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Reviewed March 24, 2016
My payment due date was yesterday, so I was trying to make an payment but it didn't go through because of some website issue, then I called to Bank of America and I talked to 1 lady. She told me that the debit card department was closed so she gonna put a note that I don't need to pay a late fee because I was trying to make a payment on time, so she told me tomorrow make a payment and give them a callback.
So I made a payment and I called them back and then I talked with 1 other lady and their supervisor Christina. Now they refuse to remove my late fee. They made me fool. They think customer are stupid. This is the baddest service I ever seen. Because of their bad service last year I close my checking and saving account with them and now they are too much so I also need to close my credit account too. Very very bad bank service.
Reviewed March 23, 2016
I am writing this because I am very dissatisfied with the Customer Service on several times. You wait on the phone for over 35 minutes and then, they transfer you again to another department. This wouldn't be so bad if it only happened once, but 4 times. I don't have the time to be passed around because the employee stated they didn't know or it wasn't their area. They don't ask you, "would you mind waiting?" They just put you on hold.
Reviewed March 23, 2016
They charge an absurd amount of money for money orders. I am offended and plan on cancelling my account. I can get one much cheaper at a supermarket.
Reviewed March 22, 2016
Bank of America begun randomly taking money out of my honey's account a few months ago. We did not know till recently. They say it's a maintenance fee. Spoke with supervisor Jarren **, he was super nasty, accusatory, blaming us for the issue. I just don't get it. How can a bank supervisor think it's ok to be accusatory with their customers when they're stealing their customers' money? That's projection, and very, very strange behavior.
Reviewed March 22, 2016
After receiving 2 overdraft fees that I had not received in the 12 months prior, I asked for a one time courtesy removal of 1 or both fees. This was done with no consideration of the fact that on the date of the overdraft it did not show the money as having been removed and neither did the automatic low balance alert which I received the next day. This seems like a scam to me.
Reviewed March 22, 2016
I was attempting to defer a car payment due to financial hardship. Pedro a car loan manager told me since my payment was past due, they would not be able to submit my request. Pedro was borderline rude and unapologetic unfortunately. I'm not sure why its like asking to put a man on a moon when requesting a car deferment through Bank of America. This is my third car and it's never been a problem with any other financial institution. I have been with Bank of America since I was 16. Now I'm 38 and have NEVER encountered such poor service and hollow reasoning for not approving my request!
Reviewed March 22, 2016
I'm writing this review mainly because I believe the app system for BofA is set up in a very deceitful way. The Amount shown after payment sometimes takes too long to adjust leaving one with the impression that they have more than what they have in their account, and it makes it very easy to overdraft and get charged an overdraft fee. Sometimes, certain fees on my app process for over 4 days. Please fix this issue and make your app tolerable. When a purchase is made take that amount out right away and update available balance right away. No need for the long process and deceitful figures to throw customers off.
Reviewed March 21, 2016
I tried to send money to a friend in Vietnam twice and failed twice. I took me about 2 weeks each time to resolve the issue. The first time, I did not know that first name and last name in Vietnam and US were understood differently and made a mistake with my beneficiary's name. CitiBank Vietnam sent a request to Bank of America, but BoA had no communication with me. CitiBank sent back the money and I am not sure which bank actually took about 8% out of my initial amount! The second time, I edited the name. It did not recognized the change before the transaction but only until after that! I called the Bank of America twice on Friday, they confirmed that money was credited to the Vietnam side and there were no issues, no questions from Vietnam. Over the weekend, my friend still did not receive any money.
Early morning Monday, I called Bank of America again asap, they said sorry, money had been refunded! The service quality is unacceptably low. No banks spent a reasonable amount of effort to ensure that the transaction was successful. And it took several days after that for me to receive back the fund. I and my friend kept calling the banks (and it always took so long to reach a representative) but could not make a simple transaction even after a month. I strongly recommend that Bank of America, review your Wire transfer services. You are creating unnecessary troubles and loss for your clients because of your lack of simple efforts. It shouldn't take your staff more than 5 minute to pick up the phone and inform us that we had to amend some simple information. For other consumers like me, please use https://transferwise.com/us/ instead if you want to send money abroad.
Reviewed March 18, 2016
I have been with Bank of America for nearly 19 years and I have never been treated poorly like today. Only needed them to correct an amount. It was not supposed to be charged $75 from Sprint (NexGen wireless). It was only supposed to be charged $25. This REP Brian "from Georgia" called me a liar. I tried explaining him that the manager I spoke to online to tell the manager of the Sprint store to charge me $25 and Sprint will issue me a $50 credit and the manager didn't want to. This is just of a tablet that I returned. So BRIAN went all on rage yelling on me and all and at the end said he would transfer me to another rep! REALLY BRIAN you suck!
Reviewed March 9, 2016
My dad died. I took his death certificate and certified copy of his will and a court order called a muniment of title to the bank to get the three thousand dollars in his account. I had worked with an attorney to get the will entered into the court records and get the muniment document. That worked great on the other bank accounts. Bank of America, however, after I had presented them, told me that there was a "note in the file" that I would need a receipt for my dad's funeral. I was floored. He had prepaid his funeral costs many years ago. I asked why, and by what authority they could demand that personal document for a three grand account. No reason. No reason at all. Just stony stares as if I were the crazy one and of course everyone had to submit to this invasion of privacy.
I asked my attorney. He had never heard of it. No one I talked to had for two weeks. I asked the funeral home and was told of course I could not have such a private document. I was not the next of kin! My stepmother is! So that left bothering her. Her children moved her since Dad died. I had to contact them and demand to see her and get her permission for the funeral company to give me a copy of the receipt. Well finally, the funeral home condescended to let me have the copy.
I got it to Bank of America. I feel filthy and slimy and used and abused. I had to beg and grovel and intrude in their time of grief (do I get one?). Well, they called and said I would be getting a check in two weeks. Do I believe a single word they say? No. My main problem is what gives them the right to hold my money hostage for that receipt? Please help me understand. Why is a proper court order not sufficient? I don't believe anyone can or will help me. I am miserable. It is not the money. It is the treatment.
Reviewed March 8, 2016
I walked into a branch of Bank of America to discuss my loan application only because I have checking account there and the bank staff had recommended they had mortgage service when I opened my account. I was treated aggressive friendly and received a lot emails to pursue my application during I purchasing a house. After I finally started an application, they checked my credit score (rating at "excellent") and my account balance and decide to give me "pre-approval letter" that conditional approved my application with some fixed rate overnight. They returned my email very quickly. Sounds great, right? This is just my nightmare started.
They withdrawn $470 from my account as appraisal fee and asked tons of materials to submit, signed physically and return. They checked most of my transitions and asked for my hand writing explanations for most of the transitions. After 40 days that I have been waiting and coordinating with the bank and had submitted 100% required materials they had asked for, I was told I was not allowed to loan in the original interest rate, down payment that had been promised due to "lack of depth of my credit history". What a ridiculous reason! I just paid off my prior loan with zero delay and I am lack of depth of credit history. However, I can still have loan from them with 30% higher interest rate with other loan type.
They used a lower rate to allure me and after costed me 40 valued days and $475 to make me had very less choice and time then offered me their expensive mortgage products to me. I of course declined their revised offer and request at least refund my $475 due to they changed their terms to result the application failed not even mention they killed me 40 valued days during waiting for the purchasing agreement close. They rejected to refund me, reply my email late and late. I filed a complaint at Bank Of America customer service and there was no reply neither. Please read my experience when you considering a loan from Bank of America.
Reviewed March 7, 2016
My tenant made a deposit in Florida on 2/20/16. I live in NJ - business acct opened in NJ. The teller deposited to the wrong acct holder who has the same acct as mine in FL. We found out after a week investigation done by Customer complaint dept in Venice Ace, Venice Florida. They told me that I will see the funds on 3/1. Today 3/7 - I have still not received the money.
Reviewed March 4, 2016
This is the worst bank. As far as I know all their customers are new Comer and from out of USA. They always take advantage of this people. I advise you if anyone write you a check from Bank of America make sure that person write the check extra $6 for their very own check they charge $6. Be aware if you are with Bank of America this is time to change for the better one.
Reviewed March 4, 2016
Back in 2013 I bought my wife. 2013 Honda Pilot. BOA had the best rate at the time so I went with them. Well that was a HUGE mistake. In November of 2013 my wife was in an accident and our Insurance covered all but $724.33. BOA sent me a letter stating that the total I owed after the insurance paid was due within 60 days of the letter date. The letter date was Nov. 26th, 2013. I paid the total due to them on 1-15-2013 at the Florence, Sc location. Well I found out later that they put it on my credit that I not only didn't pay it but was late in paying it.
Wait, what?? I went to the location and spoke with the manager and he stated "it would be taken care of". Well guess what, it never was. It is still on my credit and dropped it over 100 points. Yep you read that right. Over 100 points. I will NEVER do business with Bank of America ever again! I don't care if they have their car loans at.99% and another one has theirs at 2.99%, I would go with the 2nd choice! I have written a letter the CEO and have not heard a word back. Ticks me off that I work my ass off to pay my bills and yet this company can screw me in less than 2 seconds. Please make sure you use someone who cares for their customers and not one that sucks the life out of you and all your hard work!!
Reviewed March 2, 2016
I have my home loan with BOA & they always want you to open a savings & checking account with them & they tell you of the many perks & advantages of doing it. I was hesitant at first because of the minimum balance you have to keep otherwise you will acquire fees. They assured me that it won't apply to me because it will be tied to my home loan. I guess that is one of the perks. I deposited $25 to the savings & $25 to the checking account as they recommended. I was then beginning the process of setting my paycheck automatically deposited to this new account. Thank goodness it took a while for my work company to do it. A month later, BOA deducted $20 from my account. I called them & they returned the $20 back. A month passed & same issue happened. I went to one of their branches & thought I finally got it fixed after talking to them personally, $20 came back in again.
Well, needless to say, same issue happened the next month & the month after that. I finally got exhausted of dealing with their serious case of incompetence. They ended up taking my entire $50 in no time & closing my account. They wasted no time grabbing every dime. Most recently (a month ago), I went to one of their branches to pay my mortgage & the teller mistakenly placed it in my credit card account despite the fact that my check clearly shows my mortgage account number & I do not have a balance on my credit card because I have stopped using it because of my distrust with them.
Next thing I know, I got a letter from them reminding me of my overdue bill with accrued late fees. I went to one of their branches once again & talked to one of their supervisor/manager who did not even bother to introduce herself. Customer service is extremely poor. I left forgetting to get her name. I still have to wait for the outcome of this endeavor as I just went there this morning. What an inconvenience to say the least. I ought to be compensated for this headache.
Reviewed March 2, 2016
I have used this bank since 2008 and have had too many problems over the years. From the escrow dept on my mortgage to fees and policies with my accounts and most recently with my credit card billing. The latest issue is that I purchased an item that was pricey just a few weeks ago and am waiting to receive it. My bill from BOA came so I called to dispute the charge since I do not have it yet. I waited on hold for over half an hour and was transferred to six different people in six different departments, as they each couldn't figure out whom to transfer me to. I finally reached billing dispute with a supervisor listening to an agent help me, although he didn't say a word to help. I basically was told I have to pay in full for the item even though I don't have it.
I asked if the item can be pushed to the next cycle until I receive it, as I had done once before with a different company with no problem. Many companies will do this to make sure customers receive items and are satisfied. But not Bank of America! They said I have to pay now or be charged interest. With the many other issues over the years (including raising my escrow taxes over 40% 2 years in a row due to clerical errors and having a hard time correcting it), I am now officially leaving this bank. I no longer have a mortgage with them and am in the process of closing ALL accounts, including my credit card. I will NEVER use this bank again and think everybody should reconsider their banking with this company, as they clearly do not have their customers' best interests in mind!
Reviewed March 1, 2016
If you read this and nothing else due to the length, please do NOT put your loved one's through the absolute fiasco that is the Estate Department. If you are estate planning, please consider other banks to transfer your finances over to. If you have loved ones that are in the process of estate planning, please try to convince them to switch. No one deserves the misinformation and lies I have been told over the course of a week, especially in the wake of my parents' deaths.
I have just spent approximately 10 hours total dealing with the estate department- most of it on hold or being sent to a bank that could, in the banker's words "do absolutely nothing for me." On Monday of February 22, I submitted all requisite paperwork to gain access to my deceased parents' account. I was given every assurance, after explaining that I was moving very soon, that I would receive my check by end of that week. I was told by the banker that he had made a note of it and that he personally informed the Estate Department that this entire process needed to be expedited.
I did just that, expecting that the several assurances I had received in person and over the phone on Monday, would indicate that I would receive the check in the timely manner which they had stated previously. Come to find out, that the check had been cut on the 23rd and would not be arriving until after I had left and would be in the middle of travelling for work and moving. So, I explained - again, I might add - that I needed the check by February 29th. The woman on the phone explicitly told me that they would stop payment, send out another check, and overnight it that very same day! The conversation ended there, because I asked, "So I will receive it by February 29th?" To which I was assured, again, yes. That would be fine... if it weren't a blatant lie.
February 29th rolled around. After 5.5 hours of being on the phone with them, there was no record of the conversation on Thursday, and that there was no check sent out on Thursday to be overnighted. The estate department failed to tell me any of that- which they should have that very same day. Moreover, during one of the times I was on the phone, a banker told me to go to a bank- that they would be able to help me there. Come to find out, that was a wasted 45 minutes as the woman could do nothing for me.
I was sent on a goose chase, forced to waste my time, for a woman to get on the phone with the estate department and say, "No one should have told her any of this, let alone to come here as there is nothing that I can do in the bank." For one of BofA's own bankers to acknowledge how terrible all of this was must be something because this woman wasn't particularly kind to me either. And as a side note, it took 5 minutes for someone to even acknowledge the people waiting for assistance. The branch wasn't particularly busy.
