SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL


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"Products" offered by SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL with at least one, but usually more complaints:

Bank account or service - (CD) Certificate of deposit
Bank account or service - Cashing a check without an account
Bank account or service - Checking account
Bank account or service - Other bank product/service
Bank account or service - Savings account
Checking or savings account -
Checking or savings account - CD (Certificate of Deposit)
Checking or savings account - Checking account
Checking or savings account - Other banking product or service
Checking or savings account - Savings account
Consumer Loan - Installment loan
Consumer Loan - Personal line of credit
Consumer Loan - Title loan
Consumer Loan - Vehicle lease
Consumer Loan - Vehicle loan
Credit card -
Credit card - General-purpose credit card or charge card
Credit card - Store credit card
Credit card or prepaid card - General-purpose credit card or charge card
Credit card or prepaid card - General-purpose prepaid card
Credit card or prepaid card - Gift card
Credit card or prepaid card - Government benefit card
Credit card or prepaid card - Store credit card
Credit reporting -
Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports - Credit reporting
Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports - Other personal consumer report
Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports - Credit repair services
Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports - Credit reporting
Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports - Other personal consumer report
Debt collection - Auto
Debt collection - Auto debt
Debt collection - Credit card
Debt collection - Credit card debt
Debt collection - Federal student loan debt
Debt collection - I do not know
Debt collection - Medical
Debt collection - Medical debt
Debt collection - Mortgage
Debt collection - Non-federal student loan
Debt collection - Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Debt collection - Other debt
Debt collection - Payday loan
Debt collection - Payday loan debt
Debt collection - Private student loan debt
Debt collection - Telecommunications debt
Debt or credit management - Credit repair services
Debt or credit management - Debt settlement
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Check cashing service
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Debt settlement
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Domestic (US) money transfer
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Foreign currency exchange
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - International money transfer
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Mobile or digital wallet
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Money order
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Money order, traveler's check or cashier's
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Refund anticipation check
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Traveler's check or cashier's check
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Virtual currency
Money transfers - Domestic (US) money transfer
Money transfers - International money transfer
Mortgage - Conventional adjustable mortgage (ARM)
Mortgage - Conventional fixed mortgage
Mortgage - Conventional home mortgage
Mortgage - FHA mortgage
Mortgage - Home equity loan or line of credit
Mortgage - Home equity loan or line of credit (HELOC)
Mortgage - Other mortgage
Mortgage - Other type of mortgage
Mortgage - Reverse mortgage
Mortgage - VA mortgage
Other financial service - Credit repair
Other financial service - Debt settlement
Payday loan -
Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan - Installment loan
Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan - Payday loan
Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan - Personal line of credit
Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan - Title loan
Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan - Installment loan
Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan - Payday loan
Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan - Personal line of credit
Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan - Title loan
Prepaid card - General purpose card
Prepaid card - General-purpose prepaid card
Prepaid card - Gift or merchant card
Prepaid card - Mobile wallet
Prepaid card - Other special purpose card
Prepaid card - Transit card
Student loan - Federal student loan servicing
Student loan - Non-federal student loan
Vehicle loan or lease - Lease
Vehicle loan or lease - Loan

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Complaint ID: 5584008

Date Received: 2022-05-20

Issue: Improper use of your report

Subissue: Credit inquiries on your report that you don't recognize

Consumer Complaint: Besides my personal bank account being frauded over 6 times in last 2 years. I am now getting reports of someone trying to obtain credit cards in my name. Several companies have sent me letters saying they denied me for credit services. I never applied for them. I refuse to own a credit card and defiantly did not try to apply for any. XX/XX/2022 SYNCHRONY BANK sent letter staying they can not give credit for my request of XXXX XXXX issued by their bank. I never applied for this. XX/XX/2022 XXXX sent a letter stating they can not issue credit for my request of XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX I never applied for this. XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX was unable to approve my application. I never applied for this either. XXXX informed online they sent me to collections. I was frauded on XXXX, my bank investigated and now I'm sent to collections for something i didn't do. My credit scored has dropped XXXX points in last few months, as well.

Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response

State: OR

Zip: 979XX

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2022-05-20

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 5583997

Date Received: 2022-05-20

Issue: Improper use of your report

Subissue: Report provided to employer without your written authorization

Consumer Complaint: In accordance with the fair credit reporting act XXXX account # XXXX, has violated my right. 15usc 1681 section 602 states i have. the right to privacy. 15usc 1681 section 604 A section 2 : It also states a consumer reporting agency can not furnish a account without my written instructions. 15 USC 1666B : A creditor may not Treat a payment on a credit card account under an open end consumer credit plan as late For a purpose.

Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response

State: NY

Zip: 11204

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2022-05-20

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 5583989

Date Received: 2022-05-20

Issue: Improper use of your report

Subissue: Report provided to employer without your written authorization

Consumer Complaint: In accordance with the fair credit reporting act XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX has violated my right. 15usc 1681 section 602 states i have. the right to privacy. 15usc 1681 section 604 A section 2 : It also states a consumer reporting agency can not furnish a account without my written instructions. 15 USC 1666B : A creditor may not Treat a payment on a credit card account under an open end consumer credit plan as late For a purpose.

Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response

State: NY

Zip: 11204

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2022-05-20

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 5583478

Date Received: 2022-05-20

Issue: Closing your account

Subissue: Company closed your account

Consumer Complaint: XXXX Received Notification that account was being closed for reasons of : [ 1 ] Lack of XXXX XXXX Account Information [ 2 ] Not enough balance paid down over time on retail accounts [ 3 ] Too many inquiries XX/XX/22 - Requested Fraud alert be placed on my account. -- -I DO NOT HAVE RETAIL ACCOUNTS OR A MORTGAGE XX/XX/22 Request denied does not meet .their definition of fraud XXXX to account manager, XXXX who states that all info was obtained from the soft pull from XXXX for my credit worthiness decision. Note : -I DO NOT HAVE RETAIL ACCOUNTS OR A MORTGAGE. I have a credit freeze on ALL credit bureaus My credit profile must be opened for credit information to be released [ hard or soft ]

Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response

State: LA

Zip: 70806

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2022-05-20

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 5583457

Date Received: 2022-05-20

Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed

Subissue: Debt was result of identity theft

Consumer Complaint: A synchrony care credit allegedly was open on XX/XX/XXXX which has an address at XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. - Ive been residing in XXXX since XXXX and had never been in XXXX or anywhere in XXXX - I dont have any idea what a care credit is about and not even Synchrony - My billing address has not change since XXXX. Its the only billing address and I have not moved any place of residence - I was surprise to receive all the papers already from collection - I filed a dispute but the company denied it

Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response

State: GU

Zip: XXXXX

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2022-05-20

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 5583439

Date Received: 2022-05-20

Issue: Communication tactics

Subissue: Frequent or repeated calls

Consumer Complaint: Synchrony constantly and persistently call me XXXX times a day despite me telling them that I forbid then to call me ever again and that I will only communicate via written mail. Their non stop calling almost lead to me getting fired from my job.

Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response

State: NY

Zip: 11735

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2022-05-20

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 5583430

Date Received: 2022-05-20

Issue: Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem

Subissue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report

Consumer Complaint: I currently have an account with Synchrony XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX. Last summer, I had to return a couch that was under warranty with them due to manufacturer defects. The replacement item cost more than the item they originally sold me as prices had gone up due to " inflation '' they said. As a result, the company increased my credit limit for one day to allow the purchase of the replacement couch to go through. They then immediately reduced my limit with no notice. Furthermore, they are now reporting on my credit that I am significantly over my spending limit for a revolving credit account which this is not. This is negatively effecting my credit and credit score. They are stating that I owe them {$2500.00} dollars, but only reporting that I have a {$900.00} dollar credit limit. Therefore, they are consistently reporting that I am {$1600.00} over my credit limit. I have attempted to get the company to change how they report this on my credit. I called them multiple times in XXXX and XXXX and each time I received the same answer, that I needed to deal with the credit bureau and not the creditor. I have filed disputes on how this reported to no avail. I am attaching statements from XXXX of XXXX until XXXX of XXXX to show the temporary credit increase of over {$2000.00} and then immediately reporting that I am over my credit limit which they allowed.

Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response

State: TX

Zip: 78666

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2022-05-20

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 5583039

Date Received: 2022-05-19

Issue: False statements or representation

Subissue: Attempted to collect wrong amount

Consumer Complaint: I used PayPal credit for a purchase and despite paying the amount borrowed in full before the end of the XXXX grace period, they charged and are continuing to charge me interest and other trumped up fees. Ive reached out to them via phone to explain the charges but they give convoluted, contradictory explanations and ultimately refused to cancel the charges knowing the debt was fully repaid

Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response

State: NY

Zip: 10009

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2022-05-19

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 5581661

Date Received: 2022-05-20

Issue: Getting a credit card

Subissue: Application denied

Consumer Complaint: Today I received an email from Synchrony stating that my application was denied due to the a credit freeze on my XXXX account. I confirmed that my credit report was unfrozen before I applied for a credit card with Care Credit, in which Synchrony is the finance company. I then called XXXX and they also confirmed that my credit report wasn't locked or from. The representative advised that I call Synchrony back and tell them to reach out to XXXX XXXX Department of XXXX. I also tried to apply again per letter and I keep getting an error. I hung up and called Synchrony back and spoke to XXXX, I asked her to connect me to a supervisor. She asked me for some information to verify me. I advised to her that I applied for a Care Credit card on XX/XX/22 and called in and was told I was declined. I advised that I inquired why and was told that they pulled my XXXX report and I was declined. Here 's where the disbelief comes into place. I don't have any inquiries from this company on top of I have a XXXX credit score with XXXX with no delinquencies and the last time I applied for credit was last year XXXX. So XXXX stated that they were able to pull my credit report and I stated well this letter came today and stated otherwise. She stated that I'll be receiving another letter. Again I don't believe it because I have no inquiry from this company and XXXX also stated that they never pulled my credit report. Please look at the attached proof.

Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response

State: IL

Zip: 60543

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2022-05-20

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 5581104

Date Received: 2022-05-20

Issue: Improper use of your report

Subissue: Credit inquiries on your report that you don't recognize

Consumer Complaint: Called the companies to let them know about the unknown inquiry and asked for them to investigate and delete within the time frame designated by the CCPA

Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response

State: CA

Zip: 91768

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2022-05-20

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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