First Citizens Bank Reviews

So, First Citizens is literally the worst bank. Normally, if the bank allows a charge to go through and it results in a negative balance you will not be charged an overdraft fee until midnight. Not the case here. This bank will let the charge go through, allow you to straighten out the account before midnight and then charge you TWO overdraft fees 3 days later.

First Citizens Bank purchased the bank that I did business with. The Result: They shut down my Debit Card while I was traveling. Apparently they do not have customers that travel more than 30 days at a time. It’s MY MONEY. But with the purchase I had to follow their rules which required me to get a new debit card. My bank was sold before and I was not required to get a new debit card. I was FORCED to play by their rules to access MY MONEY. ARROGANT! Charges that never appeared on my past statements started to appear. Nickel and dime is how they they expand their revenue stream. GREEDY!

I banked with FC for decades before moving from NC. Because it was no longer convenient to bank with them and the level of service had been declining I changed banks 10+ yrs ago. The following is the 2nd unscrupulous incident I’ve had with them this year. On 9/26/2019 the treasury department on behalf of my federal agency mistakenly sent my travel reimbursement pay via ACH to my closed FC checking account.

Do not use this bank. They will try to get money from you. We paid our water bill last week and it just now came out of my account today, ending with an overdraft fee. We will be getting that money back, even if I have to fight it in court. This wouldnt be the first time they have done this.

This bank makes their money on fees for things you would expect to be part of the package having a checking account. For instance, an online transfer to a previously recorded bank generates a $3.95 fee. Calling them up to dispute the charge results in customer disrespect and of course they will not remove their unfair fees since they obviously make money on cheating their customers. I will never ever do business with them again.

IF there was a choice for NO stars, that would be it. My mother had been a customer for years. We recently moved, and although we changed her address on line, unbeknownst to us, First Citizen's continued to mail her bills to the old address. So, she never received a bill and did not know she had a balance. Then one day, she received a call from a very rude individual absolutely berating her about non-payment.

When I first opened the account it was set up wrong. I had to go to another branch who closed that account and opened up a new one. The first account opened the agent asked me questions and that I bet have never heard a banker asked. There was no eye contact throughout the M process. Because the amount of money I was depositing it seemed as though she was insinuating that it was drug money. When I went into the next branch a week later is when I found out that she had set the account up wrong. Because of my experience and several customer service calls that week they decided to give me free checks. That was in August. I guess they are on backorder.

I have had this business account for 11 years. Every since that merger occurred with BestBank they have been inconsistent and really don't know their products. The different branches which are very scattered here in Georgia have different policies per branch as it pertains to deposits. I was told by the customer service center it's up to the branch when it comes to holds. Now I have an established history when it comes to this account and the type of deposits that are made but they will sometimes make deposits available immediately and sometimes just decide to do a 2-7 day hold depending on what the teller thinks. In addition, the phone reps never have thorough knowledge of the products they are discussing and somehow the security questions when calling in keep increasing and changing and don't match with what was on file the previous times I've called in... Very inconsistent and I'm closing the account because of it.

This is the absolute worst bank/branch that I have ever dealt with. RUN from this bank. This branch and the First Citizens Bank allowed a third party company (Paysafe- California) to steal money out of my business account, even AFTER I complained to them at least 10 times. I advised them not to let this third party debit my account. I called their fraud department on July 12 and spoke to them for 45 minutes. I went to the branch in person on July 13th, and I spoke to the branch manager. They did not care and the third party continued debiting my account even several weeks after July 13. The bank staff lied about me and said that I threatened to harm them when I never did, period.

Wouldn't choose another bank, great rate and customer service! Compared a variety of banks and some were close but First Citizens offered to match or lower the rate if I could find one less than what they offered. All of my banking is now with First Citizens.

I am a disabled woman. My husband and I have been banking with First Citizens Bank for a year now. I have received excellent service up until three days ago. An ATM took 200.00 of my money. I reported this to the bank and was lied to and given the run around about my money being returned to me. They are now saying it will take 10 days for it to be returned. I am giving this review because other people need to know about this bank's dishonesty!

