Fifth Third Financial Corporation Account Opening, Closing, Or Management Complaints

Review and analysis of over 12 complaints against Fifth Third Financial Corporation

Fifth Third Financial Corporation consumers have reported over 12 official complaints related to Account opening, closing, or management. Out of the 12 consumer complaints against Fifth Third Financial Corporation, 8% were disputed by the consumer (i.e. the consumer was not happy with how Fifth Third Financial Corporation responded to their complaint) and 92% were processed in a timely manner. 25% of consumer complaints against Fifth Third Financial Corporation resulted in the consumer receiving monetary compensation (e.g. money, cash reimbursement, etc.) and 0% resulted in non-monetary compensation.

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Fifth Third Financial Corporation Bank account or service account opening, closing, or management

June 30, 2016 - On - -, - Fifth Third Bank 's mobile application notified me of a $420.00 transaction that was NOT made by me. I immediately called the bank as prompted. While waiting 2-5 minutes for a bank representative - another transaction of $210.00 went through. I was told the bank shut down the card for FRAUD and the representative " - '' assured me there are no OPEN cards on my checking account. Because there are NO OPEN CARDS on my checking account I am blocked from accessing/monitoring my account for further fraudulent activity. I have no access to my money for 5-7 Business days unti...

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Fifth Third Financial Corporation Bank account or service account opening, closing, or management

June 23, 2016 - Today on -/-/2016 I had a pending payment to State of Michigan coming out of my access checking through 5/3 for $130.00. I woke up at - to see if the payment was taken out. i noticed the available balance was short. there was not $130.00 in the account. i seen a monthly service charge for - in the checking account. I am on -. I get $730.00 a month. I have banked with 5/3 since they were -. i was - years old. i am -. I called immediately to the corporate office number at -. the rep told me that my Access checking was switched to Essential checking for - and t...

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Fifth Third Financial Corporation Bank account or service account opening, closing, or management

May 27, 2016 - I had both personal and business bank accounts with Fifth Third Bank -/-/- and -/-/-. The accounts were closed - -. In - - I began receiving phone calls to my business phone from - - threatening a law suit if I did not settle a past due balance with Fifth Third Bank in the amount of $360.00. This was the first notice I had received of the balance. Fifth Third Bank in 5 years had never tried to contact me concerning the supposed open balance. - also called my wifes business phone threatening her with a law suit. At no time in the phone calls did they ever prompt...

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Fifth Third Financial Corporation Bank account or service account opening, closing, or management

May 4, 2016 - Fifth Third Bank claims I opened an account with them and when I asked for validation of this debt all they send me is statements. Any one can create statements and put anyone 's name and address on them. I have already had this account thrown out of court because the courts did n't recognize only statements as proof of ownership of an account. Fifth Third at that time could not provide a signed authorization from me to open an account, for the courts. Fifth Third says they have sold this fraudulent debt and therefore will not remove from my credit report, but the debt they say they sold is no...

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Fifth Third Financial Corporation Bank account or service account opening, closing, or management

April 18, 2016 - 5/3 Bank reported fraudulent activity on my account & closed it. They reported the activity to - and now I am unable to open an account. My account was overdrawn by $89.00 ; however, there was no fraudulent activity on the account. ...

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Fifth Third Financial Corporation Bank account or service account opening, closing, or management

March 19, 2016 - On -/-/2015, I closed my bank account in person at the -, IL location for Fifth Third Bank. 5/3 re-opened this account and proceeded to charge me upwards of $900.00 in NSF fees, although I had closed the account in person. Any transactions that had come through were unauthorized and/or fraud. 5/3 failed to notify me by letter, phone call, or provided me with any statements indicating the account was overdrawn. In fact, they had blocked my online banking user id, so I was never even able to look at the account again after it was closed. ...

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Fifth Third Financial Corporation Bank account or service account opening, closing, or management

March 19, 2016 - In - 2015, I received a Promotion paper from FIFTH THIRD BANK : basically the promotion was to receive $200.00 if I open a checking account and set up a direct deposit for more than $100.00. I visited one of their offices in - -, FL and I did exactly what they told me to do in order to receive the $200.00 bonus. I 've been waiting for 90 days ( time they told I have to wait ). I just received yesterday an email from - - ( the office manager ) saying : " After completing my research it shows that the type of account that you opened does not qualify for the bonus ... '' I fe...

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Fifth Third Financial Corporation Bank account or service account opening, closing, or management

March 13, 2016 - I had an account with Fifth Third Bank. I had an alert sent to me on when a payment was due. I closed the account yet they continue to send me the alerts on the payment due. I have talked to multiple people at Fifth Third, spending hours on the phone, and asked them to stop these emails, and they have not stopped. The emails do NOT contain an unsubscribe option ( is n't that a violation of the CAN SPAMM act?? ) ...

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Fifth Third Financial Corporation Bank account or service account opening, closing, or management

March 10, 2016 - On - -, 2015, I went to the Fifth Third Bank in -, IL and closed out my account in person. I was assured that the account was closed. - - re-opened this account after unauthorized and/or fraudulent charges attempted to come through. They did not pay anything, but proceeded to charge upwards of - NSF charges. They never contacted me by phone or mail to let me know the account was re-opened. They simply sent me to a collection agency. In addition, no statements were provided or overdraft letters. Finally, my contractual obligation with the bank ceased when I ended my relationsh...

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Fifth Third Financial Corporation Bank account or service account opening, closing, or management

January 30, 2016 - The attached page shows a company called - of - Ohio sentt me a a check for - and 53rd said there was something wrong with it. 53rd had charged - in overdrafts at that time, so their settlement owed me 3 times that amount. - - also said he would refund the - fee after a year. I was also owed a - promotion as well. I am not sure what was wrong with the - check from - of Ohio. ...

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Fifth Third Financial Corporation Bank account or service account opening, closing, or management

January 21, 2016 - I am - negotiating a short sale on behalf of a borrower in which - Bank is the servicer and owner of the - mortgage. They have indicated this loan has been charged off, but when I ask them for the guidelines of their short sale process I 'm told short sale approval is based on a case by case basis. - lienholder is - serviced by - -. The borrowers are entitled to relocation incentive which the - Fifth/Third will not allow. They are also asking that the borrowers make a payment prior to closing and they will then issue us a second approval letter accepting - $6000.00...

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Fifth Third Financial Corporation Bank account or service account opening, closing, or management

January 7, 2016 - I have tried for the past 6 months to get - bank to rectify a mistake they made to ch to chex systems. to the date of this correspondent this has n't happened. I have provided documentation to them, with them coming back and sayin that this this inforaation is accurate. Im exhausted with all the going back and forth with them not being held accountable ...

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