 1 department. Don't get as the support is not worth the runaround...
Reviewed June 12, 2018
I have been a Credit One Bank cardholder for 2 years and I have to say that they are the worst. They charge for credit line increases, provide TERRIBLE customer service and offer absolutely NO HELP if you are going to be late on a payment. The customer service reps are rude, difficult to understand and aren't always able to answer your questions. When I asked for the hardship department, they gave me the number for credit counseling services "in my area" because they don't offer hardship help. This is a credit card company that prides itself on helping people rebuild their credit but don't offer help if you hit a bump in the road along the way!!! What a scam!!! Can't wait to pay this card off and be done with them!!!
Reviewed June 4, 2018
I have had this credit card for about 10 years. I pod the card off about 2 years ago and just use it for small things which I can pay off monthly or within 2 months. I attempted to pay my bill online for over two weeks. Their new authentication does not work. It will not allow you to go past the security questions page. I also never received a statement from them, but knew I had used the card and wanted to pay in full. They have been calling my home all weekend from different numbers. I was not home and a friend finally answered the phone.
They persisted in asking to speak with my spouse, since I was not available. I have no spouse. This is beyond being unprofessional and leads me to believe that the call is from out of the country. I called customer service this morning from work and was on the line around 35 minutes trying to rectify the issue. Horrible customer service. They took my payment over the phone, then sent me to another department to try and help me log on. In the meantime, I find all these horrible reviews that I never knew about on Consumer Affairs.
They kept trying to insinuate that it’s my fault. Uh, no. They could not tell me when the online issue would be fixed, but kept saying it’s nothing wrong. Their only suggestion was to download their app to make future payments. I asked does that mean the online website doesn’t work. All they would keep saying is, that it does work, but the could walk me through it. My advice is to stay away from Credit One, if you can. I’m lucky to have other and better credit cards. I understand everyone may not be able to and have to use them. I will keep it for emergencies, if needed. They are a fraudulent company and really should be sued and shut down.
Reviewed June 4, 2018
I am trying to report this to Equifax and Transunion. Every month I go online to pay my CC bill and the password says, "problem logging on. Try later." Three months later and the site STILL will not work to renew your password even though it does not tell you it is specifically your pass is the problem. They are deliberately not specific. I know my password. They simply make their website unavailable and then you are forced to pay an additional 9.98 for an express payment when in reality you should be able to just log in and pay. It is simply a money making scam and it is FRAUD. This is why they are not accredited. I will cancel my card ASAP.
Reviewed June 4, 2018
I am a cardholder with Credit One Bank, and will be brief. I have been with Credit One Bank for a couple of years at least. From the very beginning, paying my bill using the automated number was unsuccessful. The line would never pick up, just disconnect. If it actually did answer, disconnected at some point through the prompts. At this point, I installed the app in order to make online payments. This experience was not terrible, however a large amount of the time I was unable to view my statements. If I was able to actually retrieve an agent via telephone after LITERALLY WAITING FOR UP TO TWO HOURS, unfortunately I was unable to understand the agent/dialect issues. Resulting in yet again the inability to make payments. Currently, well LITERALLY for the past two months I have been unable to reach Credit One through all avenues resulting in now "late payments" confirmed with credit checks.
You may be asking yourself why I have not sent payments via postal service? Are you kidding? If I am unable to reach them via phone, email, and app no telling what could happen once they received it! I am a 5 star fan of the United States Postal Service, just no telling what may happen with Credit One! My quick theory... "payment not received ". In close, taking a risk with this company is infinite! The hours and frustration I personally have endured is phenomenal! Heck, I can't even make contact to close the accounts. However I have contacted the credit bureau and submitted a dispute in hopes that my credit score will not continue to be affected. Stay away from Credit One Bank!!! Thanks so much!!
Reviewed June 3, 2018
I have had this card for 6 months and always pay my balance in full. This month was no different and even expressed paid it so I would have funds available the next day. 3 days last and nothing... So I called and the customer service agent said I closed the account! I did no such thing. After almost an hour on the phone it was remediate and a new card was being sent to me. He concluded my card had been compromised and even my address and phone number had been changed in the account but I would receive a new card in a week. It still hasn’t arrived 2 weeks later and my credit report just alerted me I have a new closed account. I went online to check the account and see what’s going on and no information has been changed and it doesn’t say my account is closed either but it has been transferred and I notice the last 4 digits of the account is different. I have to wait until Monday to speak with someone now. I just want to know what is going on.
Reviewed May 25, 2018
I've made several call over the past month for assistance with making an online payment. They've added a new feature where you can process a payment for $9.95 or use their current method (online or mail). The online access has NOT worked since, it seems, the $9.95 fee became effective. Was told today that Credit One is updating their security and that is why their site was inaccessible. Was then offered to help reset my password. When I asked why, since the site was down, was told that it would be ANOTHER 48 hours before I could use the online option. Never got a response as to how that would work if the site was being upgraded.
This is the exact same thing I was told two weeks ago just before they slapped a $25 late fee on my account. I had to request paper statements just to be able to make payments. The only response I've gotten has been, "I'm really sorry for the inconvenience." When I asked to speak with someone in the United States, I was told that was not possible. When I dialed the in-state number listed for the company (702-269-1000) was put on hold and then disconnected. I have NEVER encountered this level of poor customer service. This is one unhappy cardholder.
Reviewed May 25, 2018
I will make this as short and sweet as possible as it has been a 2 month nightmare! I've been with Credit One since 2015 and have great standing and zero issues until late March early April. It started with me getting a letter at home from Credit One dated 3/28/18 thanking me for changing my address to something in Florida. I live in SC and haven't moved. This was suspicious so I called them right away on 4/3/18. During that call (I won't even go into how awful the customer service has been and how many hours I've wasted with them since) they eventually updated my address back to my correct address.
HOWEVER, an important detail they failed to tell me on that call on 4/3/18 was that they mailed a NEW card to that WRONG address in FL on 3/26/18... Oh and of course they billed me $25 for a replacement card they sent to some criminal. Had they told me they sent the new card when I called to dispute the address change and cancelled the card THEN, the fraud would not have happened. So a few weeks later is when I finally realized that someone had made multiple cash withdrawals form MY card in Florida for about a week. Did I mention these cash advances ended up exceeding my credit limit by over $1,000?? How does Credit One even let that happen?!?
In addition to the advances, a cash advance fee of nearly $14 PER ADVANCE was charged to me! I have been dealing with this since early April and they have NOT wanted to help me. I filed a police report, spoke to multiple "supervisors" and requested they send me a fraud affidavit. They told me no they do not send those? THEY ARE REQUIRED TO! I was finally able to have them send me one. They have reported this FRAUDULENT balance that happens to now be over my limit to the credit bureaus and my score has dropped significantly! Many complaints about it to Credit One to at least advise the credit bureaus it was in dispute were useless and nothing has been done.
I could tell you so many other things they have done poorly in this situation that would make your head spin, but I'm so over talking about it over and over. The important thing I want to share is HOW TO GET IT RESOLVED. I promise if you have had this issue as I see many others have, Credit One will not resolve it and fix it unless they are forced! I submitted a complaint against them to the CFPB - they in turn forwarded the complaint to the OCC - the Federal agency that regulates banks. This is something Credit One does not want... Several complaints about this huge security breach launching questions from the OCC.
I got a response from Credit One this week "based on my complaint to the OCC" (not based on complaints I made directly with them). They do not admit any wrongdoing in the letter as it was worded carefully, HOWEVER, they did advise me the fraud investigation is now complete and they will be correcting my account balances and notifying the credit bureaus as well. Letter is dated last week and none of it has been fixed yet - online account (when it decides to actually work) still shows I'm over my credit limit! Granted, my new billing cycle starts in a few days so I will follow up at that time to make sure it is fixed. At least I have a letter from them in writing stating I am NOT responsible... even though I'm momentarily paying the price! Hopefully this well help someone else that is going through this! OCC IS YOUR FRIEND AND WILL HELP!
Reviewed May 22, 2018
I've read many of the other reviews of Credit One Bank CC and I'm shocked that there are so many problems! I haven't had any issues with customer services, I've had to call a few times and they handle my questions with courtesy. I do agree that the fees are high! I've gone over my limit a couple of times due to my special needs child needing things insurance doesn't cover, being a single mother you do what you have to do. I've been caught off guard when my available credit says $150, so I get my son his meds, then the fee is deducted and I go over my limit. That happens with all bank cards that are made to help build your credit, they have outrageous fees (I've learned that). I'm sorry so many people have had such awful experiences. My experience with Credit One isn't as bad.
Reviewed May 20, 2018
Worst service I ever got for credit card. I wasted too many time to make payment through internet but could not make it so used phone call but no personnel answer responded. I began to feel so weird so I used the express payment by paying 9.95 dollar charge which I never experienced for any other credit card services but again it did not go through. I tried to pay off but not get successful. I strongly hope this credit company should get someone's control or resist by public record of service.