I was a previous Guaranty bank customer of many years and never had one issue with Guaranty. It is almost a year and my debit card has still not arrived. I called explaining that I could not go to a branch as none were now near me since this bank took over and that I am disabled, and so forth, so I just want them to complete the transaction over the phone. I was transferred after a 33 minute with an inept front line CSR who repeatedly (at leas 10 times) called me "Mrs. Ms." - not Ms. after I corrected her the first time.

I have owned many businesses and dealt with many banks but I must say First Citizens is the worst ever. Their online Customer No Service is amazing how bad it is. You would almost think you have to train to be that bad. Their Customer No Service in the branches are just as bad. Long waits, not enough staff, rude and they don't care about you at all. I don't say these things lightly but you have been warned. If you are looking for a new bank don't bother with First Citizens and go where they appreciate your business.

These people cannot be trusted. They tell you one thing and then act as if they never said it. I had a loan with a balloon payment which they said would be renewed. Exorbitant closing costs were charged, when confronted about this they promised when loan is renewed in 5 yrs the costs would be much lower and would make up for these high initial closing costs. Well guess what? After paying all 60 payments on time not one payment late, we also had a stellar credit rating. It came time for this loan to be renewed and they would not renew in order to avoid charging me less closing costs which they had promised. Had to pay this loan off. You can do business with this bank if you want to but you will regret it.

We applied online and they took our deposit but 8 days later they still haven't opened the account. Now they're telling us it'll be 5 more business days until the money will be refunded. Unacceptable!!

If I could leave 0 stars for this bank I would. Looks like someone else had a similar experience. Years ago I had a business account with this branch for my car dealership for all of 6 months before I had to switch to a different bank. I had an account with BB&T previously and felt lost in the shuffle of a big bank. First Citizens was closer to my business and I felt I would be better served at a local community bank but I was wrong.

Before First Citizens bought out Guaranty Bank, I was a satisfied customer of almost 20 years. Since First Citizens took over I am getting bombarded with overdraft fees. One thing they do is they take out the debt first then they put in your deposit, regardless if you deposit cash before the end of the day when the pending debts come out. Today, I can see that I was in the positive but customer service is insisting my balance was negative $1.50. From what I see online it was still positive until the overdraft fee. I cannot close this account fast enough.

Overdraft fees! When opening an account you have options and they go over certain things with you. As such is overdraft protection in which I've declined. After reviewing my online account I was charged (Two) times of $36 each in fees on top of the (Company's) auto pay amount which should have declined the auto pay. Instead FCB picks and chooses which items to declined and to accept an overdraft for then charges me this fee. So how can they charge me for something I've declined but still allow to process through to my account when I don't have the funds in there? Scam...

Aggravating and inconvenienced - I was at the drive up teller and instructed to come inside to cash my check. The check was written from their establishment. Once I entered I asked why I had to come to cash the check. She said it is a convenience for their account holders and non-account holders had to come inside.

I made my first payment over the phone and I paid extra and wanted the extra to be applied to the principle and I stated this three times because I wanted to make sure that they were doing that and I call today to make my second payment and they state they cannot apply it to the principle over the phone and I am very upset and wish my loan was not through them.

Do yourself a favor please. Please do not bank here. I have worked for JP Morgan Chase and never in my life have I had overdraft fees, I am 34 years old. In the last 6 months I have paid $700 in fees. If I pay my bills through the account it takes 10 days! For it to go through. I honestly believe that this bank has some algorithm issues because I will have funds in my account and as soon I'm close to very little funds EVERYTHING magically gets processed. Let me say this again, it take 10 days for transactions to clear. Also if I make two transactions for instance one at 10:00 am for $30 and one at 11:00 am for $10 (and I have funds in my account) the later transaction will go through immediately but the first transaction goes through 10 days later.

Please never bank here. They stole 600 dollars from me in the course of a year. Closed my account without telling me. Gave me mysterious charges after the account was closed. They don't communicate well at all. The tellers act like they can't pull information up even though I was told on the phone they could. And to top it off they make and act like it is the customer's fault. I wish I could sue. 0 stars if I could. Also important to note I've been with this bank since I was 11.

