Citibank Reviews

Worst bank I've seen in my life. They closed my account because I deposited a check under my friend’s name, my friend and I signed it. They closed the account and froze all my money for more than two months without a reason, or an error occurred in the cheque. Why did the rest of the money freeze and I lost a lot of buying a house because of this reason.

I attend college outside of the United States of America, and was advised by several people and institutions here in the USA that Citibank was the best card for large international purchases. Instead, it has been unmanageable chaos for the last six months. For the first two years, and most of the third, I was able to pay my monthly tuition easily and with no issues. Suddenly the payment stopped going through, and I had to spend over an hour on the phone getting the last three payments through every month, and now Citibank is refusing to let me use my card to pay, stating that it is the College that is having difficulty, even though they (Citibank) fully admit that they (Citibank) are the ones who cannot process it.

This bank is the worst bank there is. I opened my account 2 days ago. I'm a ** hard-working business owner. I opened a personal account and soon as I deposited the account they closed my account. I deposited $1500 in cash in the account. I was going to deposit 3000, thank God I did not. They stole my money, closed my account and the customer service center is horrible and can't explain to me what's going on or why this happened, no notice, no nothing, no warning, no reason, just stole my money. The next day I had a appointment to open a business account with them, I will not be giving them my business at all. If you're a minority, stay far away from this bank far away. They will take your money, close your account without reason and fight on giving your money, stay away. This bank is ran by thieves...

All I wanted to do was close my account and it has been next to impossible. Their online app makes it almost impossible to add money to accounts. I can’t say anything about the business itself but online services are extremely horrible

Insufficient Verification in place for customers with no US phone number. I have a checking joint account which has been dormant and for which the bank charges $30/month. I decided to transfer the balance and close the account. Since the first attempt I made multiple calls, spent over 10 hrs, was hanged-up on, and was told that I cannot be verified as I do not have an American phone number. I am a Canadian citizen with a Canadian mobile number that all Citibank employees with an exception of one employee from the Fraud Dept. could not reach me. I was told 3 times that the transfer is OK to go through only to get an email that it is on hold and I need to call the bank for verification. So, I called again only to hear that they cannot verify me with my Canadian phone number. I was also told that my September bank charges will be waved but when I logged in, the wire transfer appeared on hold and the account had a negative $30 charge.

In June 2023 I opened an online savings account by depositing a check to me from a 3rd party. After processing the check Citibank determined it to be fraudulent and blocked my account. I spoke to the issuer of the check who informed me the check cleared the bank. Citibank is now holding the funds until they speak to the issuer of the check. I have gotten the runaround from Citi and even though they have the funds they will not release them until they speak to the company that issued the check. It has been 3 months. The amount of the check is $815.00. I will not ever recommend them to anyone for any online account. Their fraud department is the worst. They are not even offering me an explanation why they are holding and not releasing the funds.

Been a card holder almost 9 years. Got an email today with a notice they cut my credit limit 9k with no reasonable explanation. Called spoke to a supervisor and they did random credit check. Never have I ever heard of this!!!! So with no explanation I told the supervisor close my account and I’ll do business elsewhere. Not to mention the supervisor did nothing to help or offer anything. Citi is garbage.

Over 400 unauthorized Google Play charges in less than two weeks without notification. Worst credit card ever. Forced to pay. Referred to Don't do business with Citibank. They have been impossible to reason with. Looking for a class action for their practices.

I opened a personal check with Citibank. I never received my new checkbooks. At some point later on someone wrote a check for $550.00 or so. I contacted them by phone. They told me they needed to open up a new checking account and close the other that was compromised. Months later one deposited a check into that old account that Citibank never closed as they told me. Now they put a block on all of my accounts and told me they will be closing my accounts in 60 days. Ms. ** from the fraud department on Aug. 25, 2023, told me I needed to go to the branch where I opened up my first account. Please be careful doing business with Citibank. My experience with them has been horrible.

I have been banking with Citibank for ten (10) years. It has become one of the worst banks ever, poor services, Philippines customer services with crying babies in the back, poor banking services. I finally quit banking with them as they not only charge for banking but the services are so bad that there is no value for money. In Massachusetts they closed all branches from one day to another but even their customer services does not know this and they refer you to go into their branches. Worst bank.

