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Citibank is a global banking company that provides financial services to consumers, small businesses and corporations in nearly 160 countries. It’s known for its full-service banking products, which include checking and savings accounts, credit cards, personal loans, mortgages and investment products.

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Pros
  • Worldwide presence
  • Robust credit card rewards program
  • Bank bonuses and promotions
  • No overdraft fees
Cons
  • Below-average interest rates on some deposit accounts
  • Some monthly fees
  • Account details not clearly stated on website

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed July 12, 2019

    Citigroup Inc. is their company name. They RUN Macy's Credit Card Department for Macy's. They are foreigners. They repeat what you say and sounds like English and do not get it. They charged our Macy's card wrong by $1856 on May 18 and said today that they would fix it in 1-2 billing cycles. Sincerely, Noli **. Macy's Credit Customer Service. www.macys.com. Noli is not an American name. Noli does not work at Macy's.com. Her company is NOT Citicorp.com. She admits the charge of $1856 was billed incorrectly on May 18 and wants me to believe that she will fix it on September 12 five months after Macy's billed it wrongly to our account.

    Repeatedly we have contacted the store Perimeter Mall to have them reverse the charge and charge the charge correctly. They state that we have to wait for this third party to fix it. So we go to their webpages and fill in the complaint with them and they tell us to go to the sales rep by name at Macy's. They send a secure message that we have to log on to Macys.com to read by sending us an email externally to our gmail.com account that they are message.center@Citicorp.com today at 11:10 am. No they are not. Here I have the entire message. I copied it. Now you have it here in this complaint. Now they admit that they are the ones to fix this $1856 charge just wait 1-2 billing cycles from today July 12 at 11:10 am. Now if I go to Macy's and buy something else today that will be on my bill tonight. But they admit they will fix it 2 months hence. Preposterous customer service. Consider yourselves properly CALLED-OUT.

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    Price

    Reviewed July 11, 2019

    I recently acquired a personal loan to consolidate all debt to improve my credit rating after a divorce. All accounts except for two Citi retail credit cards were dealt with in a professional manner. I waited 3 weeks to contact the bank that issued payment for a Shell gas card and a Best Buy Citi cards, after communicating with both cards who claimed to have received no payment.

    I am writing this review on July 10th. The bank that issued the checks informed me both checks have been cashed June 26th. However Citi accepted interest payments from me since. I contacted Citi with this information and was told the checks may not process to my account for up to 15 more days. THE CHECKS HAVE BEEN CASHED. I now must make payments to Citi to keep my credit in good standing, even though they now owe me money. Please consider this before doing business with this lender. Thank you.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed July 10, 2019

    When I open my Citibank account 11 years ago account holders had real time information on all transactions. Now there's a 10 to 18 hour lag for updated information. No one knows what information the system is holding for this time period not even the supervisors. It's always "We're waiting for the system to update" or my favored "I don't see any check transaction for that amount". I had an electronic check come in that overdrew the account. Didn't know about it until 15 hours later. I made a deposit still not knowing anything about this check.

    5 hours later it shows up as being paid. Not so because the system already decided that it was sending that check back 12 hours ago. Talked to a customer service agent and it was the usual "If you would had told us about this 13 hours ago we could had put a force pay on it". I think it's time for me to find a new bank that doesn't give its system the power to override everyone including the CEO.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 8, 2019

    I was approved for a secured acct on 6/10. $500 was taken from my acct within 24 hrs! I called on the 17th to see if I could get either my card # or my card expedited to me & was told no. On the 20th my card was sent. The automated sys said expected delivery 6/27. I was told give it a few more days, on the 29th I was told I should have it by the 2nd, on the 2nd I was told the 3rd, on the 3rd I was told the 5th. On the 5th I requested supervisor who said it had only been 14 days & I needed to give it time, OR, she could cancel it & start the waiting clock again for a replacement (with still no expedite option!) Or I could write to corporate!?

    Today 7/8 I received my STATEMENT! I'm certain the card should come before the statement. I asked to have my money refunded & was told that process takes a month! I dont have much; which is why I'm going with a secured card! So have $500 in someone else's pocket who doesn't understand how hard it is to have so much money that you can't use while you have bills due & food to buy is heartbreaking amongst other things! All anyone at Citibank has ever said is YOU HAVE TO WAIT! There was no wait to withdraw my funds. But a month to return them!? #unacceptable

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 5, 2019

    I made an ATM deposit today after cashing my check at a non Citi affiliated store. I place the money into the receiver only to get a printout saying that my money was unable to be returned. I deposited all my money thinking I would be able to get 20s for the 100s I put in. Instead there also on the printout it stated I would have to call for further assistance. I check my acct to see if the money was deposited but nothing at all. So I call the number to Citibank on the ticket and they proceed to tell me they have to file a claim.

    After going through the much only one sided process of the representative doing her job she proceeded to tell me it would take 10 business day for a provisional credit. That's all the money I have and I am obviously not satisfied with having to wait 2 weeks for My Money that isn't even a check but Cash. Also I'm certain that she neglected to tell me that I must sign the claim form to receive the provisional credit. Poor services, customer service and procedures if you need to file a claim. Stay away.

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    Coverage

    Reviewed July 5, 2019

    About a year ago, a few dollars were under in my regular checking account and money was taken from my checking plus account to cover it. $100 was taken to cover something like $5 - which is ridiculous. I did NOT receive ANY notification about this. No one ever explained to me what this checking plus account was when it was opened. Honestly, I'm not even sure why I opened it, I was sold something that I didn't even need since I always pay one time and my credit score is above 800.

    Throughout the year, I tried to resolve this or get some sort of courtesy in resolving this since I wasn't even aware of it. No one would help me with it. Recently, money was taken from my regular checking account to cover this checking plus charge without my permission or ANY notification either. It was a small amount but it's the principle. After being a customer here for 20 years, I am appalled at the service and the way my account was managed. I will be moving my account elsewhere.

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    Punctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed July 3, 2019

    I did not think it was possible for a bank to ruin my credit and reputation in one day, but Citibank has accomplished this. I received a letter dated June 18, 2019 threatening to close my account unless a provided certain information. As soon as received the letter on June 20, 2018 I called Citibank and gave the information. The person I gave the information to was named Arame, employee number **. I was told that I gave all the information requested and everything was fine.

    Everything was fine until June 30 when I went to the ATM to find out my account was blocked. I call the number on the letter at 7AM on Monday, July 1. I was informed that the reason my account was blocked was that some unknown person had decided additional information was needed. I was never informed of this and this unknown person blocked my account on June 28. I was amazed when I was told that the missing information was the state that had jurisdiction over my account was missing. I have been banking with Citibank for over 7 years and the information has never changed. My address, bank account and state of incorporation are in New York and never changed. For this my account was blocked? If I had been asked about this information On June 20, I would have done so.

    I was informed that I could not talk to the person who blocked my account and that a review would take place. In the meantime, I would not have access to the over $26,000 in my account. As a result, deposits that were made on June 28, when I did not know my account was blocked, were returned. I made online payments on June 28 to credit cards companies and other lenders. I could not make wire transfer payments necessary to run my business. As a result of this my credit has been affected and I have been hit with return payment charges because Citibank declined the payments because my account was blocked.

    I have had no means to address this situation other than a review I was given -- no notice this would happen. In any event, it should not have happened. Citibank has ruined a 7 year client that keeps healthy deposits. How can you justify this? An anonymous person has made the ridiculous, unwarranted and harmful decision to block my account. To make matters worse, when the freeze on the account was lifted late in the afternoon of July 1, I was told that everything was fine. Remarkably, without any warning, my account was blocked again. Is this any way to treat customers? To put it bluntly, these people are monsters who have no regard to your clients and their needs. I don't know you can sleep at night.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 3, 2019

    As of today July 3, 2019 I will be closing my account and no longer be with Citibank. Their customer service sucks and representatives are so rude. In the last week I’ve been on the phone with them because they keep blocking my card for stupid reasons. When I first opened my account I told them to put overdraft protection. Did they listen? NO - my account had been over drawn a few times because of a simple mistake that should have been prevented by listening to their customer.

    I called back a few more times and asked to place overdraft protection and still have not done so. Each time my account is over drawn I’m charged a $34 overdraft fee for their mistake. My account was over drawn $100 and Citibank literally called me every single day to tell me my account is over drawn. Hell I know my account is over drawn. When I have the funds to deposit in my account I will. I wasn’t working at the time. I will be making another phone call to them today!!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 2, 2019

    I am a Citi customer of 43 years with a historical credit score over 800. I recently received a generic letter closing my account because I hadn't used it in 24 months. 2 separate calls to customer service resulted in nothing being changed or reopened....because they said I needed to authorize a credit check to reopen an account. They do soft credit checks routinely, as do all banks, so I would not authorize it. They KNEW of my actual credit score beforehand anyway. In all my years of being a customer, have I ever been treated so unprofessionally and with a cavalier attitude. They should be ASHAMED of their policies and treatment....NEVER EVER again will I deal with them or any of their affiliates.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 29, 2019

    I recently opened a account online. I deposited a check from a settlement from my attorney. It was a Citibank check and they knew I had just opened the account and was told the next business day it would be in my account. Needless to say it was deposited in my account after hours that morning arguing with them and being hung up on. Now I go to the branch and I'm told there is a block. I get them to give me some money but it's still not enough do yo. I had been behind on bills since my accident was only 4 months ago. Now I call on the first business day their back and for hours I'm hung up on and told different stories every time. Since I have no bills under my name my grandmother goes into a Citibank and takes the bills under her name is since I'm told by a supervisor to have her do that from verification on the phone.

    I go into another branch and they send my info. Now the bank calls and helps and hears everything the employees are saying on the phone. Even for my grandmother to send her info. Long story short they LIED. Customer support and the supervisors on the phone are the rudest and have no knowledge of anything to do with the bank. I say hands on the branch on Nevada off Deer Springs is the only place between three branches I went to on Nevada that are truly out to help the customers. I say thank you to Laureen branch manager and Sara her employee. They have nothing but a 120 percent of true customer service skills. Treated me with the most respect.

    I ended up closing my account, honestly if it wasn't for those two I would still not have my money and would probably be homeless. I truly think your customer service people and supervisors on the phone all need to be FIRED or at least retrained. I didn't think they were suppose to yell at you and hang up on you. I had a meltdown. My blood pressure went up to 200. They were the only two that helped. Citibank you need to fire everyone on the phone and hire people like the branch in Nevada off Deer Springs.

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    Reviewed June 25, 2019

    They allowed charges to a card I had not even activated yet which I find quite concerning. Had a reoccurring charge that was turning into quite a pain to cancel (HelloFresh), lost card and got a new Citi card. Citi rejected charges for two weeks but then decided to give my new card number to merchant. It says right on the new card must activate before using?

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    Customer ServiceOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed June 21, 2019

    3 years ago I opened a account with Citibank, I had deposited 8,000 into my account, well I tried to make wire transfer to my boyfriend. So I got onto Citibank's customer help page, contacted the support team and was walked through on how to send a wire transfer. Well the support team had advised me that the transfer could take up to 24 to 48 hours, since a day had passed and I got a email saying transfer was done and processed successfully and the funds was in his account. Well he keep checks by his account and there was no funds wired to his account, so I call Citibank and and ask them where the funds was at that I had wired him and they assured me that they had been sent.

    Finally after a week of no funds he called his bank to find out if it was a problem on their end and his bank replied saying they have never received any wire transfer and then proceeded to tell him that they needed a bank account number and the wire transfer number in order to send him anything that way, so I called my bank and gave them that information and then they said that they had re-sent the payment again but needless to say the payment never got to him, and when I tried to find out why, they only could tell me they sent it and I had a zero balance. So I fought with them for months over it so I assumed my account was closed, but I continued receiving emails every month for the last 3 years telling me to check my account balance and so finally one day in April of 2019 I decided to check on it.

    When I did they told me that my account had available balance of 7,754.10 and I just had to write a letter to Citibank services and ask them to reinstate my account and request a new debit card, so I did as I was told and I waited a month before I ever received the debit card and I never received a PIN number so I called them again asking them for my debit card pin # and the lady that I talk to said that she would get that done and should expedite to me. Never received that and then I had fraudulent activities done on my card so of course I called fraud protection. They cancel that card and said that they would send me a new card which they said I also had to send another letter to customer service requesting that card and pin number and telling them to expedite that as well.

    So I wrote the letter, send it to them along deposit for 1700 and it still took two weeks before I got anything so I called their customer service again and I talked to a lady and she said nothing had been sent but she could have my card and pin expedited but my checkbook that I ordered would take another level 12 days to get to me and I did receive the card. I had gotten it within two days of that conversation plus the pin number the next day after that which this was June 17 and 18th, Went on my trip from Utah traveling to Indiana and went to use my card at a part store because our radiator had gotten a hole in it and mine was declined so I called customer service again and ask them why it was declining and they said I had a spending limit on it!!!

    So I then proceeded to ask them if they could take the spending limit off or increase it and they told me I had to call another number or email them to get them to call me back so I could get the spending limit increased, so today I emailed them and ask for them to call me and told them the reason for call. I didn’t hear anything back from them yet so I went to go check my fund's availability on the app and it said that my account was no longer my account so I called customer service and they told me to call an 844 number because I had to talk to the fraud department. Well the fraud department told me that I had a check I written to someone (which they would not give me any info on) for $1100 and they said it was a fraudulent check and then they would posit my account.

    I didn’t ask him to send me the information and a picture of this check because I had not received a check like to even write a check like that and they would not do that so I asked for a supervisor. She again told me the same thing and then started his way of tampering with another check that I mailed into them that they said was done via mobile device which was not because I mailed it in with the papers asking them to expedite my debit card and pin number to me so how is that a mobile device and they said the $1700 was tampered with a checklist so they just cut closing my account down for good.

    But advise right now your guises Reviews. I see that all the stuff has been happening in June so maybe we ought to take a stand and do something about it!!! Because they’re the ones that are fraudy. They are stealing money from people!!!! And if we don’t stand up for ourselves they will keep getting richer and we will continue getting poorer!! I am now stuck in Kansas with no money and no debit card and will miss the family reunion!!! Thanks Citibank. You are top notch in the ** book.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 21, 2019

    If you are looking for a bank to keep your hard earned money, please RUN the opposite direction. Their fees are ridiculous, customer service is terrible especially if you have a concern because they are not interested in helping. They are just interested in taking your money. You can charge your card on Tuesday but the funds will not be deducted until the following week which causes overdraft (of course) and no refunds regardless of your issue. Just a very unfair, unprofessional and most importantly inhumane bank. Picking money out of the pockets of those who work HARD for their little piece of the pie.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 20, 2019

    On 6-19-19 I woke up with a negative account balance. I then made sure to bring it back up to positive and then talked with a representative and I asked if I will be charged for anything or if anything will be returned and they said, "No, since it’s an ACH and you brought it to positive you will be ok." So on 6-20-19 I wake up with the mi yeah returned to me but with a $34 fee for returned. I called and spoke to a representative and a supervisor and both told me that whatever the other person told me doesn’t matter and that they can’t help me, I asked why if the mistake was in their end and they said sorry and they can’t help. Horrible service.

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    Customer ServiceOnline & App

    Reviewed June 19, 2019

    I was able to trade stocks on my Citi mobile app (Android) before, but now I can't even view my brokerage account with it. I have called in their customer support center many times and received no solution at all.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 18, 2019

    I opened a Citi Advantage credit card with an annual fee of $95 in September 2018. The printed material that came with the credit card clearly stated that "You get 2X for every $1 you spend on eligible American Airlines purchase." In May 2019, I spent $4,368 to purchase 3 AA tickets. I was only credited 4368 miles. When I called Citi, I was told that the 2X was only a special promotion and it has expired in December 2018. I looked through the entire package that Citi sent me with the credit card and I find no such information. DON'T EVER APPLY FOR A CITI CREDIT CARD!! I just cancelled mine. I could have gotten double miles if I had used my Visa Premier card.

