Current: The Future of Banking 4+

It’s really 0 stars for me

I’m only putting five stars because I can’t give 0 and people need to see this. Thought I’d try it out even though I was skeptical about it. I’ve been getting paid by my job 2 days prior ever since I switched to Dave and Albert. However, I wanted to try Current out. My job makes it very easy for its employees to switch accounts and add accounts whenever we want too, so last week I got my first check through Current while having a basic account I could see that on my normal payday of Tuesday the check was pending and it was released the next day, well this week I had a premium account which they actually do promise to deliver your check 2 days before your actual payday. Well yesterday I waited all day for my check to show up in the account, I mean there isn’t a check pending or anything. I’ve talked to 3 customer service representatives 2 had very bad attitudes because I had the most basic of questions and because once I found out that being a premium account holder sucked because you don’t get your check any earlier, I asked to go back to basic because premium cost 4.99/ mos. I’m probably just over the top and I don’t care because I don’t play about my money, so if you promise 2 days in advance you should deliver that. I’m going back to Dave because my savings accounts got paid yesterday. Just don’t do this to yourself you guys, if your use to getting paid 2 days before your actual payday just don’t do Current.

Developer Response ,

Hi there, we really appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. We’re always trying to improve our product and your feedback is crucial to doing that. The good news is we no longer charge a monthly fee! This means you can now access all our premium features at no extra cost. Faster direct deposit is one of those, so we’re sorry about the hold-up on your paycheck. While our goal is to get you paid as quickly as possible there are unfortunately sometimes delays we can’t control. We know this can have a huge impact on our members’ lives, so please email us at reviews@current.com so we can make sure we’re doing everything we can to help.

Much Better Banking Experience

I’m so glad that I came across Current in November last year. I had just closed my BofA account after being fed up with their mercilessness and greed. For example, I would get slammed with $35 overdrafts and customer service never cared if it was because I had lost my income during the lockdown or if my overdraft was .28 cents below. They took that money like their lives depended on it (talking about one of the largest banks out there). Then they started tacking on an unreasonable $12/month “maintenance fee” after I got a job where direct deposit wasn’t an option. After losing $60 to these fees, I switched to Current and it’s been great.

I also appreciate their check deposit feature and how quick it was to set things up. I tried Venmo before and verification never worked despite having valid ID. And customer service would tell me to call an outside company who would then tell me to contact Venmo CS. I got fed up after not being given an answer for a week.

Current isn’t perfect however. Check deposits can take up to a week and the estimated date that the funds will be available isn’t accurate, but at least deposits take less time the more you use the function and customer service actually responds within minutes instead of days to your questions.

Best bank ever !

I have been using Current since August 2020, and it has really been the best experience, I started with my account first, then my wife was interested and she created her account, then we created a children's account for our 3 children, an account for each one, and it has made it much easier for us to manage money. The most I like is that it can be a Saturday at 3 am and you make a purchase, Current withdraws that money instantly, not like regular banks, where you use the money on a weekend, they wait until Monday to reflect the transaction and then they charge you fees because you used a little more than you had, but that's not the case with this bank, plus I received my work payments every Wednesday from 6am to 8am maximum. It sounds too perfect to be true, but it is not perfect because there is only one thing that I would like to see changed, and that is the amount you can withdraw at the ATM, I am a person who spends my time buying and selling cars, and once I had I had to withdraw $4,000 to be able to buy a vehicle and I lost the purchase of that vehicle because I can't withdraw the amount I needed at that moment, so for now I keep the money from negotiating vehicles out of the account.