• Dwolla

Overview

Dwolla has a rating of 2 stars from 20 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Dwolla ranks 74th among Payment Gateway sites.

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  • We went thru all their security checks of faxing bank statements, government ID.
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Top Positive Review

“Amazing API for Processing ACH Payments!”

Noah L.
10/13/19

We fought with our previous payment integration for about 6 months before we had decided to look for a new provider. We knew we needed to figure out an alternative. We didn't consider building our own integration with a bank because I'm a big believer in sticking with your core competency and partner with people that are much better at the things than I am... for us, that was Dwolla.

Top Critical Review

“Rejected my application and suspended my account without explanation”

Jeffery R.
10/6/20

After six months of development on a project, and in moving my application to their production environment, my application to move to the production API was rejected and my account was suspended without explanation or warning. Support responded to my inquiry by explaining that they reject sole proprietorships, and they proceeded to up-sell their $2k/month plan, when the pay-as-you-go plan was the incentive as a single developer to build the product in the first place.

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Thumbnail of user jefferyr103
1 review
1 helpful vote
October 6th, 2020

After six months of development on a project, and in moving my application to their production environment, my application to move to the production API was rejected and my account was suspended without explanation or warning. Support responded to my inquiry by explaining that they reject sole proprietorships, and they proceeded to up-sell their $2k/month plan, when the pay-as-you-go plan was the incentive as a single developer to build the product in the first place.

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Audrey W. – Dwolla Rep

We understand your frustration that information and messaging regarding not allowing sole proprietorships to utilize our service was not more forward. We have since clarified on the page linked below that we cannot work with sole proprietorships. We appreciate the feedback you have provided, and will use it as we constantly work to improve our messaging about who can use Dwolla and how they can use our services.

dwolla.com/resources/going-live-with-dwolla

Thumbnail of user lisah573
2 reviews
10 helpful votes
June 26th, 2018

I used Dwolla because I have GoDaddy Bookkeeping and it appeared to be a simple way to accept checks from clients. I've only had 3 client use it in the last 4-5 years. The 3rd one accepted and processed the payment. I withdrew it to my bank. Well, it never showed up in my bank. I found 2 emails and sent emails to both of them without a reply. I also found 2 phone numbers where you can leave messages that no one ever replies to.

Beware this is not a legit company!

Thumbnail of user teap
2 reviews
8 helpful votes
May 2nd, 2017

Absolutely horrible experience.
Singed up thru godaddy bookkeeping. I had business accounting thru them.

Couldnt receive payments and the customer would get nothing but an error occurred.

Finally got to talk to them, they said i had to upgrade my account.

Many tries later, cancelled my account.

A horrible experience. Feels like a 14 year old in a basement decided to make a website with the cool new framework.

Steer clear.

Thumbnail of user brentw21
1 review
5 helpful votes
August 9th, 2017

Total waste of time. Support is a joke. They request a ton of information and never explain why. If you ask, they suspend your account and refuse to help.

Don't bother. It's too bad because the service would be helpful, but they are not doing it right.

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Thumbnail of user farnooshf
1 review
11 helpful votes
June 14th, 2016

They made an error -- told me funds were available from my client and then when I tried to withdraw it they told me the client's payment did not go through as authorized, to both my and my client's disbelief-- and then charged ME for trying the withdraw the funds they said were available. And then! They cut me off from customer support and shut down my account so I could not investigate them! They are criminals and utterly unprofessional. They should be shut DOWN. Do NOT fall into this trap!

Thumbnail of user eliw20
1 review
5 helpful votes
August 28th, 2017

I get an email every time there's a transaction, clogging my inbox, but they won't send me one little report of the transactions they're processing. I even asked just for a total that they've processed, but nope.

Thumbnail of user noahl45
1 review
4 helpful votes
October 13th, 2019

We fought with our previous payment integration for about 6 months before we had decided to look for a new provider. We knew we needed to figure out an alternative. We didn't consider building our own integration with a bank because I'm a big believer in sticking with your core competency and partner with people that are much better at the things than I am... for us, that was Dwolla.