In the estate departments exact words, "you will just have to wait for that check." As in, I have to postpone my move and live in a hotel until I am able to get a check because as of today, people are moving into the house I was in. That will be at least $200 depending on whether or not I get the check today. Moreover, I have to postpone a business trip for a new job due to BofA's negligence - perhaps, I will have lost a business deal because in that time I should have spent with them, I was waiting around for a check I was told would have already been received.
Reviewed March 1, 2016
They continually have excuses and apologies for their terrible service. I could not access money in Germany (even after calling them before and during the trip) from their bank partner Deutsche Bank. I call them today to transfer money to the guy who LENT me money to travel home and I still have to jump through endless hoops with these jerks and still haven't paid the guy back yet. BERNIE SANDERS is 100% correct, they need to be dismantled. This has been an ongoing pile of crap dealing with them. All they know how to do is apologise, while not allowing me access to my money.
Reviewed Feb. 29, 2016
Horrible Call Tree - Good Luck Getting anyone on the phone without 20 options to go thru! Clueless on what department does (internally). Had to freeze a business account - had to call back 3 times, talk to 4 people that were CLUELESS on: A) What department FROZE the account B) even on how to UNFREEZE it.. I AM STILL ON HOLD with them - What a JOKE! Piss off BOA!
Reviewed Feb. 29, 2016
I had to cancel my account due to them closing all the locations in the state and they made the process very difficult for me in order to do so. Not only did the teller mess up while closing my account by writing the wrong amount I had on my account, I had to call customer service five times before someone actually figured out what was going on, despite me telling them multiple times. And the cherry on top, they made me pay the overdraft fee that they caused despite they were the ones who made the mistake, not me.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2016
They charging me for early cancellation, because the service was not working and they want me to continue with the service. I said no, and now they are charging me 500 dollars.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2016
Every month the monthly fee comes out on different days. This month on the 25th, last month the 28th, the months before the 27th and the 29th. They change so much just so you can get a bounce or overdraft charge. Then they charge $35 overdraft then if you don't pay it within 5 days they add another $35 o/d charge. I'm going to Chase. I can't deal with this. 5 yrs ago I got $300 from a class action lawsuit against them for the overdraft fees. They just take advantage of people because they're all over the U.S.
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2016
Hello. I had a savings account with BoA for more than 25 years but unfortunately today February 25th 2016 I closed it along with my credit card account. BoA employee Katherine ** at the Elmwood Park NJ branch caused me inconvenience and stress due to unknown reasons. Katherine refused to cash a check issued in my name by a friend. Katherine did not cooperate with me. She did not cash the check regardless of my ID cards I presented. She did not disclose any reason why. Therefore I closed both my accounts at BoA. I will not be returning.
Due to Katherine's unprofessional conduct I will be advising all of my family members and friends to close their accounts at BoA. Another incident with Katherine was when I went into the bank to get a $100 bill for 5 $20s. I entered the bank with five $20 bills and kindly asked Katherine for a $100 bill in exchange for five $20s but Katherine refused to serve my request because she said this was against bank policy. This is unheard of and ridiculous. Katherine made no sense by saying I cannot exchange bills for change.
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2016
STOP - this is a multi-year issue, that continues, regardless of B of A promises. I am Native. I only have one name. That reads on my birth certificate, my license, my previous Securities license, and on my mortgage papers to our home and properties. B of A cannot get my name correct. Wells Fargo and US Bank have no problem. In the past 2 months my card has been cut off with no notice 3 times.
In the past number of years this has been extremely frustrating and expensive. In the past year, this has cost me over 2 thousand dollars. Flying to a meeting with a Tribe located in the Everglades, I flew to Miami, get set up with all the things I need, and then head to the Glades. Part way out I stop for gas... CC has been shut off and cell phone will not hold signal at that location. I have called in to alert B of A about travel, more than I can count. I had to turn around and head to a B of A branch to show them ID, as directed after I received a signal. Close to closing time, the person there was extremely helpful and frustrated herself with the bank mess once she became familiar - she promised no wrong name and no cutting off of CC without first alerting me to that fact by phone.
Now at home, I received 2 notifications that my CC was halted and needed to answer questions by phone to restore it. I followed directions and a text reply came back and said I was good to go... that was till the next time I tried to use the card... as it was also, the next time I went through this. I'm in SF trying to get gas, yes. Again, I was told to bring the card into the gas station as it would not work outside, due to a card problem. I got the gas, but unfortunately forgot the card, till the next day. My card had been used to charge a large amount of gas at the same station that morning. The station manager said they misplaced the card. I immediately went to a B of A a few minutes away. There had been a large purchase of gas on my card that morning. I sat and went over every aspect with the bank manager. He entered it into the system.
Now, back in MN, last night at the airport, B of A calls me, asks proof of who I am, then informs me I need to call the Fraud dept. I've spoke to B of A 3 times, gave them all the info... now this. This note is long enough. Individuals receive negative points against credit score for cancelling a card. DO NOT SIGN UP FOR TROUBLE. Last week in a Miami branch, I heard another B of A customer venting his feelings about a similar situation he was in with the bank. B of A is far behind other national banks in technology and far behind in modern service. Thank You.
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2016
BOA was terribly inept at processing an application for a home loan. Things fell through the cracks and an employee went on leave without having anyone pick up the application. I recommend avoiding BOA for a home loan. I don't think they know how to take care of their customers.
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2016
After paying a monthly fee just to maintain the account, BofA used my autopay status to pay my mortgage BEFORE the determined date, causing me to bounce the payment and incur fees. My auto payment ALWAYS comes out on the 10th of the month - and for some reason, without notice, it was taken out earlier. I received very condescending service when I asked for the fee reimbursement. I was so insulted by the service. I canceled the account on the spot. Too bad for them I am looking refi my mortgage. I will not use BofA again, for any product/service. USAA offers FREE checking, overdraft protection, and accurate autopay (I've been banking with them for over a decade - why I opened another account elsewhere, is my own stupidity).
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2016
Anyway the bottom line is they are stupid, have no clue what is going on, they don't listen or pay attention to what you say and what the issue is as to why you are calling.
I wish they would all have a bucket of cold water poured over their heads to be woken up and not to waste time especially since we are the customers who are paying for them a salary for banking with them. Let's just say BoA have become so big they don't even know what goes on and what department can help. They just sit on the phone to patronize account holders, to the point of where you feel like SCREAMING down the phone at them!!!!!
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2016
Applied for a loan modification and was rejected twice. Come to find out this bank has lied to me. Bank of America sold my home mortgage in 2013 to Fannie Mae investors and Bank of America was stating that Fannie Mae makes the decisions.
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2016
I absolutely can't stand Bank of America. I've banked with them for at least 25 years, and it's been nothing but a complete frustration. I've removed all of my accounts from there except for a small business account that I don't use very often simply because of convenience. I signed up for text and email alerts so I can keep tabs on the account since I do have a few minor automatic payments coming out of there. I receive at least four notifications a day from them, including every charge made to the account and the balance. On Saturday the 13th I made a deposit of $130 through the day/night teller. On Tuesday the 16th I get an email saying my account was charged $35 for an overdraft fee from the 12th because they didn't process the deposit yet. I still showed a balance every single day of $35, including the 16th.
When I called to ask to have the charges reversed, I was told absolutely not, that I should have kept track of my charges and the texts and emails are just a courtesy, that they don't have to accurately reflect the balance and the charges. I was informed by Jennifer ** from Delaware that she is the highest person in Bank of America that I could speak to. I'm done with them. I will have my account closed by the end of the month. Go to Chase! They're the best! Read all the reviews on Bank of America and stay away from them!
Reviewed Feb. 14, 2016
I am sure they will contribute to the downfall of the United States. If you are young and have money, I recommend you stay the hell away from Bank of America. I am so frustrated with their tactics. The only reason I got involved with using them was a carryover from my parents' financial goings on. The ** from them is endless: they canceled my credit card because I didn't use it for a year (per the "terms and conditions" statement they said I agreed to), their interest rate is completely useless (somewhere around 0.01%).
I removed all of my money from both the savings and checking accounts I had so the balance was zero. Closing the account required a telephone call I didn't make (you cannot close your account through the online banking portal). For several months they have been charging me a maintenance fee. I cannot understand how they have over two million likes on Facebook as of February 2016. STAY AWAY FROM BANK OF AMERICA! CROOKS OF THE HIGHEST ORDER...
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2016
After 8 months of paperwork and jumping through hoops to get a loan mod I rejected their offer. Here is the rejection letter I sent them. "After receiving the loan modification offer we have decided not to accept the loan modification. This whole process has been, in my opinion, a big scam and a disgrace to Bank of America. I was led to believe that a real solution, specifically a ten year interest rate reduction to 2% and a rate of 3% for the remainder of the loan was what I was working for. After 8 months of continuous uploading of documents, constant phone calls, etc, I was offered a 30 year loan at 5%, thereby costing me an additional $80,000+ over the life of the loan. I do not see how this is supposed to help me.
"In addition, without my authorization, an escrow account was opened for taxes and insurance. I already pay these items myself and at the time of the mortgage initiation we paid Bank Of America a fee to do so. An unauthorized tax payment of $2654.57 was made in December of last year. Because of this erroneous payment my mortgage payment has increased by $832.44 per month, from $1639.14 to $2471,58. This is beyond “a mistake”. This is fraud and I intend to treat it as such." I have multiple personal and business accounts with Bank of America, including more than one mortgage. After this I intend to take all of this business elsewhere as soon as possible.

Reviewed Feb. 9, 2016
Bank of America refuses to transfer my mother's IRA to another bank. We decided to move it from BOA because they refused to do a change of address or a direct deposit of the required IRA monthly withdrawal of funds. The checks, good for only 90 days were repeatedly mailed to an old PO box we wanted to close out and three times we had to ask for new checks to be issued because the checks had expired by the time we received them. For no valid reason, BOA failed to direct deposit the checks despite my filling out the forms. It even took a month for the forms to arrive within the same town.
In January I asked First National Bank to initiate papers to have the IRA transferred to them from BOA. BOA has dragged their heels and refused to transfer the funds despite repeated phone calls. They fail to respond time and again as if customers are just an inconvenience and a nuisance and they have no obligation to respond to their requests. BOA has a reputation for being extremely slow to release funds or respond to requests. We feel they are a shady and questionable bank. We want the IRA transfer to First National to be done immediately and for BOA to relinquish all hold and illegal use of the IRA money without permission.
We believe without outside intervention they will string us along indefinitely, ignoring the transfer request and continuing to illegally benefit from the funds while depriving my mother from their benefit. I am her legal guardian of person and estate and BOA has had these papers since Sept. 2013. Thus far I have filed complaints with Better Business Bureau, Arkansas Attorney General's Office and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau so we'll see what happens. I wonder how many elderly people are taken advantage of by this sorry excuse for a bank.
UPDATED ON 02/26/2016: In 2013 I took guardianship papers to Bank of America to let them know I would be handling my mother's affairs. I just found out that at that time Bank of America should have advised me they would not change the IRA into a guardianship account. No one told me anything. When my mother went into a nursing home I requested an address change so the correspondence would be mailed to me. They ignored it. I requested the monthly disbursement checks be direct deposited to my mother's checking account. They were being mailed to her old address and my 84 year old father was having to go to the old address, retrieve the checks and mail them to me to deposit. Bank of America refused the direct deposit even though they mailed me papers to route the checks to her checking.
The checks are good for 90 days only and on three occasions I had to take the checks to the local Bank of America and have them reissued because they were expired by the time I received them. After the local branch manager failed to return my call to answer as to why the change of address and direct deposit did not go through, I decided to transfer the IRA to First National Bank. Bank of America ignored the transfer until I started filing complaints with Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Better Business Bureau and the state Attorney General's Office. Finally their consumer complaint expert contacted me and let me know I should have been told in 2013 the IRA could not be a guardianship account. The only way to get the IRA away from Bank of America is to take the full disbursement of $51,000 from the account which would cause my mother to incur taxes.
This is absurd because my mother is declared incompetent and cannot effect a transfer and I am not allowed to do it even though I am her legal guardian. At this point Bank of America is holding us hostage. The only way to get out of there is to pay taxes on the full amount. My mother worked very hard for her money, sometimes holding down two jobs in order to save for her old age. Now this. How on earth can any bank justify treating our elderly people this way??? First National will pay her 1.3% interest and Bank of America is paying .005%. What kind of country is this where a bank is allowed to take advantage of an 83 year old woman with dementia and hold her hard-earned money hostage? This is an outrage.
Reviewed Feb. 8, 2016
I hate BOA; they haven't got the brains of an idiot. I use Chrome as my internet browser. Unfortunately every time I try to log in BOA I am asked to confirm my password. Now, I pay good earned money to have a password program on my computer so that the information is filled in automatically. And, what happens? I am asked to enter my password. Someone on telephone at BOA told me that BOA does that with Chrome and that I should use the new Internet Explorer (or whatever is the name now). Well, I don't like that browser. So I have to sign in manually and most of the time I probably put in the wrong password. How stupid is that!!! When is BOA going to get into the 21st century and start recognizing the browser that is apparently the most preferred browser???
If I cannot get this problem solved I intend to change all of my accounts and get out of this bank. Service in their branches is poor; always too many customers for the number of employees on duty. And, this website says we will be listened to and BOA will attempt to solve our problems. I dare them to contact me by phone. They have my number; I had to give it in order to get into this site. Make no mistake: I hate BOA.
