Sallie Mae Student Loan Complaint

Non-federal student loan Dealing with my lender or servicer having problems with customer service

Sallie Mae Student loan department,

Non-federal student loan Dealing with my lender or servicer Having problems with customer service Washington

We are paying - loans for my daughter - all of which were set up for automatic payment. We recently changed our bank, and had to change the automatic payments. From the Sallie Mae Website, I was unable to change the bank account information, so I called them. After a 10 minute wait, I reached a representative, who informed me that I had to first CANCEL the existing auto withdrawals, wait 3 business days for the cancellation, " wait an additional 3 days to just to be sure '' and then enter the NEW information. This caused us to be past due on - of the - loans ( - did n't get cancelled - not sure if that was my mistake or Sallie Mae ). As a result, I have received a total of 9 calls from their " robot dialer '' - several on Sunday, when their " customer service '' was not even available. The accounts are now current ( paid today electronically on their web site ) ; but, I still ca n't set up the new automatic payment until the checks actually clear.

Sallie Mae customer in Washington
Jun 20, 2016

* Source: CFPB Complaint Database

Sallie Mae response to complaint:
Closed with explanation

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