FNBO (First National Bank of Omaha) Reviews 

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TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

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Evaluating 70 reviews, most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Many customers found the customer service to be unhelpful, rude, and disorganized, often struggling to resolve issues or speak with competent staff. Reviewers frequently reported significant difficulties with refunds, which were often delayed, never received, or required persistent follow-up. Additionally, people experienced problems with payments being held for extended periods, incorrect processing, and unexpected account actions like credit limit reductions without notice. However, some customers also noted positive interactions, specifically highlighting individual staff members for their excellent, helpful, and professional service.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I’ve had the Amtrak credit card through First National Bank of Omaha for a little over a year. Recently, a refund posted after I had already paid my balance, leaving me with a negative balance. Ge... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This is a wicked terrible customer service credit card company. The personnel have no empathy for their valued customers. I was extremely disappointed with their call center CRS agents as they can nev... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I needed to make an extra payment. I called. I wrestler on the phone with a woman for 35 minutes about it. Said it would posted the next day. It wasn't. Called back repeatedly, but could not get anybo... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This company FNBO takes a long time to retrieve payments from my checking account. I have made two other credit card payments with other credit card companies and the funds have been removed from my... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

FNBO doesn't allow a transfer from a…

FNBO doesn't allow a transfer from a personal checking account to a business account. Yet, in my business account I can transfer to my personal account no problem. They give the reason due to fraud. Why is there fraud from one way but not the other? Not logical, just an excuse. Then you call to do it over the phone, verify EVERYTHING and then won't allow you to transfer the amount you want, only up to $1000. WHAT?

April 23, 2025
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Reply from FNBO (First National Bank of Omaha)

Brenda, we are always looking at ways we can best serve our customers. We appreciate you taking the time to voice your concerns, and we have made sure to share your feedback with the appropriate teams to help improve our services. If you have any other questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to call us at 800-642-0014, or submit a secure message after logging into our website. We will be happy to help.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Do not trust with your hard earned money. You deserve better than what First National bank has to offer you.

Horrible customer service, large fees, hidden fees, and they prey on young people to pressure into a credit card. I am extremely unsatisfied with this bank and after 20 years as a customer I will be taking all of my accounts elsewhere. Please do not trust this bank with your hard earned money.

April 20, 2025
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Reply from FNBO (First National Bank of Omaha)

Jackson, we do appreciate you taking the time to bring your concerns to our attention, and we have made sure that they have been shared appropriately. We never want to have fees that feel hidden or undisclosed, and we never want anyone to feel pressured to apply for an account. So that we can appropriately address your concerns, and see what options may be available for any fees, please call us at 888-530-3626, or submit a secure message after logging into your account from our website.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Erroneously charged money transfer fee!

A week by week transaction I ALWAYS make was suddenly charged in 4/6/25 as a money transfer instead of a charitable contribution. The bank claimed there was something I did that caused this and refused to refund me the $5 money transfer fee. Amtrak making this bank our bank to deal with for credit card rewards was a huge mistake. Credit card processing and handling by this bank is the worse experience ever!!! I've NEVER had anything go right working with this bank. Consumers should choose ANY OTHER BANK other than this one to deal with. I called customer service. The first person couldn't help and neither could a rep named Jibeef.

April 6, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Rip off

Rip off, not applying payments as they receive them. Melaleuca and this bank can go scratch. I will drop Melaleuca.

March 24, 2025
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Reply from FNBO (First National Bank of Omaha)

We appreciate you taking the time to bring your concerns to our attention, and would like to take a moment to address them.

All payments received or scheduled will post in the same way. If a payment is scheduled or received before 5:00 PM CST on a business day, it will post to the account the same day. If it is received after 5:00 PM CST, but before our 11:59 PM CST cut-off time, or on a non-business day such as a weekend or federal holiday, it will post to the account the first business day following and will be back-dated.

If you have any other questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to call us at 888-530-3626, or submit a secure message after logging into our website. We will be happy to help.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

VERY POOR customer service.

