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Xoom is an international money transfer service administered by PayPal that works from your phone or computer. You can send money to more than 70 countries and deposit to a recipient’s bank account or arrange cash for pickup or delivery. Xoom also offers international mobile phone reload and bill pay. You can get status updates by text or email. Xoom offers a money-back guarantee if your transfer does not get to the recipient. Customer service is available 24/7.
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Reviewed June 24, 2015
After reading reviews and doing my research I went for Xoom to transfer money to my brother in Pakistan. Even though there were other companies offering better exchange rate I still went for Xoom. This is what happened. 21-June-2015 Initiated bank to bank transfer from USA to Pakistan bank. Got a call after half an hour to verify information and agent told me money has been deposited to recipient account. 22-June-2015 went online Xoom.com to track fund, even though agent said deposit has made online it was still showing under process.
23-June-2015 got email for Xoom confirming that deposit has been made. Called my brother. He don't see anything in his account. Called Xoom customer service. They verified and said all the information seem to be correct. And agent kept on saying money has been deposited to the recipient account. So I thought to give it one more day. 24-June-2015 called my brother in Pakistan (still no money in bank account). Also today they drafted money from my USA account. Called Xoom customer service. Told me same thing that money has been deposited to the account. So I still don't know where my funds are. They have drafted from my account by nobody knows where it went. Still waiting. Very disappointed, won't be recommending this to anyone.
Reviewed June 18, 2015
I was using Xoom for about 3 years to the Philippines because it was supposed to be the new great service and all. So I began sending funds to my Fiancee and son attending college and living expenses on a monthly basis but then all of a sudden their stupid customer verification reject my transaction and had the nerve to have an attitude when I questioned about my transfer in addition to requesting too much of my personal information... accusing me of suspect money laundering when it was going to the same two recipients over 3 years.
They had already ask me and was able to answer all the stupid question that they have and also send them my US ID bank statements and still they refused to process my transfer and my Fiancee and son was almost evicted out of the apartment. So after that experience I sent the funds through Western Union (which was so much more expensive) and found a much better money transfer service called Trans Fast and never been happier. They are more economical as well. I guess it was time to move to other remittance company. I will not ever go back to Xoom or refer any customers to them.
Reviewed June 9, 2015
I was using Xoom 5 years already to send money to my nephew and cousin monthly but when I went to Philippines and send money to myself, this stupid customer verification reject my transaction. They already ask me and was able to answer all the stupid question that they have and also send them my US ID bank statements and still they don't give me my money, so I guess it is time to move to other remittance company.
Reviewed May 28, 2015
I was told over the phone that I could get my money in minutes. After I made the transaction, I got a notice saying the transfer would take up to 4 days. A lot of people reviewing Xoom are saying the same thing. A company as dishonest as this should be avoided.
Reviewed May 18, 2015
Things simply don't add up. Turns out you can only use Xoom to transfer money within friends and family in China, and you find that disclaimer only once you scroll down to the very bottom of their webpage, click on the section User agreement (displayed in tiny type size) then scroll down to page 44 of that agreement and look for section 12 B). It's almost a joke. I bet their customer service representatives go through hell every day answering calls of frustrated consumers that simply wanted to use their platform to transfer money from the US to China. I have to say that their representatives were nice on the phone. But it still comes across as one big scam. This website should be shut down because they do not deliver what they advertise.
Reviewed May 17, 2015
After reading all the angry comments, it was obvious Xoom Money Transfer is a company run by the new thugs of the new economy. Just design a platform, find a capital to operate, advertise, outsource everything, just be a broker and see what happened. We might cash in by selling it or we might win a lottery by making it to the IPO after pitching the greedy Venture Capitalists.
Reviewed May 3, 2015
If you want to know what you can believe, let's start with what you already know. Have you seen the advert with the Indian bloke that says, "Just zoom it!" at the end? The twenty-something Indian guy with a pot belly... Are we to admire his pot gut at that age? His hand-telephone? Guess what? He's actually a professional marketer. Surprise. Look. **. If that's what they have to do to get an "average satisfied customer" - pay a professional marketer to lie - what kind of product can they have??? They've a new one. Another marketing droid lying for pay... Only this time he mumbles his name and they don't put it on the screen. You can't even figure out what their stupid advert is saying and when you do it’s dodgy. You're going to trust them with your bank account info? I think not!
Reviewed April 28, 2015
I send money for Xoom for a long time with my account number and always was fast but now they change everything and take 4 to 5 days to receive the money. If you send with your debit card take minutes but you have to pay 2 dollars more for use a debit card. They are a Liar and I very disappointed with them. Not anymore I going to use Xoom again.
Reviewed April 22, 2015
They took 10 days to send money, and took it out of my account twice, by mistake. They gave me the run around for 3 days, then refused to return the money to me. I filed a case with BBB, it's still pending. It seems like they do it frequently, and their answer is always the same, nothing can be done about it...
Reviewed April 21, 2015
I used Xoom.com for the first time to transfer money that needed to be in Mexico the next day. Xoom advertises immediate delivery. So I believed them and sent a transfer. The next morning I tracked the transaction and received a message, "Your payment is currently in the electronic check clearing process. During this time, your bank account is being verified debited and payment is being credited to Xoom. Normally this process takes up to four (4) business days. Authorized on: April 20, 2015 11:05 AM PDT Receive Text Message Updates. Transaction Status - Transfer Delay. Estimated Availability: April 24, 2015 5:15 PM PDT. You may contact Customer Service at (877) 815-1531 FREE if you have any questions."
I called to speak to an associate that all she did was apologize with no real answer why this happened, then I was transferred to a supervisor who was also not informed with various inept responses. They kept repeating it takes four business days for the clearing process to clear the bank. Xoom's supervisor suggested I go to the bank and get a statement from the bank, send it via email to them to show the funds were withdrawn from my account and the money has cleared. That did not make sense because he is telling me it is still in the clearing process.
We are to assume Xoom does not have available high tech electronic bank transfers for transactions; they are still in the old days of when it takes so many days to clear your bank account. He also suggested I give them my credit card number and they will process it immediately through my credit card. I cannot trust them to make a simple transfer transaction so I doubt it highly that I trust them with a credit card; they definitely lost all my anticipated trust in a financial organization. I will drive to the most far south end of Mexico and be there faster than Xoom delivers it! Immediate delivery or same day delivery is FALSE advertisement. Do not believe them and use some other money transfer company.
Reviewed April 19, 2015
This company should be close. They keep promising that your money will receive for a minute than been 3 days the receiver did not get the money. All you know is you sent the money but they cancel it without informing you that it's been cancelled for several days. I will not recommend this to my colleague at all.
Reviewed April 16, 2015
Xoom has lost $6K of my money, and doesn't know where it is. I made two transfers of $3K US to Canada from the USA on consecutive days, for a total of $6K. Xoom's system claimed both transfers completed within 3 working days. However, the receiving bank has no information about these transfers. Nine days later, the $6K is nowhere to be found!
Xoom's system does not give it visibility into a transaction, and they have no way to trace the whereabouts of your money. Xoom apparently hands all of the business of the transaction over to a 3rd party, Envoy, which gives Xoom no information. Xoom's telephone "Support" will provide you with FALSE information when they assure you that a transfer has been "Deposited". In fact, From my discussions with the Canadian banks, Xoom is breaking Canadian law. Banks and money transfer services are obligated to provide updated and accurate information to the sending party about wire transfers. Xoom appears to knowingly communicate inaccurate information to their customers.
Reviewed April 11, 2015
I'm so angry that I send $150.00 to my mother to Guatemala to buy medicine, it was on March the 15. She called me on March the 16 and she told me that they didn't give her the correct amount. Since this date I have been calling Xoom but all that they said they couldn't reach the person responsible! In almost one month they couldn't contact or do something? And nobody call me back or email me until I do it. And it will be almost a month and they don't give me a solution. Please tell me what Can I do?
Reviewed March 30, 2015
I used Xoom on March 23, 2015 to send money to a bank account in the UK. I had sent one of my original paintings to the UK, and customs decided to add a tax/fee to it. I did not want the recipient to have to pay this out of their pocket, so I looked into online services that would allow me to reimburse them ahead of time. I had read an article on Consumer Reports touting Xoom, I wish I would have stopped and looked here first!
Xoom was one of the few services that offered to transfer money directly from my bank account or credit/debit card directly into a bank account in the UK. They advertised that this transaction would most likely take a day (this is the main reason I went for it). One week later, my money is still on my card and there is no money in the intended recipient's account. Why? Good question. I have spoken to 3 representatives on the phone, and they all give me a different excuse.
They asked me to send them the recipient's bank statement, to prove the funds were not transferred, which I found ridiculous! This is a client and I am supposed to ask if they can send me personal financial information to share with a third party (which they have never even heard of)? I told Xoom I had a limited timeline, which is why I used their service in the first place. They asked for me to send all of my customer's information (Account, IBAN, Swift Code) again so that they could work with the bank in the UK to push the transaction through. Then I don't hear anything for 3 days...
I call today (March 30th), and the transaction has been "reversed", which is funny, since it never posted in the first place! This also is the opposite of what their agent told me they were going to do last week. They told me to re-initiate the transaction and DID NOT OFFER TO REFUND ANYTHING. They kept the transaction fee!! (note: this has yet to post, I am just going from what the agent just told me on the phone). So, I am back where I started, 7 days later, $5 less in my account, and with a painting still stuck in Customs (I hope it is still there!!!!) in the UK. An unbelievable waste of time, a little loss of money, and a huge test of my patience. I would never use Xoom or recommend them to anyone (that I like) again.
Reviewed March 29, 2015
I am very disappointed with this company :-( I have send money to my mom and they put my transfer on hold, then they have asked me a lot of questions, even spoken to my daughter to verify who i was? That was not good enough to them. They have asked me to verify my address, i'd sent them a copy of my P.S and I.D... Guess what, they asked me for my passport too... The worse company ever :-(
Reviewed March 23, 2015
My Xoom account was hacked last month and someone transferred money to Philippines to the person named ** (Cash Pickup). The person who authorized Philippines transaction from my Xoom account also initiated couple 2 other transactions (Other 2 were the recipients to whom I send money every month). Xoom identified those 3 transaction as fraud transaction and cancelled them and I got a notification to my email id. I immediately called Xoom and verified the last transaction I authorized and they were able to reset my Xoom account and I changed all the password. Xoom verification department said, I need to remove all my recipients and add them again to be able to send them money in future. Everything is good until now.
Today I tried to send money to one of the recipient and it says cancelled. Recipient was my uncle to whom I send money every month (whose transaction was cancelled last month as it was authorized by the hacker). When I called Xoom about it, they verified my identity and says I cannot send money to my uncle's account anymore and cannot disclose me the reason. Unfortunately, that's the only bank account my uncle has been using for years. Now he has to take the pain of opening a new account so that I can send money to him which is ridiculous. Why can't Xoom process the transactions authorized by me even after verifying my identity? I have been sending money to the same account every month for a year now.
