Date Received: 2016-11-18
Issue: Problems caused by my funds being low
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: My husband and I are on XXXX. I have been trying my best to keep up with our bank acct at Regions Bank. I have gotten all my statements together and in 2016 so far they have taken out overdraft charges in the amount of XXXX and returned item fees in the amount of XXXX. I went to the bank and my account was getting hit by debits that i did not authorize. The bank said that when my acct was in the XXXX i could come back and open another acct. We are on a fixed income and can not afford these charges. Please tell me what i can do. Our checks are direct deposited so they just keep hitting me with charges and my house payment and utility bill has been returned unpaid so many times that i can not write a check anymore. As you can see i would have more than enough money to pay my bills if i was not PAYING the bank!!! PLEASE HELP ME
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: TN
Zip: 383XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2016-11-18
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2016-11-15
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: In XXXX, XXXX I applied for and was approved for an FHA Mortgage through Regions Bank/Mortgage. At the time of application, and at the closing I was told that after 5 years of paying the PMI/FHA Insurance, and no late payments that amount would be dropped from my payment, thereby reducing my monthly mortgage payment. There has never been a late payment. Each payment has been made on-time. Last year ( at the 5 year mark ) I contacted Regions Mortgage Department about removal of the PMI/FHA Insurance charge on my monthly payment. They agreed and said they would look into it. They came back and said - That is correct that after 5 years the PMI/FHA Insurance could be removed ; however, the balance of the mortgage required to removed the insurance would not be reached until the year like XXXX. Not only is this upsetting, it is fraudulent and deceptive. If that 's the case they are leading people by a deceptive and corrupt practice by telling them the PMI Interest will drop off after 5 years ; when they are the ones generating the amortization tables and they know that balance would not be reach for another 3 to 4 years. I have contacted them numerous times about this and each time the tone is deceptive and misleading. Personally I would like to begin a class action law suit. I have contacted them multiple times over the last year asking them to continue to send me paper statements via USPS. They have yet to do that. Your help in resolving this deceptive practice for both myself and other customers is greatly appreciated.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: AL
Zip: 35226
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2016-11-15
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2016-11-10
Issue: Problems caused by my funds being low
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: I am opted in to overdraft coverage, and unfortunately overdrafted my account by {$1.00}, with no charges smaller than that ( meaning it was only XXXX charge that sent me over ). I then was charged XXXX {$36.00} OD fees for a total of {$100.00}, leaving my account at $ XXXX. When I called Regions to sort out, they said that the way the charges were pending is what caused it, and that it was not a mistake.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: FL
Zip: 33770
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2016-11-14
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2016-11-08
Issue: Problems caused by my funds being low
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: On XXXX/XXXX/2016 I had {$7.00} in my account when I was out and about and did not write a transaction correctly so I believed I had {$7.00} in my account. I went to purchase a meal for {$6.00} and I went to the XXXX store to get something printed for {$.00} and I did not check my account till the next day since I believed I was fine, I come to find out that not only was I hit with an overdraft protection transfer fee for a service I opted out but it was a transfer of {$.00} and then they charged me XXXX NSF 's. I went to the branch and they refunded the fee and refused to refund me the XXXX NSF fees because they can only refund fee 's as a courtesy even if its a bank error. So they told me they can file a complaint for me or I can sue but I wo n't be getting my money back. That was today and they refuse to fix the mistake as advised by the financial services specialist.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: FL
Zip: 32935
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2016-11-08
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2016-11-07
Issue: Customer service/Customer relations
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: Earlier this year I was issued a check from Regions Bank for around {$20000.00}. I went there to cash it and they asked if it would be okay to get XXXX XXXX in cash and the rest in the form of a cashier 's check. Although I wanted the full amount in cash, I was understanding, due to the fact that this was a large amount. So, I have my cashier 's check, issued by the very same branch of Region 's bank here in XXXX XXXX, and they are refusing to cash it because my ID card does n't fit into the parameters set forth by their computer program. The thing is, it 's a very official ID that was issued by the XXXX with a very clear picture and I even brought a second form of ID with my picture on it. I just got released from State Jail and I do n't have a car or money to go around getting different forms of ID that fit into their box. I 'm the person whose name is on the cashier 's check, I have an official ID from the State of Texas ( it just is n't a drivers license like they want ). I know not everyone wants to walk around with large amounts of cash, but I 'm a lot more comfortable with keeping track of my money that way, and the whole point of a cashier 's check is that it can be redeemed for cash without any hassle.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: TX
Zip: 76126
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2016-11-09
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2016-11-04
Issue: Using a debit or ATM card
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: it is impossible to contact my credit card. They provided an international phone number after I placed a claim here : it 's a fact, but that automatic voice service requires a social security number/ tax ID number/ telephone pin number. As a XXXX non resident XXXX, I do n't have a Social Security nr. I was never ever informed by the bank any telephone pin, I just have the regular pin that I use. I 'm trying to buy a wheel for my car, and it 's just impossible because I ca n't access Regions Bank Visa and they have n't authorized the purchase.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State:
Zip: XXXXX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2016-11-07
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: Yes
Date Received: 2016-11-03
Issue: Bankruptcy
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: The 15 U.S. Code 1681g Section 609- Disclosures to consumers requires CRA 's to disclose the sources of information regarding the negative events that are being reported by your agency upon request by the consumer. The date of first delinquency for this account was XXXX. Therefore, this negative event despite being included in chapter XXXX bankruptcy has met the 7 year reporting time frame to all XXXX ( XXXX, XXXX, and XXXX CRA ).
