I just recently opened another small business and decided to use 1st Convenience bank since it was located in my local Kroger's Store and they had extended hours. I should have followed my gut instinct to quickly run away when the so called "branch manager" began arguing with me about my business structure. She insisted that business was a Limited Liability Corporation - while I stood there informing her that I had started a Single Member Limited Liability Company, which for tax purposes would be treated as a sole proprietorship. She demanded a DBA - which I didn't have or need, because I do business under the exact same legal name. *For credibility purposes I should mention that - I am graduate student in business (also a bachelor of business) and currently in the process of getting earning my CPA.
No sooner that I had moved past the incompetence of the banks employees - 1st Convenience bank service amazingly got worse. I began setting up my direct deposit, PayPal, Google checkout, shipping and other office supply store accounts - when I realized 1st convenience charged me a $2.00 "POS Denial Fee" per entry - for the verifying deposits and/or setup authorization charges (which are temporary). I should also add that I made a deposit on January 18 before noon that as of now (Jan 28 3:18pm CST) still hasn’t been deposited. I called customer service and the young man I talked to couldn’t give a flip about the unfairness of the situation. Right now – I am thinking that enough is enough and I will NEVER EVER EVER EVER do business with 1st convenience bank again – even though I am stuck with them for the next 60 days because I refuse to pay the penalty of $25.00 to close my account. I have started a new commercial account in the same bank as my other business and will not l use the First Convenience account and have every intention on closing it on day 91.
Also, I should probably mention that after providing all my business formation documents to the bank – and I watched them make copies of everything – on another visit they could not locate any of the information I had given them. I sat there and watched the workers scramble around for about 15 minutes looking for it. I wondered and started to ask if maybe someone had taken it home with them. That is SCARY. I may be a small business, but will not accept being treated this way by any bank ever. Please be warned – I wish I would have read this before going there.
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