I am a First Citizens client since 2016. I came to deposit 2 checks and I was with my 4 year old who was running around. The branch manager told me, "You need to fill out forms" and I said I have a child with me and never completed one. She was extremely rude, and after I complained of her lack of customer service skills she completed them for me. I will change the account with another bank. I felt like I was in the ghetto and not in a bank. Lindsay ** should be fired. Thank you.

So for the past two years, I've been seeing trumped ATM fees, 3, 4 & 5 times. But this ATM fee isn't from the ATM machine. It's been charged by First Citizens Bank. I firmly believe this problem is grounds for a class action lawsuit.

Before FCB took over at Guaranty bank I did a change of address, once again when it switched and my debit card along with pin number was sent to old address. Job sent direct deposit after closed account. FCB Did Not redirect funds back to my employment, instead they tell me they would send a check to only send it to old address again. I called several times, went into a branch to be told I have to wait for 3 months to get my funds. I worked hard for or for old address to return mail. They also refuse to cancel check. If I could rate this bank it will be 0!

My wife and myself both had accounts plus a joint account with G Bank. Then FCB took over. Several of the local banking locations closed making banking harder but still bearable. Then they sent out new debit cards or so they said. Of the 3 accounts we only received one debit card and for that one the pin never came as promised. Activated the new card and for 2 weeks it was refused for every transaction. Getting online access to the account with their new code refused to work several times until I finally got lucky I guess and I could finally match a new pin to the card.

First Citizens took over the bank I have used for many years. During this time they never sent me nor my fiance our debit cards or account info on time which locked us from accessing our money. Then they screwed up nearly all auto deductions causing late fees. Then they reject withdrawals. I went to talk to the very rude tellers there and they denied everything. Then they wanted to charge me $7 to get a print of my transaction history. This place should be shut down. Do not use this bank.

I was a recipient of a First Citizens gift card. I attempted to inquire the balance on the card and the website stated that the card was inactive. I do not believe that the card was ever used and it was within the expiration date. I attempted to call their Customer Service department and was totally unable to get access to the information on the account. I was asked the original purchaser. I was unsure of the purchaser. I was also asked the original balance. I did not have that information either. I am totally frustrated with their procedures to access the transactions on this account.

First Citizens bought out my bank’s loans from FDIC for pennies on the dollar in 2009 when banks were crumbling. Profiting millions. My loan was a construction loan that was complete but not converted to conventional loan yet. First Citizens refused to refinance the loan and would only keep it as a home equity loan that was closed to draw upon. Since it was a “home equity” loan in their status, it allowed them to apply balloon payment demands once the term hit. During this recession no banks were doing jumbo refinancing so First Citizens tried to steal my house from me because of the equity it had. This bank only wants your deposits and to use and suck the life out of anyone they can get. Since they’re based out of NC, no one in any branch has a clue what is going on or how to do anything. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THIS BANK!

I just opened my account & I'm already having issues. Money is there & then suddenly it's gone. I filed a dispute & nothing so far. Meanwhile the place that took my money is still charging the membership fee. Supposed to be once a month and they have taken it out twice this month. Don't hear anything from bank.

Attempted to get an online account for two years. It has worked about 2 week off and on for that. It is difficult to reach a human being thru the robots. Service online is confusing with the speaker giving out unseen entry points on the computer. Seemingly uncaring and possessing questionable intellect. It is truly a hardship and indicative of 21st Century Technology. Banking credits/debits so far have been excellent. They just seem to have no customer service that is viable.

I reached out to First Citizens customer service due to a charge on my account of $** when it should have been $**! I spoke with Janet and she informed me that there was nothing she could do and that I would need the merchant that made the error to call in and resolve the issue. I am appalled that this is supposed to be MY bank and they should resolve issues concerning MY money for me, not allowing a third party to take the responsibility of making a phone call. This payment could have been easily voided or stopped and I would have access to my funds but neither Janet or her supervisor Avery were willing to do anything other than tell me to have the merchant call back on Monday.