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: GA
Zip: 30034
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2016-11-04
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2016-10-29
Issue: Problems caused by my funds being low
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: I received the complaint the response from the Regions Bank with complaint # XXXX whereas the bank did not answer the question about them charging overdraft the same day the overdraft occurred. Because of this situation, I have no alternative but to find another bank. I do n't want to be associated with Regions bank whereas they think only about themselves and not their custom. I am in the processing of changing bank because I was originally with XXXX was a better bank. Regions did not address my concerns. I want the company that oversees banks to see if Regions was violating the laws by putting through the overdraft the same day that the check came through. This was not the case. This is done if you have their overdraft protection. Please have the agency that oversees the bank look into this matter. The response that the bank submitted did not answer my complaint.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: LA
Zip: 70058
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2016-10-29
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2016-10-28
Issue: Credit card protection / Debt protection
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: Someone $ XXXX from my Regions checking account in purchases I did not make. To start, it 's very hard to get in contact with anyone on the phone. I called Saturday night, XXXX XXXX once I checked my account. After several tries and automated messages, the Associate told me all she could do was " cancel my card, b/c the charges were still pending. '' I waited until TUESDAY to call again and try to file the claim, but that associate told me that " it would be 10 days before I receive papers. '' Therefore, I went into the branch, assuming that it would be a faster process. XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX took my claim. After waiting 10 days, with the implication that I would receive back my stolen funds, I call Regions early in the morning on XXXX just to find out that my claim was DENIED on XXXX/XXXX/16 b/c my pin was used on ONE of the purchases. The first issue is that the claim was denied a DAY after I submitted the claim but I waited 10 days to find out. The second, is that there could not have been a true investigation done in less than 24 hours. Furthermore, I assume somewhere in the process of filing the claim, a wrong charge was selected ( b/c I did use my card a couple times before checking my account to see someone else was doing the same! ) I just found out today XXXX that the file was denied and they are just now telling me to file a police report, which has been done. There are several issues wrong with this fraud dispute and leaving all of my personal cash with Regions, aside from the fact that I 'm behind on bills that need to be paid, why is the banks ' policy to let the money be stolen before doing anything? If you see it pending and I 'm calling you to report fraud ... .WHY LET IT GO THROUGH? Also, the amount of loop holes I had to go through just to get the process completed. I had to make several phone calls and a trip to the branch, just b/c I was not informed of certain things each time I talked to someone. Then, the lack of caring and understand from the associates as I am going through this process. I do n't understand how a bank does not send a warning or no one called me to tell me that huge purchases were repeatedly being made on my account.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: TN
Zip: 38125
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2016-10-28
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2016-10-26
Issue: Problems caused by my funds being low
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: My Regions account ending on Saturday, XXXX XXXX, 2016 balance on the account ledger was XXXX $ ( from transactions made across the day ). Monday, the account ledger showed the same. Tuesday, XXXX XXXX, 2016, a NSF overdraft fee in the amount of XXXX was posted to my account. This NSF fee is what caused my account to be negative in the first place. The bank states that a pending transaction placed a hold on my account on Monday, XXXX XXXX caused all of my transactions from the weekend to be negative although this charge did not show on my account ledger and money to cover all charges was present in my account. The abovementioned charge was not visible on my account ledger and once it posted, it also caused a NSF. This is ridiculous ; banks use " posting '' order to justify charging NSF overdraft fees. I spoke with a manager at the bank ; she refused to return the NSF courtesy fees. As a result of their posting order shenanigans, I have been charged a total of near XXXX $ in NSF fees.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: MS
Zip: 39211
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2016-10-26
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No