Date Received: 2019-05-27
Issue: Managing an account
Subissue: Deposits and withdrawals
Consumer Complaint: Regions bank frozen my bank account for no valid reason. They not giving me any reason even when i visited the branch. I have funds in my bank account and most of my payments got returned. I am suffering damaged and returned payment fees because they froze my account. I started new job and deposited my first check since then my account is frozen and i cant have access to my funds. Its illegal to hold my funds for no reason. I have never committed fraud neither my balance ever became negative. My account is frozen from XX/XX/2019. I am asking CFBB TO help me because i am unable to reach anyone help me with this awful scam bank. If i dont get my funds i am going to the court. I am 5 years customer at the regions bank. I will never do business with them. I have suffered alot to cover up the returned payments.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: AL
Zip: 35215
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2019-05-27
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2019-05-23
Issue: Managing an account
Subissue: Fee problem
Consumer Complaint: I opened my regions Bank account in 2012. I have had trouble with excessive fees being withdrawn from my bank. It was not until 2 days ago that a lady named XXXX at Regions bank told me that the account that is seen on line by the banker is not the same way the consumer sees it. She stated that if a merchant doesn't clam the money that has been debited in 3 days the money " appears '' to be back in the account showing balance higher than it actually is. Becasue NO one in 7 years ever explained this to me nor bothered to tell me that overdraft protection does NOT protect your account from over draft fees, They have taken out in fees in the last 7 years a grand total of {$10.00}, XXXX. I believe this is an exorbitant amount!! I would like to have these fees reimbursed to me. I have talked to a banker from regions today and they said they would not be refunding any additional fees to me. They did refund a little over {$200.00} and stated that '' s all they can do for me, 2 days ago but refuse to refund any other Fees. Please help me Sincerely XXXX XXXX XXXX
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: FL
Zip: 337XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2019-05-30
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2019-05-22
Issue: Closing an account
Subissue: Can't close your account
Consumer Complaint: Hello, I'm inquiring about any accounts that may be open in my name and SSN # My name is XXXX XXXX and my ssn is XXXX. I'm also inquiring about custodial accounts in my son 's name " XXXX XXXX SSN # XXXX and my daughters name XXXX XXXX # XXXX. I believe the account may have been opened fraudulently by a close relative without my knowledge. if there are any accounts open under our names, could you please close them immediately and send any remaining balances and final statement to the address above. Thanks for your time!!!
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: GA
Zip: XXXXX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2019-05-22
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2019-05-20
Issue: Getting the loan
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: I am currently in the loan application process with Regions Bank in XXXX XXXX, MO. It's become clear to me at this point I will not be approved for the loan. The amount requested is {$19000.00}, which is basically my monthly gross times 3 ( months ). I attached my most recent pay stub along with my investment account balances as proof of cash. Please note, though these are retirement accounts, in the event of an emergency, I wanted to withdraw funds or the loan is called, i can start receiving periodic payments per internal revenue code 72 ( t ) ( 2 ) ( A ) ( iv ) without incurring penalty ( so, i have access to these funds if want/needed ). My wife and I are basically looking to consolidate our credit card debt to one lower monthly payment. I've attempted to explain that the loan would basically transfer what is already being paid to a monthly loan payment with Regions. I believe I am being denied, though I don't agree with the method/calculation used, because of my debt to income ratio. I have been a member of regions for close to seven years. In my [ bias ] opinion, I feel there is no doubt about my ability to repay this loan over the note period due to steady income stream from current employer as well as rental income. Worth mentioning I also received a % 4 raise after starting the loan process and am due for another raise and promotion later in the year ( XX/XX/2019 ).
