I have submitted a complaint about my experiences with the LL Bean VISA separately, which you can read, along with all the others, which can easily be googled. If you care about your finances and/or your credit score, do not use this Visa card. Barclay's is among the most corrupt financial organizations in the world, and it is the company that LL Bean proudly partners with - despite thousands of customer complaints about its dubious practices. Barclay's Wikipedia page has a section called 'controversies' that spells out its illegal and corrupt practices. Bean partners with this company, and, thus, I believe it should trumpet the accomplishments of its partner. Because it is unlikely that Bean will do this, I will do it for you. Headlines provided below from the Barclay's Wikipedia page, with some narrative on Barclays' latest accomplishment, a lawsuit in June 2014 by NY State alleging Barclay's defrauded investors:<br />
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1. Involvement with South Africa under apartheid<br />
2. Financial support for the government in Zimbabwe<br />
3. Accusations of money laundering<br />
4. Senior management bonuses<br />
5. Tax avoidance<br />
6. Conflicts of interest<br />
7. Customer satisfaction<br />
8. Rate-fixing scandal<br />
9. Staff diversity<br />
10. Qatari capital raising regulatory investigations<br />
11. Gold price manipulation<br />
12. US lawsuit alleging dark pool fraud. In June 2014 the U.S. state of New York filed a lawsuit against the bank alleging it defrauded and deceived investors over its unregulated trading system known as dark pool, which enabled investors to do anonymous, undeclared stock trades. The state, in its complaint, said it was being assisted by former Barclays executives and it was seeking unspecified damages. The bank's shares dropped 5% on news of the lawsuit, prompting an announcement to the London Stock Exchange by the bank saying it was taking the allegations seriously, and was cooperating with the New York attorney general.
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