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2016
Bank of America is worst bank ever. They aren't there to help their customers. They take advantage of direct deposit customers. They charge 35$ overdraft fees before there is even an overdraft. Then try to charge 30$ stop processing fee if there's a dispute on a payment that hasn't even processed yet. Worst of all they transfer you on the telephone at least 5 times before someone with knowledge can help you. The other thing is their privacy is getting worst while they transfer you 5 times. Each person is asking more and more information about you including full ssi number address and pin number? And I haven't even brought up the no convenient atms locations so they can charge numerous atm fees. They need the government to look at their bad business practices and consumer privacy act!
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2016
The reason why I was compelled to close both my checking and savings account was the fact of my having to hold a sum close to $2000 in my accounts in order not to incur a charge, during the summer when there is no direct deposit to the checking account: I am an international student and I am paid my stipend only during the months when the semesters are functioning.
My first grievance: None of us were informed of this very important piece of information on the day our accounts were opened. Either it was a case of selective memory or that information was intentionally withheld. Fortunately, I got to know about this through another international friend in college before it was too late. I zeroed my account balance on the 1st of February in order to close my bank accounts. I chatted on-line that very noon and an agent informed me that the account was closing and that I would get a letter in a week or so about the account closing by mail. On the very same day, in the evening an automatic payment was made to Eversource electricity from my account-since the account had not closed by then, the payment had been recorded.
On the 2nd I happened to check the BOA account to see whether it was closed and realized that not only had it not closed, but there was also a payment processing. I immediately chatted with another agent and she gave me the following number to call and cancel the payment: 877 337 4230. I called this number twice and it took me both times to a debit claim system. Then I had to chat with another agent yet again for the 3rd time and she clarified that if I went to the bank next day and deposited the exact amount of my electricity bill, once the account was zeroed I could close the account. Just before I went to the bank I checked my account again the following day, 3rd February to see that an overdraft fee had been included to the above sum. I chatted with my 4th BOA agent while at a lecture and she requested me to go to the nearest BOA branch and deposit the money and get the overdraft fee refunded.
My second grievance: At BOA Amherst I explained the above to two offices. The second customer relations officer attended to this problem. But what a contrast from how we were treated the day we opened our accounts and this day when I had an issue to resolve! His complete lack of concern, stern and mechanical matter-of-factness thoroughly contrasted with the warmth, the unending smile and the open-arm welcome we got on the first day at the branch. As if to pile insult on injury, the above officer cynically queried whether I did not know that a passport was required for a banking matter.
I did not rush to BOA to question its overdraft policies or to be told that I needed to constantly walk around with my passport in my pocket. I came in to complain about the negligence and the misdirection of the BOA agents thanks to whom I had to pay an overdraft fee. Had the phone number given worked, I could have cancelled the payment. Had the agent told me I would incur an overdraft fee, I would have paid it on the 2nd itself. Had their bank agents directed me properly, I would not have incurred this cost. Do they expect their customer to pay for all their faults?
Without attending to the above grievance, the official I talked to aggravated the situation by using his cynicism on us. I would like to make three suggestions to them in this regard: 1. Please give your chat agents more training. 2. Please give your customer relations officers more training. 3. Please tell your valued customers/especially international students who come to the US to study and not to earn money the truth about your hidden charges and fees. If not, don't encourage them to open bank accounts with your bank. Just save us all the trouble!
Reviewed Feb. 1, 2016
The wait time to make a withdrawal is ridiculous at these locations. One teller on the 1st of the month is not appropriate. The elderly who are unfamiliar with new technology available to them cannot stand it 1hr wait lines and all just to pay their bills. Bank of America is losing its professionalism and credibility with its lack of staff. A bank should be a place of efficient transactions and helpful personnel to assist with any and all financial needs. This is becoming increasingly common and in all honesty unbearable. I will switch bank institutions.
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2016
I was overdraft $0.11 cents after paying for school fees. They charged me $35 dollars for 11 cents. Now they keep sending me fees. Now I'm overdraft $107.35 because of it and the fees won't stop until you're positive.
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2016
They change the account type and start charging 12 dollars. When I call to the customer care they said that's how BOA works. Worst service I ever seen so far. I am cancelling all my accounts today from BOA.
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2016
I have had an account with Bank of America since 2010. I have been charged 12 dollars as a monthly maintenance fee for the past years and a half. I called them a year ago to find out what the maintenance fee was and the customer service rep refunded the money for 6 months, but did not explain why I was being charged the maintenance fee. She said maybe the status of the account changed and should not be charged again. I checked my account again and I see I am still being charged a fee. I called the bank and it's because you need to have a minimum of 2500 in my account. I was never informed or alerted about this and the representative would not refund the money.
I think it's really unfair when you don't keep your customers informed and charge them a fee!! I am happy to keep the minimum, but you need to inform me when rules change. I have account with BOA for 6 years now and this left a real bad taste. I always recommended BOA as the bank to go to and after this experience, I would recommend not dealing with them. I also thought the customer rep was really rude to me for no reason whatsoever.
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2016
It started on the summer of 2009. I travelled from Vancouver to Seattle and opened an account at Bank of America and did a few transactions. By the time I left Canada there’s about $500 in the account. In 2010 I moved to Dallas and then never touched this account until 2013 the old debit card expired. Around end of 2013 (Oct or Nov) I came to a local Bank of America branch at Lemmon Ave, Dallas, to inquire the information about the account. The banker told me that there’s still about $500, and then he updated the address etc and gave me a temporary debit card. Soon I received a formal debit card with my name and expire date of Nov 2017 on it. Recently we are preparing to buy a house. So my parents tried to wire transfer some money to us. Then the disaster began.
On Dec 26, 2015, I came to the Lemmon branch to get information about the wire transfer. Unfortunately, the banker made a serious mistake by providing me a wrong account, which belongs to a different person with similar name. My parents did the transfer from China to the Bank of America based on the information. The next day I came to the branch to check the money, I was stunned to hear from the banker that my own account had been closed a year ago! The debit card I had on hand is linking to a bank account! The money sent by my parents was sitting in other people’s account! Then the banker helped me to figure out the reason why my account was closed. By a long time of research, he told me that by the time I came to the branch (Nov 2013), the old account only had less than $40 left due to the monthly service fee. So here is my first question: WHY WE GOT CONFLICTING INFORMATION ABOUT THE BALANCE?
Although we cannot find any piece of proof for it, please consider it with COMMON SENSE. If a person knew that his account balance is shrinking by charging service fee, and he does not want to use the account frequently. The only way he will choose is to take the rest money out and close the account, rather than let the rest money goes to zero by deducting fees. I determined to keep it since the banker told me that the balance was the same as I remember, nothing changed.
I raised this question to the banker. He could not answer it, so he submitted the case for research. Last weekend I received the call from your research department, who said that all the information associated to the old account only contains ancient information back to 6 years ago, when I was still in Canada. So it seemed that all the records about my visit of 2013 to the branch had been wiped out. As for the debit card which has my name and expiration date of Nov 2017, linked to nothing. Here is my second question: How did the Bank of America send the formal debit card to me WITHOUT HAVING MY CURRENT ADDRESS?
I asked these two questions to the person who did the case investigation and she just said she did not know about it and only she could do is apologize!!! But at that moment the most urgent thing is the wire transfers which still sit in other person’s account due to the wrong account information your banker provided us. At first the solution the banker suggested me was to open a new account, then directly transfer the money from wrong account to me. But when the new account was opened, they said they cannot transfer. Instead, they insisted that only way is to let the sender (my parents) to recall the money, then send it again to my new account.
I contacted my parents to do the recall. But when it arrives to your bank, the bank manager told us that they could not do the recall and the best way is to transfer the money to my account. They frequently change ideas and do not care what we should do! The past two weeks was just a disaster. The branch’s phone has never had people to answer. So we have to drive to the branch almost every day, waiting for hours to get some feedback. Until last Wednesday the manager told me that they will call me every day for the progress, so I don’t have to waste my working hours to visit. But on last Friday, I missed her call and had to drive there again and the banker there told us that he will give us a call about the progress on Saturday before 1pm, but I did not receive any call.
Yesterday, the manager finally informed me that the money has been transferred to my account. But this noon I received an email from your bank showing some weird number of balance. Later, then the balance became to zero. I was stunned again with this change. So again I asked a leave from my boss to visit the bank again. They said they made some mistakes during the transfer and will fix it soon. All of these things added together, it made me very annoying and unsafe with your bank. It is very inappropriate to let the customer to bear these anxiety and loss of time, which is all caused by the mistakes made by your bank agents. But all we could receive is simply a sorry!
Reviewed Jan. 28, 2016
Here's the situation: At the job my boyfriend and I work at, we were given pay cards by the company. They no longer do pay cards so my boyfriend got his own bank account at Bank Of America here. He had the week for a week, they sent him a card and everything. And then the day RIGHT before pay day, we get a letter in the mail saying his account has been closed. We were concerned and called customer service and asked why his account was closed a week after opening it, especially after they already sent him a card, and customer service LITERALLY said "it looks like his account was closed for no reason." ARE YOU ** KIDDING ME? WHAT A JOKE. And THEN, not to mention, we had to wait over a week and a half to get his check back since the money was SUPPOSED to go inside his account, and since we had BILLS to pay, they came out of my account (which is a Fidelity account).
And since I didn't have enough money in there because the bills were supposed to be paid with his check, I started to get numerous overdraft fees. I have never gotten overdraft fees and this is making me look bad. IT'S BANK OF AMERICA'S FAULT AND THEY SHOULD BE PAYING MY OVERDRAFT FEES BUT REFUSE TO DO SO. I'd never recommend this ignorant-ass bank to ANYONE, not even my worst enemy. Also, their customer service is AWFUL! Holy **, if you're going to be a company, at least ACT like you give a ** so you stop losing so many customers! Idiots, I'll gladly give you the worst reputation! I'm passing this on to every place I can find and I'll be sure to let everyone know how much of a terrible company this is. Congratulations **.
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2016
THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE IS A JOKE. I've never been hung up so many times on the phone. I was looking for an email or maybe a link to send my complaints to for the first time because I've never been this pissed off in my life. How funny is it, that they don't even have one? That definitely says a lot about their service. If I didn't have to be with your company, I would have left in an instant. Never have I ever been fuming every time I get off the ** phone with them. WORST SERVICE EVER. STAY AWAY. And I'm Canadian. I'm as nice as it gets.
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2016
So I banked with B/A for the past 5 years. One of my clients gave me 2 checks written on a closed account. 2 days later I try to cash another check to find out my account has been closed. The person who wrote the checks came to the bank with me and explained he had made a mistake and at no time had I known that this was done. He explained that he had closed that account when his wife had passed and had run out of his checks and thought the checks were from that account and that they were good. He paid the checks and the fees. Still bank of America gives me the runaround and early warning is not early. I was not notified in writing until after the checks had been paid.
Now my name was put on a list with ChexSystem and I can't get it off. This is not fair. I need my name off now. Anyone have any ideas how this can be done or do I have to hire an attorney and sue B/A and ChexSystem? I'm open for suggestions. Can someone please help me with a solution. I can't get an account anywhere. Oh and nothing happened to the person who wrote the checks. Just not right. And I'm now on the list for fraud and mismanaging a bank account because I deposited the checks. How can I know the checks are written on a closed account and how come they have the power to ruin someone's life like that. That should not be their decision. ChexSystem should not be allowed to post something without going before a court of law when it affects someone's everyday life. They post things that are incorrect and simply not true. They should be put out of business.
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2016
I have been with Bank of America for +3 years and suddenly they charge every month 12 dollars fees. For no reason, that doesn't make any sense. They just try to find any way to charge you any kind of fees.
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2016
Closed my account because the charges and fees and they still charging me account fees a month after my account has been closed.
Reviewed Jan. 22, 2016
I went to Bank of America in kings highway Brooklyn to open an account. Unfortunately, I could not open my account because of my nationality. This shows the discrimination policy which is created by the bank of america managers. However, the reason I write this review is not this new offending rule. The staff behavior in the Kings Highway branch (I think her name is Elenora) was so rude and she acted contemptuous to me. She did not talk clearly about why she does not open an account for me and shows so offending facial expression. Instead of being sorry for do not help the customer, she just wants to get rid of me. The most important character for the bank staff is being friendly and understanding, however it seems that there is no attention to select the staff in bank of america. These rules and staffs bothered me that I do not want to come back to this bank again.
Reviewed Jan. 21, 2016
Went to order a new debit card and the customer service from management was awful! Made me feel like a criminal and refused to help me... pretty much just telling I have to call to order through mail. I was shaking with anger when I left. DO NOT go to this branch!
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2016
Bank of America is full of **. I received an email saying my account was overdrawn which was a horrible oversight on my part. So I, was charged a $35 fee for a $7.00 overdraft. Okay I'll pay for that mistake but then they said they sent an email which I did not receive for another overdraft of $5.00. That email was magically undeliverable, but came just in time for to have to pay another $35 fee. If not for extenuating circumstances I would never bank with Bank of America. Worst bank ever!!! Customer service is also lousy and useless.
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2016
I have had an account with Bank of America for almost 8 years. In this time, my account type has been changed at least 4 times. I find this completely ridiculous because I signed up for a specific account type and for some reason B of A feels that it is perfectly fine to change my account to something that is in no way similar. Anyway, I digress.
Last May my account changed to a Core Checking Account. In my notice of change it was stated that any monthly fees would be waived as long as I prove that I am a student and under the age of 23 (I fit both criteria). Naturally, I called the bank and told them that I was a student. They told me that my account fees would be waived and to have a good day. Fast forward, I notice my account is being charged a $12 monthly maintenance fee. I called them and asked why I was being charged. Apparently when I called in May, whoever I spoke with NEVER PROCESSED THE INFORMATION. They didn't even have record that I called at all! I asked if there was any way I could be refunded the $60 total dollars that was taken from my account and I was told they could not.
