Date Received: 2017-07-12
Issue: Problem caused by your funds being low
Subissue: Overdrafts and overdraft fees
Consumer Complaint: Citizens bank continues to charge me ridiculous funds when they hide transactions to purposely make your account go in the negative. On XXXX XXXX I received a XXXX nsf I hve screenshots that the transaction that came through left my account with XXXX cents. When speaking to XXXX from Executive office who could care less advised me I should not be using the app or online to confirm my balances This makes no sense its the 20th century! She tells me that I should be writing down my info whats the purpose of having these tools if they are not accurate. Citizens is charging me XXXX since they say I had a XXXX hold that was NOT reflected in my balance I am escalating this to the highest level as POSSIBLE and do not EVER want to be contacted by XXXX again I am currently looking for a new bank after reading so many reviews Citizens continues to do this to hard working consumers. I do not have funds to pay these fees! Transactions on hold disappear I monitor my account VERY closely and XXXX advises me track by writing things down because she does that 's a terrible reply to hear from someone supposedly in the Executive office this company could care less about there consumers and are out to get fees anyway they can!
Company Response:
State: PA
Zip: 19401
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-07-12
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-07-12
Issue: Managing an account
Subissue: Problem making or receiving payments
Consumer Complaint: Yesterday I signed up for a company called XXXX XXXX and it verified my bank account and everything, when I go to work today I should be able to start receiving money from them if I so choose to, which being extremely low income I desperately need to do from time to time by just a few dollars here and there so I do n't need to overdraft my account. My bank which is citizens bank of PA is not partnered with this company so apparently they just want people to overdraft their accounts if they desperately need gas, or toilet paper so they can get the XXXX dollar fee. This company XXXX would be a huge help to customers in keeping them from paying those fees to banks. Me myself I can personally attest to how much this company would help people like me. I just was paid yesterday and my entire check went to coolant for my car, oil for an oil change, rent, and everything my XXXX year old needed and what my XXXX XXXX olds daycare requires him to have and as this is his first day of daycare today I needed a lot. I do n't have the money for gas to drive my XXXX year old to her daycare in moon for an entire week, I do n't have money for gas for work, I 'm at 1/4 of a tank my car is a gas hog until the oil is added and coolant. The only reason my bank has not joined with this company is to get the fees charged from having to overdraft when this application will eliminate the need for that. I feel all banks should be required to join with companies like XXXX to help eliminate fees being paid to institutions as people wo n't need to overdraft.
Company Response:
State: PA
Zip: 152XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-07-18
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-07-11
Issue: Problem caused by your funds being low
Subissue: Overdrafts and overdraft fees
Consumer Complaint: XXXX / XXXX / 2017 I made purchases over the weekend that had been deducted from my account but was on hold however the purchases had shown deduction from my balance now Citizens bank is saying it did not reflect on my balance when in fact it did and they are charging me with XXXX different overdraft fees.
Company Response:
State: NM
Zip: 87121
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-07-11
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-07-06
Issue: Trouble using your card
Subissue: Can't use card to make purchases
Consumer Complaint: XXXX XXXX I was in XXXX. Tried to use my debit/credit card from Citizens Bank. The card did not work either as debit or credit card. ( Plenty money in the account ). Today, XXXX XXXX I went to XXXX and tried to use my card as debit and credit. Did not work. There is a Citizens Bank in XXXX XXXX XXXX. I went over to the bank and at first they had no idea why my card would n't work. Then the young lady who seemed to be a manger tried to sneak out without answering my question ; what 's wrong with my card! She said oh you got your PIN number wrong 7 times in a year so the card was shut down! No notification from the bank that they shut down my card. The teller and the manager did n't care, that is Citizen Banks policy. This is wrong on so many levels. They need to notify their customers when this happens!!!!!!!!!!!!