I am not sure how someone was able to login to my account and add unauthorized recipient **. I doubt their security protocol/confidentiality of user information. And when an incident like mine happens, they are strict on recipient accounts (which causing inconvenience to their customers) instead of raising their security standards like other US banks. Why all other banks and credit cards companies could maintain high-security standards without causing any inconvenience to their customers in case of fraud activities and why Xoom cannot? Shame on you Xoom! Very unsatisfied Xoom customer.
Reviewed March 12, 2015
I tried sending money to HDFC bank and instead of instant deposit. It gives me a message that it can take up to 4 business days to deposit your money. I quit Xoom instantly as it betrayed it's customer with false promises and wrong tag line. I have sent money to India multiple times using my same USA bank account and got money deposited either instantly or within 4 hours per Indian banking time to other banks.
Their customer service tells me to go read the user agreement which again doesn't talks about delays for instant deposit but general delays which probably can be true for new customers. I was very happy with their services until today but now I find it ridiculous to be cheated by their services sold bases on their instant deposit tagline. I am writing bad reviews for you everywhere until either you fix it in your user agreement and highlight it to be precise or you change your "Instant Deposit" tagline. Very Disappointed Ex-Customer.
Reviewed March 8, 2015
The service it's really bad. But what is worse is the exchange rates. I was going to send 1000 dollar but I figured it out that they keep 350.00 only with the rates difference. Plus 4.99 fee. Comparing with the other money transfer companies they look very bad. I would never sent money with them.
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2015
Last year I tried to send $950 to Colombia, because my mom is fixing her house there and she asked me to send her that money. (My mother is 80 years old and not a computer savvy) I tried Xoom and they cancelled my transaction and called me for verification. I gave them all the information they asked for!!! (all my personal information) but at the end they asked me to send my driver's license and my passport to verify further. This is the worst company you can use to send your money, they treat you as a criminal, they take all your information and that is not enough. The real criminals know how to use the system!
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2015
I had to transfer money to my parents and I could have chosen any service that could have transferred money faster than xoom. They are promoting xoom transfer moneys in 4 hour and it's 3rd day, my money is stuck.
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2015
I had been using Xoom mainly to support dialysis treatments of a friend in the Philippines; also support of a girl with transverse myelitis and to help a couple other poor people there struggling financially. I started using Xoom when W.U. did to me what Xoom is now. When they did it, they at least asked for proof of where I get my money and proof that it was being used for the most part medically by my main recipient. I really didn't think it was any of their business that my money which was coming out of a B.O.A. account had been an inheritance, and to get the medical receipts from a person who has enough trouble just to go to dialysis treatments seemed unduly hard for her to go to a computer cafe and have to scan the receipts etc.
So I ignored WU's requests and started using Xoom; only to have them now do the same thing without any explanation whatsoever. They act like I were supporting terrorists or something hiding behind secrecy in their TOS. However, I didn't feel like changing to another service, so I explained where my money had come from and where it was going to them, even enclosing the medical bills I did have my friend scan and send in case I had a problem and had to resort to playing WU's game. They again said they reviewed my case and denied it even with explanations and documentation.
I understand you sign away in TOS any rights you have; however when these companies play God and are happy to have you sending money when it's making them money; the people who decide these cases must be total idiots or there really is no review. When someone is sending $200-$300 a week overseas I can understand suspicion of inappropriate activities; but to be given a perfectly legitimate, honest reason and then say "You can no longer use our service" is low down corporate scumbaggery. The main person I send money to has dialysis 3X a week at $75 a session, which comes to $225 without any of her other necessary medicine. I am her sole support; without me she dies. This was explained to them as well.
I don't think anyone should have to die because they are poor; especially not my friend Nory. I was left over $225,000 by an old family friend who I took care of the last 4 yrs of his life; and if keeping my friend alive and helping poor people is how I want to spend it I don't understand how companies like XOOM & WU can treat me like I am some kind of criminal and deny me the right. I generally send to my friend Nory, mostly in her cousin May **'s name because she has a bank account and mostly because Nory is too sick with end stage renal disease.
Aside from her I help 2 or 3 others sometimes once a month or so depending on their need. One of them Daisy ** is a 22 yr old girl who had Transverse Myelitis and is paralyzed from it; I have supported her for usually about $120 a month since she was 14. I help another girl some for college. It's all legitimate stuff, I'm not supporting terrorism! I was pissed off when Western Union did it, now I am really pissed off that these companies can just pull this crap at will.
Reviewed Feb. 6, 2015
I transferred on 31st Jan and still not credited into my account. They are saying that their partner has technical problem (ICICI) and hence not credited. Also they are unable to cancel transaction since it has been handed over to partner. If there any problem exist they should have workaround. Also, why they did not post in their website that if money is transferred to ICICI then there will be delay? If they did at least we would have tried to deposit in other Indian banks. Really poor service maintenance and communication.
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2015
"Your payment is currently in the electronic check clearing process. During this time, your bank account is being verified, debited, and payment is being credited to Xoom. Normally, this process takes up to four (4) business days." I got this error message third time, I need money from my relative for some of my expenses. But they are not getting it. Very very poor service by Xoom. Every time this error come in and they do nothing for week. After week, transaction cancel automatically. Xoom is fraud company.
Reviewed Jan. 28, 2015
I transferred money to India using my credit card. It appeared on my credit card as "cash advance" and I was charged $126.00 as cash advance fee by the credit card company. It does not mention on Xoom website that credit card transactions are taken as cash advance. I called Xoom and complained, but they said they cannot help anything. So, now this is where I stand with the completed transaction - $20 to Xoom as fees + $126.00 cash advance fee + 20% interest from bank on cash advance!!! Never using or recommending Xoom again.
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2015
It's a long way from a good idea in California to a functional international business, and Xoom has not yet made the trip. What they can do is take money from your U.S. bank account using the ACH (automated clearing house) system. What they can't do is deliver it to your intended recipient. For this they use a large group of "partners", some good, some not so good. Many they don't know. Some they can't even contact by telephone.
When I found the partner in Bahia Blanca, Argentina, closed for two weeks, they first denied it. Then they wrote: "We sincerely apologize if you are having issues picking up the funds. Please be advised that our partner did not provide information that they will be closing on the said date. However, you have an option to pick up the funds to other more money transfer pickup location in Buenos Aires." The customer service rep here clearly has no concern that Buenos Aires is 700 kilometers away. An Internet start-up can blame its partners; a real business takes responsibility for the customer's whole experience. The bottom line is this: if you use this service, you'd better have a back-up plan. Because Xoom hasn't given it any thought.
Updated review: Jan. 22, 2015
I got a confirmation that I will get my money back.
Original Review: Jan. 20, 2015
My xoom account got compromised and without my knowledge money got transferred to some unknown accounts. Complained to Xoom and waiting for their response. Hackers hacked my gmail account so it didn't receive any emails.
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2015
They advertise that they can transfer money from US to Argentina. It's a lie!!!! They ask for a bank statement. When I repeatedly asked why, they replied that I HAVE TO PROVE THAT I'M NOT A TERRORIST OR THAT I DO NOT LAUNDER MONEY. OUTRAGEOUS!!! Besides, they already took my money and I am trying that they return it to me!!!
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2015
Three times I transferred money to Mexico through Xoom.com and the money was held by the agency for no reasons. I called Xoom.com for the releasement of the money. The agents asked too many unrelated personal questions.
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2014
I will strongly not recommend anyone to use Xoom Transfer money. I transferred $1000 to India with Xoom and certainly I saw $4000 withdrawal transaction pending on my bank account after few hours. I try to login Xoom but I couldn't because hacker changed all my info to his info. I went to bank and they said It is Xoom Transactions 2 transactions of $2000/each and my original transaction was cancelled by hacker. I called Xoom and they said that my account is hacked by someone and money was sent out to Philippines and they said they can't do anything with the transactions. However I will get the claim after approval. It was not enough and they asked me to fill out and sign the claim paperwork and send back to them which was the biggest hassle. Until the time I do all that, my money was gone and I don't believe Xoom that they would approve my claim and give me the full refund as they didn't promise to guaranteed refund when I contacted them.
Fortunately, I contacted my Bank right away and they said it is pending transaction and only way they can stop payment If I cancel my account and It was the biggest challenge for me to close my account as I had many other finances related to that bank account. But I had to do it and I closed my Account right way. I got my money safely taken out from that account. Xoom sent me a Claim paperwork after one or two days in an email after the incident happened. I wanted to find out their response so I filled out the paperwork and sent them back. I have not gotten any response back from them yet in more than 4 months. I am not looking for the money as luckily I didn't lose it. However it is the worse service that any customer will not expect.
Reviewed Nov. 24, 2014
I transferred funds to Brazil from the U.S., and my account had not been debited after two days, so I worried that maybe I'd given them the wrong bank account for myself. So I went online and saw a transaction sitting with a Review button. I pressed that and it asked for an Authorization. I was worried it might duplicate, but had seen Xoom information that transactions could be cancelled within 30 minutes, so I pressed the button. Then I saw there were now two transactions in their system. I looked for a way to cancel online. None. So I called them, within 10 minutes. Too late, they said. What about the 30 minutes? They have implemented an account called a PWR account. It sends first and withdraws later. They don't tell you you have this account, and, in fact, you don't. It is just a decision they make, with each transaction, and they say you don't know if they will do it or not.
So they debited my account twice. The second debit came through right after the first, both were almost 24 hours after the second order. However, knowing this was coming, I left only enough money in the account for one transaction (which would wipe me out, if I paid both debits, I had nothing left). But the bank used overdraft privilege to pay. I knew this was coming, they had told me I could sign an "ACH affidavit" to get the money back, and that they would waive the overdraft charge. So I did that, and, of course then Xoom wanted to talk to me! They have *no way of receiving the money back in Brazil,* they claim. They just want me to pay them the full amount, and they don't care about what I'll have to spend to get the money back from Brazil. They don't do transfers from Brazil. I offered to get them a check for the full amount paid in BRL, and send it to them, but they said they have no way to use it.
Essentially, they are not willing lift a finger to handle errors set up by their own system. So I'll be sitting on the money until they are willing to agree to settle. Nuisance, hours spent on the phone, and, it turns out Western Union would cost the same. $5 plus a percent or so on the exchange rate from "mid-market." Slightly better exchange rate on Western Union than Xoom, at least today. Had I not challenged that transfer, I'd be completely broke and no way to get the money from them...So beware of Xoom. I would never make the same mistake again with them, but...from other comments here, there can be many other problems. Western Union has an office down the street -- and they have been in business for more than a century.
