Date Received: 2017-03-17
Issue: Making/receiving payments, sending money
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: I was at HSBC branch on XXXX & XXXX in XXXX today around XXXX. Before I got on this long line at downstairs foreign exchange office, I showed one of the tellers that I have old Pound Sterling currencies which I would like to exchange back to USD. The teller nodded " ok, just go to the end of the line ''. I got at this very long line, waited nearly 30 minutes, however, when I got to front of the line, teller XXXX told me " these money are old, we can not accept '' ; she further told me that these money are good to use only in XXXX, but foreign exchange office in HSBC bank no longer accepts them. Well, I felt so mistreated!!! Why ca n't her colleague, ( the teller I showed these old money to ) notify me before I got on this very long line to wait??? I spoke to HSBC assistant manager XXXX, who seemed have no clue with foreign exchange policy, she kept me wait for another 10 minutes, claimed " she needs to check with the tellers '', she had no idea what types of currency notes HSBC can or can not accept, I showed her again these old XXXX pound money, she was so unsure and did n't even know what guideline as what could be accepted. I requested since the teller MISINFORMED ME that it was ok for me to wait on line to exchange and I took her WRONG advice to wait online. HSBC should at least respect customer 's time and honor this one time exchange!!! However, both XXXX and XXXX had ABSOLUTELY NO CONCERN OR RESPECT to customer 's time, they both refused to honor my one time request to change my XXXX pounds to US dollars. I totally wasted 40 minutes of my lunch hour with DISRESPECTFUL HSBC customer service reps and get no results!!! I had been a customer with HSBC for long time, I totally do not deserve this treatment.
Company Response:
State: NY
Zip: 11355
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-03-17
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2017-03-17
Issue: Payment to acct not credited
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: I have a line of credit with HSBC on XX/XX/2007 they sold my loan to XXXX on California the terms of my loan was for 72 months. For XXXX this guy sent me a letter for the same amount for the last ten years paying him he charge Me loan areage interest I do not have any XXXX form from him the last ten years he say he forclosure my house if don pay him and he charge me for his lawyers fees. No statements from him just treating lettets
Company Response:
State: WA
Zip: 98387
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-03-21
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2017-03-16
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
Subissue: Debt is not mine
Consumer Complaint: Received 3 phone calls from ( XXXX ) XXXX. I called to find out why they keep calling me. They ask my name, ask to verify my address and ask to verify the last XXXX of my social. Then they tell me I owe them {$12000.00} for an auto loan in the late XX/XX/1990 that they purchased the debt for. I tell them I never made an auto purchase in the late XX/XX/1990 and that this is fraud. They tell me they will close out the account and I do not owe them and thank me for my time. I told the lady I would be reporting them for fraud. So she starts to argue with me and then hangs up.
Company Response:
State: OH
Zip: 45040
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-03-16
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2017-03-15
Issue: Account opening, closing, or management
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: I opened a new HSBC checking account with {$350.00} new account promotion in XX/XX/XXXX. I satified all the promotion requirements by setting up the direct deposit. Two of my friends opened the new accounts 1 week later than me. Both of them received the {$350.00} bonus at the end of XX/XX/XXXX. The latest time based on the promotion terms and conditions should be the end of XX/XX/XXXX. But till now, XX/XX/XXXX, I still did not get the bonus. I tried more than 10 times to contact the HSBC customer service. After checking the promotion 's terms, all the representatives aggreed that I satisfied all the promotion 's requirements. Then they forwarded my case to the backend promotion team for further research. I received the responses only twice of all my requests. Mostly, they promised to reply within 4 business days, then nothing happened. The first time the backend team stated that I did not qualify for the {$350.00} promotion because I already held an account with HSBC Bank USA while opening the new account. But I was not holding any HSBC account when openning my new checking account. The terms stated " Customers who held any HSBC personal account between XX/XX/XXXX and XX/XX/XXXX are not eligible for this offer. '' But my previous HSBC personal account was closed before XX/XX/XXXX. The second time the backend team stated that did not qualify for the {$350.00} promotion because I opened a new savings account along with my new checking account. But there was no any limitation on opening a new savings account in the promotion terms and conditions. I do n't think openning the new checking and savings accounts together could make me ineligible for the new checking account promotion. In addition, the two of my friends opened the new savings accounts too. They received the {$350.00} bonus. All in all, I met all the new checking account promotion 's requirements. But HSBC Bank USA refused to give me the bonus in different unreasonable excuses. The bank wasted a lot of my time without correcting their fault, even though I had contacted them for more than 10 times. They even did not reply to my customer service requests as they promised.
