Fifth Third Bank Money Transfers Complaint

Domestic (US) money transfer Money was not available when promised

Fifth Third Bank Money transfers department,

Domestic (US) money transfer Money was not available when promised North Carolina

On -/-/15 - I attempted to make a mobile check deposit to - from my account at - -. I received an error message and made - additional attempts. - online app indicated none of the deposits were made because their system was having problems, when in fact, all - checks were deposited, - with the same check # - all totaling $7000.00 ( a deposit of $3000.00, - of $2000.00 and - more for $2000.00 ). That afternoon - all checks posted to the - account and I immediately called - the next day. - rep was rude, put me on hold, and then informed me that only - of the $2000.00 deposits would be reversed and it would take 5-7 days. I received a letter dated -/-/15 from - stating that the account was adjusted in the amount of $2000.00. The funds were not returned to - - even though past the 5-7 day mark ( - - - ). I called - on -/-/15 - the rep told me the money was 'in limbo ' and that they discovered the mistake ( Wrong - I called them! ) and that I would need to contact - and give them a case number to retrieve the $.00 - did nothing in error - this is a - issue, and stemmed from their system having performance problems. So now, not only am I out of the use of my $2000.00 for the past several days, but I have lost interest on those funds and use of those funds to pay a credit card, so there might be interest charges accruing on the credit card I would have otherwise paid with this $2000.00. I want to note I have had repeated problems with -.

Fifth Third Bank customer in North Carolina
May 04, 2015

* Source: CFPB Complaint Database

Fifth Third Bank response to complaint:
Closed with explanation

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