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: IL
Zip: 62221
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2019-05-20
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2019-05-16
Issue: Closing an account
Subissue: Can't close your account
Consumer Complaint: Soo Ive had an active, open account with regions for over 4 years now? Im not sure where too even begin but I guess Ill start in XX/XX/XXXX ; My wife and I started trying to XXXX! Of course a couple of loans were needed to make this happen but itll all most definitely be worth it right?!? Wrong! Regions has gotten AT LEAST 4 thousand dollars out of me in excessively abusing the over draft/ returned fees. Which in return has made me late on my rent x2 months, car note and so much more! I havent received 3/4 paychecks in the past month or so. Ive called numerous times trying to close my account due to SMALL subscriptions I couldnt figure out how to stop. There was probably a total of 6/7 employees telling me it was my fault, always on my end, never anything they could do to help. I HAD to have a XXXX balance and nothing pending.. got it, my account has literally NOT ONCE been at this point. So FOOLISH ME opens another account online with regions thinking it was just an account being neglected etc whatever ( about a month and half ago or so ). So I transferred both my wife and Is direct deposit to the new account, which is currently active and Now they have taken it upon themselves too start STEALING my entire paycheck and replacing it the other acct to bring it to balance.. which still hasnt freaking happened BTW. When I called to explain what was going on and beg and plead for advice or help ( TWO MONTHS LATE ON RENT NOW ) I was told that it was collections taking out for my old account and nothing could be done to help because it wasnt under theyre control. I asked if it was legal and was told that it was in the contract I signed to open my acct, I asked her why they didnt call me Simply because Ive been trying to get someone to stop this MONTHS AGO. It was the system well After not getting the last check ( XX/XX/19 ) I was supposed to get AGAIN due to being negative even though Im supposedly protected but at this point Im feeling freaking attacked. Well yesterday XX/XX/19 I took it upon myself to call and file a complaint, the man taking the complaint was very understanding and even mentioned a few discrepancies that didnt make sense. Especially one! I was told ACH payments COULD NOT be stopped or prevented by a woman employee 2 calls ago.. well this young fella ( praise the XXXX ) mentioned that she was wrong that I could simply pay a fee or something along those lines too prevent them from coming through.. so needless to say I feel robbed, I feel violated and CAN NOT trust my bank to protect my finances whatsoever. They are abusing their right and authority. Ive been considering getting a lawyer but figured Id do some research and found this website. This has happened before, theyve been sued for this! I hope you can get my voice heard! Please. Im working and living too pay a bank right now and losing everything in the process. Im a XXXX year old female just trying to survive here!
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: LA
Zip: 70454
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2019-05-17
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2019-05-14
Issue: Managing an account
Subissue: Funds not handled or disbursed as instructed
Consumer Complaint: I referred XXXX XXXX business account to Regions from my business referral account, and she recently received her {$150.00} incentive as part of the Regions referral program. I never received mine ( while I was the one who referred her business from mine ), and over the last few months, Ive contacted Regions technical support multiple times since the account wouldnt even let me log in to the referral portal. The error message has reflected either Login Failed or Connection Unsuccessful. Login failed. In XX/XX/XXXX, I was given the ticket number XXXX. Ive spoken to at least 10 representatives about this issue, have spent hours on the phone, and I even went in branch and followed up with emails to XXXX XXXX and XXXX XXXX ( XXXX branch ) neither of whom replied to a single email I sent. Everyone insists the issue will be resolved and then absolutely nothing happens. I also never got the incentive for person who referred my business account ( and neither did they ). Talked to XXXX on XX/XX/XXXX ( dialed XXXX ), and shes submitting a request to the marketing team to look into why I didnt receive the one for XXXX. She couldnt explain why XXXX wouldve gotten mailed out while mine didnt, and said she could see where all requirements were met. She also said the marketing ticket number can not be provided. XXXX said she would contact me by email. I obviously have no trust or faith that this will happen given Ive been transferred to many departments and have spoken to so many reps all of whom have not provided any resolutions over the last few months. Its extremely disappointing that shes saying a technicality prevents the incentive for XXXX referral of my business when there were technical issues setting up the account due to them combining personal and business accounts with the same login. They even made me update my login credentials after opening the account.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: GA
Zip: 30082
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2019-05-14
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2019-05-10
Issue: Problem caused by your funds being low
Subissue: Overdrafts and overdraft fees