When I came here to write a review, I had no idea that this bank would have 85% negative 1 reviews. I'm here to add one more. The problem with FNBO is that THEY have problems within and they make it IMPOSSIBLE to speak with a competent employee who can straiten out your issues. Even though the payments are made early & electronically, their system must be outdated if not annoying because they send out emails stating that the payments have not been received. When I have gone thru the drudgery of using their phone system to find out WHY I am receiving these messages, it has only brought me to someone on the other end who was not at all competent or even helpful. All I was asking was why are you sending me late notice emails when in fact it is clearly on record that FNBO has received my payment and they have NO ANSWER. Yes, the payments have already been entered properly but they leave you thinking that something has gone wrong and the payment has not been received. WHY would anyone want to deal with a financial establishment that cannot even post on-time payments???? It's ridiculous and certainly not worth the time and aggravation required to follow up every month to CORRECT THEIR MISTAKES. Find another bank and you will be much better off. I will probably receive the same apologetic response that I have read in the other reviews with no real solution, only pointless apologies.

Interestingly enough, this "bank" replied with the same email address where I received the lousy service before. They STILL have offered no better solution to providing any type of reasonable "customer service". It seems to me that they just don't care!

January 30, 2025
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Reply from FNBO (First National Bank of Omaha)

John, we're sorry to hear about the experience, and the confusion caused by the email you received. If you would like, you can send an email with more information to askFNBO@fnbo.com, and we will be happy to have someone to look into this further.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE SHT BANK

Statements have not been being delivered and interest was charged, they refused to remove it even though their mailing system is fd up. Don't waste your time even applying for a card or make a bank account here. They're shìț

February 13, 2025
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Reply from FNBO (First National Bank of Omaha)

Macy, we're sorry to hear about your experience. Our goal is to provide excellent service, and we have shared your review to help improve our services in the future. Unfortunately, this is not something we can address via review, but if you call us at 888-530-3626, or submit a secure message after logging into your account from our website, our Specialists will be happy to see what options may be available.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Had a card stolen NO customer service

Had a card stolen and replicated that led to a number of charges. Canceled the card and ordered a new one which had fraudulent charges on it BEFORE i received it. Have had zero customer service other than their fraud department will be looking into which can take up to 60 days.....WHILE they have posted the obviously fraudulent charges (600 at one service station on same day) to MY account. NEVER have experienced such a poor response to fraud. What can the bank do better? Provide customer service and not just AI generated responses here.

January 16, 2025
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Reply from FNBO (First National Bank of Omaha)

John, we’re sorry to hear about your experience. We have made sure to share it with the appropriate teams so that we can help improve our services in the future. Unfortunately, for security and privacy reasons, we are unable to assist with, or address, any account specific questions, requests, or concerns via Trustpilot review. To look into your account further, and see what options may be available, you can call our Specialists at 888-530-3626. We apologize for any inconvenience.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Lies & avoidance

I’ve been with this bank for years. I am withdrawing/closing all of my accounts due to an experience I had attempting to recoup money from a scam charge thru Venmo. As Venmo told me to talk to my bank I did. I received no correspondence until I went to the bank where I was told that it was declined because I “willingly gave the money”. Which is literally every single online purchase- it is an act of faith where you expect to get the product or service you paid for. When I called the fraud department they told me they cannot reverse a third-party charge. Which is not true. So which reason is it? If I call again will I get a different answer? I don’t do business with banks that don’t treat their customers right. They could have reversed the charge- they just didn’t want to

January 15, 2025
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Reply from FNBO (First National Bank of Omaha)

We're very sorry to hear about your experience, and appreciate you taking the time to bring your concerns to our attention. Your review has been shared appropriately so that we can help improve our services in the future. Unfortunately, we are unable to address account specific questions, requests, or concerns via review. For more information, or to see what options we may have available, you would need to call us at 800-642-0014. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Stay away from anything with this bank

Stay away from anything with this bank. Customer service can NOT answer anything. Declined on a simple credit card which has never happened in 50 years for me. No debt, good income, own home and customer service can not tell me why. Go elsewhere for any banking.