Reviewed Nov. 3, 2014
I've been using Xoom for about a year. Overall, I've been happy until now. For the amounts I'm sending, their rates are decent and the fees are very low. It was much cheaper than using my bank. Last month, I tried to do 5 transfers (all to people I had sent money to before). All of them appeared to go through, but then three were cancelled AFTER they appeared to go through. I replied to an automated customer service email (even though it asked for ridiculous levels of detail), but they cancelled the transactions anyway.
To be clear, I was not over my limit, even though this was cited as a possible reason for cancellation. I just tried to send money again this month, since being in a new month would reset the transaction limits. I immediately got an email stating "Unfortunately, your transaction is still pending because you and/or your household have reached Xooms sending limits." They then asked the same questions I have already responded to. I am well within my monthly limits and I am tired of their flaky service. There's no advantage to me in low fees if I then waste more money in trying to straighten out the mess that happens when the money doesn't arrive. I can no longer recommend this service. I will be canceling my account and finding an alternative.
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2014
I cannot believe this Xoom people, they are totally crazy!! I tried to send money to Argentina to a lady that won a poetry contest and after everything was OK, they send me an Email telling me that the transaction had been canceled. After I had sent information as to how and where to pick up the money, I called Xoom and they ask me for all types of verification, 2 picture IDs with my address on it, my bank statement, they told me to send the front and back of my debit card, and I did. Maybe they are trying to rob me!! I don’t know. If I have no problems with my bank processing the transaction, why do I have problems with Xoom? Why they need so much information about me, why they need my bank statement? I think they are up to no good!! Don’t trust this people!! Stay away!!
Reviewed Oct. 27, 2014
I used Xoom to transfer $2,600 to Managua, Nicaragua on Friday. On Saturday, Xoom mailed a response that the transaction had been completed and money had been picked up. My intended recipient never received the money. I have been dealing with this error with Xoom since Saturday. Xoom has a policy to hold on the transaction for 4 days and asked for proper ID. Why would they released the money within one day when it was not even confirmed by me? Waiting for this issue to be resolved. Stay away from Xoom when sending money if you do not want this type of stress.
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2014
Recently I sent money to my mom (a tiny amount) using a credit card. My mom went to pick up the money and it was not there. I called Xoom.com and they told me that it will be available in 4 DAYS!!! I couldn't believe it!!! They gave me ridiculous reasons and after a 20 min. conversation did not solve the issue. I cancelled the transaction and found out that sending it via Western Union will only cost me $1 more. I will never use Xoom.com again.
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2014
I used Xoom in the past to send to a friend of my family in Peru and it went well. But afterwards I sent again to the same person and Xoom told me that their policy was only to send to family members. Well, my mother traveled to Peru, her home country and I tried to send money via Xoom to her and it was rejected multiple times. I called customer service and someone that sounded Indian told me all these ridiculous reasons why the transaction would not go through. What is the point to trying to send money to another person via internet if there are all these reasons to reject the transaction. I resorted to sending via Western Union, happily paying more for better service. I also tried another time to send to good friend of mine in Australia and it was rejected too, Xoom told me only to family. Then why was the rejection before when I was sending money to my mother. I do not recommend Xoom for anything. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR, PERIOD!
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2014
I sent money last Friday for my cousin's school tuition on Friday. She never received it. Xoom did not email me or called me. After 20 mins on the phone I was told that it was an issue with the receiving bank, out of their hands. Dear Xoom, please communicate openly and honestly with your customers. They depend on remittances for their livelihood. When you stop communicating, people lose trust in you. You've lost me as a customer.
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2014
Xoom is a waste of time. They solicited me to use it to send money to India. For no reason they rejected my transaction. For security purposes the reason will not be explained to me. It is a headache. I wasted my time in talking about it to Various rep. I will never recommend this to anybody. Stay off Xoom.
Reviewed Sept. 23, 2014
Status cancelled, why? First time happened after using the service for almost two years.
Reviewed Sept. 23, 2014
I trying to send $100.00 TO Central America to family member but this people ask for Federal ID. They just Crazy what they thinking so $100 for America is Pocket Money and you have to open all your personal info. This invasion to people privacy.
Reviewed Aug. 12, 2014
Tried to to transfer fund and a positive response on instant transaction completed was sent to me in 15 seconds..It's been more than 3 days now and I have not got the money in my Bank.. Too horrible. They have taken the money from my Account and not yet transferred to.. Don't go with it...I am going to raise strong concern now.
Reviewed Aug. 5, 2014
Beware of Xoom service!!! They use a lower rate than world market exchange rate. I just send 1000USD to my family in Vietnam and Xoom rate was 1usd = 20.400VND while the world rate is 1USD=21.300VND which made my family lost about $45 when received it.
Reviewed Aug. 2, 2014
Xoom has been very fast for the past years. However, recently, it started to get slow... to the point that you had to wait for a day or two before you receive your money. I am starting to suspect that there is something going on now with Xoom.
Reviewed July 22, 2014
Instant transfer is a SCAM. Customer service rep told me point blank that the transaction will take 5-7 business days and that there is nothing she/they can do about it. Instant transfer?? What instant transfer... They are as ambiguous and scam sounding as they were 5 years back. Only difference is that they now have financiers to fund a huge media budget that they are rightly spending on buying endorsements from international celebrities. They should retrieve the ads and apologize for wrong advertising and for wasting people's time and effort. Fools.
Reviewed July 16, 2014
I had sent 3 grand to family In India for emergency purpose. As the amount is debited in my account the customer care lady says very arrogant and says we haven't received the payment from my bank and it will be received only after 3 days. And I had requested to send an email that they haven't received my payment so I can put in the court. She very smartly replies that there is a problem with my Gmail account so I am not receiving it. The customer service is very poor that they don't even have proper communication. They could have bought a bunch of people from Mexico and made them sit and making all kinds of Fraud. I don’t understand why do they such big stars from India and spoil their names too here in USA. I am finding a way where such fraud company close. What measures does the USA government take action on such.
Reviewed July 12, 2014
Cash in minutes!!!!! Yeah right!!! Don't ever be scammed and be fooled!!!! I made a transfer from my bank account using Xoom remittance to send money to the Philippines... Mind you, they do not care if the money is being use for emergency purposes or whatsoever, or if money is for an emergency surgery! In some cases in other country, money is needed first before they do something to save someone's life. But you think this company ever care, no! Once they got the money, they will tell you that the process takes 7 days for verification purposes!!! Such a scam!!!
My 2 grand was already debited out from my account an hour after I made the transfer. I was expecting that their service is like Western Union.... Money is available in minutes! But no... I think because it is quite big amount of money, they decided to float it a little while and invest it. That's right, use to invest it (!!!) and tell the customer that they are still on the process of verifying... And that they can't do anything to make this faster... They refuse to listen to you, they keep apologizing!!! I don't need an apology. I need them to be responsible and be true to what they advertise, which is "cash in minutes". Verification process!
Really, I was verified by their fraud dept. Right after I did my transfer from my bank account and I was told that money should be available in 15 minutes... But this is not case... So beware to other people who might think that Xoom is fast and they only charge little amount compare to other company. Yes, it might be true that they only charge $14.99 for an amount of $2000.00, but, the catch is... Money take a freaking 7 days to reach the recipient (they freaking use the money first). No way again that I would use this service!!! And no way that I would encourage anyone to use it either.
Reviewed July 8, 2014
Xoom claims to only charge $4.99 per transaction, but that is extremely deceitful. Indeed, they utilize a false exchange rate, ALWAYS in their favor, meaning they are raking off the top an extra amount, more and more as the amount of your transaction increases, obviously. When confronted, they rattle off a bunch of gobbledygook, and of course, refuse to correct the transaction. All the while, of course, they pretend they've done nothing wrong. Test it. Check the exchange rate at several other places, then check Xoom's. You'll find this is the truth. I don't think you want to do business with liars and cheats.
Reviewed July 7, 2014
I used my debit to send money to relative who needed big money for a surgery. Thought that electric transfer will be fast. Sent money from 28 June 2014 until July 7 2014 my relative still did not receive the fund. Email and correspondence with Xoom Customer Service but they said my transaction is completed. I asked for successful REF number of the transaction but they refuse to give it to me. They asked me to send the receiver bank statement for them for the confirmation. They took my money at my bank but never send to the receiver end. I will also report it to the police for a money scam and call my lawyer for privacy violation. Keep you posted.
Reviewed July 3, 2014
I used Xoom to transfer money. It turns out they use cash advance method to charge credit cards. I wonder if this is fraud? Because they charge transaction fees but they transfer the credit card transaction fees (cash advance, which also accrues interest) on the customer!
Reviewed June 28, 2014
This company was referred to me by my friend so I tried it. My first transaction was their first maximum limit and I was instructed that I have to put in the number appeared in my bank statement in order to speed up the process which I did. So it took 2 days and was fine. Then I did again another transaction 2 days later in a lesser amount. Then I got a call that my last transaction is pending and they need more information from me so I gave the information that they needed like my driver's license number, what kind of job I have, and etc. I thought that was enough but when I checked the transaction history, it says still pending and it will take 4 business days for "bank clearance".
I made a phone call to their customer service and asked, what should I do to speed up the process? Do I have to tell my bank to release funds from my account to Xoom and to make my bank aware that it is a legitimate transactions? The answer I got is, "Oh no, this is a normal process. We from the Xoom are funding funds for the customer randomly and there is no way to speed it up except to wait for the normal business days for check clearing," which I could not understand since it is a bank transaction and it is withdrawn direct from your bank account. I waited for another day and to my surprise the money was already been withdrawn a day after I did the transaction but Xoom is still holding my money and would not release it and wait for four more banking days and this makes me really upset with them.
The money was already released from my bank and all I got as an answer from Xoom is that I still have to wait for 4 business days before they can release my money. And this is really not right. They're using my money to release funds to other customer and I have to wait because they have to get the money from other customer as well before they can pay off others. And that is what Xoom is doing in my own understanding. It is simple as that. Their advertising is a fraud. Send money in seconds is not right. They should clarify that, Yes, you can send the money in seconds but have to wait for days before they will give the money to the recipient and Xoom is not reliable. I am going back to Western Union, a little bit more for transaction payments but at least you can really receive the money in minutes and reliable.
Reviewed June 13, 2014
This is the 2nd time I'm using Xoom (which I wasn't aware of). I wasn't aware I had used Xoom earlier as apparently I had a transaction in 2009 to China (which made sense to me as I paid someone in China for some transcription service) then. They told me it was my second time. Asked some basic verification and validation questions and we were done. I believe I initiated the transaction between 12PM-2PM Central Time. By 3.30PM Central time, I had received the verification call, transfer authorized and amount credited to my HDFC bank account in India (less than 4 hours). My local Indian IMPS or instant transfers took more time.