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    Customer ServiceOnline & App

    Reviewed June 18, 2019

    Customer Service's goal seems to be to keep you on the line as long as humanly possible. Everything they want is available on the website. Everything they promise on their website is not available in your state, and everything you need is not available via phone or online. Half an hour on the phone so that I had to drive to the bank due to the utter incompetence.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 17, 2019

    A whole week just dealing with nonsense. I should've never tried to open an account here. Worst bank ever. Cant even give a real explanation to anything and they dont respond to emails so why waste your time.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 14, 2019

    I have been a Citibank Customer for over 5 Years, and this has by far been my worst experience with an institution to date. I called the dispute department 3 weeks ago about two charges I did not recognize on my account. Instead of following their normal protocol, which would be to open an investigation, and close the compromised card, they froze my account without any warning, or notification. I have called the customer service line at least once every day trying to get a resolution, as this is my primary checking account, and I need to pay my rent.

    After 3 weeks there is still no resolution, no one has any information, and I still have no access to my funds. This has been the most stressful experience as I have not been able to pay my rent. How can someone completely destroy an individual's lively hood, by removing their access from their hard earned money, and not knowing when or how the funds will be released. This has been an absolute disaster, and I would advise everyone to remove your money and go to another banking institution.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed June 13, 2019

    I had an AA credit card 2 years ago and Citibank without my permission switched me from paper billing to electronic. When I didn’t get my bill called 2x asking if was due and when. Both times assured didn’t owe. Short of all this, I saw Citi email in my spam box saying was late. I ended up with $50 in interest fines and wouldn’t waive. They switch me to electronic & then said didn’t owe when called. I cancelled card. This was first time in 40 years I missed a credit card payment.

    Fast forward to 6/19. I was on American Airlines site buying a ticket and saw promo for AA credit card for $250 credit if bought $250 of AA items. And 40,000 miles if spent $2,000 on card in 3 months. So against my worries about Citi playing games with billing me this time I signed up. I saw a * next to getting $250 promo and read that fine print. It only said would get credit if used card for AA purchases within a yr. Well ticket was $540 so had that covered. I signed up and was approved and bought my ticket. Well I called after few weeks to see why didn’t see my $250 credit on my account. I was told I didn’t qualify since I had a card within 24 months of opening this card. I looked into when I closed card and according to Citi was 14 days shy of having 24 months thus never honored the $250 credit nor 40,000 miles when you spent $2,000.

    I explained AA site didn’t say that in promo and * for $250 credit only said had to spend $250 on AA services and I did. Went round and round and they said was a disclaimer stating offer only good for someone who didn’t have Citi AA credit card for 24 months. Even though this attorney legal beagle write was buried deep enough to never readily see it and not with detail boxes for $250 credit or 40k miles they didn’t care and did nothing that I according to them was shy by ONLY 14 days from 24 months. With all the sophisticated computer programs when I applied under the promo never notified me I wouldn't qualify nor put disclaimer in promo box. So again Citi pulled a fast one to scam the unsuspecting consumer. Reminds me of what Wells Fargo did for years. I will never deal with these people again.

    There was no recourse via AA either. They said was Citi promo. Come on guys AA gets kickbacks on me using this card. Citi said was promo and was 24 months. But again they didn’t state that in more "detail" info for both $250 promo box or 40k mile box! And never warned me when went thru approval process. Wonder what the corporate heads bonuses were this year. Don’t deal with this company, there are plenty of other more consumer friendly companies.

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    Reviewed June 12, 2019

    After being a customer for 14 years, I closed my account with Citibank and withdrew my funds for the following reason. Went to local branch to get help with wired transfer, local branch manager was out on leave and no one was in charge. One of the banker recommended me to process wired online because thats the way they would had done it anyway. Sent wired on 3/4/2019, and on 3/13/2019 the funds were recalled. In between those days Citibank kept saying that they needed my passport number which I provided along with my type of account overseas. My bank overseas kept saying that they did not received any wired transfer notification at all. (I've done wired transfer before with Chase and never had an issue.) Once the funds were put back on my Citibank account, Citibank deducted 585 dollars for the attempt to convert the money to pesos.

    They did not protect me at all for a mistake that until today I'm 100% sure it was Citibank fault because all the information required by the bank to perform the wire transfer was given accordingly. As a result I ended up losing that money, they offered me to launch an investigation which they recognized it was their fault and decided to refund me the wire fee for 35 dollars but not the conversion rate difference.

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    Punctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed June 11, 2019

    Reported me to a credit bureau for a late credit card payment of $35.00 (for an account where a total of a few hundred was owed) because a representative told me that both of my cards had been enrolled in autopay when actually only one had. They then took this opportunity to use my one late payment to cut my credit line in half and tank my credit score. My credit line reinstatement was not granted, despite the representative telling me that my single late payment on my entire credit history would not result in this line decrease and commenting that my revolving utilization was "great." Does Citi realize there are plenty of other creditors? I have NEVER had this problem with Chase, Discover, my local credit union, etc. Will be paying off this balance immediately and will never use Citi again. Maybe Citi should target people who actually have a high balance so they can at least capitalize on the interest of those they screw over. Amateur hour.

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    Reviewed June 11, 2019

    If you have a Business DO NOT OPEN AN ACCOUNT AT CITIBANK. This is the worst commercial bank I have ever dealt with in my 48 years in business. Do yourself a favor. Stay away far away from this Bank for Commercial accounts.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 9, 2019

    Customer service OFF Shore. On April 28th I received an Email from CITI Corp regarding a suspicious transaction of $1.00 (testing). I flagged it and another for UBER Eats $21.48 in California. The customer service agent cancelled my compromised card, but got into a security endless loop when I tried to have the card sent to me in Canada. (They had my travel advisory of my travel from AZ to Canada.)

    Since April 28 I have been without a Credit Card & they claim they have sent 2 cards. First was sent UPS to a Post Office Box number. NO that is not possible. They wanted my US Tracfone Number which doesn't work in Canada. I have 3 valid Canadian Phone numbers. Nope. My online Citi Account has been locked such that I can't flag any transaction or get by the Philippine security agency. Long story short, Citibank member for 35 years, Diamond Preferred card, wrote letter to VP of Operations in SD. The clowns in the Philippines now want me to change my Billing Address (online) to my mailing address in Canada. NO ** way do I want my US rights transferred to Canada. DONE dealing with stupid.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 6, 2019

    Tried to help someone out by giving a pay advance in the form of a deposit on a secure credit card (Saturday June 1st was when application was done), by June 3rd it was obvious that I had made a mistake and did not want my bank account being used so I called Citibank credit card customer service... The representative said he could not give account information to anyone but the account holder/applicant. As I stated multiple times I was not asking for info, I was asking for MY bank account to be removed from someone else's account! I was then told that Citibank would not allow a deposit payment to be made from an account that was not in the account holder/applicant's name. So rest assured I would not have to worry about the payment being drafted from my bank account, so not to worry. The very next day I asked the account holder/applicant to cancel the application or remove my account.

    When they called they were told that the application was processing and too far along to be cancelled (3 days??? And only 1.5 business days at that), so I checked my bank account because I just had the feeling I had been lied to about it not being able to be drafted from my account and low and behold the Citibank deposit was pending in my bank account! So I have the account holder/application call again and explain how I was lied to and how they wanted my bank account removed somehow. They were told that Citibank does a 4 day hold on deposits so there shouldn't be any issue for my bank to stop the payment because again Citibank could do absolutely nothing (if it's sitting on hold for 4 days how could that not be stopped?). So I called my bank to stop the payment, they said it would take 24 hours to be effective (4 day hold, no problems right?).

    Very next day I check my account and Citibank has lied AGAIN, because it was fully processed out of my account within 24 hours. And although my bank will still refund it to me (takes 3 days), it completely screwed up my bank account because I had also paid another bill, thinking that the $200 wasn't going to be withdrawn. But of course because it was processed my other bill payment was rejected. I was charged an insufficient funds fee, on top of the stop payment fee, and now the account I tried to pay my bill to is going to get all messed up because they are showing it was paid but now the bank would be rejecting it... All because Citibank refused to remove my bank account from someone else's application, then lied saying it couldn't possibly be withdrawn from a different person's account and lied some more telling me it would be a pending/hold for 4 days before it would be taken from my bank...

    So 4 days from when the application was filled out and my bank account is screwed up, my bills will likely continue to get me insufficient funds fees, and their deposit payment spent 1 whole day on my pending transactions. CITIBANK HAS THE WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER!! There is absolutely no way I would get any sort of account with this awful, lying, terrible company. So glad I have Capital One and have never had to deal with such absolute crap!!

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    Reviewed June 6, 2019

    I Jessica **, have been a loyal customer with Citibank for years. In the past and future, I have never had this issue occur until now. The issue is that I have a negative account of the amount of 177.00 dollars on my balance that is not valid, due to two merchants of the name of Woodman's and Kwik Stop. I do purchase items at those stores, but on this behalf I have not made a purchase with that amount to make my account negative, if the transaction went through it would have available funds on the account.

    I know that Citibank is receiving funds from customers' account without proof or documentation stating that the merchant is accurate, which is why my account is negative. Can someone in that department request for some form of documentation or check into the dispute department to see who is or have that authority to falsely accuse the customer who is me of receiving funds that is not accurate. I can be contacted at the phone number that is on file, please contact me with further information.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed June 6, 2019

    Out of all 7 banks I've had in my life Citi is by far the worst. Unfortunately I am forced to bank with them on Citi manager since the DoD gave them a huge contract in which they fixed nothing that has been wrong. I’ve been deep in South America calling from a sat phone and waited over 40 minutes on hold because the GTC wasn’t working. As I wrote this review right now I’ve been on hold for 17 minutes just to talk to someone because once again the account is showing incorrect balances and charges. Citi really needs to get their crap together and stop taking huge contracts when they provide very little service to the people that need a reliable provider. Moral of this review is don’t bank with Citi, they offer crap benefits, crap customer service and hold your money as long as they can when the customer might really need it and any other bank would release the funds for you to use. Like I said I bank here because the AFI says I have to.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 4, 2019

    I opened a checking account online on 5/21/2019 and on 5/24/2019 I went into a branch to deposit a check from my insurance company in the amount of $2,173.24. The check cleared on 5/25/2019 and the funds are available for me to withdraw. I logged into my account through the Citibank website and used their wire option to have $2,000.00 wired from my account into my step-mother's account. I received an secured message from Citibank informing me that I needed to call them to verify some information before the wire transfer could be processed. The message said I could call 24/7 to resolve the delay. I called the number I was provided and was told my account was being handled by their "Special Investigations Department" and that I would need to call back during regular business hours.

    On 5/25/2019, the next day, I called in the morning as instructed. After speaking to a representative, I was told I needed to speak to a different department, so I was placed on hold and then transferred. The representative I was transferred to collected my account information, placed me on hold, and told me that my account was being handled by another department and that she was going to have to transfer me again. I was transferred to another department, spoke to the representative and gave him my information and I was placed on hold. The representative told me that I needed to speak to a different department regarding the matter, but that I would have to call back during regular business hours because the department was not open on weekends.

    Later that afternoon, I received another secured message advising me that my new debit card was mailed out to my address. A debit card had already been mailed out on 5/21/2019, so I was confused as to why another debit card was being mailed out. I called customer service to inquire but was told I needed to verify my account. I provided all of my account information, including social security number, account number, last 4 digits of debit card, and debit card pin number. The representative informed me that in order to be verified from my account they would need to send me a code to my cellphone. The representative informed me that they could not send a code to the cellphone number I provided.

    The representative transferred me to another department to see if there was a possible way and I could be verified another way. When I spoke to the representative they asked me if I could provide them with another cellphone number that they could try to send the code to, I provided my cellphone number, but was told they could not verify it. I was asked to provide another cellphone number if I could, and so I did, but again I was told that they could not verify it. The representative told me that she was going to end our call so that she could call me back on the landline phone number associated with my account to verify me that way. I did not understand that because we were already talking on my landline phone number associated with my account. I waited for the representative to contact me back and she did, but she informed me that she could not verify me because my phone needed to be in my name.

    If I would have known that I needed to have a phone in my name in order to have any access to my Citibank account, I would have made sure I had one before applying for a checking account. When I applied for the checking account with Citibank, the requirements did not say anything about customers needing to have a phone in their name. Obviously that was not a requirement otherwise Citibank would not have opened my account. Since I did not have a phone that was under my name, I could not be verified and was blocked from accessing my account.

    Before the close of the day, I contacted Citibank again because I was in need of my funds and I didn't want to wait until after Sunday and the Memorial holiday to try and get access to my account. The representative told me that she was going to verify me for my account by asking me several different questions for me to verify my identity. Each question I was asked regarding my identity was in the form of multiple choice questions to choose from. I answered all of the questions correctly and verified my identity. Since I verified everything successfully, the representative told me she was going to transfer my call to get a one-time verification code for my account but when she transferred me, the representative she transferred me to informed me that I could not be verified for my account just because I successfully answered the identification questions. I was told I could not be verified for my account any further.

    Frustrated, I called Citibank back again to speak with a supervisor, but the representative I spoke with told me that I had been verified for my account and that the block alerts that were on my account had been removed, so I never requested to speak to a supervisor. I logged into my account online and requested the wire transfer like I had done before for the $2,000.00. As soon as I made the request, my account was blocked again. I contacted Citibank and again I was told I could not be verified for my account and therefore could not access my account, my online account access had also been blocked. When I contacted Citibank about my online access being blocked, I was told that all of the blocks on my account were because I did not have my ATM debit card yet that was sent in the mail, but that when I received it, I would be able to access my funds.

    On 5/28/2019, I received my ATM/debit card in the mail. I called customer service on 5/28/2019 to activate my card, after providing all of my information, the representative told me my card was already activated and ready to use, which didn't make any sense. I went to the Citibank ATM to withdraw funds, but my card did not work because Citibank blocked my account. When I called Citibank about my card not working, they told me my account was under review and that there was nothing I could do. When I asked why my account was under review, the representative told me she didn't know because there was nothing in the notes that said why. I have been denied access to the funds in my account for over a week now and nobody at Citibank can tell me a legitimate reason as to why. I am experiencing financial hardship as a result.

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    Reviewed June 2, 2019

    ** got the worst customer service on this planet. They seems to hire only ** people. Stole $95 from me. Before I closed my AA card, I was advise if I close this account my annual ship fee will be refunded back, that was over the phone. A month passed I noticed there was no refund, so I called. The first agent asked me to be professional, refused to transfer me to a supervisor. Finally she put me on a wait and she hang up the phone. Very familiar moves for a Citi agent, so I started a new call while I wait. The second agent transferred me over, but their supervisor couldnt do **. She claimed she called the first agent, and it was disconnected rather than hanged up. Tricked me into applying a card and froze it immediately after. 6 month and still in process of verifying me.

    Wasted a hard pull and a new account. No turning back. I was abroad and I asked the agent to mail a new card to me. I emphasized and emphasized that I cannot receive a text message, so don't text me. However, she went ahead and sent me a text. Then because I cannot get a message, she froze my account. It has been 6 month, more than 10 hours of international calls, but still cannot make them unfreeze or close my account. Their agents were trying to be smart pants, hanged up on me so many times, and now I can spot if a ** agent is going to hang up on the first word they speak to me. I can imagine that they will start charging an annual fee next year, on this card that I was never able to use. Then they will roll up the interest, bill me for the charge, and file court order against me. Dont ** with Citi if you don't want to be bankrupt, treated like **, or waste your time on the phone and in therapy.

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    Staff

    Reviewed June 1, 2019

    Citibank demands private information including information from my living trust. It threatens to lock my checking account, from which it receives automatic mortgage payments. This is the only bank, as I know of, that demands this when “Updating” living trust information. I believe the living trust is none of their business. The only information they need is names of trustees and successor trustees. Stay away from this bank.

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    Customer ServiceStaffProcess

    Reviewed May 31, 2019

    I went to the branch on 18th and Pennsylvania in DC to open an account for a promo they were offering. The person there took forever to open the account (I had to go back after a couple of hours to complete the process). And when I later reviewed the documents I found that she had put in the wrong apartment number in my account! I tried calling the number on the card she gave me but it took 5 calls before I could speak to her. And then she was with a customer so I said I'd send an email to her account and I never got a response to my email. I decided I would not go through with the account if this was the kind of service one got from Citibank so I called to close my account and was told I had to go to a branch to do that!

    I live in Arlington and there is one branch in every county that is 5 miles away!! It is the worst bank ever not only in responses but in the people they employ who can't get the right information after hours of sitting there. If you call a branch they transfer you to a call center based in the Philippines so it is difficult to understand their accent. Apparently we need an appointment to see a rep at the bank and they send calls to their call center so there is no way to get an appointment! Horrible bank!!

