USBank allows banking customers to make debit card purchases, even if their account is in the negative. You can't assume that you are protected. They are happy to charge you $37.50 bounce charge for a $3.00 coffee purchase. You might have a deposit that is returned. They don't notify you of the situation for almost 7 working days.in the meantime, you continue to make debit card purchases, thinking that your account has funds. I didn't KNOW my account was in the negative.in the 7 days it took USBank to have the US Postal service deliver a notice to my mailbox, I made a total of 12 purchases. 12 x $37.50 in fees.
I called USBank and the Branch Manager agreed to put my account on hold until the problem could be resolved. He lied. My account continued to accrue Daily negative fees of $8.00.in fact, my account was set up to transfer $50 from my checking account to my savings account every month on the 15th. USBank processed this transaction...$50 from my NEGATIVE checking account into my savings account. They then proceeded to charge $37.50 for the transaction. When my deposit was returned to the bank, it caused my account to go into the negative. They assesed a $19 returned check fee. THEN they charged a $37.50 bounce fee on the $19 reutrned check fee. THEN they charge an $8 per day negative balance fee on top of the $27.50 plus $19.00.
I asked the branch manager to provide the written policy that allows them to charge fees on fees on top of fees. He told me providing that information was "not in his job description".
If you look at your account online, you may see that they are bouncing checks even when you show a POSITIVE balance. I asked why they were doing this. I was told I didn't KNOW HOW TO USE MY TOOLS. You have to double click on the balance to discover the REAL balance, which is almost always less than the balance they are showing on the register. There is no way to figure out HOW they come up with that number.
This is FRAUD plain and simple and it needs to be reigned in! These people are crooks and the people that continue to work for them should be ashamed of themselves.
Banking customers are human beings. They have families. They are drawn to USBank because USBank advertises "FREE" checking. Then... They insititute policies that are hidden, like the ones described above. Oh yeah... They might put them in the fine print. They insisted to me that they explain them in detail when uyou open your account. They do not. It is theft. It is fraud. It is preying on the low income, pay check to pay check community and it needs to be ended.
I hear all this complaining about the interest rates charged at check cashing stores. That's NOTHING! This most recent fiasco resulted in fees that, when totalled and annualized, came to 8,076% annual interest.
In this time of economic difficulty EVERYWHERE, we should all be VERY selective about who gets to control our money. USBank is made up of thieves. Beware. BOYCOTT this bank. Head for a credit union. These days you don't have to be an employee to join them. Their focus is not so much on profit as it is on service.
Pull you money out of USBank and any other institution that preys on the little guy.
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