This is completely ridiculous. I am being punished for doing everything I could do to avoid this fee while B of A failed on their end to process my information. On top of that, I have been a student the entire time and I can easily prove it but apparently that information is completely irrelevant when it comes to having my money refunded. Bank of America can rest well knowing they swindled a hardworking college student out of her own money and even though they are a billion dollar business, they clearly need the $60 more than I do. SHAME ON YOU BANK OF AMERICA!
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2016
Good morning. I have a serious complaint. On Friday 1/8/2016 my friend attempted to make a deposit in my BOA checking account ending in **. I didn't see the deposit so I called the "1-800" for assistance and the representative says the depositor has to fix the problem. On Tuesday 1/12/2016 my friend went to 1974 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL 33409 (The BOA banking center).
This is a portion of the conversation with the BOA manager, "I spoke to the manager and he said I can't dispute the deposit." Referring to the deposit slip: "When you look at my deposit, you'll see how the teller changed the 1's into 3. The teller clearly changed the account numbers. Even though your account info matched the manager refused to help me (my friend)." Her (my friend) name is Bedyna ** - an account holder and is Natasha ** - an account holder. I feel what the teller and manager at 1974 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL 33409 is very unethical and suspicious.
Reviewed Jan. 10, 2016
This is the worst bank I have ever had the misfortune to open an account with. I made a transfer of $350 from BoA to my account at another bank and I had never received the money even though the online system clearly indicated that it went through. If you are thinking of opening a new account with this bank, please make sure that this is your last option. I spent 3 hours talking to them on the phone and they finally gave me a tracking number and they said I need to call the other bank to ask them to trace it for me. However, because the transfer was initiated from BoA, the other bank cannot trace the money. I called them so many times and all I got from every representative was literally this, "Sorry, sir, I don't know what to say."
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2016
I'll never do business with Bank of America. They have the worst customer service. Spanish is my first language, so when I called I ask to be transferred to someone that speaks Spanish. Sadly BOA Hispanic customer service are rude, they don't have manners. A supervisor was judging me instead of helping me, I almost cried, couldn't believe it.
We've been BOA customers for more than two years, but recently things have changed. They like to hold transactions so they can collect the overdrawn fees. They also play with the system, changing the dates of transactions made with checks, in order to show you that your account got overdrawn, so they can collect the fee ($35.00), even though you tell them that you checked your account and the check was paid, and that you have available balance that you can use to make some transactions that day. They insists that the system is accurate, meaning that you are lying. Yeah right. Same happens when I made transactions with my debit card. Worst experience, worst bank ever.
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2016
I make deposit for our company 4-5 times a week. The service is awful. The past year and a half has been total disappointment. Starting a year and a half ago they had 2 Bank of Americas in town. Town is about 70,000 people. First they closed the branch across town, so everyone had to go to the Main branch. The main Branch had a commercial lane, (3) drive-thru lanes and a ATM. Within (6) months they closed the Commercial Lane, that left (3) drive-thru lanes. Then 3-6 months later they closed on off the drive-thru lanes and made it a Second ATM. So now there are two drive-thru lanes for a town of 70,000 people and anytime you go there both lines are backed up and you can't even get in line, when you do plan on being there for 30 to 45 minutes in line. Now the new thing is when I went to Deposit money today I had to show them my license. WHAT? To deposit money??? This Place is SCREWED UP.
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2016
Owner of safe deposit box (taxes paid and good job) with savings and personal items was seized because Father's name was on box. Father is foreign national and understood he could remove personal item from box as son needed it. The seizure of Son's box has caused him to be unable to make car payments, property payments, and jeopardizes his marriage plans. BoA will not and did not warn or send any notification to the primary owner, our Son.
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2016
I wanted to add my son to my account. We went there and they told us a banker would be with us in 10 minutes. We waited for 1 hour. After 1 hour the lady supposed to help us (was chit chatting on the phone) came to us and said she would be with us in 10 minutes. Finally it was our turn! Every 5 minutes she had to go back and check with her manager! It was awful. Then she said "Sorry! The system is not working!! Would you like to make an appointment for tomorrow!" Don't waste your time with this bank! Awful service!
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2016
Sent out my bill pay on Dec 31 vs. Jan 3 due to the holidays. Charged me an overdraft fee despite the check not being cashed yet (on the 4th). I was told that is allowed in the disclosure. It should be illegal - if they haven't paid the check, how is it an overdraft? If I had mailed the check, it certainly wouldn't be an overdraft. Other banks don't debit the account until the check is cashed. HORRIBLE!
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2016
I've had Bank of America since 2006. Worst customer service I've ever had. Not reliable obviously. They're charging $12 a month for maintenance fee that for having an account if you don't have $1,500 or direct deposit. I was never warned or told that I would have these charges be on my account. I'm pretty livid on how the customer's representative talk to me over the phone. By tomorrow I definitely will no longer be part of Bank of America.
Reviewed Jan. 2, 2016
This Bank has never caused me any problems in a long time and has had excellent customer service, and I have left B of A a 5 before. However, the reviews lately speak for themselves!!! This Bank has failed us all lately. I do not believe it is the CEO's fault because the bank was just fine under him from the get-go. Whoever is causing this is someone else (perhaps some other level of management?). But all I have to say is... just look at the changes in the number 1 star reviews in the past 5 months. This bank has turned from a reliable place to keep your money to a madhouse from hell! No reps are helping anyone anymore and this bank has failed me. They randomly closed my account and like other complainants said, take a "hack and slash" approach regardless of how long you've been a customer. They don't care one bit when they used to. The true colors apparently do show, and this bank's colors are not the colors of America at this time.
Please someone fix this!! Bank of America really did improve for a while (2008 I hated it, but 2009--now it was an absolutely wonderful bank to deal with). I would not do business with them ever again if I continue to see these continuous swarms of complaints. And I'm someone who use to like them!!! Terrible!!! ON CHRISTMAS EVE THEY SENT A LETTER TELLING ME MY NINE-YEAR-OLD ACCOUNT IS DROPPED and couldn't even log into my account because of their power tripping disaster mess going on in management right now! And it's not the CEO. It was just fine under him. Whoever is making this bank bad for its customers lately is someone having a power trip from hell, and they need to fire them and hire back whoever they let go!!! TERRIBLE!! TERRIBLE!! TERRIBLE!!!
Reviewed Dec. 31, 2015
Their customer service is one of the worst. I was asking for a first, one-time, courtesy overdraft fee return ($12) and I received the worst customer support. Because it is not a bank error they cannot return the fee. Really??? I assume my fault. I forgot that every month they transfer $25 from my checking to savings (that's what caused the overdraft fee), but I cannot understand how a bank can not accept a first time error from a customer. Also, the comments the branch officer was making I would have to change the bank, not acceptable when there are banks who don't even charge a monthly fee, like Huntington.
Reviewed Dec. 29, 2015
We recently refinanced our mortgage. I asked our rep to set up a Payplan 26 plan allowing us to make auto payments, every two weeks resulting in 26 total payments and an extra payment per year. He failed to set it up and after we signed he said he could no longer help. It took me about two months and at least eight phone calls (each with 20 minute holds) to one person after another to get this set up. BoA does not allow you to set this up online. It seems they specifically make this difficult since it will result in lower interest payments. I have four accounts and over 60k with this bank. I foolishly expected better service.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2015
I am with Bank of America for 17 years. I was a happy NationsBank customer before, but unfortunately they bought up that bank in 1998. BofA home equity loans wasted two months of my time doing an equity line of credit. I asked for 50K, but my branch said that I could get easily get 70K for the same rate so I agreed. I probably spent a total of 10 hrs on this process over 7 weeks. Many hoops. They gave me an offer letter of prime + 1.84% on Nov 9, 2015 which was 5.09% at the time.
Then after all the approvals they raised it to 5.79% due to an increase in prime on Dec 28 2015. This makes no sense since prime only increased 0.25%. I offered to lower the amount to 50K, but no go. Out of principle I withdrew the application. This is a fundamentally flawed bank that doesn't deserve to be as big as it is. I think I have to bite the bullet and change all my accounts to another bank (painful as that is going to be). This is not a financial relationship worth having even though people at my branch are really nice.
Reviewed Dec. 22, 2015
I've been a customer with BOA for over a decade and they rob me blind. I am one of those people that obsessively look at their bank account every day and I get email notifications with my balance, still doesn't help because my balance changes daily. The "available" balance is never accurate. What's the point of having that tracking system if I need to write is down in a checkbook (I don't use checks nor have I in years) to keep an accurate balance like we did in the old days? I had $2000 on Friday and I went Christmas shopping, checking my balance several times a day to make sure I wasn't going over. I woke up today nearly $300 overdrawn with $105 in overdraft fees! I called and talked to 2 people, neither of whom were American (hello, Bank of America and you are shipping your jobs overseas, greedy **). Neither was helpful and only offered to give me $70 back as a "courtesy."
I know the technology is plenty advanced to show the real available balance because they certainly do it when you deposit money (it will show your available balance and the pending directly underneath) and they could absolutely do that with pending transactions but why would they when they can fill their pockets with overdraft fees? They also do this with bill pay. I will pay my bills on a Friday and maybe get gas at the pump on a Monday, they will hold that bill pay until the gas hits (because gas doesn't collect the $35 fee) and then do the bill pay. They usually get between $100-200 a month out of me. I am researching other banks now because I am absolutely over the blatant theft. BOA, you are nearly as smarmy and crooked as Comcast.
Reviewed Dec. 22, 2015
I have been a customer since 1966. Recently I was informed that a "change" had occurred in my checking account. When asked for a copy of the "60-day" notice the bank was unable to produce anything that was mailed to me. It did not however prevent BofA from deducting a newly imposed $25/monthly "maintenance" fee. I was assured that IF I had direct deposit they would waive the fee. Let me see. I have TWO direct deposits for my little SSA accounts. I write maybe ONE check a month and have a direct bill pay for the other. Now I am supposed to give BofA $300/year to "maintain" my checking account? This is the second month in a row that BofA has tried something like this. Just a different story this time. I need a new bank.
Reviewed Dec. 22, 2015
Bank of America closed my account without informing me. I made all my bills online and I found out my account was closed because I started getting emails with late fees and check return fees from the companies that I paid my bills. I contacted BOA and they would not give me a reason as to why my account was closed. All they told me was that it was not because any fraud was done by me or that I had done anything wrong. They just decided to end the business relationship with me. They kept my money for two weeks! I was left with $20.00 that I had in my pocket and a bunch of late fees. When I finally received a check via mail I tried cashing it at a BOA and they WOULD NOT CASH IT BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE AN ACCOUNT WITH THEM! I could not believe it.
I kept explaining the situation to them but it was like they did not understand. I felt embarrassed because they made me feel like I did something wrong and felt like I was trying to rob them. Till this day, I have no idea why they closed my account all. I am stuck with return check fees and late fees from all my bills. I did not have any money for gas, food or diapers for my child. I felt so desperate because that has never happened to me. I had to pawn my TV and some jewelry to try to make it until I got my money from the account. I would check my mail every day to make sure it was there. I was a good customer for many years. I never had any overdraft fees or anything fraudulent going on. I got my direct deposit from my job and paid my bills online like any other person.
I thought it was a good bank and even got my friends and family to change to BOA. Now I am spreading the word of what happened to me to all my family and friends and everyone that wants to hear. Now they people that I had recommended that bank are changing to other banks because they are afraid that this will happened to them. I never felt so desperate and humiliated by a company. They claimed that they sent me a letter but I never received it. I wish I had so at least I could have done something about it and not left without money and with a bunch of fees. BOA told me that this can happen at any bank, but it happened to me at BOA so I am telling my story about this bank.
Reviewed Dec. 16, 2015
For years my husband and I noticed discrepancies in our bank balance but never took the time to investigate. However, due to our heightened financial problems, this issue has become impossible to overlook, regardless of how busy we may be. What just happened to us is despicable. On December 12th, 2015, our bank balance dropped to only 96 cents. This was attested by the automated system I called at 800-442-6680. Additionally, I received an email from Bank of America warning me that our balance had fallen "below $25". On December 13th and 14th, the information given by the automated system was the same... balance of 96 cents. It's important to note that any purchases made had cleared and we were not spending as we had no money to spend. On December 14, 2015, I received a Christmas check from my mother in the amount of $250.
This check included $150 for three of my children. I deposited the check and received a receipt, indicating our new balance was $250.96. Two purchases were made, totaling about $100. The remaining balance of $150 was reserved for my children to spend on Christmas. However, the very next morning I checked our account online. To my chagrin, our balance was only $74.49! Bank of America had stolen about $75! How could this be when we had made NO purchases except the two totaling about $100? Our statement printed from online attests to this fact, as well. My husband and I began to scrutinize the online statements and we realized that purchases we made prior to December 11th that had already been deducted from our balance, had resurfaced and were deducted from our balance a second time, on a more recent date.
We are of the belief that Bank of America "cooks the books". One more thing I've noticed, while their description of "Available Balance" is the "amount of money in your account, includes all CLEARED and PROCESSING transactions", this is NOT accurate. Today, while studying our statement, I noticed that our account balance CHANGED three times! Each time the balance INCREASED and an item previously appearing on the statement as "processing" that had already been deducted from our balance, had DISAPPEARED.
I suspect what is going to occur is sometime tonight or tomorrow, those charges will REAPPEAR and the item will post as "cleared". But this presents a problem. If the customer is not careful, he/she might check their online statement, and mistakenly believe they have MORE in their account than they actually have. This leads to overdraft fees for the unsuspecting customer. I think the best thing to do is to get our money out of the bank altogether and pay our bills via cash, money orders or Visa gift cards. B of A did more than merely hurt us financially. They stole from my children and this is NOT OK.