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    Reviewed May 30, 2019

    Best Buy was running a promotion with the bank that would have given me a 10% store credit if I would open a charge card with Best Buy. I didn’t want the card but the credit was enticing. The card was to be free and I could cancel any time. After 15 minutes of signing up, I was told I “qualified” for a Gold Card. The catch A SIXTY DOLLAR ANNUAL FEE.. Best Buy lost a $7000.00 sale and Citibank can kiss my butt. I bought the same units on Amazon for $1300.00 less.

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    Customer ServiceOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed May 30, 2019

    I opened a Citibank account for the Wealth Management. I did a mobile check deposit as a test run and the upload failed for "technical reasons." So I contacted the company that issued it to receive a direct deposit, instead of a paper check. Brick and mortars are almost obsolete and there isn't a Citibank location where I live or even close to it. So they cancelled the check to be able to issue me a direct deposit. Since the mobile deposit failed I didn't think anything of it.

    My debit card was declined on a purchase and I was blocked from logging into the app. So I called Citibank, only to find out my account was being sent for closure and it WAS JUST OPENED A MONTH AGO. Citibank assumed there was fraudulent activity going on and instead of calling me about it, they closed my account, with all of my money in it. Customer service was HORRIBLE. The absolute worst I have ever experienced with a financial institution. No upper management available and absolutely no help from the outsourced customer service representative.

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    Online & AppReliability

    Reviewed May 30, 2019

    Every 6 months it somehow deletes my user account from its website and doesn't allow me to log in or create a new account or do anything unless talking to multiple representatives and making changes to my data (re-adding SSN or making them change my DOB or making them delete my complete account or creating new user id to login). I can't comprehend that banking website having such serious bugs. I really can't be sure about that data security. If they can't fix their websites and Android applications, there has to be some leak somewhere which anyone can abuse. The way they handle user data makes me question their ethics and their dedication to customers.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 29, 2019

    After depositing my entire paycheck, was treated very rudely by customer service, requested a supervisor and was put on hold for ten minutes. When supervisor finally took the call, I was hung up on. Took me 11 days to have access to my funds, worst banking experience I have ever had. Highly do NOT recommend.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 29, 2019

    Citibank STOLE $7,000.00 dollars on January 23, 2019. It is May 29, 2019 and Citibank has had my money since January 23, 2019. They refused to return my money!!! They will not return phone calls or emails!! I do not understand how this bank can keep your money, when it absolutely positively does not belong to them. This has gone on for far too long. I will get my money, no matter what I have to do. Maggie **. # **.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 27, 2019

    Citibank allows unauthorized transactions from sellers on my account. I paid for a stop payment and Citibank still paid it. There is no security over my account. Citibank protects its own inter9. After $80,000 later, never once was I offered a CD. Or investment. If I were ** it'd be different I'm sure. Closing all. Of my accounts including a business account. They are the worst. The sloppiest customer service of all the banks. Citibank is horrible.

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    Reviewed May 26, 2019

    I applied for a Citi card for work travel and received immediate approval. But after 9 days and no card, I tried calling so I could book a flight. After an hour on the phone I got no resolution, just the same answer "wait for the card to arrive". I couldn't get a temporary card number or a virtual card number which were both listed as member benefits in the application. So far not so good with Citi.

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    Reviewed May 23, 2019

    I have had a Citi credit card for years with no issue but I have had issues with my new Citi savings account since day 1. First, I was immediately locked out of my online account after transferring money into the new account. The only way to log back into the account was by providing the new debit card number associated with the brand new account (which I obviously did not have yet as the debit card would be mailed "within 7 days of opening the new account"). I simply wanted confirmation that my money transfer had gone through and contacted customer service multiple times only to be told they could not access my account until I verified it with my new debit card. This makes absolutely no sense. To make matters worse, an additional step was needed to verify the account that I was not informed of except by a call from Johnson City, TN number that called me 5 times in one week but never left a message.

    I finally picked up the phone and was told we need to initiate a 3 way call with my transferring financial institution to verify some information and complete the transfer. This is a very suspicious request to receive given all of the scams going on today so I initially declined the request and called Citi customer service directly. Customer service lacked any specific knowledge of this step in the verification process and directed me to call another number (getting more suspicious). I spoke to another representative who informed me another rep would call me within 10 minutes to initiate a 3 way call. I finally relented.

    Once my transferring financial institution was on the phone, the Citi rep asked a few personal verification questions and my bank rep hesitantly answered only to be ignored by the Citi rep. We had to prompt the Citi rep and ask if anything further was needed. No, nothing else is needed. Both my bank rep and I thought the call was suspicious. At this point I am convinced I have been hacked and my money transfer will be nowhere to be found. After a few more calls to Citi customer service, I receive no further clarification or assistance stating they cannot view my account. I simply have to wait to receive my debit card in the mail. Great. So I finally receive my debit card in the mail and it was stolen out of my mailbox and an attempt was made to use it at an atm. I was not notified of the atm attempt at all (even though I'm sure they tried guessing wrong pin numbers).

    I finally called Citi AGAIN wondering where my debit card was (14 days after I opened my account) and am told I did receive it because the card has been presented at an ATM. GREAT. So that debit card was canceled and a new one overnighted (thank you). I finally have access to my online account (thank goodness I have autopay set up on my credit card - otherwise, I'm sure I would have missed a payment due to being locked out of my account for two weeks).

    Now, my newest hurdle is getting my account W-9 certified so that federal withholding is not automatically deducted each month (which no one informed me was required). I have now mailed TWO W-9 forms to Citibank as the first mailed on 4/25 has apparently been lost. We'll see if you ever receive the second as the Citi rep I spoke to stated there was no other means of submitting the W-9 but through mail (how can a company as large as Citi not have a dedicated email, portal or even fax machine???). My main point: your "security" practices need a thorough review. Considering moving my money out of Citi and into a banking institution with better practices and customer service.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 22, 2019

    2 months ago I called to change the address of my account and was not able to change the address because my husband had passed away and he was listed as the primary on the account. It has been almost 5 yrs since he passed away. They told me my account was sent to the probate dept. I did not make the payment because I was told my account was in probate. I then received calls from the collection Dept. Every phone I told them my husband had passed away. They have been told multiple times. I received a letter from the probate dept and when I called they said, "Oops!" They had listed me as dead. So instead of correcting my account to my husband is dead, they bounced my account back to collections. I then reviewed multiple calls from collections, told everyone the dates he died.

    Today I again received calls from them asking to speak to my dead husband. As a widow this is upsetting to keep telling the same company rep, "He's dead. You can't talk to him". I was bounced from the probate dept 3 times to collections and then back to probate. They can't decide who can fix my account. Probate Dept said there is nothing they can do collections Dept needs to handle this and collection dept said the probate dept needs to handle this. The last bounce to the probate dept they acted like they could not hear me and hung up. At this point I had been on the phone for 2 hrs.

    Now I'm sure that I will receive another call from the collections that they need to speak to my dead husband. If I could leave o stars I would. They have by far been the worst people I have dealt with in 5 yrs. Terrible way to treat people after someone has passed away. I should not have told them multiple times, yep he's dead.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 21, 2019

    I have had issues with Zelle through Citibank. This last issue was quite disturbing. I send money through Zelle every month to my brother using his email address. I always send money through the same computer at work so the system even recognizes when I start typing his email address and pre populates the email making it easier to select and not make a mistake. This last May 2nd I sent the same money to the same email address but I received an automatic text and email stating that Zelle is processing the payment to a foreign name that I don’t recognize and a phone number with a 646 area code. I called Citibank to let them know of the mistake and they asked me to call the person because the payment is automatically transferred and they can’t stop it.

    I called the number and I got a meager stating that the number no longer exists. Clearly Zelle has either been hacked or is vulnerable on the recipient's end. Citibank keeps intimating that I made a mistake in sending the money which upsets me because there is no way I could have typed a 646 number instead of my brother email address which is his name by the way. Wondering if anyone has heard of this happening to others. This is the second issue I have had with Zelle and I refuse to use the service which puts me back to the days of sending checks or giving cash (heaven forbid).

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 21, 2019

    Citibank states they back their cardholders 100%, yet I have attempted to dispute one charge and have been denied 3 times. I can't even contact the merchant by phone or email anymore because they have disappeared! Yet Citibank claims I have not given enough evidence! The other card company sided with me know the first attempt, because this merchant issued me two credit cards and then never followed through with their service. So in my attempts to resolve this issue, I am bounced around to department after department. I asked for a corporate number and they say they don't have one! Yet I Google it and find it! If you have another option on a credit card, don't go with Citibank! They are only worried about their money and not their customers like other companies!

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed May 17, 2019

    2019: Needed major car repairs February. I informed Citibank I would not be able to make payment April of $28.00. I explained I would be able to make a $50.00 payment come March 3rd. I was told by "customer care" rep "Not a problem, I see you have been a long time customer and have always made your payments. Call us back March 3rd and we'll wave the late fee." March 3rd I called and Citibank indeed waived the late fee however, are now requiring a percentage of the entire balance which is $75.00 minimum payment. The late fee is not removed from the payment, but the balance. Not helpful.

    Despite continually paying a monthly payment well over the normal minimum due ($28.00) since March 3rd, Citibank is racking up late fees, dinging my credit with "late fees" reports and steadily increasing the minimum amount due each month. It is now up to $163.00. The only options offered to me the paying customer is as follows:

    1 - Pay 97.00 for three months (to be "caught up").
    2 - Pay 117.00 for 6 months (to be "caught up"). Mind you this would pay off the 95% of the entire balance I owe of $750.00.
    3 - Have interest rate and minimum monthly payment lowered IF I close the account (which would put a horrible ding on my credit score).

    4 - Pay the $163.00 (to be caught up").

    I offered to pay $50.00 for the next three months - denied. "Nancy" told me to ask my medical insurance to cover my medications in order to pay Citibank - disgusting! This is PREDATORY LENDING. Citibank is making it impossible to get "caught up". Everything they offer involves making the bank more money due to a single payment missed of $28.00. EXCESSIVE. Credit Users BE WARNED!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 16, 2019

    NON EXISTENT CUSTOMER SERVICE & FINANCIAL ELDER ABUSE: For the past several months I have been trying to work with many of Citi's employees but it's a dead end. I have filed a complaint in early April and still awaiting a response a month later. All telephone experience on a daily basis has been frustrating, torture and I call it "financial elder abuse". My questions relate to their request letter which is totally unclear with language that an average person with a college degree could not understand. To date my questions SEEKING clarification have remained unanswered.

    Finally yesterday I spoke with "Amy" who was the first person who seems to know what she is doing who informed me that Citi apparently needed to have me "spell" my first name even though it is on my statements for years and on a copy of a trust document (which I submitted and I understand that they were not entitled to) signed and notarized. Also now I am told that they need to have the name and address of the attorney who prepared my trust. My response to this question is: "What if the attorney is deceased now or if I prepared my own trust"? Every day at least an hour or more of my time is spent on the telephone to associates who do not appear to know what they are doing.

    I have already requested another institution to have these funds transferred but now I find out that the account is BLOCKED. I am trying to find answers and thereafter file a letter with their Board and any regulatory authority to address this problem. As I mentioned to several Citi employees what if I needed access to this IRA account so that I could pay my mortgage or buy medicine? This harassment is no way to treat customers and I am concerned about older customers who do not have the ability or the experience to question these strange policies which appear to be nothing more than a means to obtain information for marketing purposes.

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    Reviewed May 16, 2019

    Most useless customer service, keeps you waiting for a long time and when finally you talk to someone they don't know the answers to questions. Tried to place a complaint after that and was told I'd have to mail a letter. Will not bank with them again.

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    Price

    Reviewed May 15, 2019

    I opened a Prioirty checking and savings account with the prescribed $50,500.00 and was told in the fine print that the money must sit for a certain amount of time and then after another long wait I would get my $600. It was also mentioned I needed to fill out a tax form. I let the money sit the prescribed about of time (5 months verified by Citi. I sent in a tax form they did not receive so sent in another one they said they did receive and which was in order last month.

    This month, after I have received less than $5 in interest for my $50,500 deposit since December 12,2018 -- I am told things are not in order -- but they won't say why. In addition, if I want to use the money while waiting for this to presumably get sorted out I will pay a $35 per month fee if I draw down the account. I feel cheated and dirty and swindled.

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    PricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed May 14, 2019

    I was two days late on my bill, and instead of charging interest for the two days, they charge interest for the month of “grace period” they give as well as the two days. I contacted customer support about it, and they said they couldn’t do anything due anything about it because that was their policy. I am upset they charge interest for their “grace period!” It really isn’t a grace period if they charge interest for the time instead of just the two days I was late. The manager originally said the interest was a daily interest, not a monthly interest, and then when I brought up the fact they were charging me for a month of interest when I was two days late he changed it and said it was a monthly interest. Surprise surprise, they lie to their customers and charge them interest for times they give as a “grace period.” I am done! I will go back to using Discover who doesn’t lie to me!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 11, 2019

    CITIBANK STOLE $7,000.00 Dollars from Me!! I sent a wire transfer from TD Bank in Pennsylvania to Citibank in Florida on Adventura blvd. I sent it on January 23, 2019!!! It is now May 11, 2019 and Citibank refuses to give me my money back!!! The person I was sending the money to refused it and told the bank to send it back!! They did not. I want my money back now!! ** I have called 27 times and emailed the same. No response at anytime. One person at Citibank said he would find my money?? I am still waiting!!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 8, 2019

    Very unprofessional and lame customer service personnel. They don't have the understanding and care about customer service, but also making many mistakes. It is not just one person. You keep calling, probably hitting more than enough to make you tired. I called them. The customer service person opened someone's else account after repeating credit card multiple times. Even you keep telling that you are looking at someone else account, the person doesn't care, end of the call. Representative hanged on me. Called 2nd time. That person was a little bit knowledgeable but still didn't know who to complete charge dispute and they did not have a way to connect to a manager. The only reason I am staying with the card, as they provide 2%. If I get similar credit with someone else, I will cancel my service with Citi immediately.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 7, 2019

    Every time a website fails authorization to the credit card company for one reason or another, that amount is still pre-authorized and held against the credit limit. I had an international website fail to process due to what Citibank considered possible fraud. I applaud Citibank's efforts for watching for possible fraud, however the issue has to do with the card failing several times while I tried to process the charge multiple times thinking maybe I typed the numbers wrong or something else. It took quite time before I got a text message on my phone and I was able to confirm the transaction was not fraud. The next attempt to charge my card was successful.

    The problem is that all the times before it went through were considered separate pre-authorization charges against my credit limit. Since this was a large transaction, my current available credit is 0. I called Citibank to get the pre-authorization removed or to find out how long it takes to be removed. The lady I talked to was insistent that there is no time limit. That the pre-authorization will remain until the company removes them or it "falls off". I asked how long that takes, she advised usually 24-48 hours. It's been more than a week. I asked how long until it falls off. She said it's out of the control of Citibank. Citibank has no policy for how long pre-authorizations will remain. So, basically, my credit card is now held hostage due to several failed web transactions and there is nothing I can do. I have a lot of bills to pay and business expenses and now I can't run any of them.

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    Staff

    Reviewed May 6, 2019

    I explained to a Citibank rep I was affected horribly by the government strike from NOV 2018 until now. I explained my hours never went back to being the same and that I was playing catch up with a lot of my bills. The rep reassured me that due to the fact so many were affected and I had been a customer for more than 10 years they would waive any fees on the account. The first time I was charged a insufficient funds 3 times back to back. It was waived. Then a month later I was charged a "returned check fee" and I explained the charge was done early but I made a deposit on the next business day. They refused to waive the fee even after explaining my circumstances and being reassured by a rep I would be taken of. I will close the account.

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    Reviewed May 5, 2019

    Updated on 05/10/2019: Previously typed up a lengthy Gettysburg Addressesque review of Citibank and only recently received more direct information "from Citibank" concerning online banking and ATM/Debit. There is a mandatory 7 to 10 business day waiting period "before you're able to use Citibank banking services." With the exception of making deposits ONLY. That means any money you deposit, you will NOT have access to those fund until Citibank unblocks your ATM/Debit or account. You also will not be able to complete any online transfers. You will in a sense be "in financial limbo."