I'm not sure what other people are complaining about. Some talk about exchange rate. Yes. Xoom clearly states that apart from transaction fee, they make money on exchange rate. I in fact remember reading this text right before I hit submit for transfer. Very true, when compared to say Remit2India, Xoom's exchange rates were lower by about 30 paise to a dollar. But keep in mind, that in services like remit2india, the rates quoted are tentative and it takes almost 10-15 days for the money to come through to your account.
In some instances I have noted that the initial proposed rate was higher and if market changed, then rate on date of transfer (if lower is applied). I would rather pay this small fee to Xoom and enjoy a hassle-free transaction and have my money in less than 4 hours... (that's insane cool guys)...Think about it this way, if someone owed you money and they were short by 30 paise to a dollar but were willing to pay you the entire amount in 2 hours, would you rather receive it now or wait for 2 weeks to make up for that Rs.300? It's personal preference of course!
I also noted another customer had mentioned about wrong bank account credit. Why in the world would you enter the wrong bank account when you key in your information. Would you not double check your routing number, account number and your beneficiary details before sending money? How do you expect Xoom to validate that for you especially when you have an account with a 3rd party bank?
In essence, I have enjoyed using Xoom today (if it wasn't apparent from my comments above). I have used HDFC quick remit before, Remit2India and now Xoom and I can say with a smile that I had the best experience with Xoom. Definitely will continue to use them...
Reviewed May 29, 2014
Xoom is total rip off! The exchange rate in today market 5/28/214 1 USD = 12.8817 MXN. Xoom exchange rate 1 USD = 12.6210 MXN plus 5 transaction fee. Not fair if you send money. Please make sure YOU are not getting rip off. I will not ever send money again. I have to send $480 US dollar for my family to get $6000 pesos. With the correct exchange I only have to send $471 to my family. I got rip off $9. Imagine if you send more money. NO FAIR.
Reviewed May 23, 2014
I sent money to India using Xoom and had a wrong account number. Xoom said the transaction is complete. We inquired, the bank said that account number was invalid. How can Xoom deposit money into an invalid or to an account that does not exist.
Reviewed May 20, 2014
My name is Marvin and I had like 1 or 2 years using Xoom because my family receive that money quick, but 3 days ago I send money to my country and somebody from Xoom send me an e-mail that they need my photo ID so what is that and My family couldn't got that money.
Reviewed May 20, 2014
Xoom.com called to make a bunch of questions that didn't make sense. They ask: 1) to verify the email I'm using and who's name is it under? 2) Why am I sending money to this particular person? 3) What is his\her relationship with me? 4) How many times will I be sending this person money? 5) to email Xoom.com two types of ID verifications. 6) whose cell phone number was I using and who's name is it under?
I felt violated... I think this is too much. I told the person on the other side that this was too many questions and that.. The government is not stupid, if they need to find out about fraud, that they can find the information on the bank I'm using. The bank is not stupid to open an account just to anyone without verifying who you are. This was just out of the ordinary... 800-935-7154.. That's the number they called from.
Reviewed May 15, 2014
I get a communication from XOOM as below: "Thank you for your feedback concerning our payment source policies. My name is Matthew ** and I am one of the managers with the Customer Service department here at Xoom Headquarters. As our representative explained, Xoom only allows a payment source to be added to a single Xoom account. As to our reasons behind this policy, it is a business decision with regard to risk and security. We stand by our decision and I am sorry for any inconvenience, however we are not able to accommodate any requests for exceptions."
A has one XOOM account and B has a separate XOOM account. I want to send money to my contact in another country from the joint account I have and B wants to send money from his XOOM account to his contact. The stupid policy of XOOM interferes with the fundamental rights of A and B by stating that the same bank account cannot be used in XOOM by A and B independently. We wanted to file a claim on XOOM. XOOM refuses to send in the legal contact info so that we can send a legal notice for contractual violation (nowhere XOOM has explicitly stated that two XOOM accounts cannot share one common bank account for money transfer."
Updated review: May 8, 2014
it seems there was some confusion about the dates since I was trying to perform multiple transaction in couple of days and the money debited from my US account was of previous transcation.
Original Review: May 8, 2014
I had transferred money on 5th May, 2014 (8:25 AM PDT) and I was relaxed with the assumption that the money must have transferred to my recipient India account (HDFC, which they claim gets transfer instantly). After 1 day my family updated me that they have not received money in Indian Bank account. Strangely I never got any mail/status from xoom that tells that my transaction was unsuccessful. Logged in to xoom site and I was not able to see my transaction in the transaction history (with error STATUS) but money was debited from my US account.
I am following up with them and I was told by the call center person that the recipient name did not match with the Indian Account name (middle name was missing in my recipient name. Strangely I was sending to same recipient for last 4 times using xoom and I did not had any issue in past). It has been almost 3 days and they still do not have clue of where the money is and they reported me that Indian partner bank is working on this case. I am helpless and waiting for their response and my family is waiting for the money.
Reviewed May 1, 2014
I have been using Xoom for at least 8 years now to transfer money to the Philippines. I have never been ripped off but I am unhappy with their service. In particular their credit/debit card services. We started out using our debit card as a form of payment because we wanted the money to come out of our checking account. Now my bank declines use of our debit card on the Xoom website citing security reasons. (My Bank Never Charged Us Any Cash Advance Fees for Either The Credit or Debit Card.) Xoom told us we had to use a credit card instead of a debit card. Now we use the same bank's credit card for several months now and a few days ago our transaction was declined by our bank again citing security reasons.
We have a Bank of America Credit Card and decided to use it on Xoom. My fault for not checking with them first. Bank of America charges cash advance fees when transferring money from a credit card for use on Xoom. Now we have a problem. Do we continue to pay cash advance fees because our banks credit/debit cards are no longer viable with Xoom? We have to look for another remit service and probably end up paying a higher transfer rate. I am also going to look into our banks services regarding transferring money directly to the Philippines. We send some money twice a month so those transfer fees add up.
Reviewed May 1, 2014
Wanted to send $2999 to India. Initiated the process but after completing the process online, received an email saying that they have to verify my account. They will debit my account with the money lesser than $2999, and I have to enter that exact amount on their website to verify my account. After 2 days, amount taken from my account was 2998 something. I entered this amount on their website and had to go through filling some more information. Then received email saying that the money will be deposited in to the said bank in India.
After 4 days received an email from my bank saying that XOOM.com tried to take another $2999 from my account and due to insufficient funds it was cancelled. When called XOOM.COM customer service in "Manila," after explaining for more than 38mins, they said my call has to be transferred to verification dept, for which I had to wait for 9mins then this agent come back and says he is unable to transfer my call and I have to call back another day... and just hung up the phone.
Reviewed April 22, 2014
"Cash Pickup normally in 15 minutes or less at Elektra, Bancomer, Soriana and BanCoppel" <-- This is what they state in their home page. I transfer $300 to Mexico Elektra, in which I was told by Elektra that XOOM deposits take at-least 2 to 3 hours minimum. I wasn't able to have it picked up till the next day. The money was for an Emergency, in which I relied on XOOM to provide a quick services that is clearly stated on their homepage. DO NOT USE - BEWARE
Reviewed April 2, 2014
Please do not use this company. All the operators are not from the U.S. They can steal your info anytime. That's what happened to me. They did unauthorized transaction and unfortunately, they debited my money. Luckily, my bank gave me back my money due to unauthorized used. PLEASE, PLEASE... Never use Xoom or otherwise, you can be a future victim of fraud too.
Reviewed April 1, 2014
I wish I could give less rating than 1 star. Mine was the worst case among all. My Xoom account has been hacked by somebody and there were 3 unauthorized transactions. I called Xoom immediately and told them about the issue but unfortunately the money got transferred. Then they asked me to submit an "affidavit of unauthorized use" and a copy of police report. The worst thing is I went to the police station here for the first time in my life to file a complaint.
After all this problems they have denied my appeal. I was shocked by the decision and called them so many times. But there was no proper response and moreover they started sending me the notices for the recovery of $6000. Then I did approach "Consumer Financial Protection Bureau" and lodged a complaint. Almost six months later Xoom has approved my appeal, told me like they will take appropriate actions to address all damages. Can anybody just imagine how much I was worried about for those 6 months? Anyways, I would not use XOOM again in my lifetime and I am suggesting all my friends NOT TO USE XOOM.
Reviewed March 27, 2014
I used to think Xoom was an amazing service - at least up until I had my first experience with them. I transferred $2999 to my family outside the US using Xoom on March 19, 2014. The transaction ID was **. The good news is that the money did transfer in a timely manner. Bad news is that I got hit by unanticipated fees. Now for the details: At the time of the transaction I used a Xoom coupon (code: **) that advised me that there would be no charge regardless of whether I use a Credit card or my bank account to fund the transaction. Further, I was not made aware in advance that using the credit card to fund the transaction would cause the transaction to be seen as a "Cash Advance". I completed the transaction in good faith with the understanding that there would be no charge. Unfortunately, I was subsequently hit by a $89.97 credit card transaction fees.
I reached out to Xoom to resolve the situation (potentially canceling the credit card transaction and using my bank account to fund the transaction), but their customer service was curt and said they could do nothing about it since the transaction was completed. I also reached out to my credit card company and they advised me that the best recourse was to have Xoom cancel the transaction and fund it by my bank account. However, given Xoom is unable to do so, I'm left with no choice but to complain here. I feel Xoom could have done better by intimating me in advance of the transaction that this transaction would be seen as a "Cash advance" and that I would be hit by a CC transaction fees. Given they didn't do so and I placed the transaction in good faith, I got hit by the fees that I didn't anticipate coming.
Updated review: March 13, 2014
Hello, thank you. Yes, the money was finally transferred two and a half weeks and as I had to send another amount, they debited both at the same time and caused to loose more money.
Original Review: March 11, 2014
I transferred money to Argentina two and a half week ago and it was NEVER sent. I lost track of how many times I contacted them via phone or email and it was useless!!! They asked for a lot of forms and information which I sent and they keep saying that they apologize for the inconvenience and they are still working on it!!! But, I have bills to pay that are overdue to their lack of prompt response.
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2014
Recently I tried to send money to the Philippines, as I have done on a regular basis. Well, I quit AOL and now have a new email. Went to xoom online and had forgotten my password. No longer having access to my AOL email, I tried to have the link to change password to my new email, so I called them. Spent a long time time trying to explain my problem (which I thought would be simple) to them. Finally, they said they would make the change so I could sign in now and send my money. Went to sign in and no good! Called them back and this person tells me that once you register with a certain email address, you cannot change it.
