Date Received: 2015-12-21
Issue: Account opening, closing, or management
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: On XXXX I visited my local Citizen 's Bank branch ( XXXX MA ), brought all accounts to a Zero balance and closed my account. On XXXX ( ish ) An automatic XXXX payment was accepted under the closed Citizen 's account, which apparently reopened the account, unbeknownst to me. Since the account was triggered and reopened, I have not once been notified by Citizen 's Bank of any account reopening. Also, I am being penalized for not paying in the form of Fees. On XXXX, I was assured the account was in fact closed. At no time ( either in writing or verbally ), was I, as a consumer, informed that any account activity would automatically result in account reopening. Citizen 's bank did not have the right to accept any automatic amazon payment without my consent, and due to their practices have not notified me of any account reopening, resulting in multiple fees, which is misleading me as a consumer. I offered to pay them in full for any charges I inadvertently incurred, so long as they waive all fees, and they refused to do so. I feel that I a victim of unlawful business practices because of Citizen 's failure to disclose to me that my account had been reopened AND inform me any activity would result in account re-opening. It is in my best interest as a consumer to PERMANENTLY close this account. However, I have no option to do so, and am being forced to pay for wrongfully incurred fees. It is my hope that you can look into this, and help rectify the situation, or even advise Citizen 's Bank as to what information they are required to disclose to any future customers who are leaving their services.
Company Response:
State: MA
Zip: 023XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2015-12-21
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2015-12-18
Issue: Deposits and withdrawals
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: Citizens Bank charged our account {$230.00} in overdraft fees for XXXX overdrafts. The charge appeared on XXXX. The XXXX overdrafts occurred, they say, on XXXX. Never once did the running balance of the account go below zero -- there was never an overdrafting of the account to justify any fees at all. The account running balance never dipped below {$40.00}. I have asked Citizens Bank for the refunding of the fees and I have not received it. They gave me an incident confirmation identifier of XXXX.
Company Response:
State: OH
Zip: 44109
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2015-12-18
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2015-12-14
Issue: Account opening, closing, or management
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: I opened a XXXX svings/checking account and a line of credit with the Citizens Bank. I was told that there will be no maintenance fee if I had a direct deposit and keep the line of credit open. I always met both of these conditions of the bank. I had a less than {$20000.00} loan in my line of credit account and therefore paid {$50.00} annual fee separately for this reason. The Citizens Bank has charged me {$20.00} per month fee for 8 months. When I complained they reimbursed only {$60.00} for 3 months. However, this maintenance fee is totally bogus as I have always met the bank 's conditions. I have tried to speak with the bank a couple of times. Sent complain online but they do not care to resolve my issue and reimburse my remaining {$100.00}. This is an unscrupulous and deceiving practice of the bank to rip off customers like me and they are not willing to resolve it.
Company Response:
State: NJ
Zip: 085XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2015-12-17
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2015-12-14
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: I received a letter in the mail from the bank I chose for my first home loan stating that my monthly mortgage payment would need to be increased because there would n't be a sufficient amount to cover all expenses in the escrow account. It went up almost {$200.00} a month. This is after 3 months of payments since we bought the home. Our property tax situation has n't changed so I find it concerning that this happened. Should n't all the calculations have been done by closing to give us a correct monthly figure?
Company Response:
State: NY
Zip: 117XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2015-12-16
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2015-12-13
Issue: Account opening, closing, or management
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: I was told about a promotion Citizen 's Bank was offering that you would receive {$200.00} if you opened a checking account with them and used their bill paying feature online to pay XXXX bills which had to clear by a certain date. I opened my account in XXXX. In late XXXX I called the customer service line to clarify when the XXXX bill payments had to be made by, the representative was n't sure of the promotion so she instructed me to contact the branch in which I did and was told that the bills had to be paid by XXXX XXXX, 2015. All XXXX of my bill payments were made before that date. I was also told that I would have my bonus by XXXX XXXX. On that date, I did not see my bonus credited to my account, I called customer service again in which they told me that the date for the XXXX bill payments was now XXXX XXXX, and that it was posted on a flyer, which I never received because I heard about the promotion from word of mouth and there was also nothing on my paperwork stating that was the date. If they did not put that information in writing how was I to know when the date was besides what the person told me over the phone. Since I called them on XXXX XXXX I have gotten nothing but excuses about why I did not qualify instead of the staff making an effort to understand my situation and see that I should qualify for the bonus based off the information that THEIR employee gave me. I feel like the bank is using this promotion to lure customers in and intentionally finding ways to avoid having to pay out the bonus. It has been a very unpleasant experience and I feel like I was treated as just a number instead of a human. In a time where the economy is struggling it is very disheartening to be told that you will receive something and then not get it after waiting. I still feel that I am owed this bonus but due to the terrible customer service at this institution and dishonest communication on their part I am sure they will continue to find ways to tell me that I did something wrong. I encourage people to not waste their time opening up an account with this institution just to be lied to and given the run around.
Company Response:
State: NJ
Zip: 08109
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2015-12-13
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2015-12-11
Issue: Settlement process and costs
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: My issues with Citizens Bank are numerous. ( 1 ) The bank failed to close on a timely basis despite having 29 days of lead time and confirming both orally and in writing that they would be able to meet the closing deadline. ( 2 ) The bank refused to pay the costs incurred for failing to meet the closing deadline. ( 3 ) The bank failed to live up to its offer to reduce the interest rate by 1/8 % if I opened a XXXX Checking account.