Consumer Complaint: Over draft fees due to fraudulent charges. Submitted a claim with Regions Bank. This has happened to me numerous times with Regions and they are theft out of my account. Regions has never returned stolen money. My question is why is the FDIC insuring the customers money when they dont follow that law?? Every other big bank in the US does a much better job at protecting and replacing stolen money. Apparently Regions Bank gets away with this protocol and the US Government does nothing. How many Class Actions suits are against Regions? I am sure I am not the only one. Please contact me at+XXXX, XXXX XXXX
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: GA
Zip: 30605
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2019-05-20
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2019-05-09
Issue: Problem caused by your funds being low
Subissue: Non-sufficient funds and associated fees
Consumer Complaint: I had three transactions that were presented to the Bank when the bank account had a positive posted balance and a positive available balance. The next day, two of the transactions cleared the account. On the same day, a fourth transaction was presented that took my available balance negative, but not my posted balance yet. They charged insufficient funds fees on the two transactions that were presented when the available balance was positive and that cleared when the posted balance was positive. Then on the next day the 3rd and 4th transactions cleared my account, and solely because of the fees, I no longer had funds to cover the 3rd transaction. They were justified in applying a fee to the fourth transaction. But the first 3 fees were completely unjustified. After speaking with them, they admitted that is how they handle the fees and as a courtesy, they refunded 1 of the 4 fees. The fourth transaction was for {$12.00}, and would have dropped my account balance to $ ( XXXX ). They have charged me {$98.00} because of this.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: GA
Zip: 30318
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2019-05-09
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2019-05-07
Issue: Problem caused by your funds being low
Subissue: Overdrafts and overdraft fees
Consumer Complaint: On XX/XX/2019, I had 8 pending charges ranging from {$0.00} being the smallest to {$140.00} being the largest. The attached statement from my online banking account will reflect that the balance of my account beginning XX/XX/2019 was {$110.00} after the first entry for that date was credited as a deposit of {$55.00}. The overnight reorganization and posting of debits/credits occurring on XX/XX/2019, reflect that the {$110.00} covered 7 of those pending charges with an ending balance of {$48.00}. The last of those pending charges remained pending on XX/XX/2019. On XX/XX/2019, Regions Bank assessed 6 overdraft fees associated with the 7 charges that posted that day at {$36.00} each, resulting in fees in the amount of {$210.00}. On XX/XX/2019, Regions sent a notice with some kind of reorganizing debit math formula to validate their {$210.00} worth of fees that they claim are overdraft fees for their payment of the 7 charges on my behalf. However, the online banking statement clearly shows that those 7 debits were paid with my own money, leaving a balance in my account of {$48.00}. As of XX/XX/2019, there was still a pending charge for {$140.00}, which had not yet posted, but for which 1 overdraft fee should be rightfully incurred once the pending charge is actually posted to the account. It seems unethical to me that a bank can assess overdraft charges based on a pending payment that has not yet posted and claim that the pending payment caused charges that previously posted to overdraft the account when there was a {$48.00} balance in the account after those charges had posted. I thought this may perhaps be an error, so I went to a local branch of the bank where a teller attempted to explain that the pending charge of {$140.00} was posted to the account before the other 7 charges, which caused the 7 overdrafts, but as a courtesy they only assessed 6 overdraft fees. A courtesy? Every single one of those 7 charges were paid with my own money with a positive balance left over, for which they charged me {$210.00} in overdraft fees, but it was a courtesy to me that they only charged for 6 and not 7? As my online statement clearly reflects, the other 7 charges were posted to the account before the {$140.00}, as the charge for {$140.00} remains pending as I write this complaint. The teller was not able to provide any printout or evidence other than her word that the {$140.00} charge posted before the other 7 charges that were posted on XX/XX/2019, nor was she willing to refund any of the fees. The only evidence that exists of the posting order of the charges on XX/XX/2019 is the online statement I have attached hereto, which shows 7 debits posted with a balance of {$48.00} and a pending debit of {$140.00}.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: AL
Zip: 36582
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2019-05-07
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2019-05-05
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Subissue: Account information incorrect
Consumer Complaint: I entered into a legal settlement on a credit card debt I had with Regions Bank and completely fulfilled the terms of the settlement paying 100 % of the agreed upon amount. Despite this indisputable fact Regions is showing a " current balance '' of {$5000.00} and this is negatively affecting my credit score. How can I have a " current balance '' on an account that is closed and on an account that has been paid in full based on the terms of a legal settlement. This is vindictive fraud by Regions Bank.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: TN
Zip: 38119
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2019-05-05
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A