OneMain Financial Reviews

I don't care how hard life gets, Never do business with One Main Financial. I applied for a 4,500.00 personal loan to consolidate my credit card bills.

They approved me cause I have great credit and make very good money. I was trying to build credit by paying off two credit cards.

After I was approved the agent called me and she was really nice until the moment I finished signing the paperwork. I would ask questions and the lady would get an attitude...I immediately knew i made a mistake. BUT check this out.... when they gave me the approval they made me turn my Car title over to them at signing BUT they didn't tell me until I started signing.

Never told me the interest rates prior to signing, Never explained the terms. So since i work in finance I knew how to get them back. Since now I had 4.5K of debt paid off the One main loan was not showing up on my credit report. But my score increased by almost 100points.

I got a home loan and rolled all my debt into the home. When i showed up at their office with a check paying off my entire loan ... they were not happy.. So yes Thanks for paying off my debt and now I own my car and have no debt at all and pay just one mortgage.

They put me in a savage horrific situation and all it did was help me get all the way out of debt and i'm now living a more peaceful life. I feel violated by this company, horrific and unreal situation. I felt tormented dealing with this company. I DONT CARE HOW HARD THINGS GET OR HOW HARD YOUR SITUATION IS.... NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH ONE MAIN FINANCIAL.... !!!!!

This company is very misleading and not for the people. I recently tried to apply for a loan with my mother on an existing loan she already has. My mother has had this loan for over 2 years and never been late, they made us do all the leg work including faxing and emailing documents. Also told us we would have the funds withing 24 hours to tell us we were denied due to low income. Meanwhile they did not take into accountability that she had loan, and I would continue to help her pay. The branch manager tried calling and explaining after I sent an email that I was going to send a not nice review. At this point I did not want to hear anything he had to say!

They prey on your desperation. Interest rate is high but that is clear...what they don't tell you is there is an additional daily interest rate. In 2 weeks my $5,900 loan was at a $6,400 owed. $500 increase in 2 weeks. You will never be able to pay the loan back and you will be Screwed!!!

I just had one main contact me and said I could get a loan for $1,500 but didn't inform me that there was a catch. I have to pay a $100 before I can get the money and when I told them I didn't have a 100 the guy got a attitude with me and when I told him that there is no loan place that asks for money to provide you with a loan and that it was a scam he went off...

Here's what I emailed them today:

I am wrongfully being expected to pay $101.67 this month and expected to pay $83.17 next month. I have evidence that I made $412 worth of payments in the last two months.

The amount due the next 4 months should say $0.00. I know how loan financing works and this right here is wrong. This is an attempt to steal money from me.

Customer service is nil. As another person has complained, after paying on the loan for two years, the pay off amount is at the original loan origination amount. To continue paying on the loan we would add an additional $2,000 on the original loan of $7,500 we have been paying on for two years.

Thankfully we are able to pay off and they are not cooperating! I had to turn on the professional charm (and its not charming) to reprimand our contact person about generating animosity and her uncooperative attitude. Of course, they are losing about $2,000 and not happy!

I got a loan through Onemain Finacial 2 years ago because I needed cash fast and didn't want to take the time to go through my bank. I get mail every week asking me to borrow more money or renew my loan. I decided to renew my loan online.

I filled in all the information and sent in all the documentation. I got a call back a few minutes later from a clueless representative who was trying to do a new application for a new loan. After I informed him that I had an account and had filled in an online account he looked it up, got the information and then proceeded to try to open a another new loan. I let him go on because he was so clueless.

The new loan was approved but I declined because my payment were more than doubled. The next day I was going to talk to the manager of this branch because I thought she needed to know that he was incompetent. I went to my account online and saw he had put that my application was declined. 36% is too much to pay in interest in the first place but to have your credit report tarnished by their incompetence is troubling.

I was approved for a personal loan 3000 to 4000 - I was using the funds to purchase a car and use that car as security for the loan.

It has been 16 days since I got the approval and I have been trying to get one simple answer to my question about how they determine the car value - trade in value or fair market value ? After many online for attempts to get the answer.