    Original Review: Where to begin... Okay, opened an online Citibank account, which was painless and received my ATM or debit card a few days later. I also received a temporary PIN code, which I found "odd." So like Charlie from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory after finding the golden ticket, I went to a local Citi to test the card and PIN. It worked and I was able to deposit test funds. Easy enough... Fast forward several days later, I tried to test pay and test ATM withdraw. Didn't work. Waited a day - used other bank stuff for purchase, and tried again. Contacted Citi and was told there was a block on the card because they hadn't received a signature card. Okay, wasn't sure what that was all about. Was told I could bring a utility bill plus ID to any branch and the block would be removed. Okay, slight peptic acid boiling but oh well.

    So, I made a trek to a local branch - waited 30+ plus minutes while workers who didn't want to work watched me fluff off on my phone. Was eventually able to speak with a person who took the utility bill, verified who I was and then faxed the UB to wherever. I was then told that Citibank and Citibank Online were separate and that I needed to contact Citi online in order for the block to remove. Slight discomfort... I then contact CO and was told that the block would be removed in 24 to 48 hours! Yeah, I had a “what the who” moment. So I waited 72 hours and still the block was in place. The sweet spot was I don't plan on using Citi as my primary bank and had this not been the case, would have to find a branch, stand in line and wait for service. Not even sure what or why they have an open an online account services when their process doesn't work. Retirement Plan Services. Yeah, that department is just as bad bad bad as online.

    My employer went through a name change and employees are now stuck with Citi - I opted to not rollover my Fidelity - thankfully. In order for me to gain access to my 401K, I had to provide Citi with notarized paperwork, driver's license with the same address on it as a number of other documents plus multiple signatures. They want to be secure and I get that. I mail everything and wait a few days before following up. I contact them – no, no one attempted to contact me. What was the point in including contact information plus email address when neither method was going to be used, and was told that there were signature discrepancies and that I needed to fill out and fax two documents? So glad there’s an app for scanning and online free fax services. So I faxed back 4 sets – wasn’t going to play their we never received any fax game.

    I was told – rather than informed yes, it would take an additional 24 to 48 hours for an update. Correction, was initially told that there would be a mandatory 7 to 10 business day processing wait time. Because I had to send two signatures, yes, the 7 to 10 business day wait more or less started over. “Well this isn’t acceptable to me considering 7 business days had passed – 8 before I contacted them after having mailed the documents. Oh, I checked the USPS status and saw the day it had been received. There are way too many problems with their method or mode of business and it is mind-boggling how they’re able to stay in business.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 4, 2019

    A have a new credit card serviced through Citi and I can say that they have the absolute worst customer service I’ve ever encountered. I originated the card back at the beginning of March and never received anything in the mail. When I had first gotten the card I had assumed that there would be plenty of time for me to receive it but I did move at the beginning of May and still have not gotten anything in the Mail.

    Because of this I called their customer service today to try to get a new card issued to my updated address. I ended up having to speak with three different people because I was repeatedly told that I would receive a call and never did. Finally when speaking with the last representative I had given up on getting a card re-issued and simply wanted to verify that the original card was not in use.

    Due to the fact that I had moved I was worried that it was possible that there was an extreme delay with the mail and somebody could receive my card and use it fraudulently. I asked the representative if that card was still able to be used and she continuously gave me vague answers. I asked her if it was active four different times and was not given a straight answer.

    The last time that I asked her if the card was still able to be used she responded with “I apologize that this has been your experience but is there anything else that I can help you with” clearly trying to end the conversation while I was trying to get more information and verify that my card that I’ve never gotten was not able to be used. I was advised by the representative there they couldn’t verify my information over the phone and I can look out in the mail for a letter to verify. This was after I advise them that I had moved in the two months since opening this card and wouldn’t be receiving a letter that they were sending to my old address.

    They stated that there was no possible way that they could verify me over the phone even after I gave them my full social, my checking account number on file, and my old address that they had on file. They stated that I would have to wait for the letter in the mail coming to an address that I no longer live at in order to get my card reissued or verify that my old card is stopped. Absolutely do not feel secure with this company having my information and absolutely cannot wait to cancel this card and never deal with Citibank again.

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    Reviewed May 2, 2019

    Citi Bank is the absolute WORST bank to do business with. Applied for a card in January. JUST received the card in May. Online banking does not work. Have never received statement. Cust. Serv. incompetent.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed May 1, 2019

    On Mar 22, 2019 I opened up a Citi savings and checking accounts to take advantage of their $500 promotion. I ensured before opening the counts that I was going to meet all the requirements and even read the fine print carefully. On the same day, after opening the account, I transferred the required amount of funds from another bank account. After that I was told that I would have to complete some paperwork and send them some other documents. I completed that right away, faxed and mailed the documents just to make sure they receive them. After sending over everything, when I didn’t hear for weeks, I started calling them to find out the status of my accounts. I was told that the accounts were blocked as they were reviewing my application and verifying everything.

    I called them every week and on Apr 30th, they told me that the block is finally lifted and my accounts are active but I can no longer receive the promotional bonus because I didn’t meet the requirement of depositing funds in the accounts within 30 days of opening. Citibank took a month and 8 days to activate my account and that’s the reason why the funds didn’t get transferred to these accounts. It’s an error on Citibank’s part that they took so long to review my application whereas in this day and age you can open any accounts anywhere else in minutes. It doesn’t end here. When I asked to speak with a supervisor, they kept putting me back on the automated system and finally stopped answering my phone. I’m beyond frustrated with this experience. Not only they screwed my promotional bonus, I’m not even sure where my funds are at. I feel so helpless now.

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    Punctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed April 30, 2019

    Alameda branch is the closest, so I solve all my banking needs there. Every time the service is impeccable. On Apr. 27 it was again time for banking and had to talk to the manager, Mr. Ryan **. He was fast, courteous, efficient, nice. I was truly impressed. Good job!

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed April 27, 2019

    Horrible customer service. I have a deferred int with payments and balance transfer, all up to date. I sent a payment which should have gone to the deferred int account due 7/19, not the balance transfer due 2/20. According to THEIR terms, they apply payments to the deferred account first. However, they made a mistake and applied to the bal transfer due 2/20. The supervisor tells me they apply the monthly balance due to the bal transfer, which should have been $39, not the full amount they applied which should have gone to the 7/19 balance. Talk about people who cannot admit they made a mistake and reverse the charge and put towards the correct account. Not to mention forget abiding by their OWN terms. Should have been a simple resolution. HORRIBLE! Get a Discover or Capital One card - both have OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE!!! Never an issue!!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 27, 2019

    We have been calling almost for an hour to the representative 888 # customer service, nobody answer the phone, we try the chat, nobody comes. If coming I ask, there is a spinning circle, nobody answer. Be ashamed of you CitiBank. How awful service.

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    Price

    Reviewed April 26, 2019

    I purchased Travelex foreign money for an upcoming trip. I used my Citibank credit card to pay for the purchase. Later I discovered that Citibank billed my credit card a cash advance fee of over $20. I questioned this and was told because I ordered money they charged the fee with interest! I did not order money with them, but with Travelex online. The only way I could avoid the interest mounting was to give my checking account routing and account number to get an electronic transfer. This does not seem legitimate.

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    Staff

    Reviewed April 26, 2019

    Someone tried to hack my account and I changed the pin out of fear and I told the Citibank employees the whole story and showed my ID and they did not even help me. There was a lady who was telling a very helpful gentleman not to help me at all and I have bills to pay. My job's direct deposit is linked to my Citibank and they still don’t want to help me reset my pin! Smh. How y’all keeping me hostage from my own money!!! (939 main St, Bridgeport CT 06604).

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    StaffProcess

    Reviewed April 25, 2019

    Citibank KYC department has a new process where they ask very intrusive questions about your life and finances. We answered all their questions during the past month and yet they froze our account for no reason. During my conversation with multiple supervisors they acknowledge that they had already received the info and the account should not have been frozen but the entire review is in the hands of one analyst assigned to the account and if that analyst happens to be on vacation or unresponsive for two days, you are out of luck and cannot get any funds out of your account and no one can unfreeze your account even though they all agree it should not have been frozen in the first place. A bank should not have such a system when the it cannot be overridden is something ridiculous such as this happens.

    Very unhappy with the process considering I spoke to multiple people during March and at all points we're advised that there was nothing pending. I was also assured during the last night's call that my account would not be frozen. Taking away the opportunity of me getting some cash out to keep me afloat during the weekend. As you know the bank only works during business hours and too bad they made a mistake and you are in a bad way, they will attend to you once the analyst is back from his vacation and they are back from their weekends.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed April 23, 2019

    I was lured by the high interest rate offer savings account, and I applied online. There was no confirmation email whatsoever after application. I then called customer service in the evening and I was told to call back in the morning to another number because 'new account" customer service was closed that day. I called new account in the morning and they said they need my ID, I needed to fax it over so I did. After that, I kept on receiving emails asking me to make a deposit, but I do not have any access online. I called customer service again, they told me it would take 7-10 business days to process my document, so they asked me to check back on 4/19 or 4/22.

    I still couldn't register this savings account online, so I called customer service again yesterday and they couldn't help me, and they gave me the new account customer service phone number so I called them this morning. When I called, I was told he couldn't help me but he had to transfer me to new account rep (wasn't that the new account phone number that I dialed?) and after the phone got transferred, it says "the dept is closed." Now I am beyond furious and I have decided to withdraw my application.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 22, 2019

    BEWARE, everyone, I am going to file a small claim lawsuit on getting my credit card deposit back. Been trying to get my refund for a month now and every time they pretend there is an identity issue and then promise to send me a letter that contains a password, Of course, they are laying and are not sending such letter. Dont do business with this company. All of their customer service are from Asia. You will get the worse customer service.

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    Staff

    Reviewed April 21, 2019

    I have called 4 months in a row about payments being stolen from my bank account. I was assured yet again it was taken care of. I will never do business with this company again. It's unacceptable and the incompetent people who have assured me it's all good need better training on how to actually resolve this problem.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed April 20, 2019

    I have been with Citibank for years and I had a 5 year CD with them. I planned to close the CD as it matured and was a few days late due to being the main caregiver for my family that I didn't have a chance to cancel it on time. It automatically renewed for another 5 years. We were in need of that money so it needed to be canceled. They were not concerned about my situation and that they said I would need to pay a $75 penalty fee to cancel. I basically lost money by putting it in a 5 year CD...

    This is by far the worst experience I have ever had with a bank. Also trying to get a hold of someone was very difficult as well and no one could refer me to a manager. Horrible customer service after all these years. I will be closing my account with them. Hope this helps people to choose where they want their money at.

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    Staff

    Reviewed April 20, 2019

    Citibank has given me a massive runaround for FIVE years now, they are purposely preventing me from getting a credit card with them, even though I have a 850 credit score. They have a very unethical team of con men working in their "executive office" who intentionally put a block under my name and social to mess with me. These people belong in federal prision! Citibank is a scam bank.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed April 19, 2019

    I felt the need to write a review to warn other people about Citibank and hopefully let Citibank know about the very poor standards that they are currently providing through the ONLINE account opening service. This is by far the worst bank experience I had in my life. It's the first time that I'm dealing with such a terrible organisation and rude or unhelpful customer service. I opened a bank account online around one month ago. I decided to do this because opening online is the only way to get access to the bonus they provide for new customers. It took them more than 2 weeks just to provide me a debit card. They sent the debit card with no confirmation email nor any mail communication of any sort and I was in a limbo with no account number nor way to activate the mobile banking. I had to wait another week (3 weeks in total) and multiple phone calls just to get notified of basic information to be able to bank.

    At this point the account seemed working fine so I transferred my funds from another American account in my name. To access the bonus I had to wire at least 15000 dollars so I did that. With no notice at all (no email no call) they blocked all my funds. I realised myself my card was not working and that I was without money. After contacting them twice they gave me a number to call which is active only until 5 pm central time (it was 3 pm pacific time and I was shocked they couldn't provide any info on something so important until next day - beware that the 24h customer service was unhelpful and will pass you on to other numbers with shorter working hours).

    The next day they said that they needed multiple verification documents (they had one month to verify me and they blocked my funds with no notice??!!). They asked for 5 documents including ID, social security card (not number but copy of card), utility bill, other bank statement and phone bill. I was in disbelief on why they didn't ask for these documents before. I would have provided them before and not get my money unaccessible for basic needs! In addition, they said they would need 10 business days to unblock the money!!! I was lucky at least to have the information required but what about an international customer living in the US without another American bank or with no utility bills yet? I'm still waiting for them to unlock my funds and there is no way I can cancel the transfer or close the account so I need to deal with it.

    In addition, the people at the customer care service were often difficult to understand over the phone due to an important accent and they seemed clueless on what to do most of the times. Their answer to the issue was often "in the terms and conditions it's written that we may do this so we can do it. Sorry you didn't read it". Of course you can verify me and more than happy to provide you the documentation but the way you have been dealing this process is unbelievable. Be also aware that once you open the online account you are unable to verify your documents in a branch. It almost seems like you are dealing with a different bank with no support. With the time and energy that I've lost so far with Citibank I really wish I didn't get involved with them and 500$ of bonus is NOT WORTH IT! Hope my experience will be useful to someone out there.

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    Reviewed April 18, 2019

    Underwriters are out of sense. My score was over 750. Nothing bad on credit file. 60k in bank account. 4k monthly income. I apply for a 80k home loan, they denied and said insufficient income, give them all info even my boss give them all info they needed, horrible, they don't believe me. So I'm going to stop business with them.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 17, 2019

    Start from this April I and my wife applied for pre-approval for my mortgage at Citi bank. However, the lender in Citi bank sent our SSN info and our living address to other parties on April 10th through email attachment. I contacted the manager at Citi and they just want to give us a one year credit monitoring system which doesn't help at all since we already enrolled in credit karma.

    Additional notes on this case: The email from Citi told us after the email has been leaked that no one can download the attachment from the wrong email. This is wrong, because once an email is sent with attachment, the receiver can download the attachments at will and I didn’t see any secure measure applied to the attachments. We consider this as a deceiving action because Citi stated a wrong fact. Once the information has been found leaked to other party, Belinda not only didn’t suggest us any measures to protect our info(for example, contact the bank to freeze the account which information is exposed), but tried to convince us that the issue is not serious.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 11, 2019

    Where do I start with Citibank? First of all, their customer service is the worst customer service I have ever dealt with by a long shot. Usually, I am a patient person who does not even bother to go through the trouble of complaining but I felt that their behavior was ridiculously unprofessional. There were long wait times on the phone and my issue did not get resolved. I opened a savings account, I got a verification email, I validated the account and validated my checking account to make transfers to my Citi account, I received 2 deposits to verify the account and everything was good. I made a transfer and was ok, then I made a second transfer for a considerable amount. They decided to close my account and the money is in limbo and nobody can explain what the problem is. Very disappointed. Do not recommend doing business with Citi at all.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed April 10, 2019

    Where do I start with Citibank? First of all, their customer service is the worst customer service I have ever dealt with by a long shot. Usually, I am a patient person who does not even bother to go through the trouble of complaining but I felt that their behavior was ridiculously unprofessional. There were long wait times on the phone and my issue did not get resolved time after time, despite them pushing me to threaten to close my account multiple times and to take my business elsewhere. Their customer service representatives are condescending and patronizing. I wasted more than 20 hours over the course of almost a year by having to make around 10 phone calls regarding my issue and self-auditing my account to make sure I was not being charged unfairly.

    I received fraudulent charges on my account back in July. I am a responsible cardholder who shops at reputable brands/stores, I never share my card number with anyone, and I always keep my card with me in my wallet. Somehow, a person obtained my card number and spent it at several places (the transactions were categorized as “Card Swiped” despite me having my card on me at all times during the period that I was being charged and my card is encrypted with a chip). Citibank did not notify me until after a week of this fraudulent behavior had passed. The charges that this person made were obnoxious: a limo taxi, an expensive steak dinner, gas station charges, and an architectural boat tour.

