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About Lili

Lili is a financial technology platform designed for business owners. Banking and debit card services are provided by Sunrise Banks.

Lili’s Core account is 100% free, with no minimum balance or monthly charges. All accounts come with a Lili Visa Debit Card for easy transactions. Lili offers smart financial tools that help you plan taxes, manage expenses and save.

Pros
  • Built-in tools for accounting and tax preparation
  • Send and receive international wire transfers
  • No monthly fees or minimum balance on Core account
  • Grant access to your accountant and team members
  • Up to 4% APY on savings with $500,000 or more
Cons
  • Tax tools and rewards require paid plans
  • Online only (no physical branches)

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsStaffBilling

    Reviewed April 11, 2024

    They have NO fraud prevention in place. Someone shimmed my card and stole $7k out of my account. I called and they had NO 24 hour emergency call number. The person wiped out my account. When I called Lili the next morning during their business hours, they said they can do anything until the payments process. So I had to wait 3 days for it to process. Then they said that it will take 30 - 90 days to get my money back. I have employees to pay and bills to pay. This bank is fired.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaffTransparency

    Reviewed Feb. 21, 2024

    I banned with Lili for a year and a half. Last April I received a check from my insurance company for $785. I tried to deposit the check and it got denied. I talked to customer service (tried to anyway) with no help at all. Then my account gets closed with no explanation at all!! I still can't get an answer or explanation. Same thing happened with Chime in the same month!

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    Price

    Reviewed Feb. 10, 2024

    I ordered the polka dot top from there. When it arrived. The quality was ridiculous. I wouldn’t even pay $10 for it and they charged me $143. Hopefully I get my return soon. This company is in China and the product is very bad.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 2, 2024

    I have been banking with Lili for about 4years now and I had $716 taken out of my bank account without my permission. I had to call 5x before anyone got answered my call and they didn't show any care about the situation and they were acting like it was my fault. Also they don't let you know when their system has been hacked or when your account has been hacked. They don't get back with anyone to let them know what's going on. They are the worst and I see why they don't have any good reviews.

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    Customer ServiceOnline & AppBilling

    Reviewed Nov. 27, 2023

    I need to open a new business checking account. I've been reading about them online. I decided to go with Lili mainly because my company gets a lot of ACH payments and they say you get your money 2 days faster than typical banks. I couldn't even get the account open. I put in all our information and it changed the date of my birthday from the 20th to the 19th. At first I thought I made a typo. I went into to edit, did so, get to next page, my birthday is incorrect. I completely delete the information and start over, still changes my birthday. I tried to correct it several times. It didn't work.

    I decide to start completely over with the application, now there's an error with my EIN. There wasn't the first time, the number is correct, but now there's an error & I cannot move forward with the application. The errors must be a blessing because after my frustration with the online application and finding all these negative reviews regarding customer service, I definitely will not be opening an account with Lili.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & Payouts

    Reviewed Oct. 6, 2023

    Be warned:

    1. This is supposed to be a "business bank". My business received a check for $22K. There is absolutely no way they can accept this check, either by issuing an exception for mobile banking, mailing it in, or bringing it to a physical location. This is not a large amount of money for a business. I had to open a new account at Bluevine to deposit this check.

    2. Customer service was extremely slow to respond -- days.

    3. I will be closing this account.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPriceRefunds & PayoutsStaffBilling

    Reviewed Sept. 26, 2023

    I had nothing but trouble with is so called business account and bank, they blocked my card many times when I needed gasoline and refused to credit my account for unauthorized charge, it takes 2 hours on hold and they cut you off, customer service not in is and can’t help,. I just listed my house with a property manager on Vrbo, it was rented and Vrbo sent $2029 to my account that I gave the property manager for deposit of funds.

    Lili sent me an email saying the funds are on hold and can’t release the money without documentation and selfie from me and the property manager and IDs and company info, then when I questioned they sent me Lili will never steal someone’s money or hold your money hostage, real professionals, sounds like a total scam, never had a bank say that. They said they will hold the money for 2 weeks and then return it if I didn’t give the info. I asked for my funds now and they went and returned the funds to Vrbo. Now Vrbo won’t process for a week the payment and I have bills to pay and no funds.