Reviewed May 18, 2018
I was alerted my credit report was ran through this company which I have no knowledge of who this company is. When you call you're calling India at a call center. You ask for the fraud Dept. And telephone number. They say they can’t give it to me. So I look online and find out that there is indeed a fraud Dept. However, nobody answers. It’s a machine telling you to leave your name and phone number and someone will call you in 2 days. So someone from the fraud Dept calls me from a Las Vegas number. They tell me not to worry about it. After 90 days I receive a letter that I am indeed liable for the charges in the amount of $925. Now I have no idea what to do. This company is absurd. Now I have to Dispute it off my credit. This company is the worse. First of all I would never get this card with an annual fee. Seems like they give anyone a credit card.
Reviewed May 16, 2018
I open this account back on July 30, 2015. I opened this account with a unsecured $300 Limit. I have called the bank several different times. I used this card often and have never been late on my Payments. I have 100% making Payments on time. They have raised my Credit limit several times and charge a $25.00 fee. My credit limit on 5-15-2018 is $800. You cannot make a Purchase with a $300 limit. This is nothing but a medical Card for a person that has Life Term illness. What can you really buy with a $300 limit? Maybe go to Mcdonald's and buy a Big Mac meal and buy coffee and smokes at 7-11. I have tested this card many times. They do Post the Payments Quickly if you use the express Payment service by pay the $9.95 Fee.
The problem I had was this: when my available credit was low it would only approve a partial payment and never the amount of purchase. So if my available credit was $ 5.65 and a Big mac meal was $ 7.33. I would need to Pay $1.68. My May statement is saying $80.00 over Limit. I am willing to File and Press Federal Charges against this Company. This bank never allows you to go over the Limit. These Charges are not even Billed yet.
Many banks have Commercial accounts with Merchants and don't Pay for 90 Days. I want a Bank Letter explaining how and why I over-drafted my account. If I don"t receive the letter by June 12, 2018. I will see them in Federal Court. I am a Disabled male with a Life Term illness. I am currently a Homeless man living on the Streets of Santa Monica, Ca. I have a Depression disorder / Bipolar & seizure disorder and had 5 seizures in my Life Time. I also suffer from 2 Broken Ankles that a Doctor at Palms of Pasadena Hospital refused to do surgery and left me crippled and $32,000 on right ankle and $22,000 on left ankle. This happened 13 years ago on 11/2005.
Reviewed May 14, 2018
I've had this card for over a year and have not received my statement on numerous occasions causing my payment to be late. I'm NEVER late on anything... Ever! Fees are absurd and not told about either.
Reviewed May 14, 2018
On hold for the longest time. Got some guy who I could barely understand (heavy Indian accent). He then switched me to someone else also with a strong accent. I'm being charged $35 despite the request to cancel the account. I did not feel that I should be charged the annual fee if I'm cancelling. He stated that the account will be cancelled but I still owe the $35 user fee. Could not make him understand that this is totally unfair. Would not recommend dealing with these idiots.
Reviewed May 13, 2018
Horrible customer service by people you can barely understand. They try and fabricate things so keep good records. I ordered a credit card with Credit One. Without making a purchase using their card I paid them 100.00 dollars. They placed it on my statement as a credit line increase. When I reported the card stolen they told me not to worry they would issue a new card. I received a statement with new card number and balance of 600.00 being owed. This is before I received the new card for activation. The old card only had a charge for the unidentified purchased amount of 132.16.
I never used my Credit One card as I had just recently received a card from Capital One which I use regularly. Yet the agent tried to tell me it was a credit line increase until I told the agent I have records from my bank statement. I made a payment and if this was a credit line increase where is the money I paid as I again have proof from the bank of payment. Agent stutters and says he has to transfer me to his supervisor. After transfer supervisor says, "I see your payment." My advice let's find a court that will hear us. We can't all be wrong about this fraudulent company.
Reviewed May 9, 2018
I have been with Credit One for over 6 months now and have made every payment on time and managed to pay a zero balance every month. On the 5th payment I was told by the rep that I would automatically receive a Credit Line Increase (CLI) once the balance was paid to 0. I made the payment and a few days later nothing had happened. I called customer service and was advised that a CLI was on its way and to check my account within the next 72 hours.
5 Days later I still saw nothing and called them and the rep advised they do not ever offer a credit increase that way. I was told that the bank makes the decisions who and when they offer CLI's to. Clearly this company has outsourced to a call center to save the company money. When I called in to cancel my card they never even offered an apology for their poor lack of knowledge about the product they represent. I opened my Credit One the same day I opened my Capital One and have already had a credit increase to $2,000 with Capital One. Save yourselves a lot of time and headache and get you a Capital One card.
Reviewed May 7, 2018
This company makes it nearly impossible to close an account, and I'm guessing it's intentional. I realized that I was only paying a monthly annual fee (weird, right?) and associated fees and interest, as I almost never used the card, so I called to cancel the account. It took me two phone calls, five or six transfers, at least 45 minutes, and a great deal of frustration to get that done today. The representatives were difficult to understand, and tried to toss in sneaky little fees while rushing through reading their scripted dialogue. Prior to one transfer, I asked if they were trying to discourage me from closing my account. The agent assured me that, no, they were not, but then she transferred me to another rude, dismissive, and barely helpful representative who claimed his name was Jordan. I will never do any sort of business with Credit One Bank again.
Reviewed May 7, 2018
I had had this credit card for only several months and at first was surprised because my initial line of credit was only after one on time payment. I was notified of the $19.00 charge but my credit limit was raised by $200.00. I have always paid my balance in full and never had a issue until recently I called customer service because I had not noticed my monthly payment being recognized and my balance as of being paid. I contacted customer service and asked if they would verify if their records showed that I indeed had made a payment. The customer service agent said that they saw no record of a recent payment being made. I proceeded to make a payment by phone as I always have and as soon as the payment had been made, the customer service agent had then informed me that there was a payment that had been made two days earlier!!!
So I had now made a $502.00 overpayment which it was cannot be returned to the same account they have always taken the monthly payments but a 7 to 10 day period a check for the overpayment would be returned to me. I informed them I cannot wait 7 to 10 days for them to return that amount because it would cause a financial hardship for me most likely and they said that is the only way that sort of issue was handled and of course the lame sorry for the inconveniences that it may cause. I was also told that any transactions on my credit line could be taken from the overpayment amount?!! I was, "How and why is that???" Two things, I paid my balance and should have a full month of credit on my card and I should have $502.00 overpayment of my money being returned the fastest way possible as to not cause me any type of hardship because of their mistake!!!
Reviewed May 6, 2018
For an American based company you would hope that they would hire people who speak the language fairly well, not here, and not the first time I have had to deal with them. The worst thing is being told that there is a $25 fee to replace my card. Then they lock me out online. Then you try to make a payment on the phone and there is a fee of 9.75 which she 'waveld', had to ask what 'waveld' meant, figured out she meant waived. Also as a means to verify myself she wanted me to verify a charge from 6 years ago, who remembers a charge form SIX years ago? Asked my SSN and the last 4 digits of my SSN 3 different times. I almost asked for a supervisor. A simple 2 minute call turned into 18 minutes.
Reviewed May 3, 2018
I was notified by Credit One that my card was being used in Florida for a several purchases. I advised Credit One that this was impossible since I was in PA. Everything seemed to be resolved until I received a letter from Credit One stating the check I used to make a payment to my account was returned from my bank. The only problem was I did not have a balance on my card. Someone made several large payments to my account and then took an advance for this amount plus my available credit limit. This card was never activated. I am still waiting for resolution from Credit One. It has been 2 weeks. The best part of the story is I was billed for a new card and as other people have stated I was required to make a minimum payment.
Reviewed May 3, 2018
This is by far the worst credit card I have ever had. I fully paid off my account with this company. The next day I see a charge for 218$ from a jewelry store in France. I live in California. I have never been to France and never purchase anything from anyone there online. I immediately call Credit One and am told they have to investigate this issue and they will refund me back in 30 to 90 days. They then tell me that I have to "just pay the min. 25$ every month" so my card does not receive a late fee. Keep in mind this is the 218$ STOLEN from my credit card that I must pay off!!! I am then really pissed off and asked the Indian lady to repeat what she just said.
She then confirms what she just said word for word. At this point I am ready to go completely blow up on her so I hang up. I beg anyone who reads this to never ever get a credit card from this company. I have never had any credit cards broken into other than this one card. I do believe that their security has been breached and every single Credit One customer has been compromised! I also believe this "list" may very well be on the black market which verifies the mass amount of "hacked" Credit One cards popping up. There may also be an inside job going on... This company is total **. Please stay away!!!
Reviewed May 2, 2018
Don’t get a credit card from this company. They screw you with fees' interest rate. Poor customer service call you if you're one day late. Charge you 9.95 to make a payment. It's the worst company I have seen for a credit card. Do yourself a favor if your rebuilding or starting your credit don’t use Credit One.
