Date Received: 2023-03-09
Issue: Managing an account
Subissue: Problem using a debit or ATM card
Consumer Complaint: My wife and I were incarcerated between XX/XX/XXXX and XX/XX/XXXX. During that time someone broke into our locked filing cabinet and took all of our personal information, including social security cards, banking information, debit cards, vehicle titles, etc. They then proceeded to drain our checking account of roughly {$37000.00} within 20 days. A family friend of ours even called M & T Bank XX/XX/XXXX around XXXX p.m. in attempt to stop the fraud from continuing, but M & T Bank told him they couldn't do anything. M & T Bank 's fraud department says they do not consider it fraud because our PIN numbers had to be used on numerous transactions. I informed M & T Bank 's fraud department our locked filing cabinet was broken into and our PIN numbers must've been written down on the banking papers. They told us to submit a Victim 's Report from the state police involved in the case. We submitted the Victim 's Report and M & T Bank re-opened the case for only one day and then re-closed it. I also informed M & T Bank multiple credit cards have been opened in our names also and I've had to put our credit on freeze because of all the information that has been taken from us. After we submitted our fraud claim and went into M & T Bank to explain what happened and close out our savings account and recover whatever funds were left over, M & T Bank said they didn't want to bank with us any longer. They were basically warned and informed fraud was occurring to a faithful client that's been banking with them for years with no problems, did nothing about it, and then waited for the fraud victims to come into their bank just to tell them they aren't welcomed there anymore and they can't do anything about getting back the money that was taken fraudulently.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: DE
Zip: 199XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2023-03-09
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2023-03-06
Issue: Problem with a purchase shown on your statement
Subissue: Card was charged for something you did not purchase with the card
Consumer Complaint: M & T Bank denied my claim for charges that were illegally made on my credit card. My account was compromised along with my debits card, social security number and identification card because I lost my wallet with my credit card, debit card, social security card, and id in it on XX/XX/XXXX. I thought I left it at my job at the XXXX XXXX I work in but It was not there when I returned there on the XXXX. The fraudulent transactions : - {$1300.00} from XXXX XXXX # XXXX - {$43.00} from XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX - {$920.00} from XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Please look into this for me. M & T agreed to reimburse me for all fraudulent transactions. My identity and previous M & T credit card account ending in XXXX has been compromised. I need help with getting reimbursed for these fraudulent transactions.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: NJ
Zip: 07106
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2023-03-27
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2023-03-05
Issue: Managing the loan or lease
Subissue: Billing problem
Consumer Complaint: I currently have 2 loans with M & T bank and when making payments online via the mobile app the payment was posted to the incorrect account causing one to go past due. I attempted to make this right with the loan company however so far they haven't only caused more confusion and not provided a resolution. Now that the late reporting is reflected on my credit report I have since been impacted greatly by the loss of credit lines, some reduced to the current balance on the account. When logging in on the mobile browser and going to make a payment I selected the account I wanted to pay- and processed a payment not knowing or being alerted that even though I selected the account I wanted to pay the default was set to go to the first account. At this point, there were no labels on the accounts to really know which one was which. I later discovered on my own you could apply nicknames to each account- this wasn't shared with me as a solution. I was basically given the canned response of I should have known better and that is just how things work. This is a poor customer experience. I did ask for a resolution and next, I see they have done payment reversals on the one account - thinking this was to transfer the payment that was posted to the incorrect account to the right account- nope it was just posted back to the same account. There were multiple payments reversed. This caused even more confusion in the meantime I was making payments to both accounts to not further the damage that was already in progress. Only to be caught up in a situation where the payment I set up online not posting at all - I went through the process and submitted the payment in order to prove myself they wanted a payment confirmation number well there are no text messages or emails sent to provide that number it is only online and well since the payment didn't post there was no confirmation number to be found. This only compounded things because the account was now going to be reported as late. If the payment had been posted to the right account the first time it wouldn't have happened, then when I alerted M & T that this had happened they failed to provide a solution, then I tried to provide myself a solution and this also failed. I have never paid late on any bill in my entire life this has been extremely upsetting and aggravating, to say the least. My credit score plummeted overnight and now it is causing additional impacts I am sure some are not even realized yet. Once this is fixed I will have to fight with the other creditors to fix/undo what has been done as a result of M & Ts failure to correct the issue.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: MD
Zip: 21742
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2023-03-05
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2023-03-04
Issue: Trouble during payment process
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: i had XXXX XXXX for XXXX XXXX XXXX sold to M & T and raise my payment {$300.00}. ask how is this they said wholesale showed that payment was to be raised. they ask did my property taxes go up it didnt. they ask if escorow go up it didn't. i ask for paperwork showing proof where increase was. it actually showed that payment was XXXX XXXX dollars less. now i ask how is this posible oh we're looking into it. what kind of response is that.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: NY
Zip: 11787
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2023-03-04
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2023-03-04
Issue: Closing an account
Subissue: Company closed your account
Consumer Complaint: Branch XXXX should be removed XXXX XXXX is Very unprofessional and posses very poor managements skills.This branch failed to follow the simple steps on how to open a business bank account. Causing me to miss out business and personal time/profits due to their incompetence. As if the mistake they made was not enough, the branch XXXX XXXX took it on him to Closed my account and claimed charged off erroneous. Failed to provided timely resolution to their mistakes and abusing of his branch managerial powers to close my account. No consumer should ever feel afraid and the pain of a managers poor abilities to take care of their clients personal information and complete a simple banking transaction. It would be great for the community to replace this team member XXXX XXXX from this branch with more knowledgeable and friendly staff.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: NY
Zip: 11717
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2023-03-04
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2023-03-03
Issue: Opening an account
Subissue: Account opened as a result of fraud
Consumer Complaint: On XX/XX/2023 a Checking account was open using my personal information. I contacted the company about this matter but couldnt get in contact with anyone over the phone so I went into a branch, they informed me the someone used my personal information to open an account online.