Company Response:
State: PA
Zip: 19403
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-07-06
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-07-06
Issue: Managing an account
Subissue: Deposits and withdrawals
Consumer Complaint: I XXXX XXXX deposited XXXX checks XXXX for {$1800.00} & XXXX for {$1000.00} on XXXX XXXX 2017 , Both local checks same town, XXXX from my wife and XXXX from a friend, On XXXX XXXX 2017 both checks cleared there accounts and I am still being told by Citizens Bank that there not releasing the funds till XXXX XXXX because there is a hold on them even after citizens has the money. XXXX Thank you XXXX XXXX
Company Response:
State: CT
Zip: 06405
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-07-06
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-07-06
Issue: Problem caused by your funds being low
Subissue: Overdrafts and overdraft fees
Consumer Complaint: XX/XX/XXXX I deposited {$500.00} in my bank account. Partial Cash and Partial Check. The cash cleared immediately while the check funds were on hold. Despite the funds being in my account on XX/XX/XXXX Citizens Bank charged me {$170.00} in overdraft fees and charges and refused to waive even one of those charges. This happens on a regular basis and they have charged me nearly {$2000.00} within the past year. Citizens continues to maliciously manipulate my funds in order to charge me additional fees. If for some reason I accidentally fall short I immediately put funds in there the following morning. Citizens will then immediately charge me an overdraft charge of {$35.00} and take whatever funds I deposited in my account. My ledger constantly changes and charges move up and down the deposit line how Citizens Bank see 's fit. They then blame it on the merchant. I go to the same places daily and deal with the same people daily. The merchants are not the issue here. Citizens Bank is the issue. They are the most deceitful bank I 've ever had the displeasure of dealing with. Their employees are extremely rude and unhelpful and I for one am tired of being treated like a second class citizen just so I have the ability to pay my bills online. I find their way of conducting business bordering on criminal and their fees are highly excessive. They manipulate your funds so that they can maximize the fees they charge you. So instead of one fee they will manipulate your funds so that they can charge you three instead. This company must be dealt with immediately.
Company Response:
State: PA
Zip: 152XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-07-06
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-07-06
Issue: Opening an account
Subissue: Confusing or missing disclosures
Consumer Complaint: XX/XX/XXXX - - letter to XXXX XXXX XXXX, CEO of Citizens Bank regarding offer of CD at 1.75 % and/or 1.50 % ... attempted to open CD as per the print advertising, but could not. ... ...
XX/XX/XXXX - - spoke with a XXXX XXXX of Citizens Bank at XXXX XXXX who informed me that he would research the matter ... .The matter is that the offer as presented fails to mention that the customer needs to have {$25000.00}. on deposit with Citizens to get the premium CD yield ... XX/XX/XXXX -- wrote another letter to CEO XXXX XXXX pointing out the incompetence of his XXXX XXXX in resolving the situation ... XX/XX/XXXX -- a third letter to CEO XXXX stating that XXXX XXXX had offered me a CD at 1.25 %, but failed to relay that information to the branch ( XXXX ) staff where XXXX XXXX is the branch manager, and XXXX XXXX is also in a supervisory capacity .... XX/XX/XXXX -- I receive yet another advertising piece ( two in fact ) offering a CD, and again no mention of the absurd minimum to be maintained to avoid monthly charges. A curt email was also sent to the CEO and the two local officials about the new marketing post cards .... THIS IS SIMPLY A BAIT AND SWITCH situation wherein the public is the victimCompany Response:
State: DE
Zip: 19958
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-07-06
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-07-06
Issue: Problem with a lender or other company charging your account
Subissue: Money was taken from your account on the wrong day or for the wrong amount
Consumer Complaint: On XX/XX/XXXX, we paid the city of XXXX {$2400.00} for our quarterly real estate taxes using our account at Citizen 's bank. For some reason it was charged again on the XX/XX/XXXX, rejected due to insufficient funds, charged a bank fee, reversed on the XX/XX/XXXX, and then processed again on the XX/XX/XXXX when a deposit increased the balance to cover it. As soon as I discovered this I went into the local branch. The banker there filed a claim ( his idea ), and a credit was received XX/XX/XXXX.He also told us the {$39.00} fee would be waived, which never happened. On XX/XX/XXXX XXXX returned the second payment, and additionally there was a dda debit for the same amount. By the end of this there were 7 transactions in the amount of {$2400.00}. Four were debits, three were credits. Each of these transactions changed our balance, so at the end we are minus {$2400.00} plus the {$39.00}. XXXX, the company that apparently runs the online system for Ctitizen 's, claims we owe them a payment in that amount. I went in to the branch again and went over evrything and the banker agreed with me but refused to speak with XXXX. There is ( was? ) a note on our file with Citizen 's saying we are correct, but then they switched and said we owe XXXX, who has now turned this over to a debt collector. Please help
Company Response:
State: MA
Zip: 02453
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-07-06
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-07-05
Issue: Problem with the payoff process at the end of the loan
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: I bought a new XXXX with XXXX through Citizens One Personal Loans back in XXXX XXXX. The phone was returned to XXXX on XXXX XXXX, XXXX do to a defect. XXXX informed me that they would take the phone back for a full refund and I purchased another phone and a new loan started XXXX XXXX, XXXX with my brand new phone.