Reviewed May 1, 2018
Good to know that I'm not the only one having problems with this company. I am experiencing the same things as others. I have had a Credit One card for a number of years and never had any problems until the last 6 mo. It started when every time I went online to pay my bill, my password wouldn't work so I would have to reset it all the time. I had a hard time getting access to my acct. all the time. It happened again last night. I finally got a hold of someone, that I couldn't understand, and he couldn't explain why this was happening but was probably "for security reasons" which was pretty funny since one of my cards had just been fraudulently charged $800.
Now my credit report is taking a hit for that and they have to "investigate" before they remove the charges which can take quite a while. Then when I went to reset my password, there was a problem and they were going to send me an email code, which I never got. He didn't have the right email or phone # so I never got it. I'm so fed up at this point I won't be using this card anymore. I don't know what has happened because it's just been recently that I started having problems and customer service is worthless.
Reviewed May 1, 2018
Just recently received this card. After going through the 2 step process then having to go through yet another verification process the following month (which I understand they have had several cardholders being hacked so the added security is ok) I tried to schedule a payment. My due date is later than the date I wanted to make my payment, yet the website doesn't allow you to schedule an earlier date. Trying to get through to a customer service person was a landmine but I finally got through only to be told the date couldn't be changed. I had to mail the payment. Never experienced this with a card company. They want you to pay late... Will be closing this account asap.
Reviewed April 30, 2018
I tried to log onto my accountant just to find they would not send a code to my email address. I called and the customer service was no help. I am so glad I made my payment early. I was told I was sent an email that stated that I needed to update my account a couple of weeks ago. I looked all through my email but it never was sent or it did not come to me. Are they trying to charge people extra for a payment over the phone, or tell you your payment is late if you send it in the mail? Something is up and it should be looked into. Imagine a customer service rep that cannot help you get back into your account over the phone. I figure he/she could have given me a code over the phone, or unblocked my account.
Reviewed April 30, 2018
My credit card was hacked online, changed my phone, email and address. When I noticed 5 days after they changed all my information, the hackers already maxed out my card that I just almost had paid off. They were able to get a card overnighted to Florida, I live in Michigan. When I asked about a card I was told 7 to 10 days. How can hackers get overnighted and I can't. Now I cannot even get the charges taken care of. Been 30 days and told it will take up to 90. In the meantime my credit is taking a hit, my bill is higher and I have no emergency back up card. This is not a good company and I regret getting a card from Credit One Bank. Almost like an inside job that this is happening to so many of us and all going to Florida.
Reviewed April 28, 2018
My credit bureau alerted me that a new account opened in my name. It was a Credit One card. Since I never opened this account I called the company and was told that they could not remove it from my credit report. The representative told me that he had my date of birth which is why they reported it. I immediately started a dispute with my credit bureau and reported Credit One to the Better Business Bureau.
Reviewed April 26, 2018
I have tried to go online to make a payment and I cannot get through. I have had the same username and password for some time and never had a problem. I'm so disgusted because now I have to send my payment and it will be late and I'll be charged a late fee. I have had payment reminders in my e-mail, but when I click it on, I get a McAfee warning. I don't know what to do!!! I tried calling Credit One, but all I get is music.
Reviewed April 26, 2018
Went online to make (FIRST). Filled out all the information to make online account to pay bill (perhaps including social security number)... they couldn't go any further after suddenly realizing I didn't have the account number because I had never received (or opened) the actual credit card. Searched through the mail and found 'new' card. Went back to computer to furnish this LAST piece of information to login in to pay or set up payment online for this account. Before I could get back to the computer/website to enter account number... the Credit One Bank site (for payments) appears to have been REMOVED or TAKEN DOWN.
Now all they show is a site to login in with user ID and password... which I have not yet created... and it appears to be a website to accept their credit card "offers" only... which obviously that part has already been done. The (unexpected) BILL is here and... DUE. I did not remember this being part of the deal... offered as no fees, unsecured, low starting but able to increase limit over time with on-time payments... but, with a slightly higher interest rate. (I almost called first when bill first arrived... because the charge was unexpected and was this a 'mistake' and to tell them they should advertise this... as I almost didn't even open the first statement... as I had obviously not purchased anything yet without having an actual 'card'.)
Regardless the bill is/was due the next day. There is nowhere to pay... online... and now their website states/shows the company is NOT even accredited yet? WTH. Hopefully, when I call someone today they can take a payment over the phone... but, then they'll have my banking information... if not my social security number from trying to pay online earlier! (Yikes) And, if this company or financial institution is not on the up and up (as now showing not credited) hopefully it will be possible for my personal bank to be able to reverse the payment... IF... the company is 'no good'.
At this point I can't even tell if I'm paying a legit or scam company. (Just beautiful). The irony... people are out there attempting to rebuild their credit from whatever circumstance... fraud, financial reasons, etc. and consumers can't even successfully or smoothly pay their FIRST bill due. Where were these poor reviews by BBB a few weeks ago. BEFORE offer completed. SMDH. Thieves. Rinse and repeat.
Reviewed April 25, 2018
I recently activated a card through the toll free number they provided. Shortly after, my card was compromised and someone purchased over $800 at Target in Florida (I live in TX). When I called to report this fraudulent charge, I was told that I needed to verify my password. I never created a password. I activated it on the phone and it never asked for a password. When I said I didn't create a password, she asked me to verify my mother's maiden name which I did. She told me it was incorrect. I asked her how it was incorrect when that was my mother's maiden name.
I couldn't get any help because I didn't know this imaginary password that was automatically created for me (because I didn't create it, nor was given an option) and apparently my mother's maiden name is incorrect. When I kept saying I didn't know the password because I never created one, I was placed on hold for 25+ minutes to wait for a supervisor who asked if they had permission to remove the password option. I said yes, please remove it because I didn't know it. She said she removed it but when I called yet again about ANOTHER fraudulent charge, I ran into the same thing. Password and maiden name incorrect... It's ridiculous. I don't know who is creating these fake passwords and fake names but it's probably the same person stealing my credit card numbers from Credit One Bank!
Reviewed April 24, 2018
Do not get this card if you can avoid it. I am trying to rebuild my credit so I moved forward with these clowns. They are IMPOSSIBLE to either get on the phone or understand if you are are "lucky" enough to get someone on the phone. You cannot make a payment over the phone. They insist that you do everything through their website - which is not user friendly at all. Also they readily charge late payments for making payments online and not choosing their speed payment service which charges an outrageous amount of money, something like $12. Also, their website is always down. I was just trying to log on today to make a payment and check my balance, but couldn't do it because it is down again. And calling is not an option. These people are a joke and money scammers. Do not open an account with them. You will be very sorry!
Reviewed April 22, 2018
I just called Credit One Bank to explain that my credit card is lost. The extremely rude customer service rep informed me that it will cost me $25.00 to replace the card and an additional $19.00 if I need it expressed. This is after I already pay $99.00 yearly fee and has never been late with my monthly payment. That's it guys... I will not entitle myself to this financial abuse one day longer. For those who are considering this company be very careful of the fine prints. You will be taken advantage of before you know it. I now know there are other alternatives to rebuilding your credit. Try Discover card or Capital One. They consider low credit scores and allow you to rebuild without robbing you.
Reviewed April 19, 2018
Customer service was rude and did not listen. A card was supposedly issued in February 2017 which I never received. Credit One made no contact with me until April 13. 2018. (Big gap) Received first written communication on April 18, 2018 of a past due balance. Customer service reluctantly told me that the charge to account was their annual fee and then a late fee. Customer service admitted the card was never activated and that they assessed the annual fee on an un-activated card. So why has no one from Credit One contacted me in over a year? Both Customer Service and Supervisor kept saying they would send a replacement card and I kept saying I don't want a card. End result is supposed to be card is cancelled and all charges are erased...
Reviewed April 19, 2018
I applied like most trying to rebuild my credit. They never could get my payment correct from Savings vs Checking. Closed my account due to fighting with them trying to make a payment every month that they could not comprehend Savings vs checking. I have a savings account and have been unsuccessful of getting them to understand that is the type of account it is. Only one time did I ever finally get through and I had to speak with 3 different people. After that they would call and tell me my account was closed and my payment did not go through and charged me $45 return fees and then a late fee. I even had my bank send them documentation of my account number and all I got from them was it was my fault and I needed to pay on my account. Can't when you don't comprehend the process!
They charge fees for their mistakes of not processing payment correctly. Then they call over a dozen times a day. Today alone since 10 this morning they have called my phone 10 times. They offer no way of paying other than to call them or go to a fast pay location. I am on a budget and find it ridiculous they offer no online source of payment unless you are an active card holder. I would strongly recommend not to apply with them. I have a card through my bank and one other and have no problems at all. CROOKS is what I will post on here. Something should be done about their business ethics on how they manage and handle their customers. I am trying hard to make a payment.
