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Citizens Bank review: refusal to close my bank accounts 18

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Elders beware ... I am a 96 year old widow who has accounts with Citizens Bank, who is refusing to close my accounts.
They accepted my notarized letter to change my address, but 3 months later when I sent a notarized letter to close my savings account, they have repeatedly refused, 1st saying my signature didn't match my old signature card then ending with requiring me to get a POA and have the POA send in the request. I am quite capable of handling my own affairs
and this is truly adding insult to injury. I took the non-required step of having my signature notarized because of age related signature variation. I have filed a complaint with the Comptroller of the currency, Administrator of National Banks
and have sent a letter to James G. Connolly, President, Citizens Bank ... stay tuned for the results

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Chris ABC
Rutland, US
Nov 23, 2009 12:48 pm EST

Thank you for taking some action. Too many people sit by and let Citizens Bank ruin their lives. For those who have never opened an account with Citizens Bank, beware, no matter how good their offers sound.

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spoodle
Arlington, US
May 01, 2018 10:52 am EDT
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citizens made so many errors with my account it lowered my credit rating by 100 points, they did not address the errors in their software... they just became hostile & surly. Terrible banking! ...time to close account and file complaint and provide documentation of multiple errors...I'll complain to everyone I can, because they have a bad attitude on top of the errors!

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Babymomma1234
Niagara Falls, US
Dec 31, 2010 5:08 am EST

I opened a checking and savings accounts with them and they let people take money out of my account then they kept charging me for all the overdraft fees but didn't tell me or send me a notice until the fees were up about 100 dollars. When I went to figure everything out they said there was nothing they could do. I literally hate them. My checking account finally closed but they still haven't let me take my money out of my savings but they let my mom put it in there with no problem.

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Mileysmom09
North Versailles, US
Apr 01, 2011 4:28 pm EDT

Does anyone by chance know an answer to my question?...My gram has an account at citizens bank and her account had approx. $10 left until her check came on the 1st. Because she didnt use her account they said they deactivated the account because the balance was at 0.00 and hadnt been used for 7 days. Now her check is on hold until later next week. They wont tell her where the money went nor tell her why she was never told about the account having to be used daily. I use my account until the middle of the month then it sits with only cents in the bank and i have never been deactivated. Granted i still HATE citizens bank i just dont understand how they can do this

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Courtney Leivers
US
Aug 15, 2015 12:58 pm EDT

They refuse to close my account. I closed it at a local branch in person. Now my credit is in trouble and talking to them is like talking to a lifeless robot. Hate this bank!

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Fordguy98
US
Jan 05, 2019 2:58 pm EST

Filed bankruptcy. And they wanted to repo the car but never came to get it its been sitting in my drive way for yr and the fact i dont have title i can not get raid of it looks like it going to sit there for ever

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Mark Chandler
US
Jan 22, 2019 6:28 pm EST

What a horrible company! You advertise a rate then after the loan is approved you raise the rate by .75% what a joke! You're a bait and switch company!

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Angie5498
US
Feb 11, 2019 8:43 am EST

I woke up to $2300 in fraudulent charges in my checking account (which does not include the multiple deposits of

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Katrina126
US
Feb 12, 2019 11:33 am EST

Citizens bank customer service is completley rude and nasty they talk to you like your a child repeating the same things over and over i've never waited so long for things to clear or be deposited in my account i will be switching banks again

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Kimmy Davis
US
Jun 04, 2019 3:31 pm EDT

Took money supposedly owed from a 2013 charge off which was paid a few years ago. No notice, just helped themselves to my money. Said they didn't know how to get ahold of me when my address and phone number is current

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netcommsyn
SALEM, US
Aug 01, 2022 7:17 am EDT

07/21/2022 0700 ET; Continuous issues with logging in. Indiscriminate account locking, excessive time to answer calls, obnoxious phone advertising. Poor to zero customer service.

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Briansr
US
Dec 03, 2022 11:15 pm EST
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Yes my car is up for repossession and I have been trying for weeks for someone to pick t up and no one has done a thing about picking it up. Maybe you can help and pass the word on. My name is Brian Otto I have a 2016 Honda HRV and they can come get the car at 415 E Grand Ave in Tower City PA 17980. Please get the car.

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Nick Demarco
US
Jan 16, 2023 8:45 pm EST

I need to email a death certificate to the collections department but the email they gave me keeps bouncing back to me. Collectionsdocs@citizensbank.com

What is the correct email address?

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Katrina123
ALTOONA, US
May 06, 2023 1:01 pm EDT

Citizens bank will shuffle the charges coming through my account so they can charge over draft fees. 4/27/2003

They have done it numerous times and refuse to fix it. I have complained repeatedly to the office for prior dates this happened. I can get my bank statements to further prove the scheme they are running on customers

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Sidorchuk
Brighton, US
Jun 17, 2023 10:53 pm EDT
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During few last months I am not able to get my accounts online I wrote about number of times When you fix it finally? Do it asap I am sick and tired of your impotence

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Amir Qureshi
US
Aug 06, 2023 6:53 pm EDT
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Awful service.. don’t waste your time. Very unorganized. Lack of communication and clarity. Took over 30 days just deny right before closing.

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tvmay2
boston, US
Aug 22, 2023 4:36 am EDT

new security formats: learning curve -the new format: NIGHTMARE.

"where can I find the pg to cross reference a payout? 4 employees later, on phone, OVERKILL process w/sec' number req TO ACCESS MY OWN ACCOUNT 3 x--then required to say MY account number IN A BUSY AIRPORT- I DON'T want to do that OUTLOUD. Never did get an answer to statement ?

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sharon topham
US
Nov 25, 2023 7:37 pm EST
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keeps say error when trying to log in an to try again . keep getting same answer w3hat i9s up account number and password are correct. fgirsdt you are cvhanging csard now there is no access to account what is up. it is not my computer every thing else is working fine 11/16/2023

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