Citizen One sent me a letter stating my account # XXXX was closed and would be credited back to my credit card within 5-7 business days. After this time I called and spoke to a representative that told me the claim was not processed and she was not sure why. She transferred me to her Supervisor XXXX which told me he would rush the claim and it would be credited back to me no later thanXX/XX/XXXX. Today is XX/XX/XXXX and the credit has still not been issued. I 'm done fighting with them, I have records that state I would have my money back 5-7 business days from XXXX XXXX, XXXX. It 's now XXXX XXXX. Way past the date the credit should have been issued.Company Response:
State: IA
Zip: 50265
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-07-05
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2017-07-02
Issue: Managing an account
Subissue: Deposits or withdrawals
Consumer Complaint: In XX/XX/XXXX, my XXXX years old son was injured. Settlement was reached with insurance company, and I was assigned a manager of my son 's estate until his emancipation in XX/XX/XXXX. I have chosen to open a Call CD ( joint, under both my son 's and my name ) with then Charter One Bank in IL. It was a 60-month Call CD. It matured twice, in XX/XX/XXXX, and XX/XX/XXXX. In XX/XX/XXXX I changed the length to 20 month, to gain better return. This CD would mature a few times, with closest to my son 's emancipation on XX/XX/XXXX. Initial CD agreement required me to have a clause stating that the funds would not be available for withdrawal unless a court order allowed, OR NO FURTHER COURT ORDER WOULD BE NEEDED once my son would emancipate ( in XX/XX/XXXX ). In XX/XX/XXXX, Charter One Bank completely moved out of IL, and this CD. Closest branch would be in XXXX, OH. In XX/XX/XXXX Charter One Bank became Citizens Bank. In XX/XX/XXXX, I have received a typical notification that the CD would mature on XX/XX/XXXX. I called the bank 's toll-free number in attempt to close the CD and move the funds into a checking account. This way, my son would have a nice present at his disposal for his XXXX Birthday. What I learned during the call was that the CD was " frozen '', and required a court order to unfreeze the funds. I knew this was not the case, and asked to find out why and when the change happened. In the meantime, the CD rolled to another term, with only 0.03 % APY ( due to us being out-of-area ). What I was told later, the type of CD with Citizens Bank was " Guardian '' and did require a court order to release the money. I know this was not supposed to happen since I was the one opening the initial Call CD with Charter One, and it was not a " Guardian '' account. Citizens Bank over the phone advised me to visit a branch, explain the situation, and a branch manager would be able to override the freeze. I did visit a branch ( made a detour while on a road trip ), but was told " the account is frozen, and a court order was needed ). I am upset that the whatever change happened to the account prevented me surprising my son with some money on his XXXX birthday. I am upset having spent at least two work weeks time trying to resolve the issue. I am upset the money was taken out of state, thus making it difficult resolving issues remotely ( again, closest branch is XXXX-XXXX miles away ). I am upset the money is held with almost no return, and with no reason at all, without even letting me to reinvest with them on better terms. I am upset the Bank have not held to the terms of original contract we both signed at the time of initial account opening in XX/XX/XXXX. I am upset for my now adult son for not being able to use his money for his needs.
Company Response:
State: IL
Zip: 60016
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-07-03
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A