Really disappointing customer service. Sequence of events:- 1. Aug 7 - Customer service representative says that issue is resolved. 2. Aug 16 - Customer service representative hangs up the call. 3. Aug 16 - Customer care representative says the information given on Aug 7 was incorrect and they cannot do anything about it. This is 100% bad experience. Being a customer for 10 yrs never expected that I will have to write this. Pathetic & disappointing.

Got this card for my wife to get her some credit started in her name. They only gave her $500 limit, but I figured you have to start somewhere, and it would be raised later on as she used the card. I pay it off as soon as she uses it to make the credit available asap so she can keep using it. CitiBank take the money out of my account within a day or two but takes weeks to apply the funds back to her account. It shows paid but it also shows her credit limit depleted even though they have taken the funds out of our bank. Don't bother calling customer service because the calls go outside the US to reps that speak broken English and are as useless as customer service can be. NOT WORTH DOING BUSINESS WITH.

I called Citi to cancel my husband's ATM card after he passed and they said they could only block the whole account, not the ATM card specifically. Since it is a joint account and I still needed to receive paychecks in his name, the account is exposed to fraud risk and knowing Citi, they will probably try to contact him on his dead cell number if a fraud instance does come up. I hope someone at Citibank's risk department sees this review so future widows don't have to deal with this.

I was offered a promotion to open a checking account, meet the requirements of making multiple deposits and use my ATM card for $1000 of purchases to get 60,000 rewards miles. The deal said after meeting these requirements, WITHIN 30 DAYS I would have these miles credited to my account. I accomplished all these requirements, which Citibank agrees, to not be told that the wait period is 90 days! That was not the deal I was offered! I made travel plans based on having these miles, which will now not be available to me. I have escalated to the bank and they just keep making up new rules without honoring the email promotion I received.

My wife and I opened a savings and checking account. The next day CitiBank closed all accounts and are holding our funds for at least 30-60 days. What a nice scam! All’s we did was transfer funds from another account. We have talked to numerous departments and went down to the local branch. They simply quote their policies. I ask what policy we broke they can’t provide that information. Although by law they must provide that information. We asked for documentation on their policies that we broke. Again they wouldn’t provide that information which is also required by law. I hope the government will start an investigation on what is clearly fraudulent. In the meantime until the CitiBank returns our funds we cannot provide even basic needs for our children. Just a reprehensible organization and I hope this review will keep others from experiencing the same situation.

Website said open a checking account and found the account within twenty days and maintain the balance for 60 day to get a bonus. Called Citibank to confirm the offer at the time of account opening but after six months of maintaining the account balance, was told by the banker no bonus offered.

Citibank telephone customer service is inefficient because the representative are ignorant and have a room temperature IQ. If you have a choice of banks do not use Citibank for this reason. In addition the representatives are rude.

Open an eligible Checking Account from 4/5/23 - 7/23/23 and earn a cash bonus of $200, $500, $1,000, $1,500 or $2,000 when you complete required activities. To unlock your bonus, deposit qualifying funds within 20 days of account opening and maintain your balance for an additional 60 days starting at the 21st day. Only new checking customers can take advantage of this offer. THIS IS ALL FRAUD. AFTER YOU MAINTAIN FUNDS, THEY WILL SAY PROMOTION CODE IS NOT VALID

I have the AA Advantage credit card with Citi, I got this card for airline purchases and to gain points with American Airlines. I had a flight cancellation while I was at the airport and when I tried to purchase new tickets (the whole reason I have this credit card) it was getting declined. I was told it’s because of the size of the purchase and they were trying to protect me from fraud but when I’m on the phone with them they could not verify my identity for whatever reason and told me I had to wait for a letter in the mail in order to verify my identity and continue to be able to use my card. I ended up having to use a different credit card to make my flight purchases. Do not use this company. Their fraud protection service is a joke and you will regret it!

I signed up for a promotional bonus of $500 to which 9 months later I still do not have. I called for the fourth time today in 5 months. The last person I spoke to was a supervisor who insured me I was compliant and should have received the bonus so he expedited it and I was suppose to have it in a couple weeks. 3 months later, still no bonus for opening a checking account. Today I close my account along with my credit card, I can not trust a bank that operates like this. And one more thing I had to call because my account kept disappearing from online and I had to call twice to troubleshoot to no avail. Never again.