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    Customer ServiceTimeliness

    Reviewed Aug. 28, 2023

    After reading several reviews of Lili.co I tried applying for an account, I got as far as the "Submit EIN Letter" which I don't have and it stopped with no way to move forward. I have sent them 3 email, no response. I tried calling the customer service support number which sends me into an endless loop. Try calling, Press 1 if you don't know your account number. (855) 545-4380 Also, I cannot find any other number for them. Anywhere, all I found were complaints.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 21, 2023

    Count on nothing being resolved. The service reps all have the same script. I was unable to wire money into my account and it is now over a week and they still can't figure out what's happening. Moreover it's been over 14 days and I haven't received my bank card. Their response?: "Well it's still within the time frame we send it". I told them I wanted to close my account and they refused.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed June 28, 2023

    HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE. DENIED A CHECK because in quotes "We don't feel that the deposit will be paid". Are you serious?? This might be the most unprofessional, ill advised response I have ever received from an establishment. I am advising everyone I know to stay away that has been considering this company.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed June 5, 2023

    Lili froze my account without a phone call to me as I had deposited a check over their limit. ****At first they sent me an email saying the check was approved no problem***, then they decided they needed further documentation. They sent an email and when I didn't read and respond within an hour, they froze the account and it's 4 days later and it's still not resolved. I have no access to my funds and the customer service can only submit requests. This is a horrible company, please use an established bank.

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    Customer ServiceTimeliness

    Reviewed Feb. 8, 2023

    First of all this is the worst company service I’ve ever been involved with they. My account got its first deposit of $2,145. They put it on hold so I called the next day. The customer service guy said he couldn’t do anything about it that it had to be head up the hiigher ups which are not really people. It’s all bogus. Long story short they closed my account and now my money is gone and they can’t tell me where it’s at and won’t talk to me anymore… Now where is my 2,145?

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 7, 2023

    Lili Bank gave me the run around on a charge made on my Lili card which I used to hold a reservation on Booking.com. When I checked out of Yotel I found a charge for the night on my Discover Card which I had left for incidentals. Then later saw a charge made from booking on my lili card. When I disputed the charge at lili bank they told me I would be credited in 10 days. On the 10th day I called lili due to the fact there was no credit and instead of helping me out they closed my account. Now I cannot get my money that was wrongfully charged on the lili card.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaffTimeliness

    Reviewed Jan. 10, 2023

    Lili offers payroll direct deposit and calls themselves a bank. They are only a shell company for Choice Bank - allowing Choice full use of your funds while offering no support or insurance of your funds. My account was hacked. They immediately denied the claim. They refused to assist me in getting a transaction listing. Customer Service simply hangs up on you when you have a dispute. I finally reached a rep after about 6 calls that gave me a trsx list. But when I filed with their "dispute team" they automatically denied the claim with no investigation at all. They refused to send me required documentation of their investigation/decision.

    I canceled my card and got a new one. The fraud continued. Finally I asked them to give me a whole new account number - my only remaining option. The rep told me he would escalate the request. I got an email same day saying they see no sign of fraud, and will not issue a new account number! This is banking on the level of a 3rd world country! THE FDIC AND BBB DID NOTHING TO HELP. JUST SAY NO.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsBilling

    Reviewed Nov. 9, 2022

    You probably have had good experiences with Lili, but I recently did not. I am a Lili Card user. I found later that Lili was the old Green Dot card. They just rebranded to Lili and are currently marketed as a business debit card. I took the card to keep track of some 1099 work I'm performing. On October 16th, I made a reservation for 1-night with Marriott Courtyard using my Lili Card. I checked in on October 22, 2022. When I checked out on October 23, 2022, I switched cards and used a legit credit card to pay for the room. Marriott stated that it could take up to 5-days for the HOLD to be lifted from my Lili Card. As of this writing - 1) My account does not show the debit by Marriott, 2) My account does not show the credit from Marriott. In sum, over $400 has gone missing from my account, and I can't get a straight answer from Lili. They are experts at giving you the run-around.

    After a few calls, they put me on the phone with a confused person. I asked to speak with the supervisor because the confused person refused to follow a debit-credit process from a known and visible debit-credit record. In addition, this gentleman could not explain why I could not see the debit-credit transactions on my online account statement. I've repeatedly asked Lili about this matter to no avail. BEWARE!!! Do not do 4- digit business with Lili! May 2 or 3 digits if you dare. They can't handle it!!

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    Lili
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    lili.co