Synchrony Bank Reviews (76)

Rated 1.33 stars out of 5 - based on 27 reviews with ratings

  • Oct 23, 2023

    Synchrony Bank recently closed 3 of my accounts with them and this decision was completely unwarranted. I had two Guitar Center cards and one Levin Furniture card. I found out about this through a push notification with Credit Karma. I am more so concerned about the Levin account. I called into customer service and the first representative I spoke with was extremely rude. He told me a letter was sent to me and he read the text of that letter. He eventually hung up on me. The reasons for my closure is completely bogus. I understand I agreed to their terms and conditions upon opening the account, but that doesn't mean I can't dispute their decision. I called back in and spoke with a friendly rep who transferred me to a supervisor. The supervisor told me it is impossible to reinstate my account, although reading some of the other complaints on BBB it seems they did reinstate other accounts for people. She gave me the corporate address to which I mailed a letter. I also filed a
    complaint through the chat system on their website. They sent me an email a few days letter with another letter that basically said the same thing as the first one. It was a do not reply email address so I couldn't send a response back. I have made every single payment on time for all 3 accounts that were closed, I had these accounts for years! It's no wonder why these guys have a 1.9 BBB rating. Closing your customers' accounts for bogus reasons is terrible customer service. I will consider my complaint resolved when all 3 of my closed accounts are re-opened. Until then, I will continue mailing letters and filing complaints with customer service.

  • Jun 13, 2022 |

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    3 days for an ach is not market when most banks on this list do it instantly. even frigging rising bank. customer service is beyond dreadful.

  • Apr 17, 2022 |

    Impossible to deal with customer service. Impossible to change phone number, email, etc. Worst of all - they send letter of renewal AFTER expiration of new terms, and it's impossible to withdraw money. They advertise 24/7hours of service; in fact, they work five short days per week. The only plus - they usually have competitive rates.

  • Jan 23, 2021 |

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    In terms of service, you cannot do anything online. On every other bank, you can message someone online and get a quick response. You need to call Synchrony and speak with someone in the Philippines. Nice folks, but I don't want them handling my banking info! To boot, you cannot turn off paper statements. Even the people in the Philippines cannot do that for you. Pick any other bank from this list and you'll be better off!

  • Jan 23, 2021 |

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    Synchrony is the only thing left over from the old GE. Here in Stamford, CT, you will see their building on Long Ridge Road where GE used to be. It is like a shit stain, except Synchrony today never would have made GE proud.

  • Oct 3, 2020 |

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    I cannot overstate how incompetent Synchrony is. Even though I called multiple times before my CD was coming due to indicate that I didn't want it to autorenew, they autorenewed it. This could only have been changed by phone. It cannot be done online or by email. I was assured multiple times that it had been done, and now I am stuck with $250000 in a one year CD at 0.50%. This is a crime and an outrage.

  • Sep 23, 2020 |

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    This bank is solid and it is consistent. It may not have all of the bells and whistles and the apps and everything but the rate is always competitive.

  • Sep 17, 2020 |

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    Very disappointed that I needed to call and deal with a CSR for 40 minutes in order to stop a CD from autorenewing. Every other major online bank enables this selection online and who on earth has 40 minutes to waste with this nonsense? Terrible customer service.

  • Aug 25, 2020 |

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    Without getting into what Synchrony may or may not have been in the past, let me just say that TODAY SYNCHRONY IS A WHOLESALE FRAUD ON THE CUSTOMER!

  • Aug 23, 2020

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    I regret ever hearing of this bank. Lengthy transfer times (5 days or more) terrible service all for 0.75%? I am done.

  • Aug 5, 2020 |

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    This bank is awful, just awful.

  • Aug 1, 2020 |

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    Dropping the rate by 30 bps without any notice on a Friday shows terrible animus towards your customers!

  • Aug 1, 2020 |

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    Been a customer forever. I've put up with all sorts of transfer delays, misdirected transfers, lousy service, etc. Lowering the rate by .30% on a Friday night in the summer is the final straw. I am done.

