Date Received: 2022-12-15
Issue: Problem with a purchase shown on your statement
Subissue: Credit card company isn't resolving a dispute about a purchase on your statement
Consumer Complaint: Lane Bryant comenty bank. I never signed up for XXXX XXXX I closed my account months ago I called XXXX XXXX and they dont even show that I have the service but it is showing up on my statements I claim fraud I have been telling Lane Bryant I can not see where to remove this service online and they wont help me remove I told them I want it removed and refund me money since the beginning of time and all associated fees interest that go along with a service I never signed up for they wont help me.. so I need your help asap
Company Response:
State: FL
Zip: 32819
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2022-12-15
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2022-12-15
Issue: Improper use of your report
Subissue: Credit inquiries on your report that you don't recognize
Consumer Complaint: I have reported these hard inquiries to XXXX as fraudulent from these companies and they have not yet been removed. I did not authorize any of the following inquires and I have a police report attached showing that my identity was stolen. Please remove the following inquires from my XXXX credit report : Comenity BankXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
Company Response:
State: AR
Zip: 724XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2022-12-15
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2022-12-15
Issue: Problem when making payments
Subissue: Problem during payment process
Consumer Complaint: My XXXX XXXX XXXX that was serviced by XXXX XXXX XXXX was transferred to Comenity. I used my new card for a home repair to get the points they offered me. I received my first bill from Comenity and it contained my billing for the large home repair. The bill was due on XX/XX/XXXX. I used XXXX XXXX from my bank account and asked that the check be sent to arrive on XX/XX/XXXX. The bank XXXX XXXX confirmed that they sent the check on XX/XX/XXXX. As of XX/XX/XXXX my large payment of {$10000.00} had not been credited to my charge card. I called Comenity and they stated that they hadn't received the payment. In order to prevent a late charge I paid the minimum payment amount. I contacted Comenity several times thereafter regarding the status of my payment, both in writing ( messages on their system ) and via the telephone. They responded that they would not report my card delinquent or charge me a late fee for 90 days while they researched it. The customer service representative stated that there was an issue with the conversion of XXXX accounts onto the Comenity system and that there were others who were affected as well. That they were expecting it to take approximately 3 weeks to get rectified. I stated that my bank said that I could put a stop payment on the check but to check with Comenity first to make sure they would not charge me a bounced check fee. They did not respond to that question but once again said that they wouldn't report for 90 days. I have now received my XX/XX/XXXX bill and Comenit is charging me {$160.00} in finance charge. I messaged them and they stated that since I had a balance that rolled into the next billing period I was responsible for the finance charge. This can not be correct since they have my check, did not answer me whether I should stop payment on my check and told me that it was a conversion issue. This servicer should be put out of business! I have had an issue with them before on a store credit card. They are robbers and are making money off not applying payments on time. Please help me out with this issue and pursue further for all the other customers that have been taken advantage of by this company.
Company Response:
State: RI
Zip: 02816
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2022-12-29
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2022-12-15
Issue: Managing an account
Subissue: Problem making or receiving payments
Consumer Complaint: Comenity Capital Bank recently refused to honor the following payments from my Comenity savings account : Date Initiated : XX/XX/XXXX Recipient : Financial Industry Regulatory Authority , Inc. ( FINRA ) Purpose : Registration Fees Amount : XXXX Date Initiated : XX/XX/XXXX Recipient : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. ( Chase ) Purpose : Credit Card Payment Amount : {$130.00} With regard to the FINRA payment, on two separate occasions I spoke with a Comenity customer service representative ( XXXX is her name I believe ) who incorrectly told me that the payment to FINRA was honored but that FINRA returned the payment to Comenity with no reason given. I incorrectly relied on this completely bogus information in my conversations with FINRA. Comenity provided no reason for blocking these payments other than to say my savings account is a non-transaction account. It seems completely arbitrary that Comenity should block these payments. Since opening my savings account on XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX has processed payments to a wide variety of recipients, including : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX credit card XXXX Internal Revenue Service tax payment XXXX XXXX credit card payment Commonwealth of Massachusetts tax payment XXXX XXXX credit card payment XXXX XXXX credit card payment As a result of Comenity blocking the payment to FINRA, I was late in paying my investment advisor registration fees, which put my employment status at risk and forced me to initiate a wire transfer to complete the payment. Similarly, as a result of Comenity blocking the payment to XXXX, I am late in paying my credit card bill, which will cause me to incur late charges and fees. I have spent an immense amount of time and suffered much XXXX and stress during my attempts to resolve these payment issues. I have never previously had a payment blocked by Comenity and there seems to be no rhyme or reason why one payment request would be honored while another is not. More troubling, neither at the time of opening the account nor at any time subsequent to opening the account was it disclosed to me that Comenity may block a valid and legitimate payment for no apparent reason. Comenity has provided no specific guidance as to what payments will be honored and what payments will not be honored, which is completely unacceptable. The only reason Comenity should be allowed to block a payment is if it believes the payment is fraudulent or unauthorized. And in this case it should only be allowed to block a payment if it has made a reasonable attempt to contact me in an attempt to verify that the payment request is valid.
