Santander Bank US Bank Account Or Service Complaint

(CD) Certificate of deposit Account opening, closing, or management

Santander Bank US Bank account or service department,

(CD) Certificate of deposit Account opening, closing, or management New Jersey

Went to Santander to inquire about IRA CD rates, met with a bank rep. She gave me a favorable rates and I wanted to move my IRA to santander CD IRA. The branch manager then instructed me to go to my other institution ( - - ) which was - - -, and I took the check from - - and brought it to santander on the same day and made the deposit into their CD IRA. I then had - more CD IRAs mature - - - - and - - - these were at citizen bank. I went back to santander and sat with the bank rep. Went over the rates with me again found a good rate and again the bank rep instructed me to go to the other bank and bring the check to deposit into the new IRA CD. I did this once on - - same day as the maturity and withdrawal and the - in - - again same day of the maturity and withdrawal. I was later then contacted by the back office IRA team of santander stating there was a problem, telling me that what i did was going to create a penalty because of a new IRS rule saying that i can do only - rollover per year. I explained that this is what i was instructed to do by the bank rep, and that the withdrawal and deposits were made on the same day. They claimed this was my problem and my responsability to know the rules and that i would be penalized at the end of the year by the IRS for doing too many rollovers in a one year period. They are unwilling to help fix the situation and not claiming any responsability for the advice they gave me.

Santander Bank US customer in New Jersey
May 25, 2016

* Source: CFPB Complaint Database

Santander Bank US response to complaint:
Closed with explanation

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