Advance Financial Reviews

Do not under any circumstances do business with this company, they are the worst dregs of humanity, preying on the desperate. Charging as much as 500% interest on their loans. The projected payout on a 3,000 dollar loan is over 12, 000 dollars by the time you pay it off. Their payment structure means that each payment you make 75-90% is interest only. This company practices legal loansharking and should be shut down.

Terrible. They are the worst. You never finish paying them off. Don't borrow nothing from them. I will never get another dime from them. I got a account with them in 2018 and they said that I still owe them now in 2021. They receives $490.00 a month from me. That's ridiculous and they don't care anything about the pandemic we going through.

I filed for bankruptcy last week and yesterday this company tried to put thru a payment and of course I was charged a $20 overdraft fee. In addition I informed them over 2 weeks ago I was closing my bank account via email and they chose to try and charge my account at least 3 times and I was charged $20 a pop. The bank will not let me close the account until this deficit is paid and do not think I am responsible for because Advance Financial did what they did. Would you want to do business with this company? I think not. Their customer service is horrible and obviously they feel they do not need to listen to their customers and just do whatever they want.

When you go to pay on your flex loan, you can say pay on principal but when you receive receipts, you may have paid $200 but $175 goes towards interest it shows and $19 goes towards loan. It is a problem, you will never get it paid off. It's a rip off. Praying that I'll be able to pay it off soon.

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: **.

Please note this company will not I repeat honor you. Revoke automatic debit. Charge your debit card after you revoke them. Then will go in and take funds. This a federal crime after you revoke them. They waited 3 weeks after I revoke them, and then went in and took money. Lock your cards till you get them cancel. Please beware of them. Fight the debit with your back so they will not be allowed to use visa or MasterCard. They will have their payment service took. Please file with your bank. I am. They took money from me. We need to start a class action suit

I sent in a request twice via email to cancel my eft/ach and lo and behold the transaction came out of my account anyway despite the fact I sent the request more than a week in advance. They also will not refund anything.

I have an account always interest before time in January. My statement said due by 2/2/20 but on the 1/31 when I went to pay my statement changed to 1/31/20. If you experience this be aware and have investigated. Also save your statements because they will change them.

If I could go back; I never would have borrowed money from this company. I borrowed roughly $3000.00 making payments of $300.00 every 2 weeks. I was thinking wow I'll have this paid in no time. After my 4th payment I called to see when I would have the loan paid off. I was informed that I was set up for 24 months. astonished that borrowing 3000 could possibly turn into $14400.00. This place is commiting highway robbery. What person in their right mind would knowing agree to those terms? As I said in the beginning IF YOU HAVE OTHER OPTIONS take those. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THEM.

Do NOT allow auto drafting of payments. They took payments twice from a friend’s account ahead of the agreed date, wiping her out and overdrafting her account. She now cannot pay her rent for January and is having to seek help. Advance refuses to refund even one payment taken illegally.

Do not borrow from this company. I had a loan of 3500.00 and have paid 2000.00 so far and payoff is 3683.00. This is just in two months time. It is sad they take from people that have no other option than to borrow from places like this and make it impossible to pay back. I will continue to post on every site possible to warn others this is the worst option when you are in a bind.

I made a $1,067 payment on 12/2/19 at approximately 7:30 am to pay off my loan. This payment was made with a DEBIT CARD. They have yet to post it. I was told by 4 different representatives that they received the payment and that it would be posted between 2pm and 5pm that same day. Of course that never happened. The last supervisor that I spoke to after that window named Brandon told me that it would post at midnight or overnight. Of course that didn't happen either. Here we are on 12/3/19 at 10:50am and they still have not posted my payment. They said that they spoke to their IT department who basically said that they will get to it when they get to it. No timeframe!!

You guys are loan sharks. Prey on the weak. I borrowed $3,780.00. I have to pay back I found out $800 a month for 30 months. THAT'S RIGHT. SO I basically have to pay back $24,000.00 back. I'm getting a lawyer. DO NOT USE THESE PEOPLE!!!!