Company Response:
State: MA
Zip: 01824
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2022-12-15
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2022-12-15
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Subissue: Account information incorrect
Consumer Complaint: I have a store credit card through BJs with comenity bank ( newly updated to bread XXXX ) and they have not reported any of my payment or balance updates since XXXX. I have been repairing my credit and processing a refinance loan and this impacted my debt to income ratio and continues to impact my XXXX XXXX. I have a XXXX balance and it displays as a XXXX % usage last reported in XX/XX/2022. I sent a dispute to all XXXX credit reporting agencies and submitted an update request directly to comenity. The response I received is : We recognize that you've recently made a payment, but it is not reported to the credit bureaus. I understand how this can be frustrating for you. Because of a recent system update, we are not reporting account updates to credit bureaus while our processes get aligned for accuracy. We have our customers ' best interest in mind, and will soon resume our standard practice of providing updated account information to the consumer reporting agencies with each account billing. Is that even legal? They are purposely withholding updates to credit reporting which can both positively and negatively impact scores used for consideration in financial transactions.
Company Response:
State: PA
Zip: 19468
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2022-12-15
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2022-12-15
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Subissue: Account status incorrect
Consumer Complaint: Per 15 USC 6805 and FCRA and as a federally protected consumer, I am opting out of any and all authorizations reporting of my personal data to anyone without my prior written consent. Any further sharing of my personal data will be in violation of my rights under the Privacy Act of 1974 and copyright protection. My right to have a fair and equitable consumer report has been and continues to be violated by XXXX, COMMENITY BANK and XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX In addition to the above complaint, per 15 U.S CODE 1681 ( b ) PERMISSIBLE PURPOSE OF CONSUMER CREDIT, I did not give permission to report on my consumer credit. XXXX & the listed creditors and alleged debt collectors is in violation of the law. Under 15 U.S code 1681- Permissible purposes of consumer reports. a ) general subject to subsection ( c ) any consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report under the following circumstances and no other 2 ) in accordance with written instructions of the consumer to whom it may relates. I did not give any written instructions to furnish my transaction history on my consumer report and furthermore the FCRA 15 U.S. Code 1681a - definitions ; rules of construction SO EXCLUSION from a CONSUMER REPORT containing information solely as to transactions or experiences between the consumer and the person making the report. Credit reporting agencies such as XXXX are defined by the Graham Leach Bliley Act as financial institutions subject to its rule making authority pursuant 15 USC 6804. XXXX is not upholding its role pursuant 15 USC 1681. You ( XXXX ) are not upholding your grave responsibilities with fairness, impartiality, and respect for my right to privacy in the vital role you assumed in collecting, storing, assembling, and sharing an accurate and equitable consumer credit profile on my behalf. This is MY consumer credit profile and reporting inaccurate information is a discriminatory practice and is prohibited pursuant per the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. Your failure in responsibilities includes but not limited to, a violation pursuant 15 USC 1681a ( 2 ) ( a ) ( I ) - XXXX continues to furnish reports containing my transactions histories, debt utilization, payment history, inquires, and credit card balances are a few examples of transactions and experiences. A violation pursuant 15 USC 1681c ( a ) ( 5 ) - any adverse information shall be excluded from the consumer report. You are subject to civil liability pursuant 15 USC 1681n, 15 USC 1681o and a violation of 15 USC 1692c- you are acting in capacity of a debt collector when you communicate/ advertise my transaction history. You ( XXXX ) are in violation of Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ( FERPA ) ( 20 U.S.C. 1232g ; 34 CFR Part 99 ). This Federal law protects the privacy of my student education records. I signed a privacy form, which indicated that my student loan servicer would provide my transaction history to any 3rd party company, therefore these must be deleted. My consumer report is a form of communication and advertising my transaction history is an attempt to coerce payment of the alleged debt. The provisions of 15 USC 6801 ( a ) this requires financial institutions to notify consumers of their information sharing practices and provide a right to opt out of certain sharing. I never received an opportunity to opt out of notice from XXXX, COMMENITY BANK and XXXX XXXX XXXX.As a violation of 15 USC 6802- you ( XXXX, COMMENITY BANK and XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX communicated my nonpublic personal information to unaffiliated 3rd parties without my consent and without giving me the opportunity to direct such information not be disclosed. All of the information contained in my consumer report is nonpublic personal information unless I give you permission. You ( XXXX, COMMENITY BANK and XXXX XXXX XXXX ) are also in violation of 18 U.S.C 894 for using my consumer report with extortionate means as a way to coerce and swindle me into making payments on alleged debt not owed. I DID NOT AND DO NOT CONSENT to you ( XXXX, COMMENITY BANK and XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX furnishing this information to my consumer report. I did not give you authorization or permission to have my personal identifying information, which you have obtained by aggravated identity theft in accordance with 18 U.S.C 1028A. Per 15 U.S CODE 1681 ( b ) PERMISSIBLE PURPOSE OF CONSUMER CREDIT regarding inquiries, if the accounts are not open on my credit report all inquiries will have to be removed ; please provide