January 21, 2025
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Reply from FNBO (First National Bank of Omaha)

Kenny, we're sorry to hear about the service you received, and appreciate you taking the time to bring your concerns to our attention. You may be assured that your review has been shared with the appropriate teams to help improve our services. If a credit card application is declined, we will mail a letter with additional information. If you have questions, or do not receive this letter, you can call us at 888-530-3626, and we'll be happy to help.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

did the right thing made on time payment a screwed over

I had a balance made on time payments and out of nowhere they drop my credit limit which had a negative effect on my credit report

January 20, 2025
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Reply from FNBO (First National Bank of Omaha)

Jim, we appreciate you taking the time to bring your concerns to our attention, and you may be assured they have been shared appropriately. If the decision is made to lower an account's credit limit, a letter is mailed that explains the factors that led to the decision. If you have questions, or do not get this letter, you can call us at 888-530-3626, or submit a secure message after logging into our website, and our Specialists will be happy to help.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Avoid FNBO at all costs!!

Shopping at Farm and Fleet, the checker said if we apply for a store credit card, we'd get a discount, so my husband applied. After that, he made 1 purchase on the card. When it was time to make a payment, we tried to set up his payment method on his online account. No option for credit card, so we had to type in his checking account number. Well, he's never had checks so we couldn't look at that. We put in his account number as we thought it was and then made a payment. 3 days later, it gets returned. We were one zero off. So we tried again and it got sent back again (one zero off on the other side). We called their help line and they tried and it didn't go thru. We contacted his bank and finally we got the account number just right and the payment went through. Lucky we started early with all the 3-day delays on returns. His first payment was made on time.
First of all, the website for the online account is terrible! You have to go down to the bottom of the page and click 'Contact Us' to get to the secure messages. If it says "New message waiting" you click on it and you get an error. Bad design and not working!
After his bill was paid in full, FNBO charged him a $25 fee for "Dishonored payment". REALLY?!? Several calls and messages we made showed that we were just trying to initially set up his account number. Even though we went paper free, the 3 times that the payment didn't go through our bank, we got a nastygram in the mail saying our account could be suspended. Then we got a paper bill for the $25 fee, so we followed the instructions on the back to dispute the charge. 30 days later, nothing. 60 days later, nothing back from them.
We went back to their awful secure messaging and sent another message saying WTF? It worked for once and we got a reply. They said that we were lucky they didn't charge us three $25 fees! REALLY?!? I thought by disputing the charge and explaining what went down, they would be reasonable and return the ridiculous fee.
We only used the card for 1 purchase and then paid it off in full before the due date. But instead of serving the customer, they got greedy and stole $25 from us! For NOTHING!
If you get asked to apply for a store card and it's FNBO, don't do it!
Terrible website, terrible customer service, and they will steal from you by charging you fees for nothing. If you dispute any charge, they will not get back to you.

November 4, 2024
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Reply from FNBO (First National Bank of Omaha)

Mary, we're sorry to hear you've been having trouble with payments, and are not satisfied with our services, and we appreciate you taking the time to bring your concerns to our attention. You may rest assured they have been shared appropriately.

Per the terms of the credit card accounts, if a payment is returned, an account may be subject to a return payment, or payment dishonor, fee. If there are multiple returned payments for an account, a hold may be placed to prevent further charges until any issues causing these payments to be returned are resolved. We regret any inconvenience this may cause.

For issues with the website, we would recommend clearing your browser's cache and cookies, restarting your device, and calling us for further technical support if these steps do not resolve your issues.