Company Response:
State: NY
Zip: XXXXX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2015-12-11
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2015-12-09
Issue: Deposits and withdrawals
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: I rented a car and after returning the vehicle the rental car company made unauthorized charges to my account by stating the car was damaged.The amount of damages was highly inflated XXXX and they could not provide proof that I caused the damage or that the repairs were actually made.I notified my bank about this unauthorized charge that not only wiped out any funds I had in the account but was also hit with Overdraft fees.The bank states since I gave the car rental company my card information they could do nothing for me and also refused to reverse/cancel the Overdraft fees stating it was my fault.
Company Response:
State: MA
Zip: XXXXX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2015-12-09
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2015-12-09
Issue: Deposits and withdrawals
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: My Citizens Bank account ( XXXX ) was compromised by a hacker. Whoever it was attempted to access my accountant. The problem was discovered, when I attempted to log in through my mobile app. The XXXX asked me to contact my bank because I was locked. In a previous phone with XXXX, I was informed that someone attempted to hack my account because the log-in location did not match my usual login pattern. They immediately escalate the incident. Citizens Bank, however, did not investigate as promised but instead they reset my password but I was still unable to log-in. During all my frustration, I transferred funds from my business account to personal account which is a separate ID. In the confusion I transferred it funds to the wrong account. I attempted to log into account after the password was reset from my mobile app and I was locked out again. Yesterday, I came in I did not get a chance to check my account. This morning the confusion of the deposit was discovered as a result my bank is charging me {$35.00}. I try to explain that my account was hacked, but my security question prevented any withdrawals. My bank refused to refund my XXXX and tried the entire incident as my error. I am still unable to use my mobile app and XXXX had reset my password again. The only way I can access my personal account is via a PC. Until I call this morning, my treated the attempted hacking as a user error, instead of, changing my user ID. I need my funds back because I am stressed and on high alert. Please help.
Company Response:
State: PA
Zip: 19141
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2015-12-09
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2015-12-07
Issue: Managing the loan or lease
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: My first payment was due XXXX/XXXX/15 and it was setup to come out on my credit card automatically. I logged in on XXXX/XXXX/15 and there was red letting telling me my account was overdue and I had the option to make a XXXX time payment. I assumed the credit card transaction failed so I made a XXXX time payment with my checking account information on XXXX/XXXX/15. I then went in and set up future payments to not come from my credit card but to come from my checking account automatically, because it appeared my credit card did n't work since it said I was past due. Well, XXXX payments ended up coming out of my checking account. The first payment cleared on XXXX/XXXX/15 and the second on XXXX/XXXX/15. I immediately contacted Citizens XXXX on XXXX/XXXX/15 and explained that XXXX payments came out and I would like for XXXX payment to be credit back to me. The representative opened a " case '' and told me it could take up t0 15 days for my money to be returned. I waited until XXXX/XXXX/15 and contacted Citizens XXXX again and asked why my money had not been returned. The representative could not tell me but again opened another " case '' for someone to call me within 5 days with a status. I talked with my credit union after the call with Citizens XXXX on XXXX/XXXX/15 and they took XXXX of the double payments back from Citizen XXXX on XXXX/XXXX/15 ( they called it " MISCELLANEOUS CREDIT ACH RETURNED TO FED '' ) and the money was credited back to my checking account. I never received a call from Citizens XXXX with a status but their system does reflect a returned payment on XXXX/XXXX/15. Now, here is where I 'm concerned and Citizens XXXX has still failed to provide me with a clear concise answer. My bank account reflects the proper number of payments being made to Citizens XXXX ; however, based on the " Payment History '' on their website I have shorted them XXXX payment. Now, if you look at their " Transaction History '' I have made the proper number of payments. The last time I called Citizens XXXX was on XXXX/XXXX/15 where I simply asked the representative if my account was current and in good standing. She could not tell me wither or not it was over the phone and again a XXXX " case '' was opened up as a " complaint '' to have someone higher up call me within 2 days. It 's has been over a week now and not once over this entire situation has anyone at Citizens XXXX contacted me in regards to my XXXX, XXXX, or XXXX case. The phone representatives at Citizens XXXX do not have adequate information to answer any questions and the " cases '' seem to vanish as soon as they are entered.
Company Response:
State: CO
Zip: 80237
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2015-12-16
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2015-12-04
Issue: Credit decision / Underwriting
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: Received pre approval on XX/XX/XXXX. Started full application on XX/XX/XXXX. I was charged {$470.00} for an appraisal on XX/XX/XXXX. As of this evening XX/XX/XXXX the appraisal has not been completed. Citizens bank is claiming that this is due to Dodd Frank and CFPB regulations. I believe this is very misleading and they are trying to blame government regulations on problems with their processes. At this point in the process because of the delays, I do not have the luxury of trying to find another financial institution. I find this unfair and deceptive with the tactics they are using. When I applied, This would have given them almost 80 days for the closing. As of tonight, with no appraisal completed, we now are at 33 days remaining. Again, they have already charged me, but blaming you for the delays. This loan needs to close by XX/XX/XXXX or I suffer severe financial consequences due to their negligence. This is by no means credit or income related. Both my wife and I have XXXX Fico scores, over 15 years each on the job, debt and income ratios all well within guidelines. In other words, we are the ones with perfect credit and income for a mortgage loan. We also are putting down about 35 % of the purchase price.
Company Response:
State: NH
Zip: 03104
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2015-12-04
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: Yes