I know some people need help. We all need a little cash at Different times in our life and sometimes we get desperate. Today I received a letter in the mail from this company offering me a 4000 dollar credit limit. I thought hey I could use the money. I’ve been trying to build my credit and I should look into it so I went to the website. The application started like any other loan type application, but then things got strange! But as for my Social Security, date of birth, mother's maiden name etc. etc. like normal and then on the next page it asked me for my bank details, my routing number and my credit card details -- special details but they would need basically to be you.

I normally do everything online since being approved for my loan about a year ago. Chelsea made the application process then very quick and easy, assisted me with the online part and has since been a tremendously valuable help in time of need like today. Anytime I've called to get help with a problem I was having online or just to ask a question about other services available through Advance Financial she has always displayed the epitome of excellent service. I keep meaning to write a review but kept forgetting so this time I decided to write it before I left the computer.

I had a friend tell me about af247 and now she also regrets it! I was approved for $700. I was doing pretty good and credit limit was upped. These loan sharks started charging every 2 weeks a small fortune! Then Everytime I would make a payment they would set up autopay without my permission. Also I made payments in September and in middle of October they tried to take another payment after I paid over $500 on my account then tried to tell me it was from a declined payment a month and a half ago! Throwing my bank account in the negative causing overdraft fees! I flat out told them as soon as I can I am cancelling my account that I have had nothing but trouble from them. They don't care! Stay away from these crooks like I should have!

If you can take a loan from elsewhere please do. If I could do it over again I would NOT submit an application. The interest alone makes it difficult to repay the loan and what they apply to the principal is a joke. For instance if your payments are 400 they're only putting 50 of that towards your principal. For the amounts they have taken from me I would have paid off the loan months before but that’s not the case. So whatever you do don’t do business with this company or you’ll be forever in debt with them.

Beware what info you give these people. They will use a debit card of ach to just take money whenever they want even after you revoke their authority. It wasn't my account. It was my ex wife's who used her debit card from my bank account. When she got the loan I revoked their authority to use it and they did it anyway. BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE. They are thiefs. I warned you husbands beware. Take your ex off your bank account right away but this company knew better and they knew they was stealing but you picked the wrong guy to screw. I won't stop until you're out of business.

This place has an interest rate of 279% meaning you pay back more than double what you borrow if you make minimum payments. I paid $100-$200 more than the minimum payment and still ended up paying back almost double what I borrowed. These people make it almost IMPOSSIBLE to pay them back. I'm wondering how it's even legal, may God have mercy on the souls of anyone affiliated with these crooks!!

I like most of you all, needed a loan due to hard times. I was offered the flex loan in the amount of $4,000.00. I did not max it out. Monthly payment of $660.03 with only $77.33 going to interest!! I am now at a point where I am working a new job with less money (my previous job was removed), considering bankruptcy or closing my bank account completely? I am just not sure what to do next. I am so mad at myself for not fully understanding what the interest amount try meant. As of now, my principal balance is $2,500.30 with a payoff amount of $3,234.42?? In 2019 alone, I have paid interest in the amount of $3,134.39. This is just so sad to do to people who needed the money in the first place. I really want to learn from this & help others understand. I sure hope they are willing to assist me. I have emailed them directly & will keep this updated with their response.

I came into the Ft Campbell Blvd store in Clarksville, TN to get a flex loan. Ebony was great and extremely patient given the situation. She had a great attitude and made the experience pleasant. Would definitely recommend going to Ebony when coming to this location.

Received both an email and a text that my available credit limit had increased. When I tried to apply it through the online app, I couldn't. Called an agent who said check back in two hours and that their instant pay feature had issues. Then called back again as I had made plans with money, they said it was a premature error and I would not be able to borrow the additional $300 that was promised in the email. They didn't even send a notice out to disenfranchised customers about the reported "error". Once I'm finished paying this loan off, I will stop doing business with them. This company does not have integrity. Occurrence 8-2-19.