Reviewed April 18, 2018
Credit One Bank is literally the least ethical business I have ever had the misfortune to cross paths with. They are a predatory company that takes advantage of people who are trying to start their credit files and/or recover from a financial setback. Not only do they charge outrageous fees for EVERYTHING including attempting to pay your bill in a timely fashion, they own their own collection firms and will harass you at all hours of the day and night and the people they employ are barely able to speak English or Spanish. Do yourself a favor and use the fees you will pay this company to go to a reputable company and get a secured credit card.
Updated on [05/03/2018]: This company is wolf in sheep's clothing. No matter your situation STAY FAR AWAY from this brood of vipers. I opened an account with them in July 2014 and closed it in November 2014 after getting into a dispute over questionable charges on my account which I refused to pay. Their employees, and then the collection agencies they own began harassing me at work, on my cell phone, anywhere and everywhere at all hours. THEN to top it all off, after I finally just decided to bit the bullet and settle and pay so that I could get this off of my credit record, they reported late payments on six different occasions in 2017 further destroying my credit. I had to report them to the CFPB to gain assistance. Because of the excellent documentation I had, the CFBP has referred my complaint to the Office of Comptroller for their investigation. Do not... under any circumstances believe these gangsters will help your credit profile in way, shape or form.
Updated review: June 10, 2018
As of 06-08-2018 a refund was awarded and updates made. Thank you for your listeners. We the people; power to the people... :-D
Original Review: April 18, 2018
All minorities should stay clear of this bank; because as of March 10, I have been trying to get this bank to enforce payment of $99.99 refund of said money, based on a fact that nuance product does not work on my computer, and a 5-7 day wait has long passed to do so... attached are documents of proof.
Reviewed April 17, 2018
I never applied for this card! When I received mail showing I had an open card and there were charges on it already, I called immediately. They would not give me any information whatsoever or transfer me to a fraud department. They said they would take a report for the fraud department and I’d hear back from someone. It’s been two months and I’ve never heard a thing. Be aware of this company being a scam! I never received a card in the mail or a bill yet there are charges on this apparent card. Go figure!
Reviewed April 16, 2018
Credit One intentionally misleads consumers, and when you finally get someone on the phone - they go above and beyond to keep information from you. I'm paying off this card and burning it and telling everyone I know who like me, only signed up to build my credit, that this company is only out to take advantage of those in most need. HORRIBLE - anyone who works here should be ASHAMED!!!
Reviewed April 15, 2018
Starting February 2 I got a letter from Credit One saying this large amount of money was paid to my account but didn't go through. So I called them and learned there were a few large amount paid to my card but didn't go through but there were also transactions made to Walmart's in South Carolina and Indiana. I told them I wasn't there and they were not my transactions. They canceled that card and sent me a new one. Then I got a email stating that my information was changed and if I didn't authorize to call them and when I did they said my info was changed to a Miami Florida address. I told them I never lived in Florida so then they put my account on fraud alert.
Then I get a email today saying this account is almost 5000 dollars and it's only 1000 dollar limit and they allowed more activity on this card after it's already on alert. I don't get it and I am extremely mad and upset. I talked to a supervisor named Shawn and he said it takes time but these charges will be taken off. I don't know but I wish I looked at these reviews before getting involved with this company. Please don't get involved with this company. I regret it now.
Reviewed April 13, 2018
This place is the absolute worst. They call you to tell you that there's been fraudulent activity on your account. Once it has been proven that there's been fraudulent activity on the account they put a fraud on your account. They tell you they're going to send you a card in 7 to 10 days. When you ask them if they could send you a paper to tell yes your account is under fraudulent activity investigation so that you can give that to the proper authorities to give to your banking institution and for your police report they say they can't do it.
Their policy is not to give out any information that it would take 60 to 90 days. After speaking with five different representatives three to whom Emily, Chris and Sam were out of the country and barely spoke any English we are unable to help me at all. Then to finally speak with Vin the fourth person who was able to help me a little more. He spoke English and actually cared. He stated he was in Las Vegas and unfortunately he was not able to send me an email stating that my account was under investigation or mail me a letter that he would get me a supervisor.
Now speaking to person number 5 in less than 24 hours is supervisor Ezra. By this point I am frustrated and crying as I'm leaving the bank because I've had to close my account and after speaking with an attorney and the sheriff office I'm explaining to Ezra that all I need is a piece of paper for the police report and for my bank to show them that hey my account is under investigation. He states that it's not their policy that he will try to get me out something by the 20th.
This is absolutely ridiculous. It should not take moving a mountain to get a piece of paper from a company when you're under a fraud investigation. When the company is the one who contacted you to say, "Hey. We see wrong activity. We're noticing fraud." Okay you're the one who put my account under the fraud activity. You should be willing to send me a piece of paper so that I can get this taken care of but no. This company is doing everything but that so run. Hide. Don't use them. I will never use them again neither were my family. We're cutting up our cards!!!
Reviewed April 13, 2018
Stay away from this credit card company! High fees, bad customer service and so not worth the money lost! P.S. I think their call center is through India because none of them can clearly speak English. First, the fees are outrageous! I will admit, I had credit issues and was looking for a credit card to jump-start rebuilding my credit and they offered just that. However, I was overwhelmed with the hidden fees! There is a fee for EVERYTHING associated with this card. Want an increase? Pay $29.95. Want another person to have a card (such as spouse)? Pay $25. Express payment so your payment is applied to your account next business day? Pay $9.95. And the annual fee... when you first get the card, regardless of your credit limit, you are slammed with a $75 fee.
Understanding this is not clear when the account is opened. I thought it was going to be broken up into the monthly payment. That's not how it works. The fee for opening the account is $75 then you are charged $8.?? a month as the "annual fee". So... I had this card for 6 years and made almost every payment on time, except for last month. I was between jobs and went from getting paid monthly to bi-monthly plus moved from NC to TX. For the first time in 6 years, I missed a payment. The day after my payment date, my phone rang over 15 times from the same number. When I finally answered after leaving work, I discovered the phone calls were from this bank. Of course, you are greeted with the automated system about this is a call will be recorded and is to collect a debt... etc.
When I finally talked to someone, the first thing I complained about was the number of calls. Then he asked when I would be able to make a payment. I explained the situation and said, my next pay date is Mar 21. The CSR said he would look at my account to see what he could do to help me. He complimented me on keeping my account on time and that he was impressed with how I have handled my account over the years. I was transferred to a "specialist" who then said, "We can only allow up to the 18th". Apparently he did not hear me say that I did not get another paycheck until the 21st. After arguing about this, I finally hung up on him. I continued to get phone calls from them daily, never leaving a message. There were also times that I answered and they hung up on me. They claim to be working with you, but they are really trying to bully you into making a payment.
After this whole fiasco, I ended up cashing out some of my retirement to pay them off. So, I made the call to close the account. The CSR says he is sorry to hear that I want to close the account and then transferred me to a "specialist". Here we go with the bullying again! They asked why I wanted to close the account. I said, I have paid my debt and wish to have the account closed. Next I get this whole story about how keeping my card open will improve my credit score. I said the fees for this account are too high and I wish to close the account. Now the story is, I have done so well with my account that they are going to refund my "monthly fees" which will show the account to be "overpaid" and I will be able to use my card up to that amount. Again, I said that I would not be using the card and I wish to have the account closed.
At this point, I am angry and said, "This is exactly why I am closing this account. The one time I needed help, I was harassed by this company and I am tired of dealing with you." He goes back to telling me how I should keep the account open. I simply started responding with, "Please close my account." to every statement. Finally he got the point and rudely said, "Ma'am, you don't have to keep repeating yourself. The account is now closed." and then hung up on me. THANK YOU!!! Now I have the pleasure to shred this card!! I am still upset with myself for losing so much money to these people.
Reviewed April 12, 2018
Accepting the offer for this credit card was the biggest mistake I made. Since the first day there has been nothing but issues that have not been resolved. After spending one hour on the phone four days before Christmas to be told false truths and promises. The customer service is horrible. The level of understanding is horrible. I have several major credit cards and I have never dealt with this type of service of fees. I was promised on December 21, 2017 @ 9:26am after speaking with agent Eric (employee ID #**) and supervisor Alex that all my concerns and the fee would be waived.
Needless to say, April 12, 2018 that issue still has not been resolved. I have never been able to access the online portal and do not receive paper billing statements. My credit score was hit on two separate occasions as I attempted to make payments the normal way (online). After speaking with a supervisor today who promised a total of $60 would be waived for two months of late fees, I hope she fulfills her promise. I do not recommend anyone use this company. My credit score has dropped 24 points since signing up for this nightmare. I will not stopped until I am paying only what I am responsible for.