She said I need to go back online and register as a new customer. Fine, when I tried to register it refused my registration and said payment option has already been used by another client. (ME of course) So, thinking that I had previously used my credit card for my payment registration, I opted to enter my checking account to use. NOPE! Would not work! Called them back, thoroughly angered at this point. As you all know, when you call these businesses it is always going through the lengthy menu, waiting time, etc. Not to mention you must tell your story for the third time to the third new person. This time, I asked to speak with a supervisor. The rep tried her best not to allow me to do that. I persisted and waited the expected long time for this supervisor to answer.
Told her the deal (4th time) and she said nothing can be done about my situation that I needed to go get another credit card to register. Well, I don't have another credit card..don't want another and I certainly was not about to apply for one just because Xoom has a policy like this! I have sent thousands of dollars over the past 3 years and I told them that this is a nice way to treat a regular customer. I told her, "thank you, I will go to Western Union." They would rather lose a customer than change a policy that just makes no sense at all! I wonder if they ever heard of secret questions to verify a person when they forget their email??? Anyway, I went to Western Union and saved money, as their fees are cheaper.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2014
I had only one choice for quick transfer "xoom.com". Till I am xooming around xoom.com to get credit to my friends transfer account. I had transfer USA $ on Feb. 20, 2014. Today Feb 24, 2014....no credited to my friends account in India. What is the meaning of 4 hours transfer? or 40 days transfer? Big guy big delay? I need trustworthy business services. On phone line, I'm fed-up with xoom. My peace of mind "xooming". Only GOD will help me to keep peace of mind.
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2014
XOOM MONEY TRANSFER SUCKS - Never go with Xoom because they commit to transfer in 4 hours but they take days together - I am from India and I got money transferred from my friend for my urgent requirement. These guys XOOM - They say that they are tied up with PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK in India to transfer funds to all the banks in India. BUT the Fun is Customer care complaint desk people do not know WHAT IS XOOM MONEY TRANSFER and what they do.. and the Punjab National Bank Customer care SUPPORT is also worst.
I have to be in Line over phone hours together and when it is connected, they say they don't know and say that they are transferring call to the senior and disconnect the call. WORST SERVICES BY XOOM AND PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK. What's the fun of taking service charges and not sending money in time... Money transfer from USA on 16th FEB, today is 22nd FEB 2014 - Amount is not yet transferred and no tracking system. What to do now?
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2014
I do agree with all the negative reviews posted on this thread. Yes, XOOM SUCKS!!! My husband ordered to transfer money to me but it took them 2 days (which normally takes 4hrs or less to complete the transaction) and nothing happened. Upon cancellation, they didn't send any notification that they've debited my husband's account. We called XOOM and gave them options. If they can't refund us right away, better proceed with the transfer of money since they already have our money.
After our calls, they gave us the same **, no result. It's still indefinite how and when can we get our money back. This company used to be good. My family and some friends used to use this in transferring money for years but after what happened, we'll no longer transact with them. I regret I didn't mind to read reviews before. I wasn't aware XOOM is not really a good one. I've thought they're okay.
Reviewed Dec. 22, 2013
XOOM policies, besides being absurd, don't seem to have any real definition. Even though my transaction followed every letter of their policy, they still cancel the transactions with no reason why...supposedly for my own protection? They successfully protected me from sending money to a friend I have known for years. Why? Who knows....all I get is apologies..."It's for my own security."
Reviewed Nov. 24, 2013
I just received a text stating I transferred $1,000 to someone. I have never used Xoom in my life. The first person I spoke to insisted I give them my account information. What part of "I don't have an account and have never heard of Xoom before this text" do they not understand? I just about had a heart attack. I had to call back and speak to a different person who stated that they must have sent the message to the wrong number. Oh my heart. This gave me such anxiety.
Hello Shawna,
Thanks for the feedback. Yes, it certainly does sound as though one of our customers entered the incorrect phone number. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Thank you,Matthew N
Xoom Customer Service
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2013
I am still surprised by looking at so many negative comments about Xoom here. I was just checking about increasing transaction limits per year and found this forum. I was using Western Union and Indusremit before and was never aware of Xoom until my friend told me about it. Once I started using it, I would totally recommend and I already have, to use Xoom. It's been almost 6 months, used it about 10 times and never got opportunity to think bad about their service. Dispatch money on Friday (CST 9 AM) and the money will be deposited on Saturday (11 AM IST). That too with a competitive exchange rate. Mostly they have the best exchange rate. About customer service? Well so far nothing have been so wrong that I have to contact them. I have recommended Xoom to about 4 people and they all, including me, totally believe that Xoom, if not best, is really better than most of the other money transfer services.
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2013
I am not happy with Xoom. They are not giving proper service for the customer. They are not able to give the correct information trying to convince the customers. Worst service.
Hi Kumar,
I am sorry to hear that. I would really like to hear some details of your issue so that I can help resolve it. I will send you a direct message so that you can contact me.
Thank you,Matthew N
Xoom Customer Service
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2013
I usually use another money transferring service to do any transactions but a family member recommended Xoom to me as it is supposed to be pretty quick and does not need multiple steps of verification. That was the worst advice I'd listened to. I'd used Xoom to make the transfer to my bank account in India in February. I somehow assumed due to lack of time that the transaction would have taken place as I received a confirmation email about the success of the transaction. I checked in May to pay somebody else from my receiving bank account and to my surprise, there was no deposit. I then checked the details of the transaction in Xoom and the beneficiary account number was different from mine. I just did not understand how that account number came into the picture.
I sent an email to the customer service to check what happened with my money and they asked my bank statement. I sent a statement with the money deduction transaction details from my source bank account. They said they wanted the beneficiary bank account statement. I sent one for the month of March as my bank did not generate a statement for a month where there was no transaction. I explained that to the customer service but they said they wanted the bank statement for February to do anything for my complaint. Now that I've sent a bank statement from 1-Jan 2013 to 31-Mar 2013, which includes the month of February. Now, there is no reply to my emails, no matter how many I send.
I would recommend never using this company as I do not know what they did to my money or if they even care to check. I do not know why they take the beneficiary account information and other details if they don't plan to check if it indeed is the correct beneficiary when making the deposit. I'll never use their service and will stick to my previous, more reliable money transferring service even if they take longer time; at least, I'll not lose my money. This company is a scam and should not be let to do any financial transactions. I would give a ZERO rating if that is allowed!
Hello Aparna,
Thank you for your comments. Please know that even though you submitted incorrect account information, and that the funds went to the account as designated by you, we do understand that it was not intentional. We have attempted to recover the funds from the unintended recipient, but we were unsuccessful. I am sorry, but that process takes some time to complete. As a good faith gesture we have elected to refund you the full amount. As our agents have informed you, the refund will in the form of a check sent by mail. Please allow from 10 - 15 business days for delivery. Once again, we are sorry to hear of any inconvenience.
Thank you,Matthew N
Xoom Customer Service
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2013
I have been transferring money to India and these people say 2 business days (but in advertisement Amitabh says 4 hours which doesn't make sense). I still wait for 3 business days but still money will not be there in recipient's account, but I will get an email saying your transaction is complete. When I check with my recipient's account, still they did not receive it. This is a terrible trust breaking thing that Xoom has done. Now I will call customer service. They will check for 2 min. and tell me that their partner is still doing some last minute transfer, it will take 3-4 hours. This is how the Xoom service says transferring money to INDIA.
How can one trust you every time you do the delay saying some partner work is pending? How can you send an email saying transaction complete when it is not complete? After calling your customer service, then you will check and let me know that it is still under way. What kind of system you built that you people also don't know whether the transaction is completed or not, until I call you and give the transaction number? You are cheating people by your unreliable ads and also worst service.
Hello Mirza,
I have located you in our system, and the transaction in question. I am sorry for the delay, however the delay is for a necessary compliance review. Our advertisements are completely true, Xoom deposits to India take four hours during Indian banking hours. Of course if a transaction requires further compliance review, then of course that does not apply. I do apologize that you received the completed message after we had previously notified you that there was to be a delay. Again, I do apologize for any inconvenience.
Thank you,Matthew N
Xoom Customer Service
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2013
My first time using them because they advertise and promise that sending transactions is quick and easy and ALL is not true... I sent money and the recipient never received it. They have it in some kind of hold to verify bank information and called me with a lot of unprofessional and very personal/uncomfortable questions (not even worth mentioning). If they would actually advertise this I am sure no one would take business to them... I should have done my transactions with any other company instead of trying out this company full of unprofessional customer service and high fees..
I hope this helps someone out there to DO NOT even waste your time going through a headache.. We are all busy people in this country and don't need Xoom asking what are you planning to do with your life just to verify a transaction.. No one of the questions made sense or had a ** to do with money... Here is an example... "Who did you send money to? Ex-husband," "Why," "What reason," Why are you guy's divorced," "What is the closest med center to your house?"
I mean are you serious? I don't think that I am exaggerating but this questions were absolutely ridiculous.... Don't you think so?
Hello Fatima,
I am sorry for the experience. I'm happy to have your case reviewed. Please contact me directly at bloghelp@xoom.com
Thank you,Matthew N
Xoom Customer Service
Reviewed Sept. 18, 2013
I have done transfers with Xoom for more than a year with only minor delays, until now. I now have more than 10K tied up or pending and no resolution of delays in three separate transactions to my wife. Despite several telephone interviews, and email requests..... no resolution. They also have given me three different excuses for the delays. Also, they have lied to me about the root cause. Check their reputation and then do business with someone else.
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2013
Just letting you know that I was not able to add bank account information in my new account. Because I had another account with same account no. I called customer service and they said "you need to close one account" which I did from them. Now I am trying to send money and it's only let me in with ATM card. That's I don't want to send by ATM because of charges. I just want to transfer from account to account without transaction fee. I called customer service again and they said that now "you can not send money anymore" from my US bank account because it's already locked by that Xoom account. I told them just want to add that account US bank account no. They said, "No.. Our terms & c, system......"
So now I have only one choice that I can send money only from ATM card or another US bank account. So it finally concluded me that I have to change my US bank account no. Which I have only one. So forcefully I have to go for another money transfer company, means (Xoom) unfortunately, you are losing customer. Good luck, guys, and good luck especially, Xoom, because I am not sure that I can use Xoom again anymore because of their latest and wonderful "terms & c and Specially system". Good luck and be aware.
Reviewed Aug. 27, 2013
This company SUCKS. I did one transaction to Colombia and they double it up. I called and the answer from a "customer service representative" was, "I'm sorry sir but you are the only one that has access to your account," and I KNOW that I did ONLY ONE transaction... one and only transaction with this people... Now, I don't trust them. Will close the bank account before they take anymore money from it...
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2013
I am a regular user and had an emergency situation today to send money to someone who is not really my family. Xoom denied the transaction saying "Sorry Mr. **, this is not your family." You can only send money to your family or friends. I tried to explain but she would take it. Friends' family is NOT considered she said. It was my best friend's dad to whom I was sending money. Silly customer care. I liked their service but now it all went down the drain. Moving over to Money2India.
