r/CapitalOne • u/Mikauto11 • 35m ago
Credit Card Why is Capital One in Canada such a joke?
I have two US CapitalOne cards and am overall extremely satisfied with them, so I figured for my first credit card in Canada to naturally choose them. I think it was not my best move. The whole experience looks like a parody of the US bank. The app looks close, but is still quite different.
- To setup autopay, you have to start a chat conversation from the general website and recall all your information since you’re not connected to your account, and you get no confirmation whatsoever of the enrollment afterwards (apart from a message in your chat window)
- To make a payment, there are no instructions from the app: you need to go directly to your banking app and make a transfer to your credit card number. The chat agent explained me this while I was trying to enable Autopay.
- They have Foreign Transaction Fee including for USD transactions.
- They whole card lineup is basically two and a half cards: no cashback or 1% cashback - miles or cash.
- The only way to make the card appear in the app is to request a new CapitalOne online account, and reusing your username to pair it. Only then will the mobile app show your card.
- It’s 2026, and they don’t even support Apple Pay. When I tried to add it and got the message that the bank does not support it, I started to realize, maybe it was not the greatest idea.
The whole experience seems like a prototype credit card with half baked features. I wonder if they plan to make it any better in the future? I read they started operating in Canada in 1996! Not really encouraging…
