Empowerment Ventures, LLC Prepaid Card Complaint

Empowerment Ventures, LLC Prepaid card department,

Payroll card Unauthorized transactions/trans. issues Illinois

I lost my pre-paid debt card from rush a replacement was sent to me within 9 days and i was not able to activate my card. I had my direct deposit in my account a week previous. I was told that rush card was going through a systems upgrade and since their systems were down their activation line wasnt working i was locked out of my account and couldnt view it. And after waiting on hold for several hours after being hung up on multiple times by rushes automatic phone system. I was told by customer service i would just have to wait until it came back up and no time line was given but until then i couldnt access my funds. I called daily for nine days before i saw a post on social media telling me to reset my account at this point now having - checks direct deposited that i couldnt access. I was finally after day ten able to email rush my account info my account was unlocked i was able to remove my money. Im now late on my.car payment rent phone bill and cable with delinquent fees. And now i have to pay a - dollar down payment on my phone due to a service interruption. This has severely disrupted my life i had to borrow from friends and family to feed my son. Rush should not be allowed to block people from their accounts for ten plus days with no viable information.