Reviewed Dec. 15, 2015
I call them to file a claim about fraud transactions and not only do I have a fraud problem but because of the missing money I got overdraft fees so my account is at -$81. Instead of helping me they made excuses and said I really did make the transactions even when I really didn't. So of course they wouldn't file a claim for me. They basically just wanted to steal money from me.
Reviewed Dec. 15, 2015
Bank of America has the worst customer service ever. The people who work at the branch pretend to be all friendly and then when you come in they ignore you because they "have an important report". The overdraft fees are ridiculous. They delay incoming payments so that your account gets overdrafted. I just turned on overdraft protection (using my credit card) yesterday and just got charged $35 today. My true rating would be 0.1 out of 5, I wish we could go lower than 1 star.
Reviewed Dec. 15, 2015
We have been banking at our local BOA for about 15 years. We were on first name basis with all the tellers. Then one day several people quit all at the same time. The new drive through teller has been terrible. Very slow, very confused, very argumentative. Also, there is only one teller inside. This is a very unprofessional situation. I'm strongly considering changing to a new bank.
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2015
Been a patriot at Bank of America for over 50 years. Fell at the bank in 2011, my attorney Howard ** has passed away and the bank will not help me do anything to help me. All I want is my bills to be paid. I'm asking everybody to boycott Bank of America. Thank you and God bless you.
Reviewed Dec. 10, 2015
I have several different accounts with the Bank of America in Vernon Hills, IL, 60061. Since I have a substantial amount of funds in their bank I was given an executive phone extension. I have called this special extension number regarding various issues and several times my phone calls were not returned when promised which means I have to put away my notes and information regarding the reason I called and call again or wait for the return call. This is more than aggravating... Why give me a special number if service is below par?
Reviewed Dec. 9, 2015
BOA deliberately holds bank charges back and puts them through to deliberately cause bank overdrafts. Just had them put through a five dollar tip from ten days ago. It caused my account to go under by .53 cents and cause an overdraft for my rent check which costs me severely. I'm so done with these people. Banks need to be regulated more closely and this nonsense ought to be illegal.
Reviewed Dec. 7, 2015
Earlier this year, BOA closed our checking account because they said that they couldn't verify that my husband was a US citizen. They claim they sent a letter requesting confirmation that he was in fact a US citizen. Because they didn't get a response to the letter, they closed the checking account - not the savings account nor our credit card account, just the checking account. Mind you that I get daily balances by message on my phone and they send me email too! But they close it on a letter not sent by return receipt???
I have had this account since 1985 and started as a Collective Federal account that was purchased by several other banks and was lastly a BOA account. It took three weeks of dealing with customer service to find out all the checks that were returned and for me to figure out all the fees that occurred based on the returned checks. I foolishly decided to stay with BOA. This past week, they put an 8-day hold on a check from a home equity loan that I have with another bank and refused to release it even though I had made several deposits from that account within the prior 30 days. I needed that check released to make a payment on my BOA CREDIT CARD. Seriously!! I have been a customer for over 30 years!! Not waiting for strike three and am immediately closing all three accounts. Good-bye BOA. Even sadder is that we own stock in the company!?!
Reviewed Dec. 5, 2015
I opened up an account in May 2015 on a promotion that I would receive a 200.00 promotional bonus which was to be received within 90 days. It is now December and the bonus has not been received. I have talked with several people and even talked with the department that was supposed to expedite this matter. That was 6 weeks ago. Ridiculous. About ready to talk to the news station and report them to the Better Business Bureau.
Reviewed Dec. 5, 2015
Doesn't matter when I visit this bank, if I go inside, there is a line each and every time with one, count them - one teller. It can be the first of the month, last of the month or anything in between. When I inquire as to whether there will be another window opening, I get a snotty answer. It is a shame there is no such thing as customer service anymore. We are our own customer service. The worst time is the first of the month. One teller when opening, really. The first of the month comes around every month... Get with it Bank of America, your service is horrible!
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2015
I was overdrawn 3 cents and charged $35 for an overdraft fee. I was told that they were unable to help me.
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2015
I have been with BofA over 10 years and never had a problem until recently. It started when my daughter account was charged an overdraft protection fee and money was transferred out of her savings. (But there was NO overdraft involved). When I called to complain, the lady was not understanding me, so I frustratingly hung up. Then (2) days later, I was charged a $35.00 overdraft fee on my account (even though I checked it the night before and my account was fine). I was told that direct deposit might came in an hour after my account was overdrawn, so they were correct in charging me. Are you serious? I immediately went to the bank and close all of my accounts and I'm now with a Federal Credit Union. They should be investigated for fraud and I truly hope that they go belly up.
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2015
I have called and spoke to 9 different people today, and constantly being bounced over to someone else, who loses the call and I have to call back and go thru the whole crap all over again. WORST customer service department ever. Their so called security questions are something that ANYONE can obtain thru public record search. They kept asking for my social security number and other personal questions, which I refused to give, since it was not their business. They would disconnect the call or transfer me over to some other ROBOT, to go thru the same questions all over again.
FINALLY I got fed up all together and will CANCEL every card or business I have with that bank and stay with the smaller banks who treat people as people. Maybe you should do business with a real person not a program person at the end of an 800 phone number. TOTALLY FRUSTRATED, PISSED off with them. May I suggest never to call them or answer their calls. CANCEL, CANCEL, CANCEL every account one has with them.
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2015
My first bank account is with Bank of America and I hate to have to depart from it. Now that I turned 23, the bank assumes am a graduate and have a good paying job. I am being charged $12 maintenance fee, what a sleek way to steal money from your customers. You will be losing customers with your strict profiting rules.
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2015
First of all terrible customer service at BOA in Laurel. Second they taking overdraft fee before overdraft happened. But I deposit money to avoid it but bank took money anyway. So what happened is that associate Starla ** was very negative and mean that morning. So basically she made my day when I told her that "bank took money for option that have been cancelled more than 6 months ago and what we can do with that". She just told me "I will give to you number and you can call and see IF you can fix it". She telling me that after I was waiting 20 min in a line!!! After She saw my face which was not happy she start to call with so much negative!!! Also bank allowed to cash check when there is not enough money on account. It so bad!!! And they took fee for that. So disappointed and gonna switch bank.
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2015
Bank of America is an awful bank with terrible customer service!!! One rep lied to me and told that she had solved my issue with my account to get me off the phone and she DID NOT! The next morning I called to speak with a supervisor and she blamed me!
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2015
I have been unemployed and recently got a new job - yay! Well, typical of new jobs, my direct deposit will not go through until the second payment. My first check, for one week, was mailed. I deposited the check after a busy day at work at an ATM. There was a hold on the check and a notice that $200 was released, and that the rest would be available to me in two days. I could deal with that. Now, being unemployed, I had been racking up bills I owed to various businesses. So, I started making arrangements, expecting to have the money available to me in my bank account; however, I returned to my bank account the next evening and saw that a hold for nine days was placed on my account.
As I waited on hold for what - 45 minutes?- I looked up this website and read the reviews in horror. When a customer service rep finally came on the line, I opened with, "Honestly, I don't know if you can help me..." I mean, in reading these reviews, it looks as though people have been through some serious challenges in very troubling times, and that truly bothers me.
I was lucky enough to have the customer service rep release my hold, back to the original "two days" as previously notified - meaning, I'll hopefully have my funds available tomorrow. I looked back at my account online, and indeed, the hold has been released. This is why I give three stars, because I have been satisfied. Yet, I could have done without the long wait time and the hassle altogether. It just doesn't seem right -- I've been through some trying months and finally landed an honest paying job. It seems unfair to hold money from me or anyone in my situation. I mean, I'm just a guy trying to pay his bills.
I have to say that the young man I spoke with on the phone was very nice. Here's my recommendations... stay calm. Tell your story, but keep it short. Also, try not to get annoyed when they ask you a redundant amount of questions to verify your account. Also, I'd add... don't be "fake nice" either. I'm not trying to stifle anyone, I'm just sharing my experience on what worked with customer service, so maybe it can help someone else in the future. This is such a huge problem in America, and I don't profess to have a solution. It just seems it's something we working people must deal with from time to time, unfortunately. Personally, I'm hoping to repay my debts, rebuild my credit, create some savings and then have the luxury to move to another bank. Good luck, everyone!
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2015
So I had a overdraft accessed to my account. After I advised them to stop payment they still submitted payment through on account and when I spoke to a supervisor Amanda from West VA she was not understanding and she hung up on me after I asked to speak with corporate. I then called back several times. It took 5 attempts until I got another supervisor who was not helpful either. I hate this company. I know someone who did get fired because the customer went to post something negative about them because of not waiving a fee and without warning, they fired him! Let's see. Will supervisor Amanda get fired... I will not pay for them fees. Good job losing a customer of 8 years!
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2015
So about a week ago I opened a new account with BoA via their online application process. I was informed that everything was good and that my account had been activated. Great - I had just recently moved to a new area and my old bank didn't offer its services in the town I was living in. I received my card about 4 days later and deposited a cashier's check (from my previous bank of five years) for a total of $739.98.
The very next Monday (over Thanksgiving weekend) I went into the bank to withdraw money for some computer parts. I took a total of 150 dollars out. I brought in a new lease agreement from my landlord and my photo I.D. seeing as my I.D. hadn't changed yet to display my new, current address. They allowed me to withdraw my money. So far so good.
The next day I went to purchase some lunch with friends on break from work - the card declined, which was not only embarrassing but confusing seeing as I had close to 600 dollars in my account still. I then promptly tried to check my balance on my cell phone via the BoA app - Nothing, couldn't check my accounts as it was displaying "Online banking is not available to you, please call 1-800-**." I thought possibly that the mobile app was down and so I checked online at my desk back at work. Still it displayed the same message. I called the customer service number given to me and after about a 45-minute hold I was promptly told by the customer service rep to call Risk management.
This struck me as odd. Not only a day ago I withdrew funds from my account, at a local branch no less, with caution to ensure that the bank knew of my new address with proper identification... Okay, fishy but manageable. So I thought. I was then told that my account was being closed and that they couldn't release why. Other than that it was at the discretion of BoA to do so. Fine - whatever, plenty of other banks to go to. After about an hour trying to get this rep to inform me of the misdeeds on my account I was finally transferred to her supervisor, whom refused to give me his full name and contact information, and told that they were unable to verify my new address as legitimate.
I literally showed them a lease agreement and my photo ID issued to me by the state of California not a day ago. To top this off they not only accepted my application but also allowed me to deposit money without first off verifying this information? Now I was upset. My patience had dwindled and I demanded that my account be released. I was informed to go to a local branch to speak with a rep. The next morning I went into the branch. They pulled up my information that, to my surprise, showed a negative balance of $888,888.98 and that I was also charged a fee of $60 for research purposes. Fine whatever, I had the funds and I just wanted to wash my hands of this dirty company.
She then informed me she would not be allowed to release my funds as the account is frozen and there was nothing she could do. Once she completed what she could do she asked for the assistance of her manager. She informed me to call customer service to which he would happily do so at his desk, with me, and for me.
Once again I was being spun in a giant circle of miscommunication, I was about as mad as one could get but I remained calm as this individual didn't do anything to deserve my spite. Once through to the call center I was once again guided to claims. Claims then informed me that due to previous debit transactions my account was now overdrawn and that I owed BoA roughly 43 dollars for their research fees.
My account would not be considered frozen until paid. My money would not be released till then. I paid, reluctantly the 43 dollars with another credit card, and was told that she submitted a ticket to have my funds released via cashiers check - the expected wait time? 10-12 weeks. This company is garbage. A full fledged scam artist just waiting to pluck whatever funds they can from whichever individual they deem fit. It really makes you wonder why we bailed out this corrupt company in the first place...
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2015
I made a claim because someone stole my wallet and decided to buy $800 worth of stuff (my check for 2 weeks) and they keep denying the request to look into it and won't put any claims through. On top of that I've gotten 2 new cards and I'm still getting random money taken out. The PayPal is sending money to someone through my old card and they never fixed that. Beware everyone. Do not use this bank. They are the most unhelpful monster ever. I'd rather use my sock as a bank. At least I can't overdraw by 18 cents and get charged $35 in return. Hope whoever owns this bank reads this because you honestly should jump off a cliff...
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2015
I called over the phone to make sure my payment was absolutely 100% cleared. They assured me it was. I tried using my card several days later and it was declined. Not only did I have my bank fax them proof they took it from my account, they called as well. They refuse to give me an answer on why they can't post it to my account, please bear with them and it may take up to 7 days to have a supervisor call me back. 7 days!!! I waited over 3 hours to speak with one on hold only to find out they're as helpful as the one answering the phone. Take my advise, stay away.
Reviewed Nov. 24, 2015
Our son lost his debit card. We contacted BOA for urgent replacement. BOA shipped him card within 2 days. However, the card was issued to my husband name. We contacted BOA again and they shipped new card to our son in timely fashion. However, the card my husband received was linked to our son account, which my husband did not know. He tried to use this card unsuccessfully and contacted BOA. They explained that the password was changed and he needs to come to the branch in person. He did. BOA changed his password and my husband withdrew $40.00 from the account. He got surprised that this account was not linked to any other of our accounts (we have 4) and the balance was not what he expected.
He asked me to check online. I found out that he withdrew money from our son's account. So, the card he had was issued to his name but to somebody else account. To make matters worse, my husband asked BOA to add this account to our trust, as he did not know that it was not his account. How can this mess created by BOA be cleaned? Get a support from BOA is a big hustle.