Reviewed July 20, 2013
I really have to wonder how this company stays in business? I created an account and tried using them (first time) to send to my GF in the Philippines. After sending and getting confirmation, etc., a day later, I get an email message listing a range of activities that violate their User agreement (of which I committed none). And it went on to say that sending to anyone else that has violated that User Agreement will "affect your ability to use Xoom." And so, "Based on a thorough review of your transactions and/or your recipient's transactions, we have decided to close your account." So they threw the baby out with the bathwater because of who I was trying to send to.
Well, after finding this kind of accusation to be completely out of character for my GF, I delicately asked her if she had any problem before w/ Xoom? Nothing that would seem to make any sense. Next, I called them up to inquire about this message they sent to me. The main call center says I need to talk to another department (I believe it was Security?). So they switch me over there and I get a voice mail inviting me to leave a message and they'll call me back in a day or two. Is this the way you serve your customers?? Of course, they never called back. This cowardly operation, that is unwilling to be accountable for their actions, just hopes you'll go away.
I went to Western Union. Maybe a bit more cost, but it was minimal. And they are so easy to deal with! This all happened a few months ago. I got on here today after being reminded of the experience when I was going through my mail server and saw the old Xoom emails again. During this time, and before I ever came to use Xoom, the GF has never done anything untrustworthy. Seeing how she has a fairly common name, I have to really question if Xoom even bothered to confirm she is the person they had a previous problem with? Hey, Homeland Security deals with mistaken identities all the time! Of course, in my case Xoom chose not to talk to their customer, nor to follow up on these matters.
If you haven't been disappointed by Xoom and how they operate the first time you use them, it's only a matter of time until you will be. Just read the rest of the numerous complaints here for a taste of what to expect...
Reviewed June 20, 2013
I used this company and it was the worst mistake I could make. Money sent on a Friday and it's almost 8 days and nothing to deposit the money to the account. I have called many times and with representatives Porece Computalizados all repeat exactly the very words. I have spoken to supervisors and still have not gotten solution. Supervisors are equally lost and limited to representatives. Apparently, you will pay for the service but you do the work yourself by which you paid. Never use this company. There's nothing worse. It's wasting time and money and nobody has an answer.
Hello Maria,
We are terribly sorry to hear about your recent experience. I would be happy to assist you further in resolving this issue. Please contact me directly at bloghelp@xoom.com
Thank you,Matthew N
Xoom Customer Service
Reviewed June 13, 2013
I wasn't aware of the 1 account policy with Xoom.com. So to keep my personal and joint transactions separate, I opened another account with Xoom.com. I got a call from them for transaction verifications, and I told them about my second account honestly. They asked me to disable one account, which was okay with me, until I got to know I can no longer use that account with Xoom.com again. I was really pissed, since I wasn't aware of this policy in first place. I tried asking them to merge my accounts or let me keep both, as I needed both accounts for transactions, but they heard nothing I said. For them, it was all "policies" and "system"... That's what Customer "CARE" means...
I talked to them for 1 hour... but they were not ready to understand what I was saying. On top of that, I called them to increase the limit for transactions next day, but rather than considering that, they started digging multiple accounts issues again, and threatened me to block me from their system forever. What an INSULT by XOOM.com!!! Trust me, I can write really bad words for them not, but since this is a public forum, I'm behaving. May be Xoom.com customer care should learn that too!!!
I have never in my life written bad review about any one... but Xoom.com pissed me off to the level. And never in my life had I faced a company with such inflexible policies and rude customer care!!!! I would definitely warn all my friends to stay away from Xoom.com!! Such a fraud company... You guys are there to help people make their transactions, not to insult and emotionally harass them!!! And my making multiple accounts was a MISTAKE. I wasn't aware of that policy. Write such policy in BOLD LETTERS on the front page of the site, if you are going to emotionally harass customers every time they call.
Reviewed June 12, 2013
They used to be a good company, but now they have started cheating on their customers. I saw the rate on their website and made a transaction. They display a higher rate when you review the instruction. But when you authorize the transaction, they automatically reduce the rates. When I tried contacting their call center, they are very rude and don't even speak proper English. They told me they cannot help and rates keep on changing. How could a rate change after I authorized the payment? Stay away guys. Don't give your money in their hands.
Reviewed June 12, 2013
Until now, I have transferred money multiple times via Xoom and each time they cancel my transaction and I have to call their customer service, who are very rude. They don't have a clear idea about what they do and direct your calls to multiple call centers and you have to stay on the line and waste your time with them. Their policy of calling and verifying each transaction with them personally sucks. The last time I sent money was to a friend who started an online store and I bought multiple items from his store and was his first few clients. Xoom did not approve my transaction despite being a personal money transfer. I do not recommend Xoom money transfer to anyone who wants to quickly transfer money and not waste each time calling their customer service.
Reviewed June 6, 2013
I have been transferring money to Allahabad Bank in India and these people say 4 business days (but in advertisement Amitabh says 4 hours which doesn't make sense). I still wait for 4 business days but still money will not be there in recipient account, but I will get an email saying your transaction is complete. When I check with my recipient account, still they did not receive it. This is a terrible trust breaking thing what Xoom have done. Now I will call customer service. They will check for 2 mins and tell me that their partner is still doing some last minute transfer, it will take 3-4 hours. This is how the Xoom service says transferring money to INDIA.
How can one trust you every time you do the delay say some partner work is pending? How can you send an email saying transaction complete when it is not complete? After calling your customer service then you will check and let me know that it is still underway. What kind of system you built that you people also don’t know whether the transaction is completed or not, until I call you and give the transaction number? You are cheating people by your unreliable ads and also worst service. Come on Grow up. You are not in 70's where everything is a paperwork. Try to build an application which overcomes all this!! You are using Salesforce - then use it properly. If you want, I can help you. What is this ** architecture and security services?
Reviewed June 4, 2013
I just tried sending money to the Philippines and after filling out all the information online, they contacted me requesting more documentation. Do not trust these people. They will take your identity along with your money. This was included in the email:
"To complete the referenced transaction, we will require several documents be provided to us in order to verify the transaction details and your account. Please provide all of the following so we may complete the verification process and your transaction as quickly as possible: 1. Current (not expired) government issued photo identification; 2. Your most recent bank statement showing the address which is currently listed on this transaction. You may send these documents by attaching them in response to this email or if you prefer. You may fax the documents."
I wonder how many people Xoom has scammed and stolen from. My transaction has been cancelled, and I will be tracking my account every day making sure they do not take any money from me.
Reviewed May 31, 2013
My transaction for transfer to India was cancelled, with the reason being that 'we could not locate your account'. I checked with BOA, and they confirmed that the routing/account number that I had provided was correct... Called Xoom customer service, and they advised me to reenter the account number... When I tried to edit the account number, it just shows the last four digits.
Anyways, I deleted the account and tried to add again the account number, and lo, it gave me an error message that said, "This account number is already a payment option," and when I called customer service, they informed me that even if an account number is deleted, I cannot use it again. They advised me to use another account number... STUPID FOLKS!!! Wasted four hours on this ** of a service... never again with XOOM!!!
Reviewed May 31, 2013
Xoom Money Transfer promised four-hour delivery to India. This is fake and fraudulent. Do not believe this, as your money will vanish for who knows how long. Don't believe me? Go ahead and try it for yourself.
Reviewed May 25, 2013
I gave 1 star because I can't give less than that. PLEASE DON'T USE Xoom dot com money transfer service. They cancelled my transaction with reason that they do not want to disclose to me. I talked to the supervisor and got answered, "We can cancel any transaction in our authority without any disclosure, and it’s mentioned in our discretion." If you can't be transparent about your service to your customer, you will go down soon, people...
Reviewed May 22, 2013
I requested a transfer to Colombia 13 days ago and I just cancelled the request because Pagos Internacionales (Xoom partner) in Colombia did not call the (first time) recipient. Nowhere in the process was I advised that there was such a requirement or such possible delay. I wish I had read these reviews before. I wish I could rate Xoom less than one star.
Reviewed May 8, 2013
I made online transfer from my regular bank account to my account in India. Xoom withdrew money from my account here, and nothing was transferred to my account in India. When I called customer service, they issued a case number and forwarded it to me, and said it will be resolved in 24 to 48 hours and nothing has happened up to today. It has been 15 days now and nothing showing that they are working. I call everyday to find out where my money is in India account, and the staff just keeps saying that they are working with their partner bank in India to resolve this issue. And yesterday they cut my phone twice after I announced my name and whatever identification they needed to ask, so purposely they cut phone. The third time, another rep tried to take my complaint about why I have to complain every day a new case, what happened to original case # - no answer yet. My advice is not to transfer with Xoom, ever.
Reviewed April 25, 2013
Over 2 weeks ago, I requested a money transfer to my contractor in Mexico. This was the 3rd transaction to the same party within the past month. After 10 days, they requested that I send a copy of my passport, which I did. Still the money did not transfer. I called customer service and requested that they cancel the transaction. That was over 2 days ago. To date, the transaction has not been cancelled and I don't dare use another service to transfer the money lest my account be charged twice for the same transfer. This is a horrible money transfer service and I would not recommend that anyone use Xoom to transfer money. It will cause you nothing but grief and extreme frustration.
Reviewed April 22, 2013
In all Itaú branches I visited in Brazil, nobody could tell me about XOOM because simply they never heard about it. In Xoom's website it's clearly visible that they work with Itaú, but that's not what I witnessed when trying to collect the order. Unfortunately, I had to cancel all orders and replace with MoneyGram. Shame on you Xoom.
Reviewed April 11, 2013
I made online transfer from my regular bank account to my parents' account in India. Now all of a sudden, none of the payments are processing and transactions were cancelled. When I called customer service, they issued a case number and forwarded me to verification department to resolve it. The staff answering the query doesn't even know what they are telling me about the problem. They said my mother and father have the same address as receipt and that is why they blocked their bank to process transfer? Can someone explain what do they expect me to make changes in my account to make the transfer? Should I ask my parents to have different address on their bank accounts? What does that mean? I have made transfers to the same account in the past. Just imagine... customer service and skilled staff they have to handle.
Reviewed April 1, 2013
A simple wire transfer from US to Canada became a major pain. The money did not arrive after nine days. They withdrew the money twice from my account. Numerous phone calls and emails failed to resolve the issue. I had to pay another $35 to my bank to stop payment on the second withdrawal. But somehow, they deposited both withdrawals to Canadian Bank and then sent me to collections! Another $30 to send the money back to Xoom’s Corporate Office from Canada, and that was 10 days ago and there is still no resolution. They are unprofessional at least and a rip-off at worst.