Company Response:
State: PA
Zip: 191XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2023-03-03
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2023-02-28
Issue: Struggling to pay mortgage
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: I was approved for 18 months of assistance from the homeowners assistance fund. Payment has been sent to M & T bank but not posted to my account. Payment was sent to M & T on XX/XX/2023 by Florida HAF and M & T still has not posted the payment to my account. My mortgage is now 27 days due to their negligence.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: FL
Zip: 326XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2023-02-28
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2023-02-28
Issue: Trouble during payment process
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: I bought a house in XXXX and my lender was XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX up until XX/XX/XXXX when M & T Bank bought my loan and my new lender changed to M & T Bank ( something I had no say in the matter ). I've always carried up to date home and flood insurance policies with XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX, with no issues, with sufficient coverage. The new lender, M & T Bank, notified me that my flood insurance policy was insufficient. ( My flood policy wasn't due for renewal until XXXX XXXX, it was up to date, paid in full, with no lapse or anything, and XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX never had an issue with the amount of coverage I had ). Well M & T Bank forced place a lender policy of {$420.00} to cover the time period of when they took over my loan ( XX/XX/XXXX ) until my renewal XXXX XXXX XXXX because they are saying I did not carry adequate amount of coverage from when they took over the loan. So now, as a consumer, I am being punished with this steep charge for something that was completely out of my control- my loan being taken over by another bank, and in the middle of my policy period that was ALREADY written and paid for in full, and in effect. And they are charging me because the amount I am carrying in the middle of policy does not satisfy THEIR requirements. I do not find this just or fair at all. For my renewal period XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX I did increase to satisfy their requirements, but I should not be penalized for those last 3 months of my policy period when they took over my loan as I had NO idea I did not carry adequate coverage as XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX never had a problem with it and I had already paid for this policy and was almost up to my renewal anyway. I've spoken to several M & T Bank representatives and they all told me misinformation and conflicting things. Some M & T Bank representatives told me I was fine, and they removed the lender placed insurance, and then I find out, that no, I am not fine they've placed another one. I've spent countless hours trying to resolve the issue, going back and forth my with my agent, and with M & T Bank, but I am going in circles. Their personnel and training is clearly lacking and is very convoluted. This bank is very unprofessional, confusing, and even to speak to a representative you have to wait 10 minutes before you can even have the option to speak with with a representative. They really make it difficult and confusing for their customers. It has been a nightmare, an awful experience with this bank.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: FL
Zip: 33183
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2023-02-28
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2023-02-26
Issue: Managing an account
Subissue: Deposits and withdrawals
Consumer Complaint: My account was blocked twice after depositing due to verifying my transactions. After Ive verified I was told I would have to wait 10 business days for my account to be unblocked. Again soon as I did deposit a few weeks after my account was blocked I didnt get any reason of why it was, I was told we have no information or nothing on why its blocked you just have to wait. Everytime I do a deposit wether its a check cash, Mobile banking I get blocked for 10 business day which is not right. I requested to close my account and I was told they cant close my account
Company Response:
State: NY
Zip: 10566
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2023-02-26
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2023-02-24
Issue: Trouble during payment process
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: There are a lot of things that are going on here so I'm going to try and break them apart into different sections of the complaint based on how they are worked out and have been discovered. M & T bank obtained my loan starting in XXXX of XXXX it had previously been held by XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. We had no problems during the time the loan was held by XXXX XXXX XXXX in terms of payments or clear explanations of what was going on until they began the selling process to M & T Bank. Since M & T bank has taken over there have been repeated missteps, miscommunication, and problems many of which are surrounded by our escrow account and XXXX XXXX. Problem 1 ) Somehow XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX did not pay our XXXX for 12 months. M & T Bank took the money from our Escrow account to make this current however, according to our Escrow Disclosure any late payments, fees, or interest associated with payments not made in a timely manner are the responsibility of the bank. I have highlighted and sent in this information to the bank and received back our mortgage is required to have XXXX and that's what the Escrow Account is for and we're not entitled to the money back even though the bank did not make timely payments. They also overpaid the PMI by 2 months and have since corrected that problem admitting their mistake. Problem 2 ) Also in our Escrow Disclosure is the right for us to remove PMI from our mortgage earlier as long as our principal balance must be 75 % or less than the appraised value. We have requested on multiple occasions to have the house appraised again as we bought it at over appraised value and put in {$50000.00} worth of work which should put us over the clause. M & T Bank continues to say we're not eligible for this and " SONYMA does not accept or consider home evaluations such as appraisals when reviewing for mortgage insurance removal. Your PMI will automatically be removed at an XXXX of 80 % or below if a satisfactory pay history is maintained '' even though there is a clause in our mortgage that states differently and XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX was aware of and willing to do before they sold our mortgage. Problem 3 ) When making our XXXX current and something to do with taxes I'm still not 100 % clear on M & T Bank cleared out the majority of our Escrow account making it short for XXXX. I understand this can happen and have no problem paying into the Escrow account to ensure our payment does not go up. M & T Bank is insisting we can not pay the full shortage and they must raise our payment. I don't even know how much we're actually short because of the situation where they over took XXXX in problem 1 and they've also attached an additional {$730.00} tax estimate into our account that doesn't exist as we only have 3 tax payments XXXX, XXXX, XXXX.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: NY
Zip: 129XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2023-02-24
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A