    As someone who is a local resident of Chicago, a broke college student, and does not drive, I was appalled that Citi did not flag these charges right away. The charge that incited them to notify me of fraud was an expensive purchase at Macy’s of around $100, which actually aligned more with my past purchasing history than the other charges I had mentioned. Anyway, I blame myself in this case since I was not watching my account closely enough. I cancelled my card and Citi reimbursed me for all of the fraudulent charges. I concede that I was grateful that they had resolved my issue back then. However, the saga was not over and what followed are events that negatively and irreparably shifted my perception of Citi and could have been prevented if Citi representatives were better at doing their jobs.

    In August, I spotted a fraudulent charge on my credit card account from the same gas station that had appeared in July. Could the July thief had somehow gotten my new credit card number? I cancelled my card. In September, the same charge occurred. This time, I called Citi and told them my suspicion of it being a recurring charge from the gas station merchant. They told me that they would cancel all of my recurring subscriptions, something about an “accounts payable.” They reimbursed me for the fraudulent charges again. In October and November, I saw the same recurring charge. Why was this not over yet? Why haven’t they flagged this charge themselves when I already told them about it 3 times? Did Citi just want to continue losing money?

    I asked them why I was seeing this charge when an account specialist had already canceled my recurring subscriptions. They told me that they had not canceled the trail leading back to my original card (they had just canceled the most recent card) so the merchant was still charging my original card number which then transferred over to my new account. This is when I truly thought Citi was incompetent – wouldn’t it make sense to cancel the recurring subscription on the original credit card since that was where the fraudulent charge occurred in the first place? I gave them another chance but warned that I would cancel my credit card account and no longer be a Citi customer if I saw the recurring charge again.

    They apologized and told me that they promise I wouldn’t see a charge from this merchant the following month. They broke their promise because sure enough, I saw a charge again in December. This time, I was tired and did not bother contacting them that month. However, I saw the charge yet again in January and finally called them so they could explain the situation. They put me on a three-way call with the gas station merchant, who said he would delete my credit card number from their book and cancel the subscription. This was when I thought it would finally be all over. We had traced it to the source. But I saw the charge again in February and March.

    I wish I could say I was joking. So I called again and Citi said they were not sure what had happened but they would make sure this time was the final time and that I would not see this charge again in April. I expressed my frustration – it had been almost an entire year (July to April) and I had lost trust in Citi since they promised me not once, not twice, but three times that I would not see the charge the following month.

    Why was it up to me to work so hard to get my own money back when it was not my fault in the first place? Why did I have to repeatedly call, explain my story over and over again (don’t they have case notes on this? I literally had to explain my case so often that it almost became like a script. The worst part was having it build up. I.e. back in November, it was relatively quick and easy to explain the situation. By March, I had to recount all of those previous instances and it took a long time to do that). They also interrogated me by asking me if I ever shared my card number with anyone or had any idea of how this even occurred in the first place. I think this is fair of them to ask but if I already had explained it the first time, and the subsequent times were their fault, then I feel like this is just wasting both parties’ time and effort to go over it again and again.

    What is the point anymore? The part that they were not interested in hearing was when I went over what the fraudulent charges were. They cut me off and were like, “We already know them, thanks for your diligence.” Clearly you don’t know which are the fraudulent charges since they keep appearing back on my account. If I’m not diligent about my account, who would be? Not Citi. They didn’t make the process to get my money back easy for me nor did they offer to compensate me in any way besides getting rid of the fraudulent charges– they told me I had to file my own police report, they did not offer a gift card for my troubles, or offer a supportive attitude/put me at ease. They simply made fake promises that ruined my relationship with this company. The least I was asking was just for this issue to be resolved earlier.

    To provide closure to anyone who has read this far, my account did indeed stop receiving the recurring fraudulent charges as of April. However, this time, they did not reimburse me for all of the previous fraudulent charges. Today, I had to call again. The representative had the audacity to tell me that I had gotten reimbursed for all of the prior disputed charges even though I painstakingly checked my account several times before calling. I didn’t want to be right, but I was. I told her that I didn’t get fully reimbursed for two of the charges, so she went through my account and connected me with someone else, who confirmed that for some reason the full reimbursement had not processed. I didn’t receive an apology. They just told me that I would see the credit in 5-7 days.

    In addition to this debacle, I had spoken to a friendly representative (Wow! I guess one does exist at Citi!) about my upcoming trip abroad about two weeks ago. I asked her about the foreign transaction fee for my credit card. She said that there was a 3% fee for my credit card, but no fee for my debit card. I was surprised – I had thought there would be the same 3% fee for my debit card so I had applied for a Charles Schwab card (which has no foreign transaction fees) and was going to use that for my trip.

    I had not bothered to ask about the debit card (I only asked about the foreign transaction fee for a credit card); she brought up this additional information herself. I asked her a clarifying question to make sure I had not heard incorrectly. She replied something along the lines of, “You are a student so you won’t have the foreign transaction fee if you use your debit card.” Great, I would stick with my Citi debit card and not have to use the Schwab card. I would not have to convert and bring that much cash.

    Fast forward to the end of my trip. I check my account and realize that I was charged almost $50 worth of foreign transaction fees. What happened to no foreign transaction fees? I explained my situation to a customer service representative today, who told me that her colleague would never say something like that since they are really strict on the foreign transaction fees and only two kinds of cardholder members do not have foreign transaction fees. I understood what she was saying, but she continued to repeat herself because I guess she thought I didn’t get what she was saying.

    I clarified that I realized that both my debit card and credit card has the 3% foreign transaction fee now that she had given me that information, but I was given MISinformation from the associate that I had spoken to before my trip. It was my fault for not confirming with a second representative, but who would have thought that a Citi customer service representative would give me the wrong information?

    I guess I had been giving Citi too much credit/benefit of the doubt despite my previous ordeal with them. She said there was no evidence of our conversation, but that the conversations were recorded, which seemed like conflicting statements to me. I asked her whether personnel could review the recording because I felt that it was unfair that I had to pay this fee since that conversation had changed my trajectory: instead of using the Schwab card or acquiring more foreign currency, I had used my Citi debit card under the impression that I would not incur any foreign transaction fees after the Citi associate had told me that.

    The representative kept telling me that I may have had a miscommunication or misunderstanding or disconnect with that associate (which was insulting considering how often I take time to make sure I am understanding what the other person is saying, but I guess Citi assumes people don’t listen properly since they themselves often don’t listen to others).

    I asked for next steps and she said that there would be no next steps, no confirmation of this conversation, and a review of my previous conversation will be happening internally (which probably means I will never know the status of this and will be expected to follow up again, further wasting my time in the future on a lost cause?). She would also become silent several times on the call, leaving me to wonder if I had been placed on hold or if she had hung up (she would not tell me, “please hold” when she enacted long silences. When I asked her if she was still on the line, she finally responded, “Yes. I have nothing else to say.”).

    I have a pretty good recollection of my previous conversation and I even remember the associate asking me if I was travelling by myself, and to have a good trip. I accidentally said, “You--” (almost “You, too”), then caught myself and said, “I mean, thank you” and she jokingly said, “Me, too? Okay!” before saying goodbye. If it wasn’t illegal, I would have recorded the conversation myself. I just don’t think customers should be expected to transcribe all of their conversations and prove themselves. If I had known there was a foreign transaction fee for my debit card, I would have just used the Schwab card or brought more foreign currency. That would of course be more simple than having to deal with Citi.

    So my parting words: What Citi did well was reimburse me with security credits for my fraudulent charges each time (except the last time, which was when they did not fully reimburse me) – their fraud policy for their credit card is pretty good (for what happens after incurring fraudulent charges, not for preventing them). What I could have done better is track my account more diligently and earlier. What Citi didn’t do well was resolving the issue earlier, which caused a prolonged mess and has driven me to feel disrespected and unheard. What Citi didn’t do well was giving me misinformation and then accusing me of hearing incorrectly and on top of that, giving me unnecessarily snarky attitude.

    I feel like my competence has continuously been challenged by these representatives despite them showing incompetence throughout these trials and tribulations. Dealing with this has been taxing and time-consuming. What makes me most upset is that I could have prevented this myself if I had just left the company earlier. This feels like an abusive relationship where I keep running back to Citi only to get hurt again. I don’t deserve this and I will be closing my account and taking my business elsewhere. I will not be recommending Citi to any of my friends, family, and networks.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 5, 2019

    Signed up for the $500 bonus with Citibank. I opened a checking account, deposited over $15,000, and even had direct deposits. And now because my account went under $15000 by $9 dollars Citibank will not honor it. Although the account was only under $15000 for less than 24 hours because a direct deposit was made for $1,500 dollars.

    I’ve spoke with Citibank’s sales supervisor and even a customer service supervisor about the situation and they were unable to do anything. My account balance has always been well above the margin throughout the past 5 months but now they are worried about a balance that’s dropped down by $9 dollars. On top of that the supervisor in the sales promotion team refused to transfer my call to his manager or someone that could give me a straightforward answer. He just said that he wasn’t sure and to keep my money in the account and see what happens. Anyways I’ve since then closed my account and will be taking my money elsewhere.

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    Punctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed April 4, 2019

    Sent in my Citibank payment on time--with two weeks to spare. Citibank computer itself registered the envelope being received at the US Post with 14-day lead time. One service rep says that envelopes are immediately opened and processed at Citibank, but this is not true. Another service rep suggests that US Post is left in the mailroom at Citibank "many days" sometimes. I was charged for a late payment despite their own records of my sending it on time. I fear that this may be a way for them to generate late fees illegally.

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    Punctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed April 4, 2019

    I’ve been a loyal customer of Citibank for 20 years! I’m asking for a personal loan for an amount but because I CHOOSE not to have credit cards because I pay ALL my bills in cash on time. I can only receive a 2000 dollars in loan - I don’t want that I have 2K but the fact that they can see all my expenses and see that I pay my bills on time. No loyalty whatsoever. So I make an appointment with the brand manager for 10 am meeting around 10.15 I’m asking where she is, they tell me she’s taking care of a situation- like why do I have to ask? After 50 minutes of waiting she’s still not here! So unprofessional!

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    Reviewed April 3, 2019

    I have a excellent credit score, excellent utilization rate, good salary when I applied for the double cash back card. It got rejected and the reason listed was 'not enough credit history'. I called the reconsideration line but they say they cannot overwrite the machine's decision and have no good reason for why the application was rejected. Don't know why they even bother with a reconsideration line considering that they are pretty much useless. Now all I have is hard inquiry for the work I put into maintaining a good credit profile. Chase at least considers it. Citibank is just plain useless.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 3, 2019

    I went into the branch and asked the teller to cash two checks for me, the teller did not explain to me that funds from the check would not be available to me and that it had to be deposited, he in turn took the money from my checking account and deposited the checks. I went to get groceries later that night and had my card declined for insufficient funds. When I called the customer service representative she was very rude, basically telling me that I should have know that this was what the teller was doing. Now I have to leave my groceries because I did not bring any cash with me. Terrible service by the teller, because he should have provided me the information that the checks will be deposited and the funds from that check won’t be available until tomorrow and not just take my money from my checking account like that.

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    Reviewed April 1, 2019

    I wanted to make a partial payment on my credit card using an online app. They took out $4,000 more than I requested. I called the bank and asked to cancel the transaction as the amount is wrong, but was told that they're unable to cancel it until it processes. I was on the phone for half an hour explaining to five different people the issue, but at the end I was told that I have to call the credit card and then again call the bank tomorrow so they can process a refund. They made an error with my money and I have to waste hours/days of my time correcting it? Their Customer service is below zero. Mind you I've been their customer since 1993. Time for change!!!

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    Reviewed April 1, 2019

    Two weeks ago, I opened a Citibank savings account. In addition, I have two credit card accounts with Citi. I have always been able to access my credit card accounts online to check for usage and balances. I was able to link the savings and credit card accounts easily online until Monday, 3/25/19. That day, I received an ATM card, and was instructed to activate it online.

    Upon activating the ATM card, I was locked out of all my accounts, because I needed a PIN for access. I made numerous calls about obtaining a PIN, and have been told different responses about when I can expect a PIN. Initially, I was assured I would receive it in a separate mailing within 1 to 2 days. When I didn't receive it after two days, I called again and was assured it would be forthcoming. On Friday, after 4 days, I called again, totally annoyed, and was told it would be sent FEDEX express and would receive it shortly. Today, on Monday, I still do not have a PIN, and according to my FEDEX account there are no shipments scheduled to my address. This is totally unacceptable, as I have no access to any of my accounts. Customer service has no credibility.

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    Reviewed March 31, 2019

    Citi advised we upgrade from gold to platinum. In return for $100/yr additional fee, we receive 40k mileage points. After paying our fee, they denied the 40k points, stating our gold card was less than 24 months old. We contacted a Supervisor to confirm no one warned of this technicality. She said "they're supposed to inform you... oh well, sorry".

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    Reviewed March 31, 2019

    What a disaster. Citibank sent my wife and I an offer by email which was connected to our Citibank credit cards. To receive the 10,000 miles on your American Airlines reward program you had to open an Accelerate Savings account which could only be done from the link on the email. Tried numerous times but because whoever in the IT department set this up it did not work. Called Citibank and got the the standard answer that IT was working on it. Also a requirement of the offer was to deposit $500 and use the Citibank app twice within 30 days of opening the account. What a joke. I do not need to maintain a relationship with such a screwed up organization. The next thing they will say my information has been hacked and possibly comprised.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 31, 2019

    Citi canceled my card without notification when I changed banks and forgot to change this information on my auto pay. The initial representative was very helpful and took my information and paid my bill immediately. Then a supervisor got on the phone and told my card had been canceled. He was extremely rude and told me he just didn't care. I would never deal with this company or companies related to them. This was the first experience I had ever had with people who just don't care about you. It was easy to obtain another card with company with great customer service and better card features than Citibank offered (DISCOVER).

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    Reviewed March 31, 2019

    Citibank is a prime example of how you cannot trust banks. Citibank is the one bank that you should never trust with your money! I opened my account online. They have stolen my funds. They froze my bank account and now are saying that they cannot locate my funds. They left me without food on a weekend. I called Monday only to find out that they have frozen my account and they claimed that they would mail me a check for the balance within 30 days. It has now been 60 days and they have stolen from me. I just received a letter in the mail stating that they cannot locate my transactions. They are criminals! It started when someone used my debit card fraudulently to the tune of over $1500. Citibank refused to dispute with Visa. They took it a step further to also steal my funds as well. I'm beginning to think that it was Citibank that was behind all of it.

    Please immediately open a bank account at a different institution and get your funds out of Citibank. Google "Citibank got sued" and you will see about the hundreds of millions of dollars they owe right now because of stealing from people. All in all I had less than $2000 in my account and they did this because they felt that they could get away with it because I'm not wealthy. If it weren't for my parents I'd be homeless. I'm hoping this bank goes out of business. They are not the brand that you think they are. They are almost broke due to losses from criminal activity and lawsuits and this is what they are doing to people to try to recover! I should probably get the FBI involved. Watch out because I have read other reviews where a guy said that they stole over $15,000 from him. It's hard to litigate when you can't even eat or pay your rent because your bank just ** you...you've been warned.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 29, 2019

    I have an active checking account with Citibank since 2001. I contacted them on 03/11/19 to inform them about an unauthorized transaction. Apparently, BJ's membership services had completed a renewal membership for $60. I called BJ's customer services to inquire since my membership was renewed in person at one of their stores (my husband paid in cash).

    They reviewed my account and did not find any recent transactions/renewal and advise me to contact my bank and place a dispute. I spoke to a representative on 03/11/19 who asked me some questions and told me that I was supposed to receive a letter in the mail which I was supposed to be filled out and mailed back to them. I called Citibank again last week to ask about the status and the representative informed me that I could expect my letter by 03/22/19. I called them today 03/29/19 since I am still waiting for the letter.

    I asked to speak to a supervisor who informed me that my dispute was denied based on question that I answered back on 03/11/19. He said that no letter went out and that I will not be receiving a letter explaining why the dispute was denied. My course of action is that I will close my account with Citibank and open an account with another bank. It is very unprofessional for them to tell me this and to tell me that I should not expect to receive anything in writing. For me this means that if I would not have called, I will still be waiting to receive an answer or credit from Citibank.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaffProcess

    Reviewed March 28, 2019

    I selected Citibank for my mortgage as I have a long standing relationship, several open accounts and the Services and Customer Service was always outstanding. The Mortgage Loan Officer was outstanding and very helpful from the beginning of the process even while I was looking for the right home. She was very patient and responded quickly to my question whether by phone or text and explained the different options so that I could make the right decision. Though I was disappointed in the timeframe between the documentation submissions, pre-approval and final approval which was very lengthy. Applying for a mortgage during the major holidays season further delayed the approval. They also do not provide home renovation loans which would have been useful as I now have to find another way to get this done. Overall I was satisfied.

