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Old Mar 23, 2014, 7:05 pm
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Read the wiki carefully before posting. Wiki may be out of date.
800-950-5114. Non-US agents are, as of at least August 15, 2015, able to do debit card payments. If they resist, ask for a US agent.
Please do not report that debit payments do not work over the phone, they do! Hang up and call again (HUCA) until you get someone capable.


The same thing can be done in a Citi branch, but you do not swipe the debit card or enter any PIN, so it seems likely that the same cards do/don't work in branch as over the phone.
The name on the debit card must match the name on the account. You can be an authorized card holder (they'll ask the name of the primary). You can also pay off Citi Business credit cards (only attempted as primary cardholder). Limit of one payment per debit card per account per day.

Debit cards that work for paying Citi cards over the phone.
All Mastercard & Visa debit cards attached to regular checking accounts:
  • Alaska - some have not gotten miles;
  • SunTrust - no miles;
  • UFB Direct - $2000 daily limit - no miles.
Coinbase (shutdowns have been reported)
Green Dot (permanent card)
H&R Block Emerald
JH Preferred
M1 Plus (no cb)
MVD (shutdowns have been reported)
Paypal Business Debit Mastercard (no 1% cb)
Pennywise Power "payday rewards" Visa cards (Bancorp, MB financial Bank N.A)
Simple Card - see post #347
Swagbucks virtual visa (issued by Prepaid Digital Solutions)
Swagbucks virtual mastercard (issued by MyPrepaidCenter)
Topcashback virtual visa (issued by Bancorp)
T-Mobile (temp and perm, shutdowns have been reported)
Wells Fargo


Debit cards that DO NOT work for paying Citi cards over the phone.
American Express Gift Card
American Express for Target
Bluebird
Serve
Chase Starbucks Prepaid (post)
Curve Commercial Debit
Google Wallet
Green Dot (temporary card registered with zip and pin)
MetaBank Visa/MC
US Bank/USB GC
Paypower (temporary card registered with zip and pin) - post 283
Sunrise Bank Visa
US Bank Mastercard/Visa prepaid
US Bank Visa Buxx
TD Go Card
Vanilla Visa/Mastercard (issued by Bancorp) (incl. OneVanilla, Vanilla Debit)


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Old Jul 15, 2016, 12:06 pm
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Hmm, my most recent order from giftcards.com was issued by MetaBank. Tried paying Citi CC and as Wiki stated, doesn't work. Also tried OV for recent datapoint's sake and that didn't work as well.
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Old Jul 15, 2016, 12:47 pm
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Originally Posted by christianwu
DP: paid successfully with Bancorp card from giftcards.com
Did you register your gift card first? If yes, on which website did you register? Thanks.
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Old Jul 26, 2016, 11:51 am
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Originally Posted by booyaa
Hmm, my most recent order from giftcards.com was issued by MetaBank. Tried paying Citi CC and as Wiki stated, doesn't work. Also tried OV for recent datapoint's sake and that didn't work as well.
I tried as well. Confirmed new metabank cards from giftcards.com does not work.
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Old Jul 30, 2016, 9:33 am
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I know the PayPal debit card works from the wiki, but do you need the funds in your account or can you use your PP extras MC as a backup?
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Old Jul 30, 2016, 9:59 am
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Originally Posted by bjk497
can you use your PP extras MC as a backup?
yes. it is the ONLY CC they allow to be used as back-up.
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Old Jul 31, 2016, 9:19 pm
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Has anybody recently paid a BOA (or FIA) cc with debit?
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Old Aug 2, 2016, 7:56 am
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Originally Posted by mizzou1
Has anybody recently paid a BOA (or FIA) cc with debit?
BoA yes (1-2 weeks ago). FIA is no longer issued by BoA and is now administered by the US Bank people - I can't say I've tried it since they switched, but I know in the past I wasn't able to pay US Bank cards with debit.
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Old Aug 3, 2016, 11:40 pm
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How about Green Dot issued VGCs from Walmart? Do they work?
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Old Aug 11, 2016, 10:24 am
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Originally Posted by esw30
BoA yes (1-2 weeks ago). FIA is no longer issued by BoA and is now administered by the US Bank people - I can't say I've tried it since they switched, but I know in the past I wasn't able to pay US Bank cards with debit.
Is the process same for BoA as it is for Citi? I tried paying my Alaska card and the rep said I needed to be overdue for them to accept debit card payment? Was it just the case of misinformed rep and that I should have HUCA?
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Old Aug 11, 2016, 11:54 am
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So annoying that this thread pops up now and again considering it never works. I don't believe it ever did. Some kind of FT urban myth...
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Old Aug 11, 2016, 12:16 pm
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Originally Posted by sybloc
So annoying that this thread pops up now and again considering it never works. I don't believe it ever did. Some kind of FT urban myth...
??? - I have been doing this for years without issue.
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Old Aug 11, 2016, 1:51 pm
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Originally Posted by sybloc
So annoying that this thread pops up now and again considering it never works. I don't believe it ever did. Some kind of FT urban myth...
Works like a charm everytime with Citi cards, I just wasn't sure about BoA cards..
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Old Aug 13, 2016, 2:31 pm
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Had no idea you could pay BoA CC with a debit card.
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Old Aug 15, 2016, 5:40 am
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I can confirm it works - doesnt work if you call BoA, you have to do it via FIA
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Old Aug 15, 2016, 5:53 am
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Originally Posted by Mamibear
yes. it is the ONLY CC they allow to be used as back-up.
I want to clarify that although PP extras MC credit card is the only CC they allow as back up, I have not used it as back up to pay for any CC.
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