I was wrong about WHISH. I met with them in person, this is my update!
3rd Update: I met with the CEO and the Marketing Director in person at their Spears campus in Beirut. I got to tour the campus and meet with several members of the team. I believe my initial impression, although valid, should now reflect what I saw and heard with my own eyes and ears. These folks are hard working people and they are on a mission to make the lives of the Lebanese better. I was assured that my experience with post sales support will never occur again and that their training manuals have been updated. I am happy to promote WHISH MONEY SAL for anyone in the diaspora trying to send money to family and friends living in Lebanon. Download the app, get verified and experience what the best digital wallet in the middle east has to offer.
2nd Update: The CEO and the Marketing Director of WHISH MONEY SAL called me directly from Lebanon. They discussed my experience at length. They were transparent in explaining what went wrong and detailed the steps they are going to take so that my experience is not repeated with other customers. This gesture convinces me that they do indeed care about their customers and are willing to improve. For this reason, I am changing my rating from 1 star to 5. I believe they are sincere and deserve a second chance.
Initial review: I am writing this review to warn others about the highly unprofessional customer service provided by WHISH MONEY SAL post sales support. As a digital wallet user, I expect prompt, transparent communication regarding my ability to fund my account and send money. Instead, I was faced with nothing but delays and generic responses. My specific issues include, 1 - Lack of Help: I contacted customer support regarding an inability to add money to my wallet using my Capital One Discover debit card. Capital One acquired Discover in 2025 and converted all Capital One bank debit card holders from MasterCard to the Discover network. Support repeatedly insisted that WHISH MONEY SAL accepts the card and claimed that my bank was declining the transaction. 2 - Poor Treatment: The customer service representatives I dealt with were dismissive and refused to provide a clear explanation or a definitive timeline for a resolution. Even after I provided my browser’s transaction logs—which definitively proved their third-party payment processor wasn't even attempting to contact my bank for authorization—support refused to act. They declined to forward the logs to the appropriate technical team for analysis, blindly blamed my bank, and dismissed my complaint. 3 - No Escalation Path: My requests to escalate this issue to a manager were repeatedly ignored, leaving my ability to fund the wallet completely stuck. I persisted until someone finally called me—only to inform me, a staggering 21 days after my initial contact, that WHISH MONEY SAL does not actually accept My my Capital One issued Discover debit card, despite post sales support insisting that they did. The representative offered no apology for her staff’s incompetence, did not offer to train them on which cards they do actually accept, and left me hanging. A digital wallet relies entirely on trust. By treating customers with this level of disregard, WHISH MONEY SAL has proven they do not take their customer's experience seriously. I strongly advise others to look for an alternative wallet provider that values consumer rights and transparent communication. I can only hope the CEO of WHISH MONEY SAL sees this review and acts on it for the sake of his company’s reputation.
10 juillet 2026
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