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    Reviewed March 27, 2019

    On 2/12/2019, my card was charged for $99.00 four consecutive times, for a total of $396. I reported the incident to Citibank. They temporarily refunded the money and started an "investigation." Today I received the results of the investigation. They stated: "Based on the information you provided and the results of our research we are unable to honor your request for reimbursement. Our decision was based on the following: You informed us that your Citibank Banking Card has not been out of your possession. Both your Citibank Banking Card and Personal Identification Number were required to perform these withdrawals. The activity appears to be consistent with your normal banking activities. Therefore, we will deduct the above mentioned transactions from your account five business days from the date of this letter, which is 03/26/2019. This deduction will appear as a withdrawal on your next account statement."

    I provided Citibank with the address of the location that appeared on my statement. I have NEVER been in that location, and these charges are NOT consistent with my banking activities. I am disgusted by these accusations. Today, 3/26/2019, I filed an appeal with Citibank and a police report with my local police station. I also sent a letter to Citibank demanding that they permanently refund the $396 taken out of my account. I have to admit it; I haven't been a happy customer for a while, but this incident top it off for me. I will NEVER again do business with Citibank. Thank you for reading.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 22, 2019

    Waste of time. Constant we lock your account "for your safety" excuses. Truth is even BofA does not have the control freak, problematic, useless security. Since you're never allowed to see your own password eventually you will enter it incorrectly and after 2 failed log ins they will lick you out and demand you create a new password. They cause the problem then make the problem worse. Customers should be allowed to create their own passwords. Plus gave the option to see their password when entering it.

    Once locked out staff wants to ask for private data so strangers can have access to your private data via needless phone calls. Think about the sheer stupidity of Citibank they force customers to create multiple new passwords causing customers to write down passwords (Huge Security risk) they then demand you verbally share social security, addresses, account numbers and private data over unsecure phone lines only to unlock accounts that never had problems or security issues. Note the thousands of complaints. Make sure you also log complaints with FTC and Better Business agencies.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 22, 2019

    I sent a cashier's check via FEDEX to pay off the balance on my Macy's American Express card in January 2019. It is now 22 March and Macy's (Citibank) still has not credited my account. I have made 16 phone calls to the customer service department and I keep getting one more week... Well to date, my $804 has not been applied to my account. They refuse to help me tell me to call back next week that the "back office is reviewing the situation". SERIOUSLY!!! OMG. WHAT A NIGHTMARE! This check was signed for and received by Citibank on 5 February. So I KNOW they received my money. Unfortunately US Bank, who issued the cashiers check and FedEx'd it is not helping me either. Banking in America is criminal. Not only am I out the $800 but I am out the $800 on the new US Bank account as well. I hate both banks.

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    Reviewed March 21, 2019

    I opened a checking account online and was sent my card. I did a mobile deposit to the account and was told that the funds cleared but the account was closed. No reason given for the account being closed. So I was told my $600.00 would be mailed to me once the account was fully closed on 02/20/2019. I have talk to the fraud department, customer services and a supervisor. No results other than I should have been sent my funds as of today. I have submitted a complaint with BBB. I will not stop until this bank give me my funds.

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    Reviewed March 20, 2019

    Opened my account with Citi online on Feb. 21st. Put money into my account Feb. 26th... It is now Mar. 20th and they still have a block on my account. I cant pay my bills, I cant get my money... Every excuse in the book why they havent reviewed my paperwork... even talked to the supervisors. My power bill, car payments, all my money is in this account and cant use it and they dont care. Still under review. If you wanna deal with a bank that dont give a crap this is the one. Thank you.

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    Customer ServiceOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed March 18, 2019

    I have had nothing but good results with my Mobile Citibank App up until the last few months. I can no longer access my account from my app. I have called and spoken to one person, but he was unable to help me. I telephoned again and was able to access my account 1 time and after that have been unable to access. I have tried everything they suggested but still can’t access my account from my mobile app. This is so disappointing that I am unable to use the app. It was so convenient and easy to pay on my account. I am able to access on my desktop computer, but is inconvenient because if I’m away from home and need to check my account I can’t. I wish this could be fixed☹️

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    Price

    Reviewed March 16, 2019

    I have always keep this account in good standing and pay it off every month. I have been with them for over 10 years. I made my first late payment in 10 years and asked them to waive it. Because they didn't make enough money off me in the last year they declined... I canceled my card right away and the only amount due was the late payment fee and interest... Interest on a late payment fee... I'll never do business with them again!!! Rick

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed March 14, 2019

    My mom died quite unexpectedly around a month ago. I proceeded to cancel her cards and services, with her death certificate and notarized trustee documents. She had several cards and accounts with CitiBank. I closed the accounts in person, and the cards by phone. For this card, I had to be transferred to a different department. It seemed to go well.

    Two days later, they called her phone asking why she had missed her payment. I canceled the card yet again, having to discuss her death all over again with strangers. Ok, maybe now we're good. Two days later I noticed that her phone had numerous missed calls from random 800 numbers. All five of them are from their collections agency. Yes, now they have sent the card to collections. Mind you, mom had a perfect credit history and they acknowledge that she's never missed a payment before, and death. Yeah that makes sense. And they admit that she is only TWO WEEKS past the due date. So she misses one payment, no minimum, and this has never happened, and they send it to collections in two weeks?! How does this even make sense? Just finance it and put it on the next bill!! I couldn't even handle it.

    I still then had to wait until after the weekend to then talk to the actual, real department that handles death (probate) so I can really, actually cancel the card!! But wait, there's more! You'd think this would be the end, but then I received a bill, which I then paid. AFTER the amount is paid (check cashed) I get a letter from a collections agency, which I call to investigate. Apparently this is the one they use for collecting deceased accounts from the estate. Classy, but I understand the difference. I inform them that it is already paid and that the amount was already deducted from the Trust Account. But, they inform me, they still have to send two more letters, the next one will be demanding money. Then the next will reflect my payment. Basically it's their contractual obligation or they want to charge Costco for each letter, I don't know.

    So that's the story. I'm still dealing with this after a month, still seeing bills even though I've paid, still having to make sure they have registered the payment and aren't going to sick a collections agency on me. I can't believe I had to literally explain that my mom died four times and deal with two collections agencies. Why can't they just send a final bill like everyone else and give me 90 days to pay? This is standard practice. I still haven't even received the final bill for the Amazon card because they are classy. Don't ever get this card.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed March 13, 2019

    On March 13, 2019 I woke up with about 74 dollars in my account, I do checked my account every day, I had no negative balance whatsoever however I was told by Citibank agent that at 5am in the morning my account was negative 23 on March 13 which I found to be weird since at 9am I had a balance of 74 dollars on that day which to me or anyone doing the calculation. If was negative 23 dollars I shouldn't have a 74 dollars in my account. By 9:55am on that day my first transaction was about 5 dollars, then another 9 dollars at the LIRR, then about dollars 5.50 cents at the mta machine, later on that day I made a purchase of 32.99 at T-mobile, another $3.60 at Starbucks. My account was left with 23.77 as per the bank record. Still nothing to say that my account on negative.

    At 5:48 I made a deposit of 100 in my account,which at this point if my account was negative 23.77 the bank will have showed me that my account is negative and once I deposited if my account was negative it should automatically deduct the negative amount by giving a receipt of what I deposited and the amount made available.

    The receipt I received was my available balance is 123.77 however my bank I trust to protect my money is stealing from me they took 23.77 out of my account without my authorization and when I reported the issue the so call supervisor tried to diffuse the situation by talking transaction from 3 days ago, once she realized I was on to them she refuse to tell me what happened to my $ 23.77. All she wanted to talk about it was about transactions that were done 3 days ago. I want my money back, I work hard for my 23.77, Citibank does not know what it feels like to need 23.77 and not have it. I'm reporting a scam that is going on within the bank.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 13, 2019

    I made a balance transfer through Citi that went to the wrong account. The customer service reps that I contacted kept hanging up on me without warning. The ones that stayed on the line basically said there was nothing that they could do for me. The account that was credited was a completely unrelated account and the account number for that account was way off, so I doubt the mistake was made on my end. Even if it was the run around that I was getting was appalling. Eventually I had to have a Capital One representative intervene. The Citibank customer service rep actually hung up on the Capital One rep during a three way call that they initiated. The issue was resolved thanks to Capital One. No thanks to Citibank.

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    Staff

    Reviewed March 13, 2019

    It has been a total nightmare dealing with this group of incompetent bankers. They have limits on transfers but they are willing to do it if you can get a banker. Well, they issued a check to themselves to transfer my money from American Express National Savings Account to Citibank Accelerated Savings Account. What a joke?

    Meanwhile, needless to say the check bounced because the idiots wrote the check to a Savings account and then they wanted to know where did the check come from? Well, they wrote the check themselves and ended up questioning me about it. They put my whole account on Fraud Alert because they are incompetent. I am going to be all over Costco to get out of their credit card sponsorship with Citibank. They are the dumbest bunch in the country. I hate them. I am closing my account tomorrow.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 12, 2019

    I would NEVER do any business with CITI. Unfortunately, my government travel card is issued by them. For some reason unknown to me, my account was closed and I am ineligible to reactivate the account. So I was told to wait and call after November to fix the problem. I called today in March and was told I have to wait until June and maybe there might be a solution after being placed on hold and transferred around for an hour. Listening to a generic machine apology for an hour. Unacceptable and If I had any say our military will find another company.

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    Reviewed March 12, 2019

    Citibank is trickster when in come to charging $34 Overdraft fees and warrants class action suit. Citibank deliberately delays text alert to ensure customer have already incurred overdraft fees. Few months ago, I was advised by the customer support to subscribe to their overdraft alert service, that will send text alert as soon as my checking account is overdrawn, that will give me an opportunity to transfer funds from another linked Citibank account or external account using Zelle, and bring my account positive instantly.

    But, recently I found out text alert is sent out the next day, after customer has already incurred overdraft fees. That make me question - what is the difference between text alert and insufficient funds notification, they are sent out just one hour apart from each other? Citibank deliberately delays the text alert to generate overdraft income for themselves. There is no way Citibank cannot make the text alert real time which will help customer prevent $34 overdraft fees per transaction. This is unreasonable and warrants class action suit against Citibank.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaffReliability

    Reviewed March 10, 2019

    I haven't had my Citi Rewards+ Card for that long yet, but so far the experience is atrocious. I got my sign up bonus and wanted to redeem them, so the first time I tried, the website didn't work. It something something along the line of "system temporarily unavailable," so I innocently assumed that they were just doing some routine maintenance.

    Come weeks later, I tried to redeem my points again, and guess what happens? The system is still not working. I called customer service, and the Indian representative kept pushing me to use a different website, all of which I've already done! His tone suggested that I was an idiot and didn't know how to use a computer. Then, he finally pushed me to technical support, and all he did was reset my login, which did absolutely nothing. Finally, I was moved over to a guy who could "redeem" my points over the line. I, again, had to tell them everything wrong, and he said, "Well, you can't do that right now." The last representative offered me an additional 2,900 Thank You points. So, in the end, the issue was unresolved.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 9, 2019

    0 Star - They suspended my linked external account and don't provide an option to lift the suspension by myself. I called 4 times over a week and the issue is still not solved. I wasted 3 hours waiting on the phone and talking to different customer services. Each of them asked me the same questions and I am sick of explaining to them again and again. On the 4th time I called, I asked the customer service to look up my case. She said that I just called today and it will take 2 business days to process. Wrong! I reported the issue 5 business days already. It should done by now. If you guys can't fix the issue, then give me an option to do it by myself.

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    Reviewed March 7, 2019

    Though Citibank has a decent cash back option on its rewards cards, turns out you can accumulate points but you can't use them. I just tried over a period of three days to redeem points for purchases (a credit statement) and the online function wouldn't work. When I called for assistance, I was told that this function hasn't been working for ONE MONTH, and they have no fix for it yet. I was also told that no one could help me redeem my points for cash (credit on statement) because they couldn't figure out how to fix this problem.

    So Citibank basically offers a cash back program that is impossible to use. This is not the first time I've had this kind of dysfunctional problem with Citibank, which is why I shut down all my accounts with them last year, and won't be returning. I kept the credit card because it's the one I have had the longest, and I have A LOT of thank you points on it. Which apparently, Citi would like to make sure I don't use. Stay away from this bank and its products. I wish I had.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 7, 2019

    The worst. I have recorded calls saying the merchant will give a credit of $69.99 to my account but that day Citibank has locked them out of the account! Citibank had sent me a letter after they recharged my account saying I have to get a credit from the merchant. I talked to two people in Citibank with recorded calls. One a manager supervisor who said the merchant is not locked out of the account. So who is lying here? The merchant is initially willing to give me a credit but says they can't because Citibank locked my account.

    I had opened a new credit card per Citibank telling me to close the old one so recurring charges would not happen. I got a letter notice today saying contact merchant as they would have to issue a credit. What the **... Do business elsewhere. I have excellent credit and $69.99 argument for a product that was an order for postage only of I think $2.95 or $4.95. Canceled the order via phone which is how they accept cancellations. Never got any more product but Citibank only will offer a credit of $24.99 or some such ridiculous offer! **... Citibank. Fraud on their part. Believe a merchant who says they will give a credit but Citibank won't!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 5, 2019

    I received a letter by Citibank stating I needed to pay a remaining balance and provided a phone number 800-777-1681 to contact an agent to resolve this issue. I was on hold for 30mins and never got anyone on the call. I called their general customer service number (800) 374-9700 with a different phone and they were unable to locate me to pay for the balance. Overall I wasted close to an hour talking to no one that could help. I tried to send Citibank a message to make them aware of their current system but was unable to send any messages. Instead the only options are to chat with someone, phone in, or send them a letter. I would never personally own a Citibank card after this experience.

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    Coverage

    Reviewed March 5, 2019

    I’m so glad I personally dropped Citibank several years ago! Recently my father passed. I closed his Citibank card like other cards he had. Unlike other cards, Citibank was difficult to work with and through the remaining balance to collections before ever contacting me. He had accumulated dividend dollars (cash back) that would have covered lost of the balance but at this point refuse to release it. They just keep wanting to refer me to 3rd party collections, which have no control over the cash back. I would expect better. Never will get my business again and I hope this helps others make a decision on who they do business with.

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed March 5, 2019

    My bad day is I just opened checking account with Citibank. I have 15000 thousand deposits but still not appears. It deducted from my check and not yet shows past two three weeks. Really bad banking service customer support. Everything will make you mad. Really worst of the time and money. If you open a Citi account it’s good but before deposit be very careful maybe you can’t use it. It’s my experience. Still I don’t know my money which I deposited in Citi!!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 1, 2019

    For 3 days my card kept getting blocked. I had to keep calling to verify my identity and my card was still blocked for a 4th day. Called customer service. At this point I was very upset and was hung up on twice then told they couldn't help me. Asked for a supervisor. Was told they would call me back but NEVER received a call. Called back but got nowhere. Rep then proceeded to deactivate my card because I couldn't remember how much a purchase was that I made even though I verified that I did make the purchase. Just wasn't sure of the amount. But at that point the card was already lost. Had to wait for another card to come in the mail.

    I couldn't go to the bank because I work 12 hour days as a nurse 7am-7pm no way I was making it to a Citibank which there are very few locations near my home or place of employment. I’ve only been with this bank a month and from the unknowledgeable, customer service reps to the how they treat their customers I regret even coming to this bank. Trying to get your account number is even a hassle even after you do everything they want you to do. Terrible customer service and horrible banking that does not benefit the customer but continuously puts them in a bind. And all Citibank can do is say, "SORRY I CANT HELP YOU" and hangs up the phone which happened twice. Be wise. Go over all their policies and procedures before deciding to bank with them. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE bank with them. Switching ASAP.

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    Reviewed March 1, 2019

    OMG! Have spent the past 7 hours trying to call Citibank - calls don't go thru! Have been searching for email address for hours to no avail. I am in Cape Town, SA! Call me on ** (think code is +27 +21).