Reviewed March 30, 2013
I have lost $4100 in fraud transaction from this website. Think multiple times before using these services.
Reviewed March 28, 2013
I was on the phone with their customer service representatives for almost 1 hour. They canceled my transactions and said the recipients were blocked or something. They have the worst customer service.
Reviewed March 26, 2013
In the Galapagos Islands, I had little to no access to ATMs. That was okay because Xoom advertise locations to pick up money. Boy, was I taken for days of wasted time on my vacation trying to access money. I tried to pick up money at multiple banks and multiple locations. No bank ever heard of Xoom. Customer support’s response was they wouldn't call the bank or contact in Ecuador to try and help me. Instead, they emailed a mainland ambassador who eventually claimed that everything was working fine on the islands (which obviously was not).
I tried a new transfer on the mainland and every bank had the same story, no knowledge of Xoom as a company. Customer support had the same story and I still have no money. The only reason I continued to try Xoom was because it worked so easily for me in Argentina (thus two stars instead of one). Xoom can easily fix this problem by stopping its false advertising and removing Ecuador from their transfer dropdown.
Hello Kay,
I am sorry to hear about your recent experience. We have located you in our system and we will follow up with our partner in Ecuador, and make the necessary changes to ensure this does not occur in the future.
Thank you,Matthew N
Xoom Customer Service
Reviewed March 22, 2013
I'm upset right now after I talked to a customer service rep named Miranda at Xoom Customer Service. I don't like how she handled things. I always send money at Xoom Money Transfer every month, sometimes twice a month to my family. This morning, I sent money to my bank account in the Philippines. When I came home, I checked my email to see if the money I sent this morning went through, because it was my first time to send money to my bank account. Then, I received an email that said, "Regretfully, we have encountered a problem processing your recent money transfer with the Xoom Transaction. The bank account information provided in this transaction does not match bank records for an active account."
So I called them and I talked to this lady named Miranda. She talked to me and got all the information she needed. I also told her that that was my first time to send money to my bank account and she asked me to hold on for a moment, and I waited for a while. She did not know that I could hear them. That's what made me very upset because they made fun of my transaction. She kept laughing. Even when she was answering the phone, she was still laughing. I don't know what I put in there that made her laugh to death. It's not nice you know. I don't know why there is no professionalism. I hate people like that. Right now, I don't want to send or use Xoom Money Transfer - I hate it.
Reviewed March 15, 2013
I called Xoom customer services because money that had be taken out of my account was not deposited into my cousin’s account. I called them 3 times. Finally, I got hold of someone and I explained the situation. They said I needed to have the recipient email a screenshot of their account showing that the transaction had not gone through. He did. They e-mailed him back saying they could not accept the e-mail and that the e-mail should come from me. I should have access to his account? Anyway, I had him forward the e-mail to me and I forwarded them the e-mail. They told me that the e-mail was not coming from my account. I asked them to explain how would I forward an e-mail, which was sent to my account, from someone else's account. They are morons. I still have not resolved the situation and now I may be out $2400.00. I'm furious.
Reviewed March 5, 2013
The first time when I sent the money, it was successful. Second time, it was cancelled even without notifying me (not even through an email). I tried the third time after a month and it was cancelled immediately (I guess automatically). I called customer service. They asked me to send my latest bank statement and photo ID. I sent a scanned copy of my US driving license and bank statement. I received an email saying that they were not legible when viewed or do not meet the requirements previously set forth. The copies that I sent were crystal clear (color) copies. They asked me again to send another bank statement and passport copy. I don't recommend using Xoom. I am not sure why they are doing like this. I guess they don't want to be in "Money Transfer" business.
Reviewed March 2, 2013
Dealing with these illiterate fools about a transaction they cancelled for no reason was infuriating to say the least. The company should be disbanded and no one should ever attempt to use them.
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2013
I will not use Xoom Money Transfer in the future and I do not recommend anyone to do so. Not good on communication and very bad service. If you decide to send money above $100, consider your transaction is going to be cancelled without a proper explanation. When the agent could not give me one, he just said I should use another service to send my money. Xoom should be upfront and quit the false advertisement!
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2013
If you are interested in just sending $50 to someone in Philippines, then Xoom is okay and fast, usually within a few minutes of getting your account setup. But if you want to send more than the $2,999 then go somewhere else, and don't waste your time. Xoom wanted copies of my passport, pay stub, W2, and work and home phone number, home address, driver's license, bank account statements, utility bills, and even my birth certificate to prove that I am the person who is sending the money. That is outrageous. They even had the gall to call me on my home phone and asked for my wife's name, child's name, and my relatives that live with me. I stupidly gave them the info, thinking it was legit.
Xoom followed up with an email asking more documentation to be scanned and emailed to them. Anyways, I went ahead and scanned all of those documents, and emailed it to them. I know I got the correct email, because their customer service emailed me first with the document request. They promised 3 to 5 days to review and upgrade my account to level 3 to send more than $6,000 per month limit. Ha ha, it has been over two weeks, I sent them on 22 January 2013 and it is now 4 Feb. 2013, and still no answer by Xoom. I am wondering what in the world they are doing with my documents. I am wondering if I made the worst mistake in my life now, they got all my info. Their customer Service is so slow. Go to Western Union if you want to send thousands; at least they won't ask for your firstborn's child's name.
Reviewed Feb. 3, 2013
The transaction was made and my family received the money. XOOM, however, suspended my account due to their claim of my bank for denying payment. Since I need to send money and couldn't wait to resolve the allegation, I decided to charge my card again to re-open my account. Right after the transaction was made, I checked my bank account and it appears that payment was made from the initial transaction. I provided a partial copy of my bank statement.
It's so transparent that the amount was deducted from my account. They said that this will not suffice without my account number and full name on the statement. Oh my god, do you think I would trust your company with my personal information after what you guys are putting me through? I'm currently working in Iraq and away from my family to make ends meet and this is the kind of service or treatment I get from your company. I guess, now, I just need to play with their rules and wait for my next bank statement.
Reviewed Feb. 3, 2013
If you pay with a credit card, you are going to receive a cash advance fee from your bank after the transaction is paid. I received an additional charge of 10 dollars. It is expensive to use this service.
Reviewed Jan. 23, 2013
For several years I used Xoom to send money to friends and relatives in Australia and the Philippines. Over two years ago, I attempted a transfer to my friend's friend who unknown to me was on some list Xoom maintains (but won't share) of people who they have banned. The transaction was cancelled and I have no problem with that. But since then, every other transaction I've attempted has been canceled too. I can't even send money to myself. Repeated requests for information get nothing but canned email replies and canned monologues from their customer service personnel. I would just like some answers to simple questions like "Am I banned for life?" and "Am I banned from receiving money too?" But for two years they have refused to answer.
Hello Ray,
We apologize for any inconvenience, but our user agreement is very specific with regards to this matter. Please note section 6a and 6e from the Xoom user agreement:
"General. We may, at any time and in our sole discretion, refuse any Transaction or limit the amount to be transferred, either on a per Transaction basis or on an aggregated basis without prior notice. Any such limits may be imposed on individual accounts, linked accounts, or on related accounts or households, in Xoom's sole discretion. We reserve the right at any time, and from time to time, to modify or discontinue the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice."
"Unauthorized Transactions. You may not use the Service in violation of this User Agreement or applicable laws, rules or regulations. It is a violation of the User Agreement to use the Service for commercial purposes, including (without limitation) for purchases of goods or payments for services of any kind. Xoom may cancel any Transaction and close any account that it suspects is being utilized for any of the following activities (without limitation): sexually-oriented materials or services; gambling activities; fraud; money-laundering; funding terrorist organizations; purchase or sale of tobacco, firearms, prescription drugs, or other controlled substances; or sending money to a Recipient that has violated the User Agreement. If you use the Service in connection with illegal conduct, Xoom reserves the right to report you to the appropriate law enforcement agency or agencies."
Once again we apologize for any inconvenience and wish you the best in finding a service that is better suited to your needs.
Thank you,Matthew N
Xoom Customer Service
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2013
Xoom is a ripoff. They should alert the user that a cash transaction will be made if you use credit card - simple as that. They posted something bogus like, "If you use credit card, a small fee may be charged." Small! I got the surprise this transaction was categorized as cash transaction because according to the bank, Xoom corporation is listed as Money Transfer-Merchant - which is considered as cash advance. So the small fee happened to be $36.35. This is **. Please dear, if you can read this review, stay away from Xoom. There is plenty of other options.
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2012
Well, I used this service twice. The next time I tried to use Xoom, they sent me an email asking for my recipient's copy of identification. Xoom knew that my recipients are in Mexico. I called Xoom to let them know that I can't give them that information because I am here in the USA and they are in Mexico but they did not care. The person told me that they still need that information anyway. I explained but the rep did not understand me and would not help me, so I canceled my transaction. I was sending my parents money for Christmas and they did not receive anything.
Thanks to Xoom for this kind of request and now my parents will not receive the money. I do not recommend this joke of company. Xoom wants more information than a bank. Why does the government let them do as they please? We are people who deserve respect. Where is your service ethics and professionalism? That company has no manager, boss or somebody that will put the company in order.
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2012
I am very upset with the Xoom Customer Service and specially with your transaction cancellation process. I have made two transactions last week on 12/22/2012 at 11:17 pm and 11:21 pm for the amounts of $147 and $149.99 respectively. To do the transfer, I used the wrong bank account and also informed the same to a customer service agent by the name Karen ** about it at 11:23 pm to report the same. So as per my conversation with the CSR, she said the request had been submitted and confirmation would be sent by email.
Today, 12/26/2012, I have seen the transactions worth $147 & $149.99 on my account. even after cancellation request which in turn resulted in -$70 service charge because of insufficient funds caused by unwanted transaction by Xoom. When I called the customer service with the above concern, they just said that I was responsible for all the transactions including $147, $149.99 and -$70. This has been a very unfair business practice by Xoom and even after my immediate proactive request to cancel my transaction, they still processed the transaction without my consent.
Reviewed Dec. 19, 2012
I got an email from Xoom stating that I was being banned, something about violating the rules or whatever? All I used it for was sending money to my fiancee and friends in Philippines, nothing shady. I emailed Xoom asking for explanation. They said their ruling stands and I was banned. What kind of company does that? Service was good while it lasted.
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2012
Xoom repeatedly told me that the money was at my bank, but not to contact my bank directly. They continually asked me to fill out more and more forms, including one that would have given an unknown 3rd party the exclusive right to manage transfers involving my account. My bank explained to me that practice is illegal and that no money had arrived at anytime since I began my transfer through Xoom.
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2012
Worst money transfer service yet! Please do not use if you value your money. I called and was hung up on six times. My money is gone. There's no recourse (sad).
Reviewed Dec. 10, 2012
You must tell us that with a credit card, we receive an additional charge of 10 dollars. It is so expensive to use this service.