Reviewed Nov. 24, 2015
My old credit card has been canceled and replaced with a new credit card. However, Bank of America keep letting other companies effectively charge my old card. When I called to request Bank of America to totally stop letting people charge the credit card had been closed and canceled long time ago. They refused to do it. Bank of America had admitted my old credit card had been closed and canceled but it is still effective for other people to charge it. They are not willing to change their mistake.
Reviewed Nov. 23, 2015
I'm only sick and suffering from bronchitis that has caused me to miss five days of work but by all means, keep delaying my deposit every single day so I can suffer a bit more and not get the medical attention I need. Not to mention how you tack on several fees and charges to anyone who uses your service because you're a bunch of unethical, swamp-dwelling leeches. How do you people even sleep at night? Oh wait, I guess it's easy when you have no soul. And not having that or a conscience makes it easier to bilk the working man who works over 45 hours a week and has no health insurance in order to fatten your pockets. How are you still in business as a company?
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2015
I charged $101.49 over 5 days, deposited $129.33 and was charged $245 in overdraft fees. It should be illegal to overdraft. Overdrafts everyday until people can't afford to eat.
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2015
Did a wire transfer on Bank of Americas (BOA) website for a closing on our home. We picked next day for a $10.00 instead of $30.00 for same day because it was Wednesday and we weren't closing on home until Monday. But builder and Chase Bank representative called us saying funds weren't there next day. We called BOA and first person on phone could not speak correct English and we couldn't understand her either. Finally she transferred us to another department which was fraud which was not the correct department and they had to transfer us again to another useless department that claimed that it would post by midnight.
So next day our builders and Chase Bank representative called us again to say BOA send our money ACH! "WHAT the heck is ACH?" we asked. Turns out if you do a transfer next day it becomes an ACH, NOT a wire transfer! Nowhere on BOA website does it notify you of this. It only states Wire Transfer so you think you're doing a wire transfer! So we went into BOA in Niceville, Florida and the representative took over an hour with no answers or help. Then an assistant manager took over and was on phone with someone in another department with BOA and couldn't help us. Then a manager came and proceeded to get rude with us and tried to make it sound like we did something wrong by picking next day instead of same day transfer.
When I confronted her that BOA made the mistake because NOWHERE on their website does it tell you that you are not doing a wire transfer if you pick next day and NOWHERE on their website does it tell you they are sending your transfer of funds as an ACH and NOWHERE on the email BOA sent confirming the funds sent were changed to an ACH! An ACH we were finally told two days later can be withdrawn within 5 business or so days and the builder has had past clients pull their funds back after closing with ACH and refuses to take funds using ACH because of those past issues. Then to make things worst, that Bank of America manager asked us to leave the bank lobby and bank! We have been members of BOA since June 3, 1993!!!
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2015
I had a B of A account for almost a year twice I received overdraft charges not even the customer service rep could figure out. I asked them over and over to fix it. They would not. (Even though they couldn't find where I made any errors for this to happen.) My account was and is currently negative $151.15. I just started a new job and was waiting to pay the bogus overdraft fee, and close the account.
I waited about a month and a half later and found a new bank that I was using for every day purposes. I decided I better pay off my B of A account before they screw my credit so I called customer service last night after work to cover the overdrafts and close the account. I spoke to a customer service rep gave him my debit card from my new bank with intent to pay the 151.15. He kept trying to push the payment through and said it wouldn't work. He informed me I would have to call back during normal business hours to correct the problem. So I went to bed...
The next morning my phone was blowing up with text alerts from my new bank telling me I had overdraft fees and that my account was overdrawn. I contacted customer support immediately and they asked if I made multiple charges the night before. I said no but a customer service rep from BofA was trying to make a transaction. Needless to say the transactions the BofA rep was trying to make all went through. 151.15 x 7 which equals $1050.00
My bank needed a fax from them addressing the issue to cancel their mess up. We called them on 3 way to sort the mistake out. The BofA spokespersons we kept getting transferred to kept telling us there was no way a customer service rep could take money without authorization from another department. So they were basically saying that they couldn't help us and had no record of these transactions being made.
My new bank informed them that it was from BofA and we could fix all this simply by them sending a fax and they refused and told me I would have to just wait till all the transactions cleared before they would help me. As of right now this is still an ongoing investigation so I don't know how long it's going to take to get my money back. To be continued.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2015
Well I check my bank yesterday and it says I was overdrawn. So I call them and ask them what happened to my money. And I talk to this lady, that the person who took the money will return it for two or three days. And today I call them again and I told them "There's money there now" and they should not charge me for that. And now I don't have any money cause what they did. You know, I think they're investing all people's money. And I was disabled and no food, so what I'm gonna eat now? I can't buy food cause of this. TY.
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2015
(Amela **) This is the most unprofessional manager I've EVER had to deal with in MY LIFE!!! Banker Beware!!! If you are looking for massive headaches in addressing your problems then Bank Of America is for you. After about 7 yrs with them I have had it with all of the endless headaches!
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2015
I am very disappointed in Bank of America. After spending multiple hours on the phone with y'all to get a settlement, I was told "we can uphold the offer we gave you earlier today" because the rep was looking at old info. She was looking at my notes from last year when I was 4 months behind and they offered me a settlement. This didn't make sense to me, that I was being punished for paying my bill on time now.
Now, they couldn't accept an settlement (even though I was told they could earlier that morning). So I called customer relations where they agreed upon a settlement, went over the terms and agreement of the settlement, transferred me to a settlement verifier, and took my settlement payment. A week has passed and I get a call from Bank of America today, saying the settlement we had already agreed upon and I had already paid is null and they will refund me my money that I paid. It's all a huge con! And BOA's main objective is to keep us in debt. Rather than take guaranteed funds, they would rather charge it off! #boasucks
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2015
Recently the payroll people that the company I work for use changed the bank they use from TD bank to Bank of America. For months I was going to Bank of America to cash my checks they were very pushy. I felt harassed about opening an account but I put up with it because I hadn't gotten around to fill out the direct deposit papers for my bank. I use first Niagra but there is only two that I know of and they are not very close so unfortunately I had to use Bank of America.
Anyways one day they just decided they didn't want to cash my check anymore because my I.D says Alberto ** and my check says Alberto **. All of a sudden this is a problem. I tried two different banks. Both of them I had been going to for like 4 months with no issues and what really ticks me off is that I get home and I find mail from Bank of America a credit card application from them and the name on the envelope is Alberto **. SOOO why won't they cash my check again!!? I ABSOLUTELY HATE BANK OF AMERICA THEY ABSOLUTELY SUCK THROUGH AND THROUGH. I feel discriminated against. Meanwhile my coworker cashes his check no problem. BULLCRAP!!
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2015
I have opened a bank account 4 months ago. They provided me a temporary card and said a permanent card would be mailed to me within the next 7 business days. It has been 4 months and I had to visit the bank every month to get a new temporary card, I called them almost 10 times to get the status of my card. They shipped the card through UPS twice but with some restrictions on the delivery, deducted 15 bucks twice as a service charge for the priority shipping. I even faced problems like couldnt rent a car on my card since the temporary card is not acceptable by the car rental agencies, had to spend 60 bucks more for booking car on my friends name who is underage and couldnt book my ticket when I had to fly on an emergency work. Its been a hell for me, planning to close my account if I dont get my card within this week.
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2015
I have over 10 years being customer to Bank of America, and every simple transaction that need to rely on calling them, getting access to my money for transfers overseas (in a global world, with a global "bank") is just unbelievable complicated, time consuming and very bad solutions given. It has been the worst decision I took to have my money with this bank as they cannot keep customers satisfied.
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2015
I have had Bank of America for a month now, and someone already got all of my debit card information and PIN number. They stole over 100$ from me and because they knew my PIN number Bank of America told me in a nutshell, "Too bad." Worst banking experience I've had, nobody wanted to help me at the bank. I was on hold for almost half an hour. Don't use Bank of America. I personally think someone from the bank gave my information to someone. Nobody knows my PIN number besides me and the tellers that helped me make my account.
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2015
I had a bill payment set up to come out of my account. It had to be paid 2 days prior to direct deposit. I called Bank of America and spoke w/ an associate over the phone whom said "rest assure we will pay that payment for you but you will get a 35 NSF fee." Ok I agreed. The payment was not only declined but I was charged 2 NSF fees and a charge through the institution. I was very honest and told the lady funds would not be there for 2 days. She said "that's fine, we pay for the transaction and then you get a few." That is not true at all. On top of that, the supervisor said they could not waive fees. It was my fault - apparently they don't always notate accounts when talking w/ customer. I find that very hard to believe. Know your facts when you are discussing finance needs w/ your customers. That's our livelihood you are rolling the dice with.
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2015
I had a minor overdraft of 19.11. I had 11.00 dollars in my savings which technically made my account 8.11 overdrawn. So I was given a overdraft fee of 35.00 that they won't refund... The supervisor I was speaking was very rude and actually hung the phone up on me... screw Bank of America. They are absolutely horrible in customer care... I'm closing my account and going elsewhere. They don't care about anything or anybody. I would tell anybody trying to open an account to use a different bank.
Reviewed Nov. 11, 2015
I made a deposit of three checks in the ATM machine in the Brighton MA branch. The machine took my checks and terminated the transaction, without depositing them into my account. A printed notice informed me that one or more of the checks could not be validated and I would need to file a claim for the amount. I approached a few of the "bank associates" and their only response was a snicker and to call the number on the receipt. I was informed that I had to file a claim to retrieve the amount of the checks (these are checks from colleges in the area) and that would take 45 days. Their response was "sorry for the inconvenience".
Reviewed Nov. 10, 2015
I have been with BOFA since 2004. I only use the account when they have the low percentage for cash. On August 28 or 29 I called for my usual, would be 7000.00 for 3.99% for 12 payments. While on the phone the male representative which I am sure they know who it was, told me he could get me approved to cover 10000 plus the 90 dollar fee because I specifically had told him I wanted to make sure I would not be over. I have worked hard to get my credit score. He never mentioned that I would have an interest fee two weeks after receiving the transfer of funds. He did say that my first payment would be due on Oct 15, 2015.
On the 30th of August my bank received the transfer of ten grand. Unbeknownst to me on Sept. 16th B of A placed a derogatory on my credit file, of being overdrawn on my credit card by ten dollars. Now my other bank Wells Fargo whom I have been with for years, closed my credit card, even though my credit score is 752 to 778 depending on which one of the three you check. I called B of A, and if my representative had told me my first payment would be in two weeks. Lesson learned.
Reviewed Nov. 10, 2015
I recently had $245 in overdraft. I paid them out of good faith and then I contacted the customer service line which took about an hour to get through and they said there was nothing they could do about it. This is a prime example of corporate America taking advantage of the small, blue car, poverty stricken customers. I advise against banking with this company because there's been nothing but problems since opening my account just two months ago. So in the future, if you have any preferred banking, do not go to Bank of America. They're all about making their money.
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2015
I have been with Bank of America for last 15 years and I very often get a rude reception from their people on the phone. I made a deposit last week and they are holding some of it. I called and asked for the reason. The answer was that the deposit was more than $5000, that is why, which is BS because I have had bigger deposit than $5000 many many times in the past. Then the lady in customer service hang up on me. I called back asking for her name. No one could or wanted to tell me her name. I ended up talking to the chief manager. He gave me the same response. I told him that I will change my bank and go to chase. His response was "please do it". I believe Bank of America must choose between customers or get ride of their rude associates. I am very disappointed.
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2015
Upon speaking with BOA service rep, I was told they would need to see the whole estate planning booklet, death certificate, certificate of trust, picture ID, and even after all that and handing them a signed letter of instruction with regards to removing deceased name and adding spouses tax ID number, they refused to give a signature card which is needed to transfer ownership, stating that they do not issue those at their bank. BOA rep stated, I would need to have the estate unit in Florida contact us by mail for further instructions & or getting a signature card. Their hostile policy, of withholding a living trust money, even when all legal documents have been provided, is borderline illegal and is something the SEC and state attorney’s office should be made aware of.
Reviewed Nov. 7, 2015
I tried to open a personal checking account today. I've owned my home for the last 2 years but something in their records prevents me from opening an account. I have a large Merrill Edge account with this same company yet they will not open a checking account for me. I do not have a local BA branch in my city and can only open an account online. I have no interest in BA but am trying to do this to have a checking account where I can transfer money to my daughter who lives in another state. Imagine! They have a ton of my personal info at my Merrill Edge account. I have no outstanding loans but plenty of money. This company will not do business with me and I find this a serious insult.
I've never had problems opening a checking account EVER in my life! I am a certified financial planner, have own several of my own NASD broker dealer companies and if I ever did this to one of my own client's they would have reamed me really well. Whenever we have a banking run in the US, this will be the first company to go down and take all of your hard earned money with it. What a terrible operation. It makes me really mad. There is no excuse for BA to remain in business with any kind of good standing.
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2015
Some lady crashed into me with her car 2 weeks ago, and I couldn't work except for 3-6 hours the second week to try it out. And since then I have been pushing myself to work more hours. I had $88 leftover from after paying bills (I saved my $150 in my account from before the accident) so I thought I had $88. It said it processed, only I find out that it really didn't... And I already bought myself a $10 meal and then the next day when I check my bank looking for money because it's pay day and I still owe $75 for my phone bill, but out of the $111 I earned, they charged me $65 for overdraft for one day! I called right away to ask for it back because that left me with $66 minus the $25 that I have to leave in my stupid bank...
I thought I had it all planned out and just because I stupidly went $10 over they charged me $65. And it turned out that one of my bills was still processing. My bad, but I called to explain my current situation. (I'll be without money for 2 weeks until my bi weekly pay. This week I got paid a little because I couldn't work due to some lady who is paying me back within 2-3months.) But they wouldn't help me out... They told me I could still pay my bill and they would overcharge my bank plus charge how many days I'm without money in my account which for me would be 2 weeks.