After calling the seaford de branch several times and not getting the answer - after I had my concern escalated at one financial because of lack of support - after I waited 16 days for a simple answer - I hear back from them but the message they gave me in their response is that they can not honor the loan offer they made to me. Really ????

Thanks a lot for nothing and wasting 16 days of my time. I rage very very poor at the best. And one last thing - I found out that they use the trade in value of a vehicle which is typically 100 - 200 percent lower than fair market value - no one on earth is going to sell you a vehicle for trade in value - there would be 0 profit - example - I found one car - fair market value 3400 - buy from private party 2700 - buy from dealer > 3400 for a car in good condition - (I used carfax tool for these numbers ) the trade in value is between 400 - 600 dollars - there is no way - unless the answer I was able to get was incorrect. Stay away

I have had a loan it seems forever, due to illnesses in the family this place was quick and easy!! and once the local office closed what a pain!! after years of paying I went to a counselor at my Credit Union - so, so helpful and the help is free!!

I was able to move my loan to the Credit Union with a much lower interest. I had to do some things to be able to move the loan but all easily taken care of and my credit rating is getting better and better. with the help of the HUD certified financial adviser.

I highly recommend working with someone at a credit union or bank in your area, ask about free help - I was amazed at how little I had to do and my credit report is so much better, and it keeps getting better -- I asked One Main for a copy , just a copy of a form my credit union needed and they refused - not asking for the original, just a copy - could be stamped copy - they refused - but I only knew that after 3 or 4 calls - at first I was told would be faxed as requested, then told they did not have a title, then told they could not send a copy -- go talk to a counselor and work with them for real long term help

if your situation is really bad, forget it they won't approve you. if you do get a loan get ready for a long ride. with the rates so high and the payback is so long, this loan will cost almost if not twice the loan. MAYBE MORE. DO NOT STEP IN THIS!

OneMain rides a fine line of Misrepresentation, Fraud and/or Scam.

Their aggressive bait and switch approach after approving you makes it so. "DO NOT RECOMMEND TO ANYONE!" Have no idea why Credit Karma would advertise them as a helpful financial company when their reviews are about 80% bad. Maybe it's time to review Credit Karma as well or just go ahead and deleting them from my useful list too.

I was offered the same type of deal for a $7,500 loan. After looking at the figures, I cancelled my appointment and withdrew my interest in the loan. She said she will "reject" my application. I am sure that was not a misuse of words and she meant "withdrawal" and it will show up on my credit however that is a small price to pay for dodging a bullet.

Went to get a loan. Was turn down at first, had to put my car up for collateral. The only thing is that the car had not been paid off yet. They work with me, and got car paid off, and other bills. Got the loan.

Everyone was so nice and helpful. Debbie was very nice and so helpful, and explain everything since this was my first loan. She explain everything to where I would understand, and Michael was very nice and very personal. Thank-you again onemain fin.

I just had the most fascinating experience with this company. I initially received a preapproved loan offer and, having just started a new business, decided to try them out. I was told by Robin, the branch manager in Lake City, Fl that although I alone wouldn't qualify because the business was too new (didn't have 2 years of tax returns) that it would be no problem combining my credit with my wife's income.

She took my information and then said she had to speak to my wife. Robin then told my wife that she never told me that anything could be combined. When I called her back and confronted her on this, she said that was not the case and that both our credit ratings would be used and combined. We were then turned down.

When asked why, Robin muddled through some vague and disjointed answer that never came close to the answer. As it turns out, she never even ran my credit! Needless to say, we went to another company who was more than happy to give us the funding we needed. These people are crooked and apparently incompetent. They bring up images of your worst used car salesman. STAY AWAY!!!

I read one reviewer who said that OneMain does NOT front load the loan with interest – this is a lie. I just had a bank payoff my loan from them; and yes, it’s like paying off what I initially borrowed after having made nearly the same equal amounts of payments of which I initially borrowed over 9 months. I was not aware of the front load; and I blame myself for not understanding what I was getting myself into.