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2012
A friend was trying to send us money, but her transaction to our bank account was declined. When she called the Xoom verification center, she was transferred to some kind of outsourcing agents in Mexico who told her that no transactions could be processed to our bank account. But when she asked why, they would not tell her the reasons. As the recipients, we immediately called the Xoom verification agent who said they were not allowed to give recipients any information whatsoever, but would to the sender. My friend, the sender, called them again and they refused again to give her any explanations and hung up the phone.
This company holds both of our bank accounts, addresses and personal info and will not share our concerns honestly. Their customer service is unfriendly, uses poor English speaking and makes us feel very uncomfortable. For everybody's security, I do not recommend using Xoom to send money anywhere. It is very scary. I do not recommend this company.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2012
I'm sending money to Angeles City, Philippines and every time I send dollars, my recipient has to go to all the places to find one that has dollars available. It’s nonsense sending dollars and be charged for $7.99 and then you get pesos. Sucks.
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2012
I have sent a new customer, Rafael **, and you guys promised to send a $25 gift certificate. I haven't received it yet; it's almost a month. I don't know what's going on.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2012
I’m a regular sender to Manila, Philippines. I have been transferring to the same account on Lady Maan **. Her bank is RCBC. Every month that I send/ transfer to her same account, it takes days to be completed. I want to know why. Just right now, it has been 24 hours already since the transfer was made and still the deposit is in progress. This is my recent transaction ** (To Lady Maan **, Sender: Severino **). I need to know if I should find another company to do my business.
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2012
Xoom is not clear with how they work. They say it's fast but once I tried to make a transaction with a credit card, they later on told me (after I called twice) that it takes up to 48 hrs to process and verify a credit card. I canceled that transaction and after I tried with a debit card, because I needed the transaction to go immediately, I had to call them again to verify that the transaction had gone through. They told me that they had to verify my identity. Xoom proceeded to go through the longest process of verification asking me about my relationship, phone number, reason of transaction and a lot of personal information. My bank doesn't even ask me this amount of questions! And after that, the representative was rude to me when I asked her to repeat the information. I am never using this company again!
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2012
I have used this service for a friend of mine's recommendation, but in the first transaction, my sister waited almost 36 hrs. to receive the money in her house. I sent from NJ, USA to Santo Domingo, DR.
Reviewed Nov. 11, 2012
No delivery on time.
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2012
Stay away! Xoom Corporation started charging credit cards as cash advance without informing customers about this. I discovered it since I check my credit card all the time to prevent identity thief and unauthorized charges. Lo and behold! If you are charged as cash advance in your credit card, you will incur interest rates on top of the Xoom fee and transaction fee. Picture this: $250 money transfer + 6.99 Xoom fee + $13 transaction fee + % interest rate since it is a cash advance! OMG. I called Xoom customer service and the lady on the phone said that they have informed customers about this and it is on their website. Uh, where?!
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2012
Yes, this is about my $50 Skype promotion. They gave me a confirmation code that never worked and I contacted them via email about it and they kept asking me if I can send a picture about what showed every time I put the code, but it kept saying error code on the message. I sent them the picture and they just kept messaging back that I need a picture. So, I just give up and I don’t want to waste my time on it. This is the code that they gave me: **. I attached the picture that shows up every time I put the code that shows error. I hope to hear anything from it, but I’m not hoping too much.
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2012
I hate Xoom. It needs to go out of business. For as long as we live in America, I have helped my family back home financially, and it breaks my heart when they are in need. I discovered Xoom through Google.com long before they started their commercials on TV. But on three different occasions, they have failed me. Xoom is greedy for gain. They don't care about people. If they did, they would have better policies.
My grandmother is sick, and I pay for her medications every month. On two occasions, I have sent money to Panama, and my family can't get it because the companies that Xoom has listed to disburse the money don't even do business with Xoom. And their website leads to confusion. It says that you can send up to $2,999.00. Most people would think that that is the limit per transaction. But no, that is the monthly limit you can send.
I went over that once within a month, and they trapped my money. Had I not called them, they would have never called me about it. After that, it took them over a week to place the money back into my account. I hate Xoom and everything that hates my family's well-being. I deeply regret doing business with them. I am heading back to money gram.
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2012
I'm completely satisfied. I was referred to Xoom by a friend and I found it very easy to use and was highly prompt in time. The funds were transferred mostly within 24 hours. More than that, the locked in exchange rate feature is indisputable. You just know how much the recipient is going to receive and the regular status updates also keeps you informed of the action that is currently taken. Only thing I found bad is the limit on the fund transferred. This could be eased or the process to increase limit could be more transparent.
Reviewed Sept. 30, 2012
My dad had done 2 transactions at different dates to send money to the Dominican Republic. The one transaction of $25 was multiplied 2 times more at a different date within 4 minutes - and my dad wasn't even home. The second wire transfer of $50 was duplicated once at different times in a day. There were a total of 3 transactions that were not authorized and delivered to recipients. My dad’s account was over-drafted and they have nothing to say other than, “We understand, but it was delivered.” I am fighting and reporting them to the BBB and I want to be refunded the overdraft money and the charge for sending money, which was not authorized to be taken out of my account. I call this stealing out of my bank account.
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2012
I hate Xoom! They are the worst companies I have ever dealt with. I needed to send money to Mexico higher than the credit limit. They asked me to send documentation of my financial status to their fraud department to increase that line of credit and it's been three months and have never received an answer. After several calls (which I believe they outsource their call center in India), I finally gave up. They have not increased it nor have they given an answer of where the process is. Do not use Xoom, if you are smart.
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2012
not do it and by the time that I called last, the banks in Peru were closed. The deposit was finally made the day after. I have friends using Xoom and they are very happy with it. I will give it another try. I will see how it goes.
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2012
I used Xoom to transfer money back home to India. I had been using another service which would take more than a week to setup and then take 5+ days to see money reflect in the India account. With Xoom, it was a breeze. It took me a few minutes to setup an account and send my first transfer. My family picked up the money in a few hours and I even got a bonus for being referred by a friend. Since then, I have been using the service every other month and it never disappointed me. I don't have to go hunting for a money transfer service.
Reviewed March 15, 2012
Xoom Money Transfer is a fraud! I made the transaction in February. It is now March 15th, and I still have not received my money. People, don’t believe in Xoom. They are a fraud.
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2012
I took a vacation to Mexico and while in Mexico, decided to use Xoom to transfer money to my step son online. Xoom never said a damn thing about having to send M documentation to AZ.
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2011
I had an account with them to help my fiance in the Philippines, but one day, for no apparent reason, my account was closed. A few days later, they sent me an email explaining that the fraud department had decided to close my account permanently and that there was nothing I could do to grieve my case.
At that point, I was forced to open an account with MoneyGram which charges higher fees. I was also under severe mental and emotional distress because I was very worried about my fiance who is dependent on me.
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2010
We needed to wire money to the Philippines to help a family member who was having a medical emergency. The transaction was begun November 26, 2010 and as of December 3, 2010 the money still wasn't received! The customer service representative had no logical explanation for the delay so we filed a complaint with the California Dept of Financial Institutions, who licenses Xoom. For those who also victims of Xoom, here's a link to the complaint page: https://www.survey.dfi.ca.gov/dficase/programs/eComplaint/dfi_ecomplaint.aspx
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2010
So, My brother and I send money to our relatives in regular basis. I have always use AFEX, but my brother convince me to try XOOM and I did. This is the only and last time I will use those scammers services. I went to the web site to do the money transfer and the web site prompt me to chose one of two options: debit or credit. I choose credit since I didn't want to deal with pin numbers and so on. The transaction cost me 5.99 and I was happy it took 2 minutes.
Very simple. Then a month later, I got my credit card bill with a 31.75 fee that they were charging me for cash advance and foreign transaction fee because XOOM run my credit card as a cash advance! They also penalize me with a 19.94 for the cash advance. I called them and told them they should have been more specific when they say, you can pay with your credit card. They said this is an option you could chose (which I never saw, because is in grey little letters), and you have to chose services--bla, bla.
I think this is very dishonest of them to not be specific and clear of how much the transaction is going to cost and the risk involve. They just want to get the money out of you no matter what! I talked to three different people (Laura **, Robert ** and somebody else under the supervision of Mary **) and send them all the proof they ask for. They kept blaming me for not read the fine prints! Do not use this service! Use Afex instead. What you see is what you get. No surprises later.
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2010
On Sept 8th, I initiated an online money transfer from my account in US to a recipient in Canada via Xoom.com. The money from my account was debited the same day but the recipient never received the funds even after 2 weeks. After my complaints, they cancelled my transaction saying that I provided the wrong account number for the recipient. I have screenshots and proof of the account numbers from the recipient's bank statement and confirmation from Xoom''s customer service reps that the recipient account number I provided was accurate. Now it is Sept 20, 2010, they have started the refund process and I was told it will take 5 business days.
Reviewed June 21, 2010
I also had my Xoom account disabled. I did nothing to violate their terms of service. I am trying to do something about it. I went to the Better Business Bureau (BBB) in San Francisco, which is where Xoom is located, and filed a complaint. I am get a response from the BBB and thought if more of us did this, then at least we can get an answer and maybe our accounts enabled. If you didn’t do anything to violate their terms of service, then I think it would be helpful if other did the same thing. The poor people in poor countries depended on me for help every now and then. They are the ones who have suffered economic problems, and I have lost the ability to help them.
Reviewed May 27, 2010
I've been using Xoom.com for a while. I had my little problems, but it got worked out. Then they sent me two emails wanting all of this information to upgrade my account. I sent most of it, then they sent me another email saying that I still need one more piece of information. So, I finally sent it. As soon as it was sent, they disabled my account. They didn't tell me, I just couldn't log on. I changed passwords twice to see what happened and could never log back on. I emailed them back twice and finally got a response....it says I violated their TOS and it is final and cannot be repealed.
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2010
Payment confirmation screen prompts you to authorize payment but shows no amount. I sent the wrong amount and was charged the transaction fee. The transaction was rejected because I had the wrong exchange rate and again, was charged the transaction fee.
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2010
I sent money to be deposited in Mexican bank account but never got there despite Xoom agents telling me the transaction was complete.
Reviewed Dec. 29, 2009
The money I transferred to my mother in South Africa disappeared. After almost 2 weeks, my mother still has not received the money. I am still waiting for Xoom customer service to come back to me with an explanation or follow up. I guess I am going to be out of pocket on this money as I doubt whether either I or my mother will ever see it again!
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2009
I was trying to send money with this company to my family in Colombia. For some reason, the transfer was canceled. But the money was taken from my credit card. I contacted them to ask for a solution, and until now, after one week, they are not doing anything, and actually, they are not answering my emails.
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