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 28, 2019

    Customer service reps are absolutely horrible. They are not knowledgeable, will take action that was not requested (such as disabling your web access only to finally be told that they can't enable it again - this after been transferred back and forth to multiple departments and over an hour later). They will lie, and make excuses for their actions and hang up on you. Even when you request to speak to a supervisor, the "supervisors" are useless and don't even care that the issue that has been "escalated" to "supervisor" to begin with. I have had 4 "supervisors" hang up on me and the reps and supervisors don't enter a note in your account so that you cannot track who you spoke to and complain.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Feb. 24, 2019

    I was sent an invitation for a new account with Citibank. I had started a job a couple months ago and was cashing my paycheck at a check cashing place. I applied and then got a welcome letter in the mail with a debit card and was very excited. It was easy with no hassle and I uploaded all my information. I later gave my boss the information for direct deposit that I acquired from calling the bank with my new account number. I also set up my online account. My first deposit was to be my next direct deposit from my payroll. I waited when payroll came. I went to the ATM, try to withdraw funds and they weren't available. I went online. It wasn't available but it showed my truck had deposited.

    I called customer service and they said that they put a block on my new account for security purposes before they verified my address and identity. Why would they do that now. Don't you do that when you open the account and send the card. So now it is 7 days later and I still have no answer after calling every day from Citibank besides I have to wait. I have four kids. I still have no access to my money. My phone got shut off. Cable was supposed to be paid on Tuesday and will be shut off. I've been borrowing money to buy food. And customer service still does not help me. I don't know what to do.

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    Reviewed Feb. 20, 2019

    On November 2nd I, (Jennifer **) mailed a check for $3000.00 to Citibank to pay off loan #** in the name of John **. On November 9th, I noticed that an ACH had been processed through Wells Fargo Bank. I wasn't sure what that was but I had only written one check from that account so I called Citibank and they advised that they had not received a payment in that amount, so I called Discover bank and they advised that the ACH was from Wells Fargo and that it had gone to Citibank. At this point, the struggle really begins when Citibank customer service can not locate this information and does very little to help us locate this.

    Discover bank then proceeds to help us find the Trace Identification # **. Citibank continued to deny having the check while they continued to tell us to get them a copy of the check. Now because Discover was issued an ACH they didn't have a copy of the check (what they said). So, at this point even though they have a trace ID number Citibank still can not find these funds. Discover continues helping us and eventually gets ahold of the Federal Reserve and gets a Federal Reserve ID #**. We get ahold of Citibank again and they advise that they can not do anything for us with these pieces of information.

    At this point we are feeling very lost in this situation. This behavior from a financial institution is shameful. Discover bank kindly continued to assist us in this matter by getting their ACH department involved to attempt contact with Citibank. Discover bank was able to get a copy of the cleared check clearly showing that the funds were cashed by Citibank and never credited towards our account. Citibank advised Discover bank that they had the funds and would credit the account. We still have not received the credit for the $3000.00. The account the checks was written off of was mine. Jennifer ** out of my Discover bank checking account. The account that the check was to pay off was a personal loan. John **, loan #**.

    We have faxed Citibank the information they requested and we still have not received the credit to the loan. I am shocked and numb that a large institution like this can do this to their customer even, all the while providing them with the information that it takes to trace money. Additionally, I can see where the mistake was in processing. The account number WAS NOT input leaving these funds in limbo and Citibank not caring how much distress they put on their customers.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed Feb. 19, 2019

    Refinance my mortgage and approve for a loan. The next day company asked for $700 for title and survey report. Title company pull all references to my name for county. Pulled 50 liens on my name. None of the liens were associated with my residence. Citibank declared that they are unable to refinance because of the liens. I went to court house and tax assessment agency in my county and none of liens were attached to my home. Citibank denied my financing because not clear title. If they would pull correct information for reputable title companies they contract I would consider it fair underwriting.

    The company ignored my request for my to obtain my own title company although their uniformed form with terms and agreements stated consumer has right to choose title company. I send for a request of full report of title. Several weeks and have not received such report even though I paid for the report. Citibank plain our lies and there scrupulous activity is still respected because of their billion dollar outfit.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 19, 2019

    Do not get a checking account with Citibank! If you do you will regret it. You have been warned. As of right now there is a "block" on my checking account. I discovered this as I was trying to order food over the weekend. They left me with no access to my funds, no money, no food and no way to pay my bills. When I called they told me that I had to speak to a particular department and they are conveniently closed on the weekend. I was told that my account was restricted because I have another checking account. I was told to have two separate online banking accounts by Citibank. My goal was to have two separate debit cards so that I could use one for spending and my other account for bills. So they have essentially screwed me over because of something one of their representatives told me to do.

    I will continue to review them on every possible outlet until they release the block on my account. This is absolutely unacceptable. We keep our money in a bank because it is supposed to be a safe place to keep your funds. Citibank is not safe and cannot be trusted. I have read other reviews where they have done this to other people and it has taken a month to receive their funds. I cannot wait because I have rent and other bills and need money for food expenses. If they do not unblock my account immediately I believe I will be speaking to an attorney and seeing if we can get some sort of class action suit together against them.

    They do not have a lot of branches and every time I go into the branch it is not very busy. Now I understand why. They have locked me out of my online banking and locked my card on numerous previous occasions prior to this. Every time that they have done this I have experienced a feeling of panic and now I understand why. This is an absolutely horrible bank. Citibank is going downhill. Every time you call you can never get an American person on the phone.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 19, 2019

    I contacted Citi the LiveChat (which they notify you is being recorded, aha) on their website. I asked the representative whether Citi would refund the Global Entry fee on the Citi credit card I have. He said yes and I re-asked couple times to be sure. He re-assured me they would refund the fee, I just have to call Citi. So I went ahead and made the purchase, contacted Citi after the transaction posted, they told me I have to wait for the monthly statement. Contacted them again after the transaction made it to the monthly statement. This time they told me they won't refund it. I let them know a Citi representative I chatted with told me they will and they said they'll open a case/claim with some Citi department that does have access to the chat history.

    I had to contact Citi again after some time because there was (of course) no feedback on the case (later I found out they did not open anything actually) and they could not see any opened case/claim on my account. After waiting on hold for another 20 minutes the Citi call center person literally told me that nobody in Citi can see the chat history (the one they notify you is being recorded). Which basically means 'goodbye we won't refund you'. Liars

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    Staff

    Reviewed Feb. 16, 2019

    My husband and I have had an account here for more than 13 years. We added a savings account but since I wasn’t with my husband my name wasn’t added. I went into the Elmhurst NY branch to see what I needed to do to get onto the savings and the person I talked to said, "Just bring your husband and yourself and your banking cards." Went in today with everything we needed and waited 2 hours, gave all the information and then got told that they couldn’t do it cause we needed proof of address even though I told them that we never moved. I only have a passport cause I don’t drive so I didn’t bring a utility bill with me. The lady said, "Anything with your name and address," so I showed her my online student loan that had my address and name. And she told me, "No, that isn’t good enough. It has to be government issued or utility." But she was willing to take my cellphone bill.

    When I asked to talk to the manager she said that the manager isn’t in because it was Saturday. But I am pretty sure she was the manager. While we were waiting the person coming around asked us what we needed and never said, "Do you have proof of address." They need to be more efficient and actually tell people or ask them to make sure they have everything instead of wasting a whole afternoon. So the person can come back if needed and not wait. By the way on her computer I see my address and just tell her that that was my address and I never changed it. Me and my husband are thinking about switching banks.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 13, 2019

    BBB Complaint Filed: End of November (for those still following at home). Last response: Feb 13. Okay so after another useless phonemail from Jessica today from some Executive office, she has wasted MY TIME AGAIN to state that they are not changing their decision on their faulty bullcrap addition of Payment Safeguard on MY ACCOUNT with NO PERMISSION despite my OTHER CARD BEING REFUNDED from the last lawsuit. Telling me I opted into this during a card activation is complete garbage. And then you tell me you tried to communicate about it twice years later? BULL.

    You owe me money and you don’t want to pay, so instead I will continue to post here about the dumpster fire your company is. I will also be looking for other avenues to leave reviews about your crookery. You could have done the right thing and paid for your lies, but instead this is how you want to go. FINE. I can keep this up. I hope it is costing you even just one possible customer from signing up. WORTH IT.

    Does this company give one iota of care for their customers or have an ounce of integrity??? This company cannot act appropriately to fix their wrongs or admit they have problems. I sincerely hope another class act suit comes on because I will be there. You have had so many opportunities to make this right and you just don’t care. No one posts on here to be happy and express their thanks. They’re pissed and you guys DON'T CARE. I would not refer this company to my worst enemy even, that’s how badly you don’t deserve ANYONE’S BUSINESS. Chase has already won me over with their extensive communication and ownership of my customer experience.

    No one should sign up with this company. They will take your money and lie, saying you opted into programs you never opted into. This company refunded fees from the last class action suit with unauthorized balance protection for one of my cards but the second card still has unauthorized charges for this program. I’ve also been refunded for illegal changes in my APR in the last month. This company refuses to refund the unauthorized fees and had the nerve to say I opted in while activating a card, which is not only a lie but also very poor practice since it doesn’t require any form of electronic signature or terms and conditions to be signed.

    My BBB complaint has been in process for a month and Citi is dragging their feet. The first phone call I received was some woman who accused me of lying. I will continue to post this message on Citi pages so people know this company steals from its customers. Y’all could have done the right thing but instead you have challenged me to tell everyone I know how crooked Citi is. I’ve moved all my balances to Chase in the past two weeks and their customer service already makes Citi look terrible. This company is full of thieves! I wasn’t kidding when I said I’d keep posting about my experience when your company called me with BS excuses!

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    Punctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 13, 2019

    There is always a problem with Citibank's stupid website. This week, the bank is conducting maintenance and as a result, I cannot see any of my checks online. An online representative told me that they can send me the image of the check I want to see in 24 to 48 hours but that I can open their e-mail with yet another stupid password. How absurd; 48 hours later I still have not gotten anything. If it was not such a hassle, I would've switched all my banking to Bank of America, which has a superb website.

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Feb. 13, 2019

    Citibank refused to refund my dispute charge $350 since 3 month ago. On Nov. 15th, 2018, I saw there is a unrecognized transaction ($350) on day of 10/26/2018 in my credit card ($350). I disputed the charge immediately and Citibank promised me that they will refund that credit to my account within 3-5 business days. However, 3 month later, They are still convincing to wait 3-5 days. I will sue them for $350 and the time and spirit I spent on it.

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    Reviewed Feb. 11, 2019

    I received an invitation to open a checking account and a savings account and receive $400 opening bonus. Since there is no branch in my area, I opened them online and received confirmation that the opening balances have been received ($100 in C, $1000 in S) then I wired additional $14,000 to savings. Today (2/11) they can only find $100 in checking. After talking to many "specialists" I still have no idea where the funds are. I am going to forget the bonus and close the accounts. I will never fall for the "invitations" from Citibank again!!!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 7, 2019

    I opened Citi checking and savings accounts online and used EFT to transfer $15,000 from my local bank. Then a few days after the EFT cleared Citi sent the funds back to my local bank and sent me a letter saying I need to send the funds in a check by mail to their processing center, which I did. They also sent me a debit card and PIN and a welcome letter. Then they closed the account and I can't get anyone in customer service to tell me why. I'm employed and quite wealthy, a homeowner many years at the same address, with a FICO score of 830. I opened the accounts to get the $400 bonus, and intended to satisfy their requirements. I've wasted hours dealing with clueless customer service and equally unhelpful 'personal banker' representatives. Very frustrating. I guess Citi doesn't want my business, and from now on they won't get it.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Feb. 7, 2019

    Signed up for their secured credit card while I was repairing my credit. The card is supposed to "graduate" to a normal card after 18 months and they return your security deposit, as I was approaching my graduation date I called in to confirm, was told it was just a few days from then. The day comes and goes and I call back in to confirm the security deposit was being sent back, but instead was told my card would still have to be reviewed for ANOTHER 12 MONTHS. I had check and I had made all payments on time, they stated that because I had gone over my limit on a few occasions as the reason, but that doesn't matter if all payments are made on time and it's never been over the limit at any statement date. RIPOFF... SCAM. Don't get any secured card from CITI. They will never return your deposit, or graduate your card.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Feb. 6, 2019

    I have noticed some interest charges to my account and gave a call to Citi to address those. Despite not reversing the erroneous charges, they refused to give me an explanation for the charges on my account rather giving an explanation from their behinds. Can't expect such jackasses. Also they are absolutely talking with their brains holding between their knees. Arguing from behind can never get them farther in their business endeavors. I think they are seeing a huge loss in their equity valuations which is making them abuse their customers in this way with wrong charges to the accounts. Sick and Sad to do business with them.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Feb. 6, 2019

    I have been a Citibank Customer for 30 years. I was recently charged a service fee for my account being withdrawn. I received a credit but asked how can I get an alert. The customer service rep let me know by app, online or branch. I went to the branch and they said they don't do this, I will have to use app or online. I don't want to use app or online for my computer has been hacked before and I don't want to worry about the phone getting lost.

    I called Citibank to speak to a supervisor, I told her what the problem was. I asked to speak to someone who could help me. Instead, I got lectured from her and then told that her supervisor does not speak to customers. Citibank should automatically have a low balance alert and a fraud alert. Not having a low balance alert allows Citibank to benefit financially from overdrawn accounts.

    This is taking advantage of their customers. I am very upset that I got lectured from Supervisor ** instead of her directing me to someone who could better help me. I then said, I want to make a complaint on her and she told me that I would not get a callback. What is the point of being a customer for 30 years and no improvement. Having a low account alert is not much to ask in an age of technology improvements.

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    Reviewed Feb. 6, 2019

    I have a strong payment history and everything I have ever applied for Citibank has been turned down. I have no problem anywhere else. Do your homework. I will never apply for anything from you again animals.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 5, 2019

    After 10 years - both checking and savings were frozen and they refused to pay a couple of charges I had already authorized - there was enough $ to cover any charges. I tried to transfer some $ from savings to checking - denied. Already gave landlord check for rent and I'm afraid they'll refuse to honor. I have never been overdrawn, have always kept a decent balance in both savings and checking. I have an 800 FICO score. I have talked to several customer service people and my branch manager - they all tell me there is nothing they can do - it's all up to compliance department.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 5, 2019

    I went to my local brand Almaden in San Jose after the 1-800 no person told me only way to do what I needed was go into a branch. Person I talked to kept saying only her manager could help and then she called another branch as only tellers in branch and no manager, to get the forms and she couldn't get their email!! They had to email me the forms only to find out they couldn't open it for me at branch.

    Manager finally showed up but took care of 2 other people even though I was there for almost an hour at this point and couldn't wait any longer. She told me to call her back to get info, the same teller as couldn't wait any longer only to get an excuse she went out for a while, when finally got her on phone the info she said to call her back from she didn't have. This is worst service at Citibank have ever gotten. Will be going somewhere else as can't deal with this branch!!!

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    PriceStaffProcess

    Reviewed Feb. 4, 2019

    Citibank account in Sunnyvale California. Terrible service. It takes 20 minutes to get to a representative. After which they are totally useless and just don't even attempt to help. My check deposits never show the physical picture of the checks. It is so frustrating to see what the deposit was for. And if you ask them to show the picture of the checks you have deposited they charge $5 to do so. How cheap is that. Jeez. Shouldn't this information be available to customers for free. It's all about money and fees. They don't even give a good interest rate compared to other banks. Everything is a long drawn process to get anything done. I would not bank with this bank ever again.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 3, 2019

    When my father passed away unexpectedly in December of 2018, my mother was tasked with sorting out our family’s financials, including making sure various accounts were in her name. My parents have been Citi credit card holders for the entirety of their 31-year marriage. When my mother contacted Citi following my father’s passing, she was informed that although they were both listed on the account, he was the primary. Even after explaining the circumstances, Citi refused to transfer the account to my mother so that she may become the primary (I’d also like to note that the account did not have any debt on it), essentially leaving her to cancel the account as the only option. My parents had over 100K in Citi points, which was doled out to my mother in gift cards as it could not be redeemed any other way.