  • Jul 28, 2020 |

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    The website is terrible. You cannot contact bank other than through phone support. CD rate structure indicates that large drops to savings rate are coming soon. I would find another bank.

  • Jul 24, 2020 |

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    The phone support is actually quite good, but until you open an account you cannot imagine a website can be so poorly laid out in 2020.

  • Jul 17, 2020 |

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    3 days between transfer being withdrawn from correspondent bank and being credited. that is 3 days when you will not earn interest. same thing with outbound transfers. too long, especially when it used to be 1 day.

  • Jun 9, 2020 |

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    I had stuck with Synchrony for years even though the website is so much worse than any of the others. Quietly dropping the rate - with no notice to customers - it is the final straw.

  • Apr 23, 2020 |

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    Their CD rates fell below those of other reputable banks so I am not using them right now. At maturity, my funds were transferred to my bank the next business day. It can't get any better than that.

  • Feb 14, 2020 |

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    Plenty not to like about Synchrony's service (no ability to contact the bank through the interface). Add to the list that it is impossible to go paperless.

  • Oct 14, 2019 |

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    Have accts with all major online banks and this is by far the worst. 4 days to make a transfer - factor that in and your rate is much lower than advertised. Plus, there is no ability to contact CSR through website which is terrrrrible. It really should not be listed as one of the majors on the site.

  • Sep 21, 2019 |

    Online CDs 36 Month Rates

    My CD matured and they held the money for 3 days before moving it to my savings account with Synchrony! That is called highway robbery.

  • Sep 20, 2019 |

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    What's to like? It is a terrible website that logs out when you hit the home button, an incompetent call center staff, no messaging - you must call, inability to get the instructions right on maturity of CDs, no flexibility with customers (the rules are the rules), etc. Avoid this crap.

  • Sep 13, 2019 |

    Not to good reviews ,, i,m reconsidering elsewhere

  • Aug 16, 2019 |

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    Unlike any other so-called "major" online bank, you cannot log in to stop a CD from rolling over automatically. You indicate that you do not want to roll it over by sending an email. You need to call. You need to speak to someone in the Philippines. You need to do this multiple times and it still doesn't work. You may be stuck for live in these things.

  • May 27, 2019

    Reading above reviews does not actually give one confidence to invest. These days I find a lot of companies have employees answering the phone, have either no knowledge or no interest in the questions they are asked It might be in your best interest and your clients to have trained employees. Train them and pay accordingly

  • May 7, 2019 |

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    I called to make a transaction. The customer service rep had barely a clue so it took me 20 minutes. 5 days passed and the transaction hasn't been consummated. Tried calling again and they have no record of the first call. When I can muster up the energy to call and deal with this yet again, I will close the account. I also am with Citizens Access and Marcus and those are much less painful. Ally was about the same.

  • May 1, 2019 |

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    These guys have rendered their website basically unusable for communication. You cannot message customer service through it and now you cannot chat. You need to make a phone call to someone in the Philippines.

  • Apr 5, 2019 |

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    I had a large tax payment (thanks to the Trump fucktard) and had prepared to cover it with a CD maturing at the end of March. I set up an electronic transfer from Synchrony to Wells Fargo to cover the payment on March 28 and I set up the tax payment for April 1. Synchrony didn't even transfer the money until today (April 5). They made over eight days on the float and caused me to be overdrawn at Wells Fargo, incurring hundreds of dollars in penalties. And, I was a Platinum client!

  • Mar 23, 2019 |

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    Through the years, I've had accounts with all of the biggies listed here and some of the smaller ones. Synchrony is the worst I have experienced (Barclays, Ally and Marcus are the best). It isn't just one transgression - it is ridiculous transfer delays (i.e., lost interest), fees for nothing and a completely absurd website. And, then now they aren't even competitive.

  • Feb 2, 2019 |

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    All of the old reviews here are positive and the recent ones are terrible. I should have followed the recent ones. I have closed the account now. It felt like test-driving a Caddy pre-owned by someone who had passed away.

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