I believed that I could pay more than the minimum payment and pay it off faster. All I wound un doing was paying them more interest than I should have. As I said, my mistake… however, I will NEVER do business with them under ANY circumstances.

i was pre-approved for a personal loan so i took the time to fill out a application only to be denied what a waste of time.

Its been a while but at the time of my loan I was told of a lower apr than appeared on the paperwork . Being my on fault for not doing a complete reading and trusting the agaent I was stuck in a loan where imediately after wanting to cancil I was told I could not with out having penalities against me . Almost paid up on this loan and will never ever again use them again.

I was there and the manager is racist and...if that is how one main runs that office you wonder how it all runs... stay away.

I have a very unique experience which I will get in to shortly. First Pros and Cons:

Pros

- If you need a loan and you understand what you are signing up for, you are getting exactly what you expect

- The loan is legitimate and they do not frontload the interest as I have seen in other posts

- If your credit is less than stellar, and you are in need of cash, this place may be one of the few options you have

Cons

- High interest rates, daily applied and low payments over a long period is very predatory, let me explain:

let's say your loan payment is 200 per months for 60 months at 25% interest, that payment is likely 175 interest and 25 principal at the outset of the loan - choose to pay more than the minimum and don't miss even one payment. let's say you miss one payment , 175 interest tacked on, your next 7 payments will be all interest payments, 25 per month for 7 months to make up for the 175 you lost on one payment. They are praying you miss one payment.

- Customer service is abysmal; associates and branch managers posture way too much and don't know good customer service. They realize that people that come to them for loans are fairly desperate so they think they can act and speak to the customers in a contrite manner, it was a terrible experience.

- The application process is not easy nor short. I was in the office for an 90 minutes waiting on everything, their process is far from streamlined.

- You cannot cancel an auto payment via the web but you can sure as hell set one up.

- No easy way to escalate issues to corporate, the branch members are not willing to help in fear it will reflect badly on them.

- I went to the riverbank, CA branch – I warned you.

Here is my unique situation:

I was approached for a loan increase around the holidays, turns out they had the wrong file, the first two letters of our last name were the same the last three were different, it sounded the same but spelled different. I didn't receive the new loan (thank goodness) but during this process they withheld a payment while the loan was processing (or not processing as it were)

I made a double payment the next month, but they still tacked on the extra interest on their mistake. Now I brought this to their attention and they refused to do anything about it, I escalated to the branch manager and was told I shouldn't have applied for a new loan, I knew the consequences. I asked for a regional director contact and left numerous messages with no call backs. I basically made 6 payments of interest only.

I will never deal with the company again and let everyone know that I can about the predatory practices of this company. I paid off my loan, scraped it up by any means to get out of that hell hole.

I do not recommend this company with any ounce of my being but I understand binds that people get in to and if you choose to move forward with them here are my suggestions:

- Reduce the months on the loan if possible

- Make overpayments regularly, just factor it in when you are calculating the interest, there are plenty of amortization calculators on the web

- NEVER miss a payment!!!!

- NEVER EVER take a deferment, it is the same as missing a payment, the interest compounds!!!

- Never re-write the loan for a new amount!!!

- Pay it off as soon as you are able, this is not a long term instrument, it is a short term emergency,

I have nowhere else to go type of loan

I have been with One Main since 2007 they where called Citi financial at that time . I have been paying a $1406.00 a month mortgage payment at 11.75% . which in short is this $39.00 dollars of that goes towards my home the remaining $1367.00 is interest !!

I take full responsibility I signed those papers after my husband lost his job after 35 years and we needed help So yes I am aware ,I want to make to keep my home and I work hard but I am and I have been paying for someone's salary at One MAIN They are trained not to BUDGE on any negotiating for lower interest rate , modification.

Trying to contact anyone other than the Branch office is very very protected and is impossible !!! (after sending out 25 letters to different address in Texas ) making I have been very desperate to find someone to take over my mortgage for several months I came so close 6 months ago but One MAIN WOULD NOT budge on the payoff settlement.

Now in my payoff settlement they are asking for almost $5000.00 more than the actual note that I had signed .