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Same Day ACH
Dwolla IAV / Plaid Integration

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Thumbnail of user sammyh24
1 review
5 helpful votes
October 9th, 2017

Stay away. They cost me a few $100 on NSF fees charges by my bank & fees Dwolla made because they tried to withdraw money few days before it was due! Stay a few miles away from these thieves!

Thumbnail of user joel803
1 review
5 helpful votes
July 5th, 2016

They tell you one thing and then reverse it. Very bad about answering emails, if at all. Don't waste your time with this one.

Thumbnail of user dylanh34
4 reviews
14 helpful votes
October 29th, 2016

Dwolla is a great payment processing platform. They do a wonderful job making the unbelievably complex, very clean and simple.

Thumbnail of user webmasters
3 reviews
23 helpful votes
January 6th, 2013

Horrible company to deal with. Signed up with them, sent tons of personal and professional information, copies of drivers licenses, bank statements, FEIN info, etc. After running a successful multimillion business with great relations with our merchant account, we wanted to explore this option. To date, weeks later, nothing at all. I get marketing emails, but nothing more. Really, really shady - we have closed two bank accounts because of it and recommend AGAINST using this service. Too new, too soon.

Thumbnail of user rcomh
1 review
15 helpful votes
March 29th, 2017

15 months ago we thought Dwolla is promising and signed up. We went thru all their security checks of faxing bank statements, government ID. Business ID etc. Finally, they said we are accepted. So, we hired a programmer to integrate the system into our shopping cart which was not fun at all. Finally after a high programming cost we made it and tested the integration and all was accepted and tested good by Dwolla. It was a nightmare to convince any customer to use Dwolla. Finally we asked our regular customer to use Dwolla. The customer ended going weeks of work to provide Dwolla of their bank statements and business information and ID and so forth. Finally, the customer had Dwolla approved. Then the customer made 7 purchases and paid by Dwolla. We had the Transaction reply as Complete and authorization code. We shipped the products and after 2 weeks we never got the fund. We called Dwolla and they said they did not go thru, but they saw the transactions on their system over the days we provided them. Dwolla asked us to ask the customer to send payments using our email until they look into the integration issue as they said it is an integration API issue. The customer was able to send the payment using our email (Luckily it is a recurrent customer and agree to do it again after they got the products and two weeks passed). Finally we saw the transaction under our account pending for 3-4 days. We asked Dwolla to look into the API issue of the integration. Dwolla was able to use our system fine and we got an email from Dwolla asked that we need to send our government ID and bank statement. We did. And shortly we got an email from Dwolla stating all transactions are rejected. We phoned Dwiolla and they said they cancelled the transaction and our account. Strange we asked to speak to the supervisor and explained that it costed us programming and money after you approved us and now to state that. Additionally, we are a large company and have merchant account and PayPal account and established with perfect record. The supervisor answer was we do not care about the expenses that we uncured on programming and although we accepted your business before, but after you began to do business, now we do not accept you. What? What reason! Why did you not tell us that when we signed up and before we go through the trouble and programming cost. This could have been a very costly issue if all our customers used this Dwolla and we got their transaction authorized cost and then after a week to find out all rejected and we lost the money and programming cost and all the headache. They are the worst we ever encountered in the business world. The supervisor even said since we do business with other Merchants then we lost nothing as we have other means to accept payments. That was his answer. We hanged up and deleted this nightmare. Now, we and our customer wonder what did Dwolla do with all their and ours financial information and so forth. Be aware, we think they are just collecting information for who knows what they intend to use them for.

Thumbnail of user mattj42
2 reviews
11 helpful votes
November 24th, 2015

I normally do business with a vendor all the time but every once in a while they mess up and lose my order. I submit a claim on the second time I have to email where my order is. Dwolla sends me a nice emails saying "at this time, unfortunately you have filed 2 claims with this vendor and you continue to do business with them so we cant help you"

NO WHERE IN THEIR POLICIES does it say you have a certain amount of claims you can file. I DIDNT EVEN GET A WARNING WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE.