Reviewed April 11, 2018
I don't use my credit one cards often. I received a change address confirmation email from Credit One in December 2017. I called to notify that I didn't change my address. Turns out someone in Miami had received a "replacement card" on one of my accounts and was using it. Credit One was great at first and captured the account, started investigation and reversed the charges. Then it happened again. And Again. And Again. Four replacement cards were sent to this person in Miami (I live in California).
It is now April 2018 and Credit One is unable to stop this activity. They have closed my account over and over and someone in Miami keeps opening it over and over with my social security number. Someone within Credit One must be taking part in this. I have called. I have closed accounts. I have even requested that they shut down my online/web account access. The person in Miami has been using the card like a regular consumer (paying it off and then using it). Credit One has the person's email, phone and payment mechanism, but has been unable or unwilling to stop this from happening. Every time I call, the customer service agents tell me that they cannot close my account until I pay off the balance that was incurred before December 2017 BUT they are unable to provide an accurate accounting since the Miami person paid the card to a zero balance several times between December 2017 and April 2018.
This place is ridiculous. One of the male call reps told me to drink "cold water and calm down" when I called in early April to complain about yet another replacement card that they sent to Miami, FL even though I asked them to freeze the account several months earlier. I am now working with Financial Crimes unit with my local law enforcement agency. I believe that Credit One customer service reps are selling client's information and are involved somehow. I cant be the only one going through this. Do not use this company!
Reviewed April 11, 2018
I ask credit one for charges made to my credit card when balance was 0 balance and they didn't give me an explanation at all. They said they will overview my account or investigate, but I haven't get any response. I submitted my complaint a month ago, and the charges are still there. What's wrong with them.
Reviewed April 9, 2018
Set up after signing up with the pre-qualified letter. So, setting up payment method with my debit card from other bank and waited for the date, April 4, in order to avoid settling my balance with "express payment" which requires a ridiculous charge. Then, I found I can't go online again for Credit One can't locate my other bank account with my debit card. The lady, repeatedly saying she is "the only one" over the phone, from Customer Service hotline asks me to settle with the "express payment" which costs close to $10. I feel angry about this, coz Credit One should notify me the payment, which works with other credit card company immediately, that this is not working in Credit One. Sounds wired, right? Very suspicious! (I save my time in writing) I regret to get this additional credit card! So, think about it if you have this card.
Reviewed April 6, 2018
Submitted an online payment, got a confirmation, then the website went down, so I called customer service to verify my payment went thru and they told me it didn't because of network issues, and to make my payment 2 hours later. I was fine with that, the very next day I have two payments of 300.00 come out of my account and they said that it will take 7-10 days for a refund and my balance wouldn't be available until 5 business days. Out of money for damn near a week for me to have credit card money avail and also to get my refund back. Customer service is horrible, corporate if there even is one, is disgusting. I wish I had never signed up for this mailing offer. This place is disgusting and are slimy ** out to hurt consumers. They don't help credit and the customer service is trash and they are a bunch of foreign racists.
Reviewed April 6, 2018
I have a credit card with Capital One. Credit One sent me a letter telling me that I was approved on getting a higher limit for my card. Being stupid, I misread the name and thought it was Capital One sending me this letter. I then proceeded to apply for this new card and when I got it, I activated it without thinking. Ten minutes later, I realized that it was Credit One I applied for and that there were hidden annual fees that were hard to spot at first. I was fuming and confused.
I wanted to cancel this card immediately but Credit One makes it incredibly hard to do so. No customer service number at all. All the numbers I called did not work, I was left with nothing. I even tried the customer service option on the website only for the website to crash and log me out. I have never been more frustrated in my life. There is no easy way to cancel with them or even contact them. They are scammers. I finally wrote a letter and sent it to them telling them that I want my card canceled immediately. Do not use this bank, it's all a scam.
Reviewed April 5, 2018
This is the worst Credit Card Ever. They sent me a card with $300 balance. Took $75.00 in the beginning. I never applied, signed anything saying I wanted this card. This Company is a fraud. Asked me to send them a letter from my bank to get confirmed verification that the account mine. After I paid the $75.00 because I don't want to mess my credit up they temporary suspend my account until they receive the letter from my Personal Bank Account. My banker said they never heard of this Credit Card and be careful because they maybe FRAUD.
Reviewed April 4, 2018
Thieves preying on innocent people. No access to customer service, set off all the red flags. Scam. DO NOT GET THIS CARD. A $75 ANNUAL fee, which is hidden when you apply. Waste of time. Trying to cancel. No customer service. No way to do it online or on the phone. SCAM SCAM SCAM.
Reviewed April 2, 2018
I don't think I have EVER had a good experience with this card. It was my first time on my own and I racked up a lot of credit cards just to pay bills and I was desperate, so, I applied for this card. First encounter with them... I learned that you could change your payment date, so I did. I got a call about a week later saying that my first payment was missed. I apologized and said I'd make it as soon as I can. Realizing that I changed the payment date so I shouldn't have "missed" it, I called back and explained that. I got a very rude rep and he said that the change doesn't take effect til the next billing cycle. Well I had changed my payment date either online or through the automated system (can't remember which) and they said nothing about that.
So I told that to the rep and he became even more rude and said, "Yes it did." Being done arguing with this random rep, I proceeded to end the conversation. He then asked when I would be able to make a payment and I said I wasn't sure. He got even louder and said that I NEEDED to give him a date to put in his notes. That's when I finally got a backbone and got tired of him talking to me like I just insulted his mother.
Putting a little bit of a bite back in my voice, I said that I would make the payment when I was able to and I wasn't sure when that would be (because I was anticipating a later pay date) and the conversation ended. I don't need you blowing up my phone the day after a missed payment. And maybe you should teach some of your reps to control their attitudes because it was unwarranted and unwanted. Cannot wait to pay this card off and when I do, I'm going to tell them the same thing you tell a jerk that you don't want to have anything to do with anymore... To lose my number.
Reviewed April 2, 2018
The fees are high for this card. I had it for two years, paid the high annual fees, and I think I may have used to card two or three times and paid the balance as soon at it posted to my account due to the non-existent grace period. I always refused the credit limit increases due to the cost (typically $24.99 for a couple hundred extra dollars), however, I do remember once that they automatically increased it without my having to pay for it and they did not charge my account.
With that said, I would like to share my experience with canceling this CC. Simply put, don't worry about it drastically damaging your credit score. I was likely in a similar situation as many of you are now (i.e., damaged credit... No one else would extend me credit, etc.). Once I obtained the Credit One Bank CC and some time passed, my credit score incrementally increased. As a result, I was able to get some modest credit lines from AMEX, Discover, Capital One and Wells Fargo CC's. And I as well was fed up with paying the high annual fees because by this point, I was not using the Credit One Bank CC at all (only paying the annual fees so that I would not be reported as delinquent).
So one day I reviewed the Credit One Bank Account agreement details on how to begin the cancelation process and followed the instructions to the T. Credit One Bank promptly canceled my account, which I was able to verify simply by checking my credit reports. And guess what? Since I was able to obtain reasonable credit through other lenders and my score had began slowly increasing over time, I actually took a very small hit by having the Credit One Bank CC closed. I think it may have been less than a six point deduction. So, If you are able to obtain larger credit limits with other CC companies, it will help offset the loss of closing one CC with a small credit limit and high fees.
I know that you all will come across many negative reviews about Credit One Bank. But honestly, there is a reason you have bad credit. And if you have bad credit, lenders will view you as a high credit risk and you are less likely to receive favorable credit offers, if any. This is where Credit One Bank comes in. They extend credit (not much) to people who are considered a high credit risk. And you will have to pay for this convenience. The only other option is to borrow money from family or friends.
So my whole point here is that you if you are serious about rebuilding your credit, suck up your pride and pay the piper (i.e, the high CC fees) for a period of time while your credit is rebuilding itself. Not trying to be mean or inconsiderate here because I was right there with the rest of you for a while. Once enough time has passed, which is highly dependent on everyone's individual situation, close the account and move on with your life. Things will get better but you have to patient, diligent and extremely involved in correcting the issues that caused the decline in your credit to begin with. It will all take time and more money, but you can overcome this. Good luck on rebuilding your credit.
Reviewed March 31, 2018
The reason I applied for this CC was because it was one of the only card I qualified for at the time and I needed credit in order to get my score back up. Credit One gave me a credit card but one with a low limit and at a huge cost. I had this CC for almost 2 years and it was a hallelujah day when I finally shredded it. Starting off they charged me an annual $75 fee. After one year the cost to own this card goes up to $99 or $8.25 per month. To get my score up I researched and read that I should not charge more than 30% of my limit. This meant I could not charge more than $180 per month on my Credit One CC.
After the $75 fee that meant I could not charge more than $105 or my credit would be negatively impacted. In today's standards $105 is one trip to the grocery store. To offset this after a year I applied for a credit card through another bank and was given a $6000 limit, $39 annual fee and cash back on all purchases. After dealing with Credit One for a year I thought I had died and gone to heaven.
