Advance Financial

This company is the worse company I have ever borrowed money from. I was furloughed from my job. They were working with me making $50 payments every pay day. But then when I contacted them to start paying a little more toward my back payments doing a promise to pay on a current date they would proceed to take 241.06 on Aug 12 when I had agreed to pay on Aug 14th in the amount of $195.00. They put my account in the negative plus the bank charged me another $36.00 for insufficient funds.

If you want a 700% interest loan. A big rip. Rip off and horrid customer service. Pay 4x the amount you borrowed. Dont do business with this scam place. Dont say I did not warn you. I hope you go out of business.

Stay away from this predatory lender. They should be put out of business. Imagine borrowing $1,500 because you're in a bind. Imagine an interest rate of 360% (how on earth is that legal? **). Imagine making monthly payments larger than your car payment but the balance never goes down. Imagine that after only a year and a half you end up paying almost 4 times the amount borrowed. Total amount paid to close my account... $4,498.05. If you need money, you are better off finding a loan shark. SHUT THIS SCAM OPERATION DOWN!

I wish I would have read the reviews before I took a loan out with these guys. They are absolutely terrible and cold hearted people. I ran into some financial difficulties, set up payment arrangements with them and made my payment on the day it was due like we agreed upon and 2 days later they withdrew an additional $675 that I did not even authorized.

My wife and I decided to do this because we had an issue that had to be taken care of immediately and we were short of the funds needed. We have made every payment on time. However, the last 3 months have been nothing but interest payments. The principal has not gone down one penny. And we haven't touched the line of credit in months. This is how they get you. The first few payments, there is a reduction in principle. Then, the payments get closer together but no principal is paid, It is all interest.

If you're looking for a loan to help pay off debt or just to have some extra cash PLEASE do not use Advance Financial! I'm 23 and work in retail and only make $1,700 a month. AF sent me an offer for a line of credit for $2,100 and I accepted it because I was in need of some extra money. I ended up using the whole amount and could only pay the minimum $143 once a month, and the amount grew bigger each day.

I have had two loans with this company. One I paid in full and I borrowed against it again and fell way behind. I tried to work with them, but the amount owed just keep getting higher. It went 1800 to over 4500. They turned me over to a law firm that gave me a settlement for 2200 and thirty days, in the midst of the covid-19 or I would get a warrant in debit and garnish my wages. I am nurse supporting five people and trying to make ends meet, and the law firm, they use don't care. Please stay safe and pay them they will come and get there money!!

I was originally approved for $4,000 and used the entire amount. When I started making the astronomical payments, I almost had a stroke and immediately borrowed from my 401k to pay off the entire amount as I could not afford to make the outrageous bi-weekly payments. I swore to never use it again, but as I thought about it, I figured I would keep it for emergencies or occasionally, I just need to borrow about 500 before payday but I knew I had to pay off the entire amount as soon as I was paid or be trapped in the mountain of added interest.

Like many others I borrowed money from this company and had been making payments for several months. I was easily making payments every 2 weeks and my account balance was showing to be slowly being paid off. Yes I did this knowing how high the interest was and that it was gonna take a while. However I noticed that many of my payments were not coming out of my bank account. When I called AF24/7 several times regarding this they told me "your account is paid and up to date, no worries Mr **" that is until Feb 28th of 2020 when I was hit 3 times for payments all posted dated going back as far as Dec 1st.

Despite revoking the EFT authorization, Advance Financial still fraudulently debited my account. I know this has happened to other people. If you're interested in filing a joint complaint with the State Attorney and requesting an investigation, please email me at: **.