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Closing Bank Acct

Date: Tue, 05/18/2010 - 09:58

Submitted by anonymous
on Tue, 05/18/2010 - 09:58

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I am with Bank of America and they are giving me a hard time trying to close my acct. The NSF charges have now reached over $1000 and I dont know what to do to get them to stop charging me $35 every 5 days and every other week, 6 lenders are attempting to debit my acct. What can I do to stop this? Should I send a letter to each of the lenders to get them to stop debiting? Help, pls.


BofA is one of the most difficult banks to work with. You need to speak with the branch manager. It's likely no one else will be willing or able to help you in the way that you need.

Are these PDLs that are debiting your account? Are they legal lenders? If so, you need to revoke ACH authorization with both them AND your bank. You will HAVE to close your account. It will never be safe again. And your bank SHOULD refund those OD charges, since they were due to fraudulent withdrawals.

Can you give us more info, please?


lrhall41

Submitted by OhioGal1 on Tue, 05/18/2010 - 10:10

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Originally Posted by OVLG Attorney
Yes you can send a letter to the lenders asking them to stop debiting your account.

It isn't going to happen. Unlicensed lenders didn't follow the law to begin with or they would have obtained the proper licensing, and they wouldn't have charged interest and fees that were NOT permitted by the law.


lrhall41

Submitted by Shazzers on Tue, 05/18/2010 - 11:10

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Originally Posted by OhioGal1
BofA is one of the most difficult banks to work with. You need to speak with the branch manager. It's likely no one else will be willing or able to help you in the way that you need.
Are these PDLs that are debiting your account? Are they legal lenders? If so, you need to revoke ACH authorization with both them AND your bank. You will HAVE to close your account. It will never be safe again. And your bank SHOULD refund those OD charges, since they were due to fraudulent withdrawls.
Can you give us more info, please?

I found out that one of them is a CSO, and the other 4 are not legal lenders.


lrhall41

Submitted by on Tue, 05/18/2010 - 11:11

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Ok, then follow the advice in Shazz's "how to deal with illegal lenders" thread for the 4. For the CSO, I would suggest you simply call them and explain your situation. Ask them for a payment plan that you can afford and tell them you will make payments either via money order (which they won't like) or with a pre-paid credit card. Do NOT tell them you're opening a new account. Simply tell them your account was closed by the bank so you need to make alternate payment arrangements.


lrhall41

Submitted by OhioGal1 on Tue, 05/18/2010 - 12:11

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