I'm leaving Bank of America. They charge for ridiculous things all the time and I understand an overcharge, but my situation, I thought, was different. But nope. We all suffer and the Bank of America makes sure we suffer a little extra. I'm sharing pics, I found out that someone has been charging my account on top of all that which is why my account has been drained faster. Plus since my account keeps track of how much I have left after/before a purchase it doesn't have the $88 that I saw earlier, especially after I got paid last night.
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2015
I was notified by the California Employment Development Department that a debit card would be issued to me by Bank of America for the purpose of paying my disability benefits. I received notice from EDD on 30th October that my debit card was mailed and I would receive same within 5 days. When I contacted EDD per their written request to notify them if the card wasn't received within five days to inform them that the card hadn't been received as of today's date I was advised to call BoA customer service, which I did. I was informed by the representative that I spoke with that since I had been issued a BoA debit card (Dec. 2010-Jan 2011) that had no activity on the account, that the account for that debit card had been closed and BoA was waiting for me to contact them to establish a new account number for the payment of my disability benefits.
I inquired why if that was the case, why hadn't BoA contacted me to notify me that BoA was holding my disability benefits, the representative had no explanation. I was informed by the representative that I would now receive my debit card within 7 to 10 working days, but if I wanted to receive it within 3 working days I could pay $10.00 for "express" mail. I chose to pay the fee. Bank of America essentially sat on my funds w/o notice. And there's no notice at the EDD website or the BoA EDD card website that informs claimants that they must contact BoA to establish their account before payments will be issued. I believe that any personal recourse may be limited, but I will speak with someone that knows more about these situations than I do.
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2015
My wife have a BOA Checking Account. When we opened the account, no one told me there was minimum fee. Then the BOA charged us $12 for more than 12 month. We went to the branch and they asked me to call their service number. We called them and they asked me to go to the original branch to speak with the guy who opened the account for us. We went to the original branch and the guy already left. The most ridiculous thing is we deposit money, which more than their minimum requirement, the BOA still charged $12. It total wastes my time and money. If you want your money to be safe, stay away Bank of America.
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2015
I have been a customer with Bank of America for 4 years. In the time since I have been nothing but disappointed with the service. All they do is charge overdraft fees and extended overdraft fees. I'm now closing my account with them. Take your money and service somewhere else. You will be nothing more than disappointed with the service they provide.
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2015
I got an email that said there was suspicious activity. So I called the fraud department and answered all of the person's questions. She argued with me that my answers to her questions were not correct and then told me that my accounts will be closed and that I could never bank with them again. What makes this worse is that my mom's accounts were linked to mine and they closed her accounts without notifying her.
They have a hold on all of my money so I cannot even go open another account somewhere else. Plus they are only giving me 10 days to change all of my automatic drafts and deposits but I cannot change them until I get money and can open another account. Very poor customer service. I spoke with three different employees and they said that they have to right to terminate my accounts with no explanation given. I will never bank with them. And my whole family who used to bank with them are closing their accounts and changing to another bank. Horrible customer service.
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2015
I open an account. Later in the week, they closed it for no reason. Very rude about it. Would not recommend to anyone.
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2015
I drove by the Bank of America service bay to deposit to a company account. I never like going inside as it takes so long. I waited 10 minutes to get to the service window and it was only a remote person. While I was waiting on her to appear I put $4.00 worth of coins in an opening marked for coins. When she came on and asked my account and what I wanted to do, I told her I had a deposit. She said, "ok, we can do that for you." I told her I had already put the coins in the slot, then she told me they do not accept coins in the drive-thru. I had to wonder why they had a slot marked for coins. She told me I would have to go inside.
I went in and there was 1 person working behind the desk with 7 people in line. Mind you, there were three gentlemen who worked there, standing and greeting customers. One finally came to the line and asked if he could help me. I said yes, I had a deposit, and he told me to come with him. When I gave him the money and he saw coins, he said, "no, I can't help you if you have coins." So I waited in line. It was 40 solid minutes before I got to the front of the line. I asked aloud to the guys who were standing around why couldn't someone else help at the counter, and then they dispersed, not to be seen again.
Very, very poor customer service. I will not be back to bank of America, and will encourage my company and others to switch banks. The lady behind me said the very same thing happened when she was in the same bank last week, as far as only 1 person to help the line, and she will not be back either. What a waste of a drive-thru also. Pathetic.
Reviewed Oct. 31, 2015
I'm new to BofA and up until today, I'd always made my deposits at the atm. Today, I opted for the teller. I assumed that because the atm machine would take a cash deposit without a deposit slip and considering they have the swipe machines at ea teller station, I figured my debit card and the cash was the only thing I needed. Again, this is a new account.
Well, I stood in line for 20 minutes waiting patiently. Right before I got to the front of the line, 2 men came in, one was blind and his caretaker seated him a chair in the center of the room. He then got in line behind the rest of us, already waiting. During the 20 minutes prior to this, the only other available teller (1 of 2), who had succeeded in ignoring the banking needs of everyone waiting in line up until then, somehow managed to find the time to process the closing of the account for the man with the disabled man who had just walked in at the kiosk, in the center of the bank. So, the blind man's friend was taken care of immediately while his friend Sat for only a few minutes as the rest of us were made to stand and wait for 20... Okay.
So when I get to the teller, I present my cash and debit card, and she says to me, "well a deposit slip is required, to make a teller deposit". She couldn't do me the courtesy of asking me to step 5 feet behind me, grab a deposit slip and quick fill it out or provide one herself for me to quickly fill out. The attitude was unbelievable! As your current customer, I am entitled to the same "extra mile" you go to service your patrons with VISIBLE disabilities. Just because you can't SEE my disabilities doesn't mean I don't have any and doesn't mean I'm not also WITH someone who does.
You're the one who requires the form, you should have it handy instead of shoving your CUSTOMER out the door. The other man stated flatly that he came in to close his account, and now I'm wondering if I shouldn't do the same! I call DISCRIMINATION and if it happens again, I'm gonna write another review, and another, and another until someone figures it out that everyone, visibly-disabled or not, deserves to be treated with the same fairness, kindness, and consideration, as everyone else! Ask them for the video, I guarantee it, they won't be able to find it. Putnam, CT Branch, morning of October 31st, 2015, 10:30 am!
Reviewed Oct. 30, 2015
I have overdraft protection and you will not believe what happened. Never overdraft once but I went over five cents this month and now they have charged me 70.00. This is not at as l even expected. I am on a fixed income and need my money to pay bills. This is the worst bank and they charged me an additional extended overdraft fee. Think twice about this bank. It is not to be of any benefits.
Reviewed Oct. 29, 2015
I was with BOA for less than 1 year and today I finally had to switch banks! Numerous times they did the "keep the change" transfer to my savings ONLY to put me into the negative and then proceed to charge me a $10 fee to transfer the money in my savings to the checking to bring it back to positive THEN to charge my checking $35 for going in the negative!! By the time they triple hit you with fee's over and over again you're in the hole almost $100+ for a charge usually less than $5 and not to mention it took 40 minutes this morning and being transferred to 8 different people PLUS being hung up on just to answer 1 question.
The customer service I have received on the phone since I opened the account has been deplorable and I have not had 1 pleasant experience at a branch location in 3 different counties in Florida!! Switched to SunTrust today and I'm already impressed with them!! Bank of America I hope you go under, your company is nothing but scum to its customers!!!
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2015
I'm a college student with a lot of bills to pay. I pay rent, I pay cable, I pay car insurance all while working a minimum wage job of 7.25 an hour. I subscribed to a reoccurring online transaction knowing it was within my budget. Unfortunately I was on the verge of not having enough money for my next payment and ended overdrawing my account. I was aware that there were overdraft fees and did all I could to pay them. Unfortunately I get payed every two weeks and had previously had to pay bills, and wouldn't be getting money into my bank account for another two weeks. My account is now $81 overdrawn. $81 dollars negative in my account that I needed for my insurance. Some people are living paycheck to paycheck and I don't believe Bank of America has that in mind when charging overdraft fees. $35 dollar overdraft fees are ridiculous for a college student.
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2015
Beware of BOA. They are scam artist. I recently had to close my savings and checkings account with this bank. They don't give you a grace period for overdraft fees. So they say that you get a 5 day grace period to bring your account up to date. They also told me that I have a protection plan that will cover my accounts if I was overdrawn. What a joke. They did not only hit me with a $35 penalty but added on another $70 which made the penalty $105 with no 5 day grace period.
They also take out $30 maintenance fees out of each account each month which I knew nothing about. The money that they swipe out of my account I did not get back. This bank is so frustrating to deal with. They will rob you blind. And don't get a customer service representative on the phone to deal with the situation. Such a headache. They won't fix the problem. They will just keep transferring you to different people until you eventually give in and hang up the phone. I give the BOA a 0 star.
Reviewed Oct. 27, 2015
Bank of America froze the acct with no notice or reason. I could not make deposits either online or in the bank. No one could explain to me why after at least a dozen tries in and out of bank trying to make deposits. Charged me fees, couldn't even use the acct. It took me 6 weeks to get someone on the phone to finally tell me that the acct to "non-response" of verification? Not ONE WORD in 6 weeks from the dozens of employees that I talked with. They wanted me to pay fees. I closed both. It was HORRENDOUS. I've never seen so many incompetent people working for the same Company in my life. No wonder they went broke.
Reviewed Oct. 27, 2015
I have received hundreds of dollars in overdraft fees in the past month not even realizing they were charging me for so many. I'm so angry and beyond unhappy with Bank of America. I have not been impressed whatsoever since I opened an account with them almost a year ago. They were shady about giving me a "business account" and saying to use it as a personal one and that is the best way to go. They are horrible at customer service or any form of contact. I can't even believe there is no real way to contact them except wait call during hours of operation only to sit on hold forever and only receive disappointing results. I have never ever been so upset with a financial establishment ever before. They are behind with technology, horrible at any kind of customer service or helping resolve issues, and their rates and operation standards are the worst of any bank I have ever used. Bank of America, go ** yourself.
I am a very responsible, kind, hardworking individual, and I have not been so upset with any company ever. Hahaha. I had to write a review on here because you don't even have any way to write a review, contact you other than the always busy chat that is unusable and phone line during business hours that is insane and does no good if you ever get through anyhow. I ** hope you go under Bank of America. You have stolen enough money from hardworking customers of yours already I can assure you. What an absolute disgrace of a company, a bank, and the worst customer service and really the most unfriendly user website or tools I have ever experienced.
Reviewed Oct. 26, 2015
Applied for a home loan at Bank of America on the 15th of October. Loan taker Lee ** took information over the phone and informed me that I would get a package in the mail. Received package, was missing documents and tried calling to see if additional package was coming. No response. 5 days later (20 Oct) after complaining supervisor Ryan ** from Jacksonville office called and stated loan officer Lee will call you and that another package will arrive. (26 Oct) Still no call from Lee **. 11 days and still counting. Loan fulfillment officer Lykesha ** called to say the delay is because we need Lee to call you and affirm you still want loan, to get appraisal done. She sent him an email and he responded back he will call me today, still no response.
I don't understand why they need him and only him to do this. I want the loan that is why I have 25 emails and 15 calls to you. I have contacted his supervisor with no response from either. I called South Dakota branch for help and Oak Brook Branch for help. they sent emails to everyone they can in office. No response. Terrible customer service. The more people I call the worse it gets. Everyone states they documented the account but what good is it if no one looks at it. Every day they waste the more money I lose in higher interest.
Reviewed Oct. 24, 2015
On Saturday October 24th, I went inside of the branch at the Mansfield Texas location to make a deposit with a teller by the name of Janet. I made a deposit for 120.00 in cash and 221.00 with a check. I went to car to double check my receipt only to find out that she made a total deposit for 241.00 not 341.00. I went back into the branch and it seem to me that she had another problem with a customer. Needless to say, I waited 16 minutes for her. So I finally got the opportunity to let her know that she shorted me 100.00. Janet fixed the problem and didn't say "I'm sorry for the inconvenience" or "I'm sorry about the mistake." She act like it was no problem. I just thought it was poor customer service. I think the next time, I will try a different teller.
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2015
Hello, was dealing with BOA for 80 days. Everything was set. Was told had a final approval by home loans manager Kevin then talked to processor and was told never had final approval. Kevin proceeds to tell me to hang in there - give him a couple of days to get this loan closed. Well 2 weeks passed. Horrible communication. I would email - he would not return emails for a couple days if he returned at all. My point is it seems like BOA does not know what they are doing. Had to submit same paperwork 4 times. Had talked with 4 different people about same paperwork. Ridiculous. Changing banks ASAP.
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2015
This is the worst bank I have ever dealt with. They are NOT customer service oriented. They closed my account for no reason and tried to hold onto my funds for couple of weeks. Their risk management team is the worst. They will not tell you anything but will keep on giving you the run around. Some of their employees that I dealt with no help whatsoever: Gloria, Darlene, Haysus, Jose. I am hoping more Bank of America branches will close down. They need to.
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2015
I closed my accounts on 10/2/15 and three weeks later have still not received the funds. Every time I speak with staff they tell me something different. At this point I believe it is corruption, as no one can be this incompetent. There is no end in sight and they keep telling me I have to wait for holds that they placed. Now they're telling me again that a "check is in the mail" when I specifically told them I would go into a branch and get the funds. They want me to wait another 48 hours while they cancel the check I never requested. This is insane. I can't believe they are allowed to treat customers like this when they only want to withdraw money that belongs to the CUSTOMER!