Thumbnail of user wh534
1 review
19 helpful votes
November 26th, 2014

The problem started when i started to fund my account. After wasting my time with requesting driver license, bank statements and lots of time wasting security team suspended my account.

I have not done any transactions with the account yet.

The reason stated is that i tried to fund my account with large fund. I made their job easier and i cancel the transfer of fund since they could not come up with a legally acceptable way for their behavior.

My impression is: it is kids operation, they are not ready for doing real business unless for kids.

Clumsy, small minded, useless and unreliable.

Thumbnail of user maryj113
1 review
8 helpful votes
September 17th, 2015

This site worked well for me - however one strange thing happened. On the screen which showed the amount I was sending and the name of the person to whom I was sending money, two completely strange names with gmail addresses popped up. I was able to click them off with no problem, but still a bit unsettling. Does this happen often?

Thumbnail of user jaih
3 reviews
12 helpful votes
April 8th, 2016

Let me tell you about this company. I wouldnt DO any business with this company. I had submitted my paperwork for my VAPE business 3 months ago. NEVER got an email, nothing. I go to login and its asking for more paperwortk. Submitted it. Then they asked me to SUBMIT my drivers license, which was BS as it has nothing to do with my business. I could have been an employee working on behalf of the company.

Anyways, lets get on with it. They told me they needed the paperwork and didnt say anything about my website. Nothing; well they told me after i uploaded PERSONAL information, IRS paperwork, they said we are going to look over account. The said they didnt want to approve me because I sold CBD products. WHAT? Ok then, what about Hemp iced tea? Do you block that? Or hemp backpacks? Hemp clothing or cotton? So I took it down and emailed them to tell them I removed it. I get an email saying my account status has changed. To my confusion and despair I logged in and im suspended? I email them and they said basically we do not want to do business with you.

Thumbnail of user lisap176
1 review
6 helpful votes
September 6th, 2016

I suggest anyone ripped-off by this company to file a report here: http://www.ripoffreport.com/go/login?n=filereport.aspx

READ ABOUT CFPB FINE BECAUSE THEIR SERVICE IS NOT SECURE
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-takes-action-against-dwolla-for-misrepresenting-data-security-practices/

DO NOT USE DWOLLA

Thumbnail of user autot16
1 review
3 helpful votes
October 3rd, 2017

Been using than them for 4 months and they are a new business with growing pains. They resolved a couple of problems and it is a great service that I could not live without now. The low fees for transferring thousands of dollars without the huge fees that everyone else charges is awesome.

Thumbnail of user kevins122
1 review
9 helpful votes
November 27th, 2015

I work as a contractor for a nationwide handyman service. The service pays via dwolla and initiates the payment either the day of or the day after a job is complete. It typically take Dwolla three to four days to process the payment and credit it to my account. Then another day or two to process the request to transfer the funds to my bank account. All told, about a full week to get a payment from my employer to my bank. Square Cash and Paypal are almost always next-day. Avoid Dwolla if time is of the essence.

Thumbnail of user spiderb
6 reviews
31 helpful votes
August 26th, 2011

Why would ANY MERCHANT ever use a credit card processor again after exploring this site? Twenty five CENTS thats right thats the total cost to accept your customers funds. Look out AMX, Master Card & Visa a NEW Kids in town. Yes and as soon as I finish integrating it into my software program then LOOK OUT WORLD lol. Really Customer, Merchant or Developer GET ON OVER HERE.
Respects,
Spider B

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Dwolla, Inc. is a FinTech company that is changing the way innovative businesses move money. Since 2008, Dwolla’s modern payments platform has powered billions in payments for millions of end users. Today’s most innovative companies are programming their payments with Dwolla—or they should be.

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