documentation that you used to verify that the inquires ( i.e. promotional or otherwise ) are open accounts with the creditor. Please be advised that I dispute the validity of the listed alleged debt in its entirety. I request a copy of a contract or agreement signed by the alleged original creditor and all parties to any such contract provided. Be advised that a billing statement, notice or any unsigned document is not verification of the alleged debt. You are on notice that you are unlawfully attempting to collect the listed alleged debt. If you opt to provide verification, also provide me with proof of the chain of title ownership of the debt. Also, if the alleged debt was acquired by a debt buyer, you would also need to provide proof of the chain title of the alleged debt, and this must be from the original creditor to the current alleged without a break in chain. This is a notice to CEASE and DESIST of all illegal activities, including reporting which constitutes collection activities. This is also a NOTICE exercising my rights to prevent the processing of my personal data. Failure to remove these debt collection accounts and update transactional history as PAID AS AGREED/ON-TIME on these accounts within 4 days from my consumer report as requested will result in legal matters being taken upon you. I would also like to request, in writing, that no telephone contact be made by your company to my home or my place of employment. If your offices attempt telephone communication with me, including but not limited to computer generated calls and calls or correspondence sent to or with any third parties, it will be considered harassment and I will have no choice but to file suit. All future communications with me MUST be done in writing and sent to the address noted in this letter by XXXX. It would be advisable that you assure your records are in order before I am forced to take legal action against your company and your client. This is an attempt to correct your records, any information obtained shall be used for that purpose. During this time collection activity must cease and desist. If any adverse action that is taken during this validation period that negatively impacts my Credit Report, including any potentially inaccurate information, I will instruct my legal consul to take relevant action against the guilty parties. You must immediately remove the collections you fraudulently placed on my credit reports until such a time as the debt is proven valid. If I personally do not receive any response from you for VALIDATION of this account within 4 days, all references and claims to this account must be deleted from your files. Adverse actions taken against me denying my rights, of which the civil damages pursuant to 15 USC 1611 ( 1 ) are up to { { { {$5000.00} } } } per violation, civil damages for 15 USC 1692 ( j ) are up to { { { {$1000.00} } } } .per violation NOTICE TO AGENT IS NOTICE TO PRINCIPAL NOTICE TO PRINCIPAL IS NOTICE TO AGENT SILENCE IS ACQUIESCENCE.
Company Response:
State: LA
Zip: 700XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2022-12-15
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2022-12-15
Issue: Getting a credit card
Subissue: Card opened as result of identity theft or fraud
Consumer Complaint: Got a fraud alert from XXXX XXXX about a credit inquiry with XXXX. Someone used my information to apply for comenitycapital/mycash card. I was advised to report the incident with you. I don't know how someone obtained my personal information and certainly not shared it with anyone.
Company Response:
State: WI
Zip: 54130
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2022-12-15
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2022-12-15
Issue: Fees or interest
Subissue: Problem with fees
Consumer Complaint: Paid the bill off in XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXXthis is the amount that was on their website that day when I paid. There were no more charges, in fact nothing had been purchased with this card in 4 months. They placed a finance charge of {$3.00} on XX/XX/XXXX and the late fees started accruing from then. The total amount of late fees at this point is {$190.00} and they are not willing to remove those. They have already closed out the account and this is steadily hitting my credit for over the limit amount.
Company Response:
State: SC
Zip: 29588
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2022-12-15
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2022-12-15
Issue: Other features, terms, or problems
Subissue: Problem with rewards from credit card
Consumer Complaint: Because of my XXXX purchases before XXXX I had {$39.00} rewards that I redeemed on XX/XX/XXXX and received a confirmation email : " Hello, XXXX XXXX Account Ending in XXXX Congrats! You redeemed your rewards Dear XXXX, You successfully requested a direct deposit on XX/XX/XXXX. Well apply this deposit to your bank account ending in... XXXX. The timing of the deposit will depend on your bank. Redemption Date : XX/XX/XXXX Redemption Amount : {$39.00} Thanks for being a cardholder! Visit Account Center '' No {$39.00} arrived into my checking account XXXX, so on XX/XX/XXXX I sent a secured message to credit card company and asked about my {$39.00}, after several emails credit card company told me to call their XXXX number and when I did they put me on several holds then they haged up after 18minutes.
Company Response:
State: NY
Zip: 143XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2022-12-15
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2022-12-15
Issue: Problem with a purchase shown on your statement
Subissue: Card was charged for something you did not purchase with the card
Consumer Complaint: I have 4cards that use the same company. Commenity bank. I have had problems paying my bill due to being let go from my job and trying to catch up. This company claims I have a {$300.00} dollar balance on a card with XXXX. I do not I paid that card off and never used it again. Nonetheless this company has continuously harassed me by calling multiple times a day for months and even reaching out to estranged family members and letting them know I was in debt and that they were looking for me.
Company Response:
State: MS
Zip: 392XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2022-12-15
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A