If I could give negative stars I would. Moved to the country 7 weeks ago. Have a joint bank account with my husband. His account card works, mine does not. I am up to my 5th card. They keep telling me that there is no issue. When you call, you have to be verified - fair enough. First they ask your card number, then they ask for the last 4 digits of your card number - despite just giving them your full number (last 4 digits included), then they ask for your account number, then your name, then to list all signers on the card.

I have been with Citi since 1998 (I will no longer be with Citi after this). I initiated a wire transfer (online) early Friday (I have wired funds in the past without issue). The wire appeared to go through. On Saturday, I received an email telling me my wire was on hold, and they needed to verify information. Spent a ton of time giving them information such as what the wire transfer was for, how I received my wire instructions (literally, who gave them to me and how), how many computers I use to check my account (the wire was going to Bank of America, to an American company in California). They did not even credibly verify my identity, but, given the probing questions, I confirmed it was Citibank. I finally get confirmation that the representative will contact the Fraud department and have the wire transfer finalized.

Updated on 07/05/2023: I'd give this bank credit card a minus 5 if I could. After being told 3 times that a dispute that I had closed was reopened (3 times) without anything being done. I finally called the dispute department (after many requests for a phone #) and they told me that the online chat never did what they said. These chat people are offshore and DO NOT UNDERSTAND AMERICAN ENGLISH! Frustrated at best it took over 6 weeks to get my dispute settled in my favor since I never received what was purchased. I was so shocked that I locked my card and will probably close it down the road due to THE WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED FROM A CREDIT CARD COMPANY!

I opened an account that they closed due to a check deposited. However the account was not closed like they told me and 6 months later my son's DOL PUA check was deposited. They lied about having the funds and when I demanded verification the funds were sent back to the DOL. They admitted to having the funds. However they would not release the funds. After 3 years I still can not get his money and they took the funds out of my account and put them into their account. I have proof anyone wants it **. My son tried to commit suicide after he was unable to pay his car payment and lost his tools and apartment. I blame them for his mental state and want to see them answer for this crime. Email me **.

I opened an account with Citibank. Been with them for almost 4 months, but this week my account was frozen and it has been "under review". Was told it would take 24-48 hours, but it has been 4 days now.

Very bad online system to use, has unprofessional customer service (average 5 calls to get things done properly, hard to understand their English because Indian accents), and don't keep their promotional awards. Trip customers into money pool and hard to get money out. Would not recommend it.

I am traveling internationally and opened checkbook for promotional offer and to have debit card to use while traveling especially to a single country. They did not honor the promotional deal after I opened online as instructed and then I found out this week that the country I will be in no longer has Citibank ATM’s so I end up having to pay the international fees using other banks. You get a robocall answering machine when you call and it is very difficult to get a human being on the phone for support. I do not advise anyone to use Citibank. They are a total scam bank.

I recently applied for this shitty credit card and regretting now as I tried using this card to book airline tickets and it refused to do it and put a fraudulent alert on my account even though I put a large purchase notice in the system.. After doing multiple calls to the customer care they basically follow these useless steps again & again with no luck validating- 1. Do you have any other credit card that we can use to validate? 2. Any other citi checking account or debit card - It does not work either. 3. Alternate phone number- Why would anyone have 2-3 different phone numbers. 4. After all these failed, they send you some physical letters which never arrives in your mailbox.. I have been in lookout for that letter since long and I never received it.. This system is totally ** up.. Save your time and do not apply for this credit card.. I have other different credit cards and they have no such ** issues

Although Citi was still refusing to honor the promotional bonus during our last phone call, I am delighted to discover the promotional bonus appeared in my account this morning shortly after I reported to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) last week. I am happy this finally got resolved.

I asked to have my account closed twice and they didn't execute the request correctly, then charged me an annual fee again, and would not waive the fee, so it cost me $99 to close my account. Honestly, still have no confidence that it is done correctly now. I would not recommend this financial institution to anyone for anything. There are just too many better options out there.