I called on April 16, requested my accounts closed. The agent told me exactly what I needed to do. I followed the instructions and sent memo. They received my letter, but decided my signature wasn't good enough and wanted a notarized signature. I don't have a problem with this, except they failed to inform me and locked my accounts. It's now June 4, and I still can't get into my accounts, because they have a certain form they want notarized now. They refused to give me access to any of my money in my accounts. They keep charging me fees every month as they take money out of my account, but locks me out! I hate this bank!!

I have been a member with First Citizens Bank since 2006, when I was in high school. I got my first auto loan through them, co-signing with a parent since I had no credit history. Even with a co-signer, the interest was 14% for an auto loan. I went to college and used the account often, having both a debit and credit card. Throughout college and after, I had a couple high-interest personal loans that I paid off. I also had another auto loan through them, around 10% interest that I got by myself. I maxed out my credit card during college, but paid it off once I graduated. I have EXCELLENT pay history, never delinquent on payments. I paid all personal loans off, all car loans off early, and brought my credit card back to $0.00 balance.

I have had a checking account with First Citizens Bank since 1991. Today I was told by the local branch supervisor that because they had reversed an overdraft fee for me 14 months ago, that they would not be overturning anymore ever. See, I actually did cause myself to overdraft and asked if they could overturn the fee. Last year when they overturned it, the customer service person informed me that they normally could do one per calendar year. So when I initially called yesterday, I had to leave a message with someone in the bank because the supervisor was busy. She never returned my call.

They cheated. You call and tell them there a mistake and they tell you, "No that your correct balance" and you repeatedly ask if they're sure and they say yes. Three weeks later they take 5000 and place it on hold and said, "Oh we didn't do the transaction right" and now they tell you, "Sorry but we're taking this money."

For the second time in 3 yrs I’ve caught First Citizens Bank STEALING money from my account for absolutely no reason. And the kicker is... they are still KEEPING half of it. They don’t even know what a Calculated Service Charge Type 37 is. They even alluded that it was partially MY fault. And yes I should have caught it sooner, but I had TRUST that the bank wouldn’t just take money out of my account for no reason. They ADMITTED they made a “MISTAKE”, which they didn’t have an explanation for, yet their “POLICY” says they could only refund less than half of what they STOLE. The legal term for this is called EMBEZZLING! How can a bank take money for an account and keep half of it and say this is JUSTIFIED? How is this right? It didn’t cause the bank a loss of money to take from an account. So why First Citizens?

I've been banking with FCB for at least 2 years, and my family has been with them 40+ years. I've never had a problem with them until the last couple of days I end getting a call from the branch manager here in Crewe, Virginia - stating that my account had been hacked and my money and info had been jeopardized. I was told that it was never my fault, but that I should use "harder passwords". A lady from NC was using my info, putting money in, and taking money out of my account. A check was deposited in my account (which I knew nothing about and had been Christmas shopping the previous day) and that it was a fraud check. Immediately I was scared and needed answers immediately so we sat down for a meeting and she ended up calling another lady from another branch for more info and help. She was very rude to me and kept pushing her issue that I had given my account number out on a check.

I have been with First Citizens for over 30 years and never have I been so frustrated!!! I feel as though someone else is duplicating my charges! I keep up with my daily balance on my app thinking that would help me stay on top of my balance. Went to bed with over $600 in my account to wake up to $300!!! Went to the banks and they showed me a statement of what was taken out and they were charges that were already taking out (pending) but they said after pending it goes back into your account for a day or three and is taken back out. How do I know I'm not getting doubled charged? Their answer is to keep a ledger. I have never been so confused, frustrated and taken advantage of in my whole life! Leaving First Citizens!!

First of all, what kind of bank shows the deductions before they show your deposit? Example, I get paid on the 1st, the deposit is there on the morning of the first. That afternoon I make three purchases with my debit card. When I look at my account online, I actually had the purchases taken out first, which put my account in the negative, and then they put in my direct deposit. What sense does that make?? And then even if I had a positive balance before the deposit, once they finish putting in all the pending things and/or purchases, I'm in the negative! I called one time and the girl kept trying to explain it to me, and would then have to put me on hold, because she didn't have answers to my questions. After her putting me on hold a few times I was conveniently disconnected.