I was approved for $2500 very easily, maybe too easily. I took the entire loan amount and was told that it was a “very high interest” loan but never thought it would be as high as it was. I made $907 in payments the first month and only had $184 go to principal. I talked to an agent at a local store to see if there was anything that could be done to help with the rate but was told no. If you know what’s good for you, don’t ever use Advance Financial even if it’s your last option.

This place gave me the run around this past Friday just because my phone number changed, and my account had to be "updated". They will ask you for one thing, and you send it to them thinking this is all they need, and then they will tell you that, "Oh we need you to send in this also so it can be reviewed first." Then they tell you to send in something else later so it can be reviewed. Mind you, I am a customer who had taken out a few loans with them in the past and never was late paying one time, and even paid all of my loans off early. This is the way they still treated me, so I will NEVER do business with them again. I actually never heard anything back from them after sending them all of the information they supposedly needed to update my account. All of this just over my phone number changing. I would advise anyone to stay FAR AWAY from them.

They are TERRIBLE! I PAID OVER $5000 ON A $500 LOAN! Plus when I went to pay it off they tried to tell me I had a past due amount $300 when my "pay off" was only $107!!! If you are desperate for money I highly recommend looking elsewhere!! You will never get this paid off!

Me and my husband both have a flex loan from Advance Financial. I don't know why people are giving it a bad review. They are very friendly. Ask any questions you may have. It's not a credit check and they do not report to the credit bureau. It's a base on your income loan. Meaning it's based on what you make on your paychecks. The reason the payments go up it is because of a high interest rate but they tell you that in the beginning and to try and put more money onto the payment to lower it. It's even in the papers they give you. They don't try to hide anything. And you get a "line of credit" meaning once you make payments on your loan they give you a line of credit that you can take out but your payments will go up. You don't have to borrow the full amount just get what you need. So people may not fully understand how this works. But if you're in need of money quick this is the place to get it. Sometimes people need help.

This company sends a letter to you stating that you are pre-approved for a specific loan amount in the thousands BEFORE you are approved!! Don't do what I did. They ran a credit check, of course negatively impacting my credit score and then denied me the loan that I was "pre-approved" for! What happened to companies getting in trouble for false advertising?? This company is bad enough with such astronomically high interest rates, they don't need to capitalize on that with false advertising. Do not send mailings out or allow them to be sent out in any way from your company that state that someone is pre-approved for something, when clearly they find out they were never pre-approved. DON'T GO THERE. FAIR WARNING.

I borrowed some cash from this place to pay bills in between jobs. They said my payments would be around a certain amount. They hit my account not once, not twice, but 3 times in one day for over $987. All my bills bounced because of it. My debt seems to keep climbing the more I pay. I can't get this thing paid. They said payments will be due every other week. That's a lie too. I get hit weekly.

Everyone was very nice and polite. It was less stress doing it this way than going to a bank and going thru all the crap and still not getting a loan. We loved our experience at the Covington office. All the employees are very nice and professional.

I got a loan to help pay for a family vacation, work slowed down temporarily and I was unable to finish paying for the trip and didn't want to let my family down. I was told payments were $25. My 1st payment was. After that, without even adding to the amount I originally borrowed, the payments jumped to $173, twice a month. How is that even possible. I've been making biweekly payments for 4 months but the loan continues to increase rather than decrease. I owe hundreds more now, than I did before making any payments. I don't see how this loan will ever be able to be paid off, unless in full, in one payment. Also, today they posted a hold for a payment that isn't due for another week. This has caused other bills to not clear. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to the way they do things.

Please don't fall prey to their various loan products. Especially title loans and Flex loans. They are loan sharks, financial predators who prey on people who are already struggling financially. 267% APR compounded daily! I don't understand how this type of predatory lending is legal. Contact your legislators and congressmen and demand that short term lenders be forced to charge reasonable interest and fees.