First National Bank of Omaha Credit Card Complaint

APR or interest rate

First National Bank of Omaha Credit card department,

APR or interest rate Missouri

A couple of weeks ago we rec 'd a letter with our banks name/logo to apply for a credit card witih a 5.99 % APR on balance transfers for life. We applied on-line. We rec 'd the new credit cards in the mail. Thinking this is great as we would save over $ 80 monthly in interest by using this balance transfer and lowering the interest. We activated the cards on-line. As I was completing the customer profile I was looking for our monthly payment information since I had thought the balance transfers had been done. But it showed a Zero balance and a $1000.00 credit limit at 16 %. This is NOT the card we applied for. We feel like we have been defrauded, victims of a Bait and Switch. We do not want, or need, another credit card unless able to utilized one with a much lower interest rate. Only after activation did we learn this is NOT what we need. I took the letter and cards to our bank and learned that it was NOT our bank. It is some affiliate with a similar name. If we can not take advantage of the offered low interest rate on balance transfers we do NOT want the card at all. I looked up the bank and called them. I learned that this card does have the 5.99 % onl balance transfers. I expllained that our application listed the details of the accounts and balances that we had applied to transfer, that a $1000.00 limit was not sufficient to take advantage of the transfer, asked if the credit limit could be increased. We were refused. We immediately canceled the cards.

First National Bank of Omaha customer in Missouri
May 13, 2015

* Source: CFPB Complaint Database

First National Bank of Omaha response to complaint:
Closed with explanation

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