When I used the Credit One CC I strived to pay off the balance every month and not once was I late on a payment. Meanwhile, over a year later Credit One finally raised my limit a whopping $250. Even with a zero balance I was still paying $8.25 fee per month. Around Christmas Credit One sent a out numerous scam type adverts stating if I cashed (charged) a $250 check they mailed out several times I could increase my credit limit by $250. This was the ultimate joke because $250 was above my 30% credit limit. Essentially Credit One was offering to help me lower my credit score. But by then I knew Credit One was run by a bunch of greedy individuals who prey on people such as myself who have had struggles in life and find themselves at the bottom with no better options. NO matter what they say they are here to make money at your expense.1
After almost 2 years I no longer used the Credit One card and was thoroughly enjoying cash back on with the better credit card. But I was still I paying $8.25 per month just to carry around the Credit One plastic. Finally I came to my senses and called CO to cancel. Even this proved difficult. I had to speak to 3 different people before being connected to the department that actually cancels accounts.
Speaking to the Credit One "account specialist" was what I imagine it was like talking to a member of the German Gestapo during WW2. I had to dig my heels in, stay insistent and keep saying "NO!". I heard "Oh, but we report to the 3 major credit reporting agencies". "Oh, but we can forfeit the $8.25 monthly fee X 3 months for you". Oh, but...." All the time I was saying NO NO NO! Once the account specialist knew she could not sell me on keeping the card the civil mask fell off and her demeanor changed to "How dare you and shame on me." Once I hung up with Ms Gestapo I went straight to the paper shredder and killed that card once and for all. A heavy weight immediately lifted and there was relief that it was in pieces and no longer a burden. I only wished I had done it a year sooner.
Another thing you must know if you want this card. Credit One touts they offer a credit score check with the card. They take the 3 credit reporting agencies, add the total and divide it out to get an "average". Even this is a joke because Credit One inflated my score, sometimes as much as 20 points beyond truth. I know this because I checked my score for real at all 3 agencies.
There is really nothing positive I can say about Credit One. I suppose CO serves one purpose, but they are much too greedy to make it worthwhile to use or keep. In dealing with CO there is an underlying element of greed and dishonesty. Hidden fees run amuck. If you are not careful when you pay the monthly bill online or you will be charged something like $9 bucks. If you need to bring your score up and this is the only card you can quality for then do so very cautiously, charge no more than 30% of your limit, pay down your balance each month and hopefully after 1-2 years you will have succeeded in raising your score enough to qualify for a much better option. This card is not one you want to go crazy with and charge your limit. If you do so this card will serve to lower your credit score, not raise it. Use responsibly and plan on only using only as long as it takes to qualify for another card with more perks.
Reviewed March 30, 2018
They don't have auto payment and even if you do pay on time, they notify you that it will take up to a week to post the payment unless you pay an extra $9 express payment fee - each time you pay. They charge a monthly fee. They constantly offer you "credit increases" - $75 fee for each $125 "increase". You have to decline these scam offers each time you log into your account.
Reviewed March 28, 2018
I have had this card for eight years, I used it in the beginning, ($1000 credit line), but now I have a much higher credit score (721) and I don't need it. I have paid $8.25 for a $0 balance on this card for 6 years. My credit available on this card is $3275. Each time you raise your credit line, you pay a large fee to do so. I have never in my life added an authorized user to a credit card account. Today, I went in to pay my $8.25 fee and I noticed that there was an authorized user charge for $19.00. I called them immediately and someone had changed my address and ordered a new card to their address.
After really having to say, SOMEONE TRIED TO STEAL THIS ACCOUNT...they finally decided to send me a new card with a new account number FOR $25.00. In the past this credit card company didn't even have a customer service number, you had to email them. I am afraid to close it because it is an old line of credit and it may adversely affect my credit score. But I have a feeling this card is not secure and is an easy target for predators. Wouldn't recommend.
Reviewed March 28, 2018
They sent me a card. We don’t have any credit cards but after comparing to another offer from another company I decided to get the card as I have a lot of medical due to leukemia and another mass now. I thought I could use this when needed then pay off. There wasn’t an annual fee anywhere I saw. And the other offer had one. So again I chose this one. I get a statement last week. Not due til April. Today I get a call and when I call back I am over my limit. I was so upset because I knew exactly what I spent. I got customer service and was told my payment was due yesterday and a late fee was applied plus 75$ annual fee. I was horrified. Still am. I argued with the person who was rude and would not listen and will not close the account. I wish I had read all the reviews on this horrible company. It seems a scam. I have no idea how I am going to pay the late and annual fee and get this closed. So so sick and upset.
Reviewed March 28, 2018
Ok, how is it that anyone can steal our cards, make thousands of dollars worth of charges, change the address on the billing statement, but when I call to report it, "Nope... Sorry, have your husband call." So, today, I look again, not only have the fraudulent charges on the first card not been resolved, but the scammers were able to open a NEW card in our name, again, charging all kinds of money on this new card. How is this okay? We don't live in FLA; haven't been to FLA, and these charges are all from FLA. Unreal, they are horrible, but they allow bogus people to use our card, then open a new one when the old one stopped working, ughhh.
Reviewed March 27, 2018
Can someone tell me how I can close the account? I’m calling to customer service but is not helping. They charged me 75$ per year/after they will charge 8$/per month, I don’t need this card. Can someone help me where to call/write? Thank you.
Reviewed March 20, 2018
They would not accept my payments and charged me for late fees. Customer service was very rude and impolite. They were not able to answer my questions over the phone and kept telling me to send a letter instead. My credit has dropped drastically because of them. And have never had issues with payments with my other credit cards.
Reviewed March 20, 2018
Paid off card in full three months ago. Wanted to build up my credit, cut up card and kept account open. I was alerted today via email that I had an outstanding balance and contacted Credit One. They stated that I was charged an $8 service fee (for a 0 balance account) a month followed by a late charge and then interest which added up to $111.61. After I finished laughing, I was told that I could make an express payment for $9!! I feel that I had no choice but to pay it. Probably my fault for thinking it was as easy. I was transferred three times in total for this transaction. I asked them to CLOSE this account and send me confirmation in the mail. DON'T get this card no matter how good it appears to be - you WILL be paying it off until you die and interest charges are ridiculously high.
Reviewed March 15, 2018
This card is horrible. I make payments double the minimum amount every single month, but yet I have no money on my card ever. I have sought legal advice because this card is a rip-off. They charge an annual 8$ fee monthly! I'm pretty sure annual means we should not be charged monthly. I have called numerous times to cancel the card due to not being able to ever get ahead on this card. I was told I was not allowed to cancel my card until the full balance was paid off, and even when I offered to pay the full balance, I was told I could not cancel until after the payment posted, meaning they needed to charge me more money before canceling the card.
This bank is committing theft to everyone who holds a card with them. I will be taking civil action against this company by the end of the month. I am fed up with having to pay someone who can't even show me on my statements were my money is going. If I make a 40$ payment and I am only charged 15$ in fees and no other purchases were made, where is the remainder of my money? The statement amount for the fees they take out and the payments I have made do not add up at all. LAWSUIT IN THE MAKING!
Reviewed March 15, 2018
They screwed my credit score and refused to correct it. I had two accounts and they closed one due to inactivity. I begged them to keep the account open. They refused. Later I found out that the account was open and there was a 5 dollar annual fee. This turned into 2 late payments drastically affecting my credit score. Over 5 bucks. I asked them to listen to my calls to customer service when their employee told me the account was closed. I lost the appeal and now I'm screwed. Their customer service are based in India and give zero **...
Reviewed March 13, 2018
I've had this account for 3 yrs never had a problem. What I do is take paper statements. I try to run a credit with them no interest to pay in June. I'll have a 45 dollar fee. As of right now I have a 27 dollar credit so this month I'll pay 19 dollars. So, when the fee posts they can't charge interest. I started with a 500 limit and now I'm up to 1700 limit. Never paying for limits. It worked for me.
Reviewed March 11, 2018
Too many unexpected fees. I just made a payment and no money in my account and they posted my next payment to be made already. No statement either. I am really being ripped off now. I'm worried if I cancel they'll take all my money out of my bank.
Reviewed March 11, 2018
A few months ago I received a card from Credit One Bank. I was so happy they issued me a card. I started using it and making my payments. I made a payment last month for the minim. After I clicked to send I realized I sent a full payment. I call their customer service and try to get all straightened out. What a joke!!! The person has a thick accent and hard to understand. I ask for the return of my money minus the monthly amount I owe. Told I can't have any help with the matter. We go back and forth for 5 minutes. Then I am told if I wait later I can get a check back from Credit One. Then when he sees he can't help I am referred to another man with the same thick accent and we go round and round and then he hangs up on me. So I decide if they take the full payment I won't have any money for 3 weeks until payday. So I try one more time and I got the same treatment. I gave up and had my bank stop their payment.
