26, Report:
#421898
Posted Date:
Feb 09 2009
Advanta Bank Corp Raised my rate by 5 times - I have been a customer for 5 years Springhouse, Pennsylvania
I have had an account for 5 years with Advanta and never missed a payment and always paid substantially over the minimum. Last week Advanta raised my rate from 6.99% to 30.19%!
Tom
Fresno, CaliforniaU.S.A.
Entity
Advanta Bank Corp
Categories: Banks
27, Report:
#419997
Posted Date:
Feb 08 2009
Advant Bank Laid Off Draper Utah
I've been employed by Advanta Bank Corp for 6 years. Yesterday, Feb 2, I went to work and started my shift at 7:30 a.m. and by 11:00 a.m. I was laid off, along with all the other members of our call center, manager and all. Beware all of your calls will now to to India. For the l...
Entity
Advanta Bank
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
28, Report:
#418209
Posted Date:
Feb 08 2009
Advanta Bank Corporation Jacked up my business credit card interest rate by 300% with no justification Springhouse Pennsylvania
My company opened a business credit card account with Advanta Bank Corp about a year ago with an introductory interest rate of 7.99%. Once past the introductory period, rates were fluctuating from 8-10% on balances carried forward.
Charges have not exceeded about 50% of the cre...
Entity
Advanta Bank Corporation
Categories: Credit Card Processing (ACH) Companies
29, Report:
#420066
Posted Date:
Feb 04 2009
Advanta Bank Corp Raised interest rate on small business credit card to over 37% for no apparent reason Philadelphia Pennsylvania
This credit card company raised the interest rate (APR) on our small business account to 37.18% APR. We make our payments on time every month. We also noticed that, concurrent with the rate change, the 'convenience' checks with low interest rates stopped being issued.
Nicodemus ...
Entity
Advanta Bank Corp
Categories: Credit Card Processing Companies
30, Report:
#418215
Posted Date:
Jan 30 2009
Advanta Bank Corporation Increased credit card interest rate by over 300% without justification or adequate notice Springhouse Pennsylvania
My company opened a business credit card account with Advanta Bank Corp about a year ago with an introductory interest rate of 7.99%. Once past the introductory period, rates were fluctuating from 8-10% on balances carried forward.
Charges have not exceeded about 50% of the cre...
Entity
Advanta Bank Corporation
Categories: Credit Card Processing (ACH) Companies
31, Report:
#417112
Posted Date:
Jan 28 2009
Advanta Credit Card, advanta Bank Corp raised interest rates without cause to usuarious rates Salt Lake City Utah
I had a business card taken out with adavanta bank corp, I paid all my payments on time without delay and never went over the limit, they changed my rate from 9.99 to a whopping 32 percent in april of 2008 then when I contacted them inquiring they closed the account so that I could ...
Entity
Advanta Bank Corp
Categories: Banks
32, Report:
#416272
Posted Date:
Jan 26 2009
Advanta Bank Corp increase intrest rate from 14.9% to 36.33% without notice Philadelphia Pennsylvania
i notice in my monthly bill the interest rate went from 14.9% to 36.33%. when i call them and try to reason whith them , they told me it is nothing they can do, and they had notified me. that is a lie. they never contacted me or mail me anything.
Vasilis t
centerville, Massachus...
Entity
Advanta Bank Corp
Categories: Attorney Generals
33, Report:
#416016
Posted Date:
Jan 25 2009
ADVANTA BANK CORP Advanta CEO Dennis Alter introduced MADOFF PONZI SCHEME for new elite investors (AKA suckers) Salt Lake City Utah
Advanta CEO Dennis Alter is introducing Madoff PONZI Scheme for elite investors (suckers) this week while his Advanta stock (ADVNA) has tanked to barely fifty seven cents just the other day. Many experts strongly believe Advanta is unlikely to survive in this type of market environm...
Entity
ADVANTA BANK CORP
Categories: Government Stupidity
34, Report:
#415276
Posted Date:
Jan 23 2009
Advanta Bank Corp Unwarranted interest rate increase to my small business credit card. Spring House Pennsylvania
I opened a business credit card with Advanta Bank Corp in early 2007. They raised my interest rate from 7.99% to 12.99% in Feb 2008 then to 30.39% in Aug 2008 then to 31.31% in Oct 2008. I contacted them to ask for the reasons and was told that my credit reports indicated a proble...