    Perhaps the most disgraceful part of Citi’s customer service on the phone call with my mother was the fact that it took her explaining the situation to three people before anyone communicated their condolences or sympathies to my mother about my father’s passing. Two customer service representatives said absolutely nothing; it was finally a member of the Rewards team who bothered to say “I’m sorry” to a grieving widow trying to do the best she can to sort through what’s necessary in wake of losing her partner of 31 years suddenly.

    In today’s day and age when advances in technology have led to less human interaction and impersonal customer service, it is increasingly more difficult for large companies to have positive relationships with their clients. Citibank has truly dropped the ball on this if their customer service representatives leave long-time clients like my mother out in the cold in the way they did. To say that Citi’s treatment of my mother and her years of business was deplorable is an understatement. No one in my family will ever bank with Citi again, and I have and plan to continue to go out of my way to NOT recommend this bank to anyone I meet. Shame on you Citi!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Feb. 1, 2019

    On November 3rd I had close my account with Citibank and was told that the money will come in a check in 30 days. I still haven’t get my check yet and I have over 1000$ in the bank. This is ridiculous. Some people have life. Citibank is the worst bank ever. Every time I call they keep telling me to wait. I can’t wait anymore. I need my money back.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Jan. 31, 2019

    I went into Citibank in Covina to go and get my direct deposit form and the lady printed me out my direct deposit form with my routing number and my account number and so I looked at the routing number and the routing number does not match the routing number that's on my checkbook. But the thing is that I went in there and I told him that this number does not match the routing number on my checkbook and they told me that it is the routing number for the State of California. I'm like, "No it's not because I know the routing number by heart."

    I just wanted to get my direct deposit form and I went to my car and grab my checkbook and I match the routing numbers. So as I did that I showed them and they were shocked as if they didn't know what was going on and the guy said that I can use either routing number if I want the one that's on my checkbook or the one that they provided for me. I'm like, "No that doesn't make sense. How the heck can you provide a number that I have no idea where this money is going to and the routing number?" So I called customer service and they told me that that was the wrong routing number they given you something seems. Thank God I knew my routing number by heart but the problem is I didn't get my direct deposit for my check so now I'm asked out.

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    Reviewed Jan. 29, 2019

    I had been a Citi user past 3 years, each and every time I run into a problem I used to think maybe it is my bad time of the day or maybe there might be some technical issue as I myself being a sys admin. But the fact is these guys are not at all trying to improve or learn from their mistakes. Worst User Experience, I don't know how these guys are even deploying the code into these real environments. Sometimes some features won't work, Like chat which is the basic feature. So I had decided to let go this bank and will move on to some other well-maintained bank.

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    Reviewed Jan. 27, 2019

    Your Company needs a new CTO! Have not been able to gain online access for over 35 days - your password recovery system is down - called your customer service and was transferred to gosh knows where and then some guy gives me foul story that it's my browser is not compatible with the CITIbank online banking (Latest Apple MacBook Pro with Safari, and same issue the Citi mobile app). I'm a IT professional - it's not my browser. It's your system- Then after I pressed him he admitted it has been down for only today which then I had to remind him it's been for over a month with regards to the password recovery section!! This is why bank at BOFA!

    CITI technology is inferior and your system is useless - on top of everything no one even offered me a solution or a temp password to be able to circumvent the issue in the interim, instead the guy got SASSY with me. SASSY is not CLASSY CITI Bank. POOR platform, Poor Service ='s POOR company... I'm staying away. Thank goodness I have auto pay on this credit account otherwise I would have a send a mail pigeon to send in my payments otherwise your company could have ruined my credit by not allowing me access to accounts online for over 30 days. Anyone reading this switch over to Bank of America, they have the best service and technology.

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    Reviewed Jan. 25, 2019

    My card was fraud. Someone stole my card's info and spent over $4000.00 on the card in Boston, but I live in Texas. The Citicard closed my card (that's what I want), disputed charge (good), but won't refund me and close the case (Why?). Autopay enabled --- my mistake.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 25, 2019

    I walked into the branch on 10680 Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064 with my business partner to open a partnership business account. I’ve opened several business account in the past and have also been a personal banker myself, so I understand the process. ** helped us out and mentioned a number of times that she needs to make sure we are not laundering money or using this business as a front. I was caught off guard and confused, we have our partnership agreement, tax id forms, and live website. Nonetheless, we continued with the account opening, she mentioned they need to verify a few things on the back end and account should be open in about a week.

    It’s been 6 weeks now, and ** no longer responds to our emails or phone calls. I went the other day to speak to the branch manager **, and he was clueless and told me he’d follow-up with ** and the back office to see the status and move things forward. It’s been another week passed. And still no updates, no emails, no phone calls. Every time I call, they are busy and I am promised a callback but nothing.

    We’re at a point now where it’s just disrespectful and rude. If there is an issue with our documents or any other issue, all I am asking as a consumer wanting to do business with you is to return my call or send me an email. I’ve never been treated like this, and I’m beyond upset. I’m looking to open up a general partnership business bank account, have provided all documents required. I don’t know where to turn to at this point.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Jan. 25, 2019

    This was by far the worst experience I've ever had with a financial institution. I signed up for a Citibank account because there was a $400 bonus they offered if I deposited $15,000 in the first month. Trying to transfer the funds, as well as validate my account, led to countless customer support phone calls addressing my account having a block placed on it, Citibank blocking my bank transfers, Citibank not allowing me to use the funds once they entered my account, and Citibank ultimately closing my account without notifying me and claiming I had never validated my account.

    Funny enough, I had already submitted to online PDF documents and a fax in order to validate the account. I have logged well over 6 hours of support time on the phone with this organization and am walking away without having received the bonus they promised and crossing my fingers that they can successfully return my $15k. I would not recommend this institution to my worst enemy.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 24, 2019

    I spent 1hr and 25mins on the phone with Citibank’s customer service because my checking account was charged for a loan that was paid off with a zero balance days earlier. Their representatives and supervisors are extremely rude, lacks knowledge and they are extremely unhelpful namely two rep. in particular whom state they were supervisors “Angel_ID# **” & “Ana”. I was placed on hold, blindly transferred to the automated system, blindly transferred to the branch all because these reps either didn’t want to help or did not know what they were doing! Citibank represents fails to realize that with customers there will be no jobs. As a result of this incident I will be closing my Citi account. No one should be subjected to this type of poor service.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Jan. 24, 2019

    I am beyond upset, angry, disappointed! On January 4, 2019 someone emptied my bank account! I went to pay for something at the second hand store (we are tight on funds right now) and my card was declined... This had to be wrong because my husband had just been paid! I immediately logged on and noticed about 8 charges...totaling over $2000! Everything we had! My heart dropped! I immediately called the bank...

    After being on hold for 20 minutes, they began asking me questions...made me feel as if this was my fault! I explained this was ALL the money my family had! They continued with the questions and said there would be an investigation and we would see the money back in my account 3-10 days. Here we are 19 days later and so far they have only returned money for 2 small transactions, around $30... $2k still not returned to us. I call and they act like we are speaking a different language! I can’t get a straight answer! This is horrible! This was not our fault! Why won’t the bank return our money!

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    Staff

    Reviewed Jan. 23, 2019

    Despite sitting by the window in broad daylight and having an additional lamp shining over my check, Citi's mobile check deposit refuses to accept my picture, citing a different error each time. Service representative suggests exactly the same thing app does, refuses to pass a contact. I can email the images to deposit my check.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Jan. 20, 2019

    Every time I contact this financial institution I always feel confident and all my issues are handled by people who are there to assist and accommodate their customers. Never was I left unsatisfied with their professional personnel! Keep up the good work Citibank???

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 16, 2019

    Citibank has the rudest employees. There isn't a single person from the States that picks up their credit card phone calls and there is no point in having an authorized user because they don't want to talk to them, and they can't handle anything. Beyond nasty.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Jan. 13, 2019

    New bank account incoming transfer rejected with no reason twice. No 24 x 7 service. On phone and chat they ask you to call back M to F business hrs. Very poor website design and extremely poor customer service.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 12, 2019

    We received a call from a Citibank representative requesting payment for a bill. Following a series of haranguing, blatantly racially insensitive remarks about the pronunciation of our name and how we were not the "cultural types" of customers Citibank usually deals with based on our last name, we asked to be transferred to another representative so we could substantiate our bill and the deactivation of our cards. The insensitive individual persistently refused to transfer us and finally pushed us off with a comment, "We will come after you and keep on you!!!"

    The next two representatives were no better than the first character, as they too continued the haranguing attitude, going so far as to refuse answering our billing questions with rogue responses such as "Why are you calling us? What is your reason for calling us? We don't get it. Why are you calling?" Actually, we were the ones who received the call from Citibank and we wanted answers to our bill and why Citi suddenly deactivated our cards for no rational reason (We should have foreseen Citibank's messy accounting and operations when we first encountered its horrid, shambled website: The website fails in both user-interface design and proper functionality when trying to view or pay bills).

    We were customers for close to five years if not more with overall good payment history. This crudely operating company suddenly and without notice left us stranded when we tried to use our cards to pay for groceries and gas. There is even graver concern that this company endorses, i.e. hires and retains, apparently hordes of associates who resort to threats and racially targeted attacks against consumers. We are staying with a more viable financial institution with whom we've had relations going on several decades; we have terminated any and all relations with Citibank.

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    Reviewed Jan. 11, 2019

    If you deposit a check by phone you have to wait 7 days before the money is available even though check has been already clear. Of course nobody inform you about this before opening an account. There is no such a issue in other banks.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Jan. 11, 2019

    If 0 stars would be available I would give it to Citi Bank credit card customer service! Paid off my card, lost it one day and called, reported it lost. After 2 years I see 174$ balance. I call them to ask where is it from. They cannot even answer. They direct me to collections department. Always had bad experiences with them and that's the reason closed my card permanently not to deal with them!!! The worst customer service ever!!!

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    Staff

    Reviewed Jan. 9, 2019

    I opened a Citibank account last May, they sent my account info to my old address not my current address. They knew the current address was where everything was supposed to go. My ex-husband wound up getting my account info and tried to use my account. So I opened a different Citibank account. On 12/26 I made a cash deposit and was only credited 20 of an over 300 deposit. Nobody can tell me what is going on other than I need to wait the 10 days for provisional credit. Well the ten days is up today and they are telling me I still have to wait because in their end the 10 days isn’t until tomorrow. That is all they will tell me. They will not let me speak to the person in charge of this investigation or give me any updates regarding it. I’m starting to feel like Citibank just saw an extra couple hundred in their ATM and decided to keep it.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Jan. 5, 2019

    I ordered some personal checks from Citi ONE MONTH ago, called 3 times to ask the status, and I have NOT received anything even up to now. Today I called again, and Citi told me a mistake occurred and they NEVER actually placed an order for the check. I was like WTF??? It has been a month, every time I called, they told me it is on the way, and by the time I need to use it, Citi says they never placed the order. The check fee was deducted one month ago already!!! It REALLY sucks!!! I wasted so much time on this simple request to get personal checks. Citi sucks! I am leaving this stupid place!

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    Customer ServiceOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2019

    I opened a promotional offer in July which offered a bonus award of $400 if I kept $15,000 in a checking account for 150 days. The 150 days was up on December 10, but I have not received the $400. Three bank employees in two different branches have opened disputes files but nothing has happened. I opened the checking account at the Laguna Hills, Calif. branch. The manager is involved in this dispute but she is incapable of solving the problem.

    I give this bank a zero rating, and I've gone to another branch to ask for help. The banker there made a good faith effort to solve the problem, but to no avail. It is now 25 days after the money was due and nothing is happening. I've filed a complaint with the CFPB and with the Federal Reserve Consumer Help bureau. And have written a letter to Michael Corbat, CEO of Citibank. Situation look hopeless. I regret the day I got involved with Citibank. Besides this problem, it is almost impossible to get anyone on the phone, and their website leaves much to be desired.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2019

    If you are lucky enough to actually find a contact number for the right department you have made a great start. After being kept on hold for ages you get a representative who you can’t understand because all you here is crackling. Three transfers later you get an extremely rude person who you wind up getting very frustrated with as they are reading from a script and are reluctant to transfer you to a supervisor. You then find you are charged for something you never purchased and are apparently overdue because you never received a statement and could never question the transaction. Oh by the way this is after I had closed the account and shredded the card. You will then out of frustration pay the amount.

    Just to get rid of them. After you pay it they then tell you that you will be charged one days interest on an extremely small amount of money. I would estimate about eleven cents. Try and get a notice from them that your account is closed, good luck with that. I also have a major problem with other departments specifically air miles. They just took away 60,000 miles as I had not used the card, yet the other department tell me they are charging overdue because I never made a payment. Go figure. I just lost those as well for no apparent reason.

    A company I used to work for deposited a substantial amount of money with them in the form of an IRA. I have been trying to retrieve that now for six years! It is impossible to get this amount and will probably have to pay an attorney to get it which will wind up costing me more than it’s worth. All in all stay clear of this bank, and by the way they do not have a branch in the state of Arizona. Stay away from them.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2019

    Quite disappointed with my Citibank experience. I opened checking and savings accounts a couple of months ago but have multiple issues since then, including: 1. After opening a checking account, I had to call them to "activate" the check writing feature. 2. Sending money from Citi to my wife at another bank was blocked multiple times. Every time I had to spend 30+ minutes on the phone. 3. Calling for support they ask way too many questions to get access to the account. Just overall very disappointing experience, and I'm leaving this bank and going back to my old bank as soon as I'm finished with this review.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 3, 2019

    I have been a member for over 8 years, and have no issues until last week. I had made an external transfer to another account for 50k. I was charged insufficient funds fee of $34 even though there were sufficient funds in my account. I called the Citibank customer service, and they could not find my account, using my SSN, DOB, name, etc. They asked me to go to nearest branch and this was after 45 minutes on the phone with customer service.

    I went to branch and of course, they could not find my account. Took them 30 minutes to find my account, even though on my mobile app showed the account in question. I asked them why I was being charged insufficient funds fee, the brand rep was puzzled as well. She called the 'back office' to reconcile the charges and to figure out why I was being charged. She was transferred at least 7 times over 1.5 hours. I kid you not, I was sitting there while I heard the incompetent people in the back office told her they had no idea. It got to the point where after 7-8 transfers, they wanted to transfer my branch rep back to someone she already spoke with. It was then when I decided to take the $34 as a loss, and close my Citibank account.

    I went home, and decided to call Citibank again to try to reconcile this 34 dollar charge. However, I was on hold for 1.5 hours AGAIN. They opened up a case for me and Citibank refused to refund the insufficient funds charge even though I had more than enough funds in my account. It is absolutely outrageous that they would treat a customer this way, and that they would do nothing to try to keep a long term customer. DO NOT BANK WITH THEM!!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! I MEAN, WHAT KIND OF BANK CAN'T FIND AN ACTIVE ACCOUNT???

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 3, 2019

    After being with this "bank" for 30 years, I called and asked them to please force pay my mortgage payment that came in last night as I had put in the funds to cover it in my checking account this morning. They put me on hold for over 20 minutes and then told me they could not because I had 3 overdrafts in the past year. What the hell does that have to do with paying this for me? It's a MORTGAGE payment. Then this moron insults me by telling me that because I transferred funds from savings to checking and put cash into the ATM, that they didn't consider that a payment. That it had to be done at the teller. Is she stupid or what. It doesn't matter how it got in there!!! It's in there.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 2, 2019

    After receiving seven calls while at work from the same number (I ignored them because I was at work and the number could not be called back) I finally answered when they called. It was a man with an offer from Citibank. After asking him to take me off their list, he continued to ask if I would "sue his **" if he didn't and ask what was I going to do about it.

    I asked to speak to his supervisor and after continuing to speak rudely to me, he put another man on the phone who continued where the first had left off with being disrespectful and rude. He then started to tell me my address and how he would change it (I do not have an account with them so I am not sure what this would accomplish). Again, I asked for a supervisor and the man then passed the phone to the first person again. I finally gave up and hung up. All I wanted was to be taken off their list. My phone rang five minutes later from the same number. I am now waiting to see if they will keep calling all night. We are up to nine phone calls today. :-(

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    Citibank Company Information

    Company Name:
    Citibank
    Year Founded:
    1812
    Address:
    100 Citibank Drive
    City:
    San Antonio
    State/Province:
    TX
    Postal Code:
    78245
    Country:
    United States
    Website:
    www.citi.com