Credit One Bank showed I was paid up. I wait a few days and then Credit One shows I owe again and need to make a payment. I make the payment online and a couple days later I want to make sure everything is okay. Credit One wouldn't let me in. I call that wonderful customer service (not). I am told Credit One suspected fraud because of what my bank did and closed the account. So I ask how to reinstate. Credit One wants verification from my bank signed by my bank and sent to the bank in Las Vegas. Then there are no guarantees they will reopen.
I tried to get the number or e-mail someone who has the authority to fix this situation. You can't get a hold of anybody with power in this wonderful company. Now I am upset they closed my account. But I even more upset with the company who has the worst the worst customer service. And I think the main people who have the power and big salary believe they don't need to worry about us. They should because we pay such high amounts of interest. Credit One is a joke of lending and the crappiest uncaring customer service. I didn't even want to give one star.
Reviewed March 9, 2018
I'm a Computer Programmer. "Credit One" deliberately denies specific users access to their website at specific times, and literally LIES stating that they are entering the wrong username or password when they are not. This is apparently done in an attempt to prevent users who have a history of paying their bills early access in an attempt to try to force the users to pay late in hopes that Credit One can garner late fees. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THIS INSTITUTION.
Reviewed March 8, 2018
Well I called Credit One Bank and told them that I didn't open a credit card and wanted removed from my credit report. They didn't believe me and they that it was me. It's about almost 800.00 dollars rang up on the card. I was so pissed off and now I have this on my credit.
Reviewed March 7, 2018
I have never been late on any payments and when I called to get a late fee waived because they sent my payment back that I had paid on time the lady on customer service was rude and I was told I would never have a late waived again and next time "pay on time" when clearly I did! Bad service, people, and too much hassle!
Reviewed March 6, 2018
This is the worst credit card I had in my life to say the least!!! This company charges 35.00 on your account if you're two days late from your due date. On top of that they charge you a fee to even activate the card. The customer service is horrible and no one cares be about how they're treating people. It's a disgrace. I've had this card since Nov 2017 for 300.00. Have made several of payments use the card one time and I still have a balance of 295.00. I hate this company and when I'm done paying this card off I'm done with this company. I would not recommend or advise anyone anyone be to get this card. They're full of crap.
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2018
If you are looking for a credit card company do not use Credit One. I've paid 3 weeks early for years. But, if you are within a week before payment is due; they excessively call you over and over and over though it's still NOT due yet. They call from random local phone numbers and no one speaks English on the other end. Lately, I paid off 2 credit cards with 2 payments, they applied both payments to 1 credit card. Common sense would say, 2 credit cards, 2 in full payments received. It's been a week since their mistake and I called several times to get the payment moved over correctly. They say "it takes awhile, may take 7days or more". They do this on purpose as interest incurs. Do not expect anything good out of this company everything cost, additional cards, additional users to your account, credit line increases are not free. Do not expect an apology for their mistake either.
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2018
On three occasions, I have paid on my credit card account through the bank's website on or before the due date, only to be called a week later and told my payment is late. This makes me believe that the website is faulty. After three times however, I cannot help but think the site is faulty by design to scam users out of late fees. Since the first time it happened, I have saved every confirmation page after my payment, yet the payment never clears my bank account and there seems to be little to no recourse. I am baffled at how any company can get away with this.
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2018
So I had gotten my tax returns and wanted to pay off as many credit cards as possible, because I want to close a couple of them. So I made a second payment to completely pay off my Credit One Bank Visa and now I have to wait to verify my bank information again, it's the silliest thing I have ever heard. I made two back to back payments to Capital One and that card is now paid off, no re-verification needed, but for some reason I have to wait 1-5 days to re-verify with Credit One Bank. Now I have a full payment sitting in limbo and can't cancel the card or pay with debit because the payment shows as pending and I don't want to double pay. I have attached the email received.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2018
I opened this account because I didn't pay attention enough to the name on the envelope. I thought I was opening a Capital One card. My fault in the reading, but I HIGHLY recommend to NEVER get a credit card through this bank. My limit was not very high to start out with. I can't get a higher credit amount for stupid reason, Like I do not make enough for their standards. My three other credit cards are all well over 1000$ for limits and Always extend my credit if asked. Credit One won't extend my credit limit past 400.
Their rewards completely suck. Nothing wants to make you stay and continue with having this credit card. Plus they have a yearly fee to keep the account open which they tack on to your first bill after opening so your total credit limit is not the limit you start out with. I am currently trying to cancel it because I just paid my last payment off before I get re-billed for the year but so far no luck with doing that. They don't take NO for an answer. On a side note this could be me not paying attention again but just a warning for others, Cards with pictures on them are almost $7 extra a year. When you pick out your card when signing up I don't believe they tell you that, you see it on your first bill.
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2018
I have tried to cancel this card for 8 months. I basically used the card once when I first received it--- er that I never used it. Had it just as an extra emergency card. They kept charging me fees- double billing cycles. When I tried to cancel the first time they basically blackmailed me with - "You won't have to pay the high fee if you keep your card." It was so frustrating. Still never used the card. After 7 months they charged me a fee again. I called and after 30 minutes of arguing they finally cancelled my card --- I hope --- I just got off the phone with them!
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2018
I asked for a credit increase. They denied me based on the following information credit amount, and too many current credit inquiries but they tell you that they will look at your paying standing with them. If I would known this I would have not have gotten this card.
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2018
I requested this Credit One credit card on the advice of Credit Karma as it was suggested it would increase my credit score. The initial card fee was $35.00 and then the first billing they charged $70.00 bogus fees and I had not even purchased anything. I called the company and they gave me a very hard time trying to close the account, I had to speak to four different people and I told them I would be placing a formal complaint against them. At this point the account is still not closed. I have also advised Credit Karma they are giving bad advice to consumers.
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2018
I had a Credit One card from July 2017 to January 2018. I never had any problems with payments, etc. Card was always paid on time and payment posted to my account within a day or so. I decided to pay my balance in full last month and close my account. After my payment posted, I received notification that they added a credit to my account. It was half of the annual fee back since I didn't keep my card a full year. I called and they said they will be sending a check to me for my refund. A month later, NOTHING!!! I have called twice. The people speak horrible English. The first person hung up on me, and the second one pretended to check on my check for me and placed me on hold... After being on hold for 20 minutes I hung up. This is the worst company ever. I want my money back but they are thieves.
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2018
I just got the card in the mail on Saturday, Feb 17th. My husband is disabled and I am his unpaid caregiver. I needed to pick up prescriptions and pay medical bills. My credit limit was $300.00. I just called today to find out my due date. They told me it was yesterday (Monday, Feb. 19th), and I am over limit. It seems there was a $75.00 annual fee taken off the top of my available credit. So now I am over limit and late 3 days after I received the card. I got this card to help me out, but now I just have more problems. SMH.
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2018
I will be filing a lawsuit based on their illegal activity of double cycle billing. I opened this account in Dec 2017 basically for my son to have a card if needed when not with me. I paid the Dec, opening account balance prior to the due date in Jan. I paid the Jan balance on Feb 5, prior to the Feb 13 due date yet, they still charged interest for Jan charges. I called today to cancel the card, same issue as everyone else on here with them not wanting to cancel card. Finally the supervisor after arguing with him for 23 minutes said he would close the card. Then I log on to pay the balance off which the due date for is not until March 13 and it tells me that I am not allowed to make a payment at this time as I have made four payments in a 30 day period, which I have not done.
Now, they are charging me interest on the balance which I am trying to pay off and they are refusing to accept payment. $52.12 of that balance was reported as a fraudulent charge on Feb 15 that they refuse to remove. Clearly illegal practices. Federally law states "Finance charges on outstanding credit card balances must now be computed based on purchases made in the current cycle rather than going back to the previous billing cycle to calculate interest charges. So-called two-cycle or double-cycle billing hurts consumers who pay off their balances, because they are hit with finance charges from the previous cycle even though they have paid the bill in full."
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2018
I opened this card cause my credit was down. Now I want to close it. Sounds from this site that you need to talk to BBB. I will do this tomorrow. You try to do the right thing and you get screwed. I see a long road ahead. Thank you to people who have opened my blind eyes. My credit sucks as it is from ID theft. I feel I should give up. But NO. I will fight. This is America. This company is legal???
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2018
I should never have opened account with this company, just like other complaints on here I had trouble closing my account. They would keep harassing me with phone calls if I missed payment. Funny thing is I sent out REGULAR payment, and they said they have not received my payment. (Which I sent it out a week before.) Then they told me that regular payment takes not 7 days but 7-10 business day. What a joke, it seems like they want that $9.95 fee so you use express pay. Garbage company.
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2018
Ironically after I told the representative that I felt I was being scammed (after multiple calls to the company & talking with different reps) they finally fixed my online access. After reading the reviews I will no longer make a credit card payment online. I will mail it in!