Entity
Advanta Bank Corp
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
35, Report:
#409372
Posted Date:
Jan 11 2009
Advanta Bank Corp. Crooks in Suits Draper Salt Lake City Utah
Advanta Bank Corp.
P.O. Bx. 30715
Salt Lake City, Utah 84130-0715
Jan. 7, 2009
Sirs,
This letter serves to inform you that I wish to cancel my small business credit card account with your bank.
Advanta Platinum Business card # XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
Close this acco...
Entity
Advanta Bank Corp.
Categories: Credit Card Processing Companies
36, Report:
#408235
Posted Date:
Jan 06 2009
Advanta Bank Corp BEWARE-YOU WILL BE NEXT Philadelphia Pennsylvania
I just recieved my bill from Advanta,and it looks like I am in the same boat as every one here. Never late with a pymt. and always overpaid the amount due. Interest rate went from 9.99% three months ago to 37.18% this billing. It is outrageous what this Company has done to it's cust...
Entity
Advanta Bank Corp
Categories: BBB Better Business Bureau
37, Report:
#404717
Posted Date:
Dec 26 2008
ADVANTA BANK CORP DECECEPTIVE PRACTICE OF 15 DAY NOTICE OF RATE CHANGE SALT LAKE CITY Utah
I would like to report a complaint against ADVANTA BANK CORP for deceptive practices. We own a small business and use ADVANTA revolving credit. We have never missed a payment and have always paid much more than what was due. Our FICA score has always been very good.
On June 5,...
Entity
ADVANTA BANK CORP
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
38, Report:
#403410
Posted Date:
Dec 25 2008
Advanta Bank Corp. Intent on Injuring clients personal credit Spring House, Pennsylvania
I had excellent credit history with no negative reports ever until recently when a now defunct LLC I previosuly owned settled a business credit card account with Advanta Bank. Through my attorney we contacted Advanta to inform them the business had failed and we wanted to settle the...
Entity
Advanta Bank Corp.
Categories: Miscellaneous Companies
39, Report:
#399840
Posted Date:
Dec 10 2008
Advanta Bank Corp. enormous increase in rate Salt Lake City Utah
For those of us who are card holders with Advanta, we are not only paying for the big corporate bail outs already in place through the government, we are also paying for Advanta's bail out as they are doing it on their own terms by increasing their rates to such a level that we are ...
Entity
Advanta Bank Corp.
Categories: Banks
40, Report:
#399606
Posted Date:
Dec 09 2008
Advanta Bank Corp Here's the letter I sent to the Utah BBB Salt Lake City Utah
25 Nov 2008
Utah BBB
5673 S. Redwood Rd. #22
Salt Lake City UT 84123-5322
To Whom It May Concern:
My February 2008 credit card statement from Advanta Bank Corp. of Salt Lake City reflected an increase in my APR from 7.99% to 16.99%; similarly, my APR jumped to 34.99...
Entity
Advanta Bank Corp
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
41, Report:
#399562
Posted Date:
Dec 09 2008
Advanta Bank Corp Got Me Too Raised Rates 7.9 To 27% In 1 Jump Raised rates overnight , I oaid on time , and more than min each month Salt Lake City Utah
These guys are crooks,
As soon as you get a balance they think you can not pay they raise the rates, Thankfully, I had credti elsewhere and paid them off, after my call about rates recieved an e-mail on customer satisfaction, I told them I was not going to close my account but w...
Entity
Advanta Bank Corp
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
42, Report:
#398101
Posted Date:
Dec 05 2008
Advanta Credit Cards For Small Business Advanta Bank Corp. is like an animal that eats it's young Salt Lake City Utah
Advanta feeds on the people who will pay....to get money they can't get from people who can't or won't pay anymore.
I, like many other people have been paying my Advanta credit card as I should....no late payments, I paid more than the minimum and I'd even paid down my balance to g...