If you have any other questions or concerns, or would like to see what options may be available for the fee that was charged, you can always call us at 888-530-3626, and our Specialists will be happy to help.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

No disclosure of ‘required’ info before…

No disclosure of ‘required’ info before applying for a credit card. Complete waste of time. This company wants me to provide a copy of my signed original Social Security card, the last 2 year's 1099 forms copy of my license with my current mailing address. Not only it's just ridiculous that I can't send this electronically but my license doesn't have my current address, I do not have my Social Security card. What I do have is 830 credit, impeccable record, zero negative anything on my report for 20 years. This is beyond ridiculous and the reason for the one star review is because none of this being ‘required’ was disclosed prior to applying for the card. Complete waste of time and now a ding on my credit report. Forget this company. And by forget I think you know what I mean.

edit: in response to their garbage reply, it’s almost like you didn’t read what I wrote. You accepted zero responsibility for your awful process and it appears you will continue it. At no point did you properly disclose, as in print clearly during the application process (not buried in some bs terms and conditions) what you expect of people. So, again, your company is awful.

October 29, 2024
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Reply from FNBO (First National Bank of Omaha)

We are sorry to hear our services have not met your expectations, and appreciate you taking the time to bring your concerns to our attention, and you may be assured that your review has been shared appropriately to help improve our services in the future.

We would like to take a moment to address some of the concerns expressed in your review. The Summary of Credit Terms, which is provided on the application page advises:

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT PROCEDURES FOR OPENING A NEW ACCOUNT: To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, Federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that identies each person who opens an account. What this means for you: When you open an account, we will ask for your name, address, date of birth, and other information that will allow us to identify you. We may also ask to see your driver’s license or other identifying documents.

If you have any other questions or concerns, or would like to see what other options may be available, you can call us at 888-530-3626, and our Specialists will be happy to help.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Review Fraud policies before choosing a bank. This one does nothing.

When choosing a bank, make sure to review its fraud policies. If you happen to be a victim of a scam, FNBO will sympathize with you, and tell you how sorry they are but only after they remind you that you need to make your account whole within 59 days, and if you don't, they will also gently remind you they will take that money out of another account if that person's name is on your account also. There is no assistance whatsoever. I've been a member for 40 years, both sides of my family have accounts here, but it's good to know they serve only platitudes, nothing of substance.

August 16, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

It is embarrassing to even give a…

It is embarrassing to even give a review to this bank simply put the most unprofessional and unethical bank , with customer care agents that will blatantly mock you in this day any time. Save yourself form them.

August 17, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Avoid FNBO…

I had a FNBO Credit Card for a few years. When I stopped using it they sent me a letter that they would close my account soon if I didn’t use it. I didn’t use it. Nearly a year later they sent me new cards. I called to close my account and got the run-around to one person after another – all foreign speaking and hard to understand. They presented me with one “offer” after another – commercials for products I do not want. I turned down 2-3 of them, and their pressure tactics, reminding them I just want to close my account. I finally kind of yelled at the lady and said I don’t want any more commercials or offers – just close my account. She hung up on me. 10 days later I got a letter that I had enrolled in an identity theft protection plan – YourIDSolution, (that’s ironic) and they had charged my card $3.95 trial membershsip, and it would increase to $21.95 after 15 days. I called this company and asked for proof that I enrolled. She said I had given my name, address, email and credit card to accept the offer on such and such a date – the day I called FNBO. They are canceling my subscription and crediting the credit card, but I still haven’t been able to close the credit card account. In my estimation FNBO is a fraudulent business.

August 6, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

FNBO just took over my Flagstar credit…

FNBO just took over my Flagstar credit card account and within days I needed to call customer service for a "service fee" on my account that I have never had to pay in my entire adult life. The guy who answered in the customer service department was a rude jerk who would not help me and when I asked who else I could talk to about this issue, he told me no one and hung up on me. Absolute worst service I have ever experienced, stay away from this company

June 24, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The change over from Elan to FNBO by…

The credit card management change over from Elan to FNBO by Flagstar has so far been a total NIGHTMARE. Convoluted, mile long web addresses delivered by a phone bot, overly complicated instructions on how to navigate the changeover, inability to set up a new online business account with FNBO, inability to pay my cc bill online, a weird delay in the start date for using FNBO's newly issued Flagstar Visa cards. Bad. Really, REALLY BAD. I closed both of my business checking accounts with Flagstar last year because of repeated breaches. I'm planning to close one business CC account with Flagstar/FNBO, and will probably move the other business CC account to different bank.

June 13, 2024
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