B9 User Reviews

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Awesome App!

I’ve been using this app for a while and I love all the features! I also like how you can transfer money to a different card without waiting a few day for funds to go through! Would definitely recommend to someone that needs a little extra money by payday with the cash advance feature! Sincerely Rushaunda Gaulden
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Start your account TODAY

B9 has by far been the best bank I’ve ever used. There is a monthly fee but it allows me to draw an advance up to 100% of my average paycheck. That is extremely helpful for those unexpected moments. No hidden fees and amazing customer service. I also get paid 3 days earlier than I normally would! Must try!!
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Advances

B9 states that when they get the money from my employer it will then go to my B9 account. It was good for 5 paychecks, I got my advance up to $500 and was always good to pay it back. One week they didn’t get my paycheck from my employer until the next day so my advance was late then dropped me back down to only $300 advance, that was literally not my fault. So I had to start kind of over to get back to a bigger advance. Very frustrating.
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Response from developer

Hello, thanks for reaching out. I would love to personally review your account and discuss any issues or questions you may have so that we can help improve your experience (and your Advance!). My email is susan@bnine.com. Best, Susan. Customer Service Supervisor.

Useless for Advances. Repayment is Absolutely awful!!

First off, I never liked the interface. I found it cumbersome and does not put the most important info upfront.

I’m familiar with advance apps and thought I’d use this one to help bridge between paydays. I received an initial advance of $100 which was great…until I realized that any money that goes into the account will automatically be used to repay the advance, even if you took out the advance that same day! I thought they’d debit me to repay the advance on my payday-which makes sense, but that is not the case. It made me so mad when I received a deposit the next day after getting a B9 advance (the advance was going to go to a bill, and then I was going to deposit some money for misc expenses until I got paid)-and the full deposit went to paying back the advance, leaving me with nothing until payday.

This shocked me so much because no other offering advances app does this. I immediately changed my direct deposit back to my old bank and closed this account. Absolutely useless.
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Response from developer

Hi there, we understand how something like this can be frustrating. We've helped thousands of our members to break free of financial stress. B9 always provide an Advance of up to our members when they keep their direct deposit connected, and their recurring deposit is credited into their B9 Account. Your advance limit will grow faster when you increase your direct deposit in your B9 Account. B9's algorithm recalculates your advance limit every 14 days. We need at least $300 per deposit every 14 days and at least $600 in total direct deposits monthly. Please get in touch with our support via an in-app chat or support@bnine.com and talk to us! We want to improve your experience and improve our products and services.

Not worth it

If I could give zero stars I would. The promise of funds for payday loans is ridiculous. You have to literally bank with them in order to get the option. But the fees to move money is ridiculous! I used cash app and was charged a dollar. Who does that? Sending money with this app is not worth it. Adding money to the account isn’t either because they charge a dollar fee for that too SMH. I’ve never seen a bank charge money to ADD FUNDS! Read the fine print. Then I tried to close the account. There was a dime left.. they said move it all or we can’t close the account. So I spent a dollar to send funds to the account and another dollar to withdraw the funds just to get my account closed. Worst experience ever. Take your money else where before one dollar here and there turns into thousands smh
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Response from developer

We're sorry to hear your feel that way. Our goal is to help our members get their next paycheck stress-free. All our fees are displayed in the app before our members complete their transactions. We offer free transfers to any U.S. bank account, including Cash App using its banking details. We only charge a fee of 2% or min $1.5 for instant (almost real-time) withdrawals to other apps like Cash App. Most similar apps charge Instant/Turbo cash-out fees from 1.5%-3.0% or higher. However, B9 never charges any Instant Fees for crediting your Advance into your B9 Account; all our advances are credited instantly at no additional or mandatory fee. When you use your B9 Visa® Card to pay for your purchases, we reward you with a cashback of up to 5%! It's enough to pay off your monthly subscription fee and make your B9 app and Advance fee- and interest-free! Please write to us support@bnine.com and talk to us so we can look into your account in hopes of improving your experience and gaining your support once again.

Where is my money

I have been using the service couple of months. I didn’t receive my direct deposit because the bank they use evolve notice my account number changed but routing number is the same. The banking platform Arglye that B9 uses has screwed up everything in my Payroll site MyPay. One of my allotments is now listed as my direct deposit now I never made any changes to my direct deposit I need answer and why direct deposit got deposited into a totally different bank
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Response from developer

Hi, thanks for your review, we understand a situation like this can be frustrating and confusing. Please reach out to me personally so I can look into this for you and break down any costs or questions you may have. My email is susan@bnine.com. Best, Susan. Customer Service Supervisor.

Terrible app

Awful awful awful!!!! Please don’t use this app the interface is so confusing and they somehow get you signed up to a monthly subscription and there is no way to cancel but contacting their customer service through email. They don’t respond to any of my messages if I get charged i am going to have to dispute the transaction and cancel my bank account all over a cheap app that is super confusing save your self the time the money and the stress this app is not worth it I hope this company crumbles and disappears.
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WORST APP - DO NOT DOWNLOAD

I downloaded this app and they put me in a $9.99 plan that you can’t undo. I have searched everywhere a ‘Cancel Subscription’ button with no luck. I contact support and ask if I cancel my subscription the on the same day I downloaded the app, would I still be charge in a month, here is Rep. Damaris contradictory reply:

“ William, If we cancel the account you will not be charged And if you were charged for the monthly membership fee, we are unable to refund it.” -Damaris

The app replied YES and NO. She made nj sense. Here I am still struggling in unsubscribing. They will charge you BEWARE
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Zero Star Bank

Horrible bank. They don’t tell you up front how the advance works. If you ask, they’ll just tell you that you need $300 deposited. When you do, then they will advise you you can only have like 27 dollars of an advance.

I’m not complaining how their rules are set up. But they should TELL you do you don’t get charged their HIDDEN fee’s. They steal money from you when you deposit. I deposited 550, but I could only see 549 of my pay check. They probably took a fee because I got paid. They also charge a percentage of you transfer money to Apple Cash.

This bank is a scam. Obviously they don’t want to be up front with you, and there are other banks who are up front with you. This isn’t one of them. I wish I could get all my money back that they stole from me.
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Response from developer

Hi, thanks for your review. My name is Susan and I am the Customer Experience Manager. Please reach out to me directly at susan@bnine.com so that I can personally explain why this is to you show you where all of our policies are publically accessible and address any other concerns you may have. Best, Susan.

There are better options out there

The description makes it sound like you can repay your advance when you get your regular paycheck, but that is not the case. Instead, they will debit any deposit you make with an advance outstanding and use it to partially credit your advance. Effectively leaving you penniless unless you can deposit enough to cover your advance and then take another one.

No other advance app works this way and they are not at all transparent on how repayment works. Go with money lion and leave these knuckleheads alone.
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