Reviewed Feb. 9, 2018
Very concerned that my request to close the account dragged on for almost a year, incurring charges and ultimately affecting my credit report. When I called to discuss this, it was not appropriately handled.
Reviewed Feb. 3, 2018
Credit One Card created 2 types of payments: Express Payment with a $9.95 fee. Standard Payment: Customers can pay by debit card or credit card and it takes 7 days for this type of payment to be credited??? This is the way to rip off customers since any payment by Credit card or debit card do not take 7 days to be credited?? I will close my account soon with this ripoff businesses.
Reviewed Feb. 1, 2018
Online would never work so I could make a payment. Now I'm in collections since payment never got there on time. Late fee after late fee I'm on a fixed income couldn't afford. It so now I'm screwed in collections.
Reviewed Feb. 1, 2018
I called to close my account with Credit One on 1/26/18. I asked that they give me confirmation upon closure of my account with them...they refused. They said they don’t give out confirmation or reference numbers. I told him I needed something in writing but he kept putting me on hold a couple of times to come back with the same answer. It was a real waste of my time as I spent an hour arguing back and forth with him and telling him I know my rights as a consumer. The guy I was speaking to said his name was “Jeffrey” (hmmm...he was speaking really fast and it was hard to understand him as he sounded foreign without good English speaking skills). I asked him to slowly spell his name...he spelled it as I spelled it above. I am lost for words.
The day after I closed my account, a new cardholder agreement came up under my profile on their app. I took a screenshot of it. It said it was posted 1/30/18...but as my screenshot showed it was on there on 1/27/18 - 3 days before it said it was posted. The higher rate cardholder agreement was added to my account the day after I called them to close my account but it was posted 1/30/18...which wasn’t even that day as it was 3 days ahead. Also they added a yearly fee to my statement and post dated it the day before I closed my account. Sounds like foul play to me!!!
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2018
It's 2018. This bank operates like it's run by the North Koreans in 1950. This bank operates solely as "No", "No, we have no customer service." "No, we can't do that." "No, we don't do that." "No, we can't help you." And YES, we can charge you up the ass, take your money and treat you like **. Absolutely HATE this company. Hate the way they don't have a simple way to extract the statements to CSV. They don't shake hands with any of the software that manages money, like Quickbooks, or Quicken. I wouldn't be surprised if tattooed to each of their employees is "No, I don't help anyone and customer service is a country far far away, I've never been and never want to go." This is the WORST credit card to own.
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2018
I got this card at a stressful point in my life, and thought it was another bank. I have had similar experiences to everyone else complaints. I had an annual fee that I knew nothing about. They started charging me monthly without my consent. They offered to increase my credit if I paid them $250 (to which I said "no!") and they just transferred me when I wanted to close my account. I told them I would get an attorney, and then they told me they couldn't close my account until they had a letter from the attorney. I got them to supposedly close it, but they said they wouldn't send me a letter confirming unless they had a letter from an attorney.
I filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau, and miraculously as soon as they got notice they sent me a letter stating that they had closed my account and that they were removing any late fees. I checked my credit report and it finally showed up as closed. Do not give up with this company. File a report with BBB. Let's not allow them to do this to other people.
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2018
Ridiculously high interest card. Charges annual and monthly fees regardless if you have used the card at all. Credit One also conveniently neglects to tell you that they have charged any fees until it becomes late, at which point they call you immediately and several times a day. It's difficult to talk to a person and when you finally do it's some call center in India. When you ask to cancel your card they just start spouting off ** offers to keep it open and will talk over you while doing so. When I finally told them I don't care about their offers and I wanted to cancel my account immediately, they just said it was canceled and then hung up...so now I get to see if it was actually canceled or if they are going to try to charge more ** fees.
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2018
I requested a credit card after losing my original. No card was posted to me. However interest and charges for a new card were added to my account. I would like a refund. However there is no way to phone the place to query this matter.
Reviewed Jan. 25, 2018
Credit One incorrectly marked a charge as fraudulent on 12/9/17 and has not corrected the error causing a major issue with the merchant. On 11/20/17 I made a purchase for with a vendor using my Credit One credit card. The purchase went through fine. A few days later I realized that also on 11/20 there were 6 other charges made to my Credit One card that were fraudulent. I called Credit One and reported those charges. We discussed the valid purchase made that same day and I said that it was OK and did not report it as fraud.
It took Credit One over two weeks to do anything with these fraudulent charges which left a higher balance on my account, also charging me interest on them and reporting my balance as higher than it should have been, but then on 12/31/17 when Credit One finally did reverse the charges they not only reversed the 6 that I identified but also a 7th charge which was valid.
Reversing this valid charge caused the vendor to block my account. I have called in to the Credit One customer service and fraud departments (two different departments) over 10 times in the past 27 days trying to get them to reverse their error but they have done nothing. I wrote to the CEO of the company as well and am waiting to see if I hear from someone in his office. I heard back from someone within their fraud unit today (3rd time they have called in this 27-day span) and all she communicated was that the investigator is now trying to reach the vendor but cannot reach them on the phone and without reaching them on the phone the matter cannot be resolved unless it goes past 50 days.
This is the first time I have been told that an "investigator" was actually trying to do something about this so at least this is progress. Not really - just being facetious. So now I am being told that a corporation the size of Credit One Bank cannot reach a vendor - and they cannot do anything to resolve this issue that they caused with their error all the way back on 12/31/17. It is now January 25th, 2018 and they have done nothing. Supposedly this error will magically be resolved by them after the 50 days has passed. That deadline is Saturday, January 27th.
Do I actually expect them to resolve it at this time? Highly doubtful as they could have reinstated the charge at any time over the past month and they have failed to do so. All the while my rapport with this vendor and my inability to use what I have purchased from them continues to be blocked. Credit One has done nothing to resolve this. It is wrong. They caused the situation and have failed miserably in correcting it.
Reviewed Jan. 25, 2018
I opened this card last year and within a week was charged with a 75 dollar annual fee. I hadn't even used the card once. Decided to pay the 75 and was charged yet again just to make the express payment. Otherwise, I would have had to wait a whole week before funds were made towards the account. Decided to call and close my account permanently. One year later I get a call from Credit One stating that I have a past due balance. After speaking on the phone with them for an hour, both on hold, and being transferred back and forth, they were finally able to close my account again. TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE. To top things off you can’t understand a word any of them are saying. DO NOT open an account with them!!!
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2018
My wife got a letter from this bank offering a credit card and my wife believed that this was from Capital One because its logo is pretty similar. By mistake my wife applied believing that this was Capital One. Next month she got a new letter charging her $75 for a membership that never was notified. Do not be unwary. This is a very fraudulent offer.
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2018
Credit One Bank is very slow on customer service because of foreign speaking workers. They also at time when you're trying to pay on your account online block your usage. I reported them to IC3 because they want to charge a yearly charge and make you pay a late payment when you don't even own any money on your balance. LifeLock acts stupid when you call them and disconnect you on the phone. Acct: ** ref: http://www.creditonebank.com. Also, sometimes their website is being blocked by foreigners... They want your Social Security number when you get a call from them...
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2018
Impossible to talk to a person. Paid credit card bill, said I was late. Finally found a way to get thru. Late payment was reversed. Was told payment should be made 7 days ahead so it would post. Doesn't make sense because when I schedule a payment it’s always out of my bank the next day. Now they say I'm over my limit, but I'm not. Phone system is down today for service. Don't get this card. I did it to build my credit which it had done in the beginning. Would close it but don't want to hurt my score. Maybe Wells Fargo owns this.
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2018
My sister in law saw a double payment on her account last year. She called them immediately to have one of the payments reversed, and the money returned to her checking account. Simple, right? Ahhh, no. The extra payment was reversed, and the money returned to her. In the meantime, THEY had reported a duplicate payment as fraud (yes, you read that right. A fraudulent PAYMENT). So they closed first account and issued new card, number account and all that.
Then comes today. They debited her Credit One account AGAIN for the returned extra payment. So they have a payment returned for $**, and charged her account for $**. Then today, they debited her Credit One account AGAIN for $**. She got through THREE levels of people, each one more belligerent than the last. Called back one last time to speak somebody above a manager. Got sick of the awful elevator music, and hung up. She told them to cancel her account and she will pay on it to be done with them. I hope she will be.
Now for a word of advice: when you call Credit One Bank and have an option for an oral interaction, keep repeating "customer service agent:" till you get one. If you get one who can't be understood (like most of them) specify one who speaks English as their native language. You WILL eventually get one. Do not be afraid to say some of these things to them: "listen to me", "please do not interrupt" and if all else fails say "STOP" very loudly. It seems to be the only thing some of their customer "service" agents understand. I have two accounts with Credit One bank, so I have had to do this. And currently we are "peacefully coexisting". It can be done. They need to be reminded that we are their lifeblood, and they need to service us, not the other way around.
Credit One Bank Company Information
- Company Name:
- Credit One Bank
- Website:
- www.creditonebank.com