Company Response:
State: CA
Zip: 95054
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-03-15
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2017-03-15
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
Subissue: Debt is not mine
Consumer Complaint: XXXX XXXX XXXX has no right to collect on a debt delinquent from XX/XX/XXXX and XX/XX/XXXX. Nor have they provided validation information as required by the FDCPA. I have requested a validation of the debt your company claims I owe. In response, I received a letter noting the amount ( {$900.00} and {$710.00} ) on XX/XX/XXXX. Consumers have the right to request a validation of debt to ensure the company collecting the debt has not made an error. Sending me notice of the amount I supposedly owe does not prove that I owe the debt ; it merely proves that your company seeks to collect the specified amount. Please note I am not requesting a verification of your records. I am requesting proof that I incurred this debt, how much was incurred, and that you have the right to collect it. Proof of my liability is my legal right under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Furthermore, based on the information regarding this debt provided by your representatives, I believe this debt to be in error partially or wholly and request proof as stipulated by the FCRA. I request proof XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX is licensed to collect in the state of Georgia.
Company Response:
State: GA
Zip: 30043
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-03-15
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2017-03-13
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: I have a current mortgage thru Beneficial Financial/HSBC. I have been trying to refinance it thru a local bank to get a lower APR. I have been going thru this process since XX/XX/2017. My local bank has been trying to get information from Beneficial about my mortgage and not getting anywhere. They asked me to contact them, hoping that me, the customer, would have a better chance. So on XX/XX/2017 I contacted Beneficial Financial/HSBC due to the current bank I am trying to refinance with being unable to get Beneficial to respond. Upon talking to a Beneficial customer service representative over the phone, I learned that they had received the request from my bank for the Mortgage Verification, but they would not process it for 30 days. While having them on the phone, I requested a copy of it be sent to my home address as well. The rep. let me know they would do that. Today, XX/XX/2017, my bank informed me that they contacted Beneficial to find out why they have not received the Mortgage verification. They were told it was rejected due to it being electronic submission and that they would have to mail a copy to them to be processed. It would take an additional XXXX. At this rate of response, it will be the middle to end of XX/XX/XXXX before I am able to have my refinance completed. My complaint is simple, how are consumers able to deal with this if they are in a financial situation and a financial institution is not responding, or responding slowly. In todays age of electronic means, this should be a simple request. This is putting unjust restraint on information that most financial institutions require from each other and could be causing further hardships on consumers. In my case, I am trying to refinance to lower my payments to avoid financial difficulty. I have also read over XXXX reviews from the Consumer Affairs website stating similar experiences and even Beneficial not signing off on the lein after payoff. This has me worried that I am heading down the same path as so many others have.
Company Response:
State: IN
Zip: 46953
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-03-13
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: Yes
Date Received: 2017-03-13
Issue: Communication tactics
Subissue: Threatened to take legal action
Consumer Complaint: My father was called by a debt collection company and told that I had three counts of fraud against me and that I needed to contact their company immediately. They also told my father that they would " come out and arrest him at his job if they had to because he was responsible for the debt also. '' I called XXXX with the debt collection company back and they also told me that I had three counts of fraud against me and that I was going to be served with a lawsuit and detained by a process server under the authority of the U.S. Marshall 's Office. The company told me it was for an old auto loan that I had back in XX/XX/2006. They told me they would not come out and " detain '' me if I gave them payment over the phone right then or if I set up some sort of payoff with them. They told me I would be served at my job and that I was going to get fired because I was served papers at my job. Unfortunately, I did not get the name of the company and they would not give it to me. They just said that they were a debt collection company hired by a company that was suing me. I was however given a name of XXXX with the phone number XXXX and the name of the process server was XXXX and she called me from two different numbers, one from New Jersey and one from Fort Myers : XXXX and XXXX.
Company Response:
State: FL
Zip: 32303
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-03-13
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2017-03-11
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: I was working with my bank to get a loan modification. The reason was because my husband lost his job and became XXXX. I kept on giving them all the information and they kept on closing the application. I gave them all the paperwork needed and it took 6 years to get my payment to where I would be able to afford the payment. They also put on my credit report I was in forcloseure but not true. Now that will be a big problem to correct. Because of this my mortgage was increase by $ XXXX more.
Company Response:
State: NY
Zip: 11209
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-03-11
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2017-03-11
Issue: Account opening, closing, or management
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: HSBC had a promotion where they would pay out {$350.00} to new checking account customers who made bill payments in 3 consecutive months to two different billers. Due to an error on HSBC 's part, my XXXX payment was not processed and I was advised that I could make a payment in XXXX and still qualify. After calling in XXXX, the CSR confirmed that I had met the requirements and I was told to wait 6-8 weeks from the qualifying transaction ( on XXXX XXXX ) for the bonus to post. The bonus still has not posted, and the customer service representative said they were still " working on it. ''
Company Response:
State: MA
Zip: 02132
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-03-11
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2017-03-11
Issue: Account opening, closing, or management
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: HSBC refuses to confirm the date my account was opened. Per their terms, there is no early closure fee to close the account after 180 days. I opened my account ( opening deposit processed ) on XX/XX/XXXX. I should be able to close the account on XX/XX/XXXX with no fee, yet I am being told I can not close it without a fee until XX/XX/XXXX.
Company Response:
State: MO
Zip: 63114
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2017-03-11
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: Yes