Entity
Advanta Credit Cards For Small Business
Categories: BBB Better Business Bureau
43, Report:
#395819
Posted Date:
Dec 05 2008
Advanta Bank Corp. Extortionist credit card rates Salt Lake City Utah
Advanta just raised the interest rate on active credit cards to LIBOR + 32.59%, or a MINIMUM rate of 36.99%. This rate is higher than the 'vig' charged by criminal loan sharks and yet our government is doing nothing about it. Write the US Attorney General, the FTC, and the pertinen...
Entity
Advanta Bank Corp.
Categories: Banks
44, Report:
#397265
Posted Date:
Dec 03 2008
ADVANTA BANK CORP. Advanta trying to strangle consumers and businesses Salt Lake City Utah
My husband is a victim of unfair practices by Advanta Bank Corp. with offices in Salt Lake City, Utah and also Spring House PA.
They solicited his business and offered him a low rate for his business with a Platinum Business Card. They would keep sending him checks to use too. H...
Entity
ADVANTA BANK CORP.
Categories: Miscellaneous Companies
45, Report:
#397264
Posted Date:
Dec 03 2008
Advanta Bank Corp. Platinum Business Card interest rate raised to 37.18% for purchases & 39.18% for cash advances. No reason!! Pay more than minimum & on time. Salt Lake City Utah
Advanta Bank Corp. raised the interest rate on my Platinum Business Card to 37.18% for purchases and 39.18% for cash advances.
They have no reason for doing this. I pay more than the minimum due and pay on time.
This is nothing but legalized extortion and these kind of pr...
Entity
Advanta Bank Corp.
Categories: Bait-and-Switch
46, Report:
#393215
Posted Date:
Dec 03 2008
ADVANTA BANK CORP ADVANTA BANK CORP WORST RIP OFF/SCAM AROUND Salt Lake City Utah
The old you missed the opt out period so we raised your rate from 11% to 36+/-%. The only problem is, I never received an opt out notice. How do you prove a negative. The only response I received after sending a writen request was a letter stating that my letter was considered a ...
Entity
ADVANTA BANK CORP
Categories: Credit Card Processing Companies
47, Report:
#395959
Posted Date:
Nov 29 2008
Advanta Bank Corp. (credit Card) Like many others, I had my CC rate increased (twice!) for no apparent reason Salt Lake City Utah
Well, like many others out there, I got taken to the cleaners by Advanta.
They raised my credit card rate not once, but twice within the first six months of 2008; they did so with no sound reason and my inquiries to them have been met with the utmost vagueness.
Here's my think...
Entity
Advanta Bank Corp. (credit Card)
Categories: Credit Card Processing (ACH) Companies
48, Report:
#395863
Posted Date:
Nov 29 2008
Advanta Bank Corp Credit Card SCAM! 2.99% to 38.18% !!! UNETHICAL! Salt Lake City Utah
I have had an account with Advanta for slightly over two years. I signed up under the intro rate of 2.99% (life of balance transfer) - I never charged anything on the card other than what I transferred to it initially. I have excellent credit and have NEVER been late on this card. I...
Entity
Advanta Bank Corp Credit Card
Categories: Credit Card Processing (ACH) Companies
49, Report:
#394829
Posted Date:
Nov 26 2008
Advanta Bank Corp ADVANTA CREDIT CARD EXTORTION TACTICS RAISING INTEREST RATE TO 35.18% FOR NO REASON! Draper Utah
ADVANTA BANK CREDIT CARD COMPANY IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER. MY COMPANY CARD HAD A 7.9% INTEREST RATE AND WITHOUT NOTICE IT CHANGED TO 35.18%. PAYMENTS MADE ON TIME, NOT BEHIND OR OVER LIMIT. ADVANTA'S TACTICS WILL FURTHER AFFECT THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY ACR...
Entity
Advanta Bank Corp
Categories: Banks
50, Report:
#380172
Posted Date:
Nov 26 2008
Advanta Bank Corp Raised my business card interest rate to 36.31%. All payments were on time. All minimums were met. Credit rating >700. Salt Lake City Utah
Advanta Bank Corp has been raising my interest rate from the original teaser rate almost every month or every other month since January. I have call a number of times to request a review of the account and a lower rate.
Each time I called and asked to speak with someone about lo...
Entity
Advanta Bank Corp
Categories: Credit & Debt Services