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2015
I had one recent Late Payment which happened due to a BofA mistake and they reported it to the Credit Bureaus. I contacted them and informed BofA that I had set up an automatic payment since I was going to be gone during the payment time and would not have any service/internet access. When I arrived home back from the trip there had been an error and the payment had not gone through. I had received late payment fees as well as they had reported it to the agencies.
Although I paid the full balance right away like I always do and they reversed the late payment, they would not help with the Credit Report. That was unacceptable since it was not an error on my end. They say there is nothing they could do yet when I spoke to all Credit Agencies. They informed me that it is just up to the Bank to say it was a tech error. BofA looked into it again and said although I have been a client for 11 years there is nothing they can do. That is terrible service. They just lost a client! Stay away from them!
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2015
I have been with Bank of America for over 8 years. When you call you're always left on hold for 20 min. or longer. Today I waited on hold for assistance from a manager for an hour and a half. I finally hung up tired of waiting. They have been robbing me the entire time. Their associates aren't very friendly and they treat you as if they don't care about your business. I had three accounts with Bank of America and am happy to say I am closing them all and taking my business elsewhere. I do not recommend them to anyone especially not teenagers or young adults considering opening up accounts for the first time. Their maintenance fees are high and service sucks.
Reviewed Oct. 20, 2015
I am so sick of dealing with these idiots. I've been on the phone with them for over 4 hours now. They lost all of my information on their website. Their website is the worst website ever, I cannot figure out how to pay my credit card. I'm on the phone with them and they don't know how to do it. All they do is keep on giving me the runaround and sending me to another department. I have been with Bank of America for over 10 years, paid the car off in full every month, and now they have lost my business. B of A is one of the worst companies I ever dealt with. I'm going to close my Bank of America account and open a Chase account.
Reviewed Oct. 19, 2015
Associate sent a bank transfer incorrect, she said she knew how. Went back to bank as the transfer was done wrong. 2nd associate did 2nd bank transfer but did not recall the 1st transfer. Client got 2 bank transfers. B of A refuses to help get refund.
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2015
What I am writing about, no one from that bank will care. My opinion to them won't matter, but I hope any individual trying and interested in opening an account with them takes heed to the fact that this bank is truly the worst of institutions in American business. Their products and everything about their business practices are outright wrong and should be illegal.
If anyone has any sense and values their peace of mind, go find a credit union, but I doubt that would even help. Their customer service to actual tellers are slow and I mean this in the most insulting way possible! If you go into the ATM branches, at most you will see two tellers and a long line. People flock to Bank of America because they have no idea how ** the bank is. I called the credit department and I was transferred a total of 6 times, after 33 minutes of calling. Called back a few times and after 3 transfers, I was told what I was inquiring about, their offices closed. Are you kidding me, should it take 10 people to tell me they are closed. I have been charged overdraft fees for unnecessarily. Save yourself the headache and a decent bank to keep YOUR money!
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2015
Deposit Hold placed for a check that was cleared from the other account the very next day that was deposited but they still decide to put a 7-day hold. The 3 times I needed help in the 5 years I've been with BOA they couldn't do anything for me. Bad service!
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2015
Accidentally transferred all the money in checking acct. to my credit card (BoA app). Called them after it posted to get refunded majority back. So they said okay. 3-5 business days, okay. Called after third business day and they said it’s processing. Called after 5th business day, processing. Called on Columbus Day, credit side said checking account dept. closed and that might be why it wouldn't come, okay. Called two days later, Wednesday. The rep says all 4 people prior hadn't done it correctly. He did it right and now they say another 3-5 days! Should I be penalized because they messed up, I live in the real world. They took 24 hours to withdraw it but now it's coming on 3 weeks!
Then the Wednesday rep got in touch with checking side and they put a "ghost" temp credit that fell off at midnight. I bought something small and if part of my check didn't deposit this morning I would have gotten an overdraft fee that they would have called a legitimate charge. I want to sue them so bad I would pay! What business has 4 employees not do their job and the customer still gets penalized and no one ever seems to can do anything. Worst bank ever! Sitting on our bailout money while still killing us with fees and charges. What the hell is account maintenance charge?! 7 dollars for you to do what? Force people to put $250 a month into your cruddy bank. The WORST. You’re the reason why these banks need to get broken up. If it wasn't transfer money between my family I would have super long ago ended my dealings with you. I'll stick to my credit union.
Reviewed Oct. 16, 2015
I have to wait about 10 minutes, answer 100 questions, then verify everything all over again when they finally do answer. Then they proceed to ask me questions they already know the answer to that wastes even more of my time and really makes me angry. Other than that they seem like an ok bank, and are very conveniently located all over my city. Real stingy about who they lend to though. They don't mind playing with your money and making money off of it while you're not using it. But when time comes for you to need some, expect them to run you through flaming 100 hoops, then tell you no, unless you have lots of money, then they'll give you some. This is not a bank for poor struggling folks like me. Poor people would be much better served by joining a Credit Union like I was wisely advised to by a close friend. They gave me $1,000 line of credit like it was nothing! Thanks Nusenda. I love you!
Reviewed Oct. 15, 2015
I originated a wire transfer to my supplier on 9/08/2015 to UK Barclays Bank to pay a supplier. After a week I receive a note from my supplier that have not receive any money. And there my penitence started. Contacted Bank of America Wire transfer 1 877-3376703 and was told, that they sent the money and as far as they care, they are done. Call Barclays, they told me that I was not their customer and cannot give me any information. Recommended to tell BOA to place a trace to see where they sent the money.
And then several calls were made to BOA wire transfer Dept and told me the same thing. Then I asked to make a trace and send me the information to show my supplier that the moneys has been sent. Last week I call the bank and told them to return my money. It is not simple. Now I have to wait until the other bank, Barclays, send the money if they can find it. 1 month and 3 days today I am in the same predicament, no money, no papers no information. Requested all the paperwork regarding the transaction, and they told me they cannot supply that because they needed in case I plan to demand. Do not know what to do, but for sure, they will not take 7670.00 hard earn money from me. Bank of America is a mess.
Reviewed Oct. 15, 2015
I had two payment transactions scheduled for a Tuesday. On Monday I realized I had to amend one of the payments or it would overdraft my account. I log on to change the payment and it says the money has already gone out of my account. This is a day before I had actually scheduled the transactions. Of course BoA charges me an exorbitant fee for the overdraft.
When I call to let them know that the reason the account was overdrafted is because they took the funds out a day early, they tell me that "Our policy is very clear on this. It says the money can come out the day before or the day after the transaction is scheduled." To which I replied, "That's not clear at all. How do I know which day it will be, the day before or the day after?" Their response: "In this instance it was the day before. Our policy is clear and there is nothing we can do." The representative then hung up the phone on me. I will be closing my account tomorrow. Never using Bank of America again.
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2015
Worse, worse, I called more than 10 times while being transfer the call will ended by itself. No way you can get a hold with a live person. Bad Bad Bad bank service I had never seen.
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2015
I just recently got laid off from my job, and I am on unemployment until I find another job. I get my unemployment money weekly on a BofA card. I called twice inquiring how to get an account number, so I could pay some online bills. The BofA rep wouldn't help me. Tonight I went to the bank with a few questions, and the two women bank tellers were very rude, disrespectful and snobby. They insisted that they couldn't help me with "those kinds of cards" and they needed me to move so they could help the woman behind me. I tried two more times to ask questions about recent activity, and the said "We don't help with those kinds of cards. Call the number on the back."
When I explained I got the exact same treatment when I tried calling, they said nothing. They would not help me. They wouldn't explain anything to me. Basically, they said they just put their name on the unemployment card, but they don't service those accounts. They were very snobby, looking down at me the whole time. Only thing I can say... karma. Let's hope they never lose their job at BofA and need assistance while they search for another one. I was humiliated by the time I left. Why, because I lost my job and dared to ask a question about my money. They should be ashamed. I will NEVER do business with BofA once I get a job and my unemployment ceases. They are the epitome of poor customer service.
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2015
I appreciate getting email account alerts to let me know what is going on with my account. However, each alert is hours to days behind. It's hard to catch or correct one's account when you are unaware of any discrepancies of funds. Thank you.
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2015
I have a judgement on my credit from Bank of America claiming I owe money. I have spoke with a rep and was treated poorly and my questions unanswered. Reached out to management for clarification to find out what is going on and still nothing.
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2015
Transferred money to another account. Money has been taken out of my account. Recipient doesn't have funds. Money unaccounted for. Customer service inept and ignorant and rude. This bank is a problem, too big to be personable and polite. 800# always is queue.
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2015
I got to the bank in Lehigh Acres, Florida @ 10am. Kathleen did not check me in until 10:30am - 10:45am. I have been waiting all this time for something that takes minutes to do. I need a temp card. I tried calling, online - I need a physical temp card. There should be one associate just for this situation... It would make the office clear out all the people waiting to do the same. It is now 12:20pm and the bank closes in 40min. It is extremely frustrating when one can not be dealt with in a timely fashion. I have still been unable to cancel my card, request a new one, and receive a temp card. So I will incur fees for taking out my own money inside the bank. How is that fair? I have been with Bank of America for 10 plus years. The company has gone down the tubes.
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2015
I called the customer service to block my stolen credit card. They didn't help anything. They have me waited on hold for more than 50 min to just block credit card! They don't know what they are doing! They transferred me to 5 five operators to block one ** card!! I haven't seen positive comment about their service obviously, they don't care!!
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2015
Been told that I can't get an bank account with them and they refuse to tell me why. Said it is an indefinite ban and I can never get an account. Refuse to tell me why, say they don't have to. When asked to speak with a manager was told, "FINE but they are going to tell you the same thing", then put me on hold for 20 min and picked up the line and hung up on me. Great example of worse customer service ever.
Reviewed Sept. 30, 2015
I ran out of checks and still pay my mortgage and one car payment by going to the credit union where I have the loans and pay them in person, every month. Every other bill I pay online. Today I went to Bank of America to acquire a cashier’s check and a money order. One check was over a thousand and the other was not. I fill out the paperwork for the teller and she does not mention the $10 and the $5 charge so they had to be rewritten. Then, she asks for my ID and tells me that my signature does not look like it did when I opened the account so I needed to sign exactly like I did when I opened the account. I told her No, I was not doing that.
The manager came over and looked at my driver’s license and had the common sense to know that I opened the account in 2001. It is almost 2016. My signature is not going to look exactly like it did 15 years ago. I was so mad I almost closed my account. I will probably do so but I'm just so busy with life I don't have time today.
Reviewed Sept. 29, 2015
The only way for me to be more unimpressed with Bank of America would be for them to openly participating in illegal activity. I recently consulted with the customer service department about a $12 monthly fee due to the fact that I did not utilize direct deposit or have over $2500 currently in the account. I was shocked to find the initial CS representative to be rude and blatantly disrespectful. Of course I asked to speak with her manager and after an additional five minutes on hold, the Manager also seemed belligerent and unwilling to help.
I consider it my fault that I missed the $12 fee for over a year. However, the one helpful thing the manager did do, was to brazenly offer me directions on the best ways to close my account. Again $12 per month didn't exactly make me happy, but to treat someone with disrespect is another issue entirely. If it's of any help, I also had over several hundred dollars in the account when talking with customer service. Not only do I plan on never willingly doing business with Bank of America again, from this point on I question institutions who do.
Reviewed Sept. 29, 2015
"Your money is disappeared, sorry for inconvenience." I deposited 500$'s to Bank of America ATM this Sunday. I got a receipt saying "Sorry, some of your items could not be processed or returned. Please contact your financial institution." The referred items are my money. ATM asks how much I put in, I typed 500$, but I see that only 300$ is counted. Of course I call the number on the receipt. It's Sunday 6:07 PM and no one is there to assist. I wait until Tuesday, finally the pending transactions processes as 300$. My 200$s is disappeared to oblivion. Unbelievable. This is the thank you I got for putting your money to Bank of America.
I had to take time off my work today and call before they close to get my money back. I was on hold more than 30 minutes (that's half of my lunch break) and I spent all my breaks dealing with them not to mention worrying about my money since Sunday. They transferred me to fraud department to file a claim. I will need to receive a form and fill it out and send them back within 45 days otherwise I can forget my money. Now I need to jump all the hoops if I want my money back. So who makes up for the inconvenience and stress this caused, the times I spent on the phone, filling forms, sending them back and whatever else I will have to do because of their malfunctioning machine. No one seem to have an answer to that question. I just get to have a "Sorry" back...
So be careful putting cash to BofA ATM machines. They basically might say, "Sorry your money disappeared." and if you want your money back... well good luck. I am not putting money there again. I cannot see this happening in the bank with a teller basically telling you: "oops sorry... I don't know where your money went all of a sudden." You would think someone gets reported about the malfunctions. They must also have the money in the machine somewhere. It should have been checked and got corrected by a person. But no instead you would need to chase it and do all the work for them. Now, I am hoping a "Fraud claim" investigation against their very own ATM machine will conclude on my favor. I doubt if I will get any compensation for the time and frustration this caused me based on what I heard so far.
Reviewed Sept. 29, 2015
This Bank is the worst - corrupt, greedy, and just a sea pool of amoeba. I get unemployment, get direct deposit through them, and not by choice. All I know is that the people working here are a bunch of thieves, and when you need something done they can't get it right.
Reviewed Sept. 27, 2015
Off to BoA to cash in my newly matured IRA! The man takes my info, etc., then vanishes for five minutes. Says he needs the manager's approval and the manager is not in today. On to another branch. Here the nice lady says I owe the bank a penalty for early withdrawal. I do not; I explain to her about maturity dates, grace periods, etc. I brought my paper statements as proof. She agrees! Whew! If you expect your banker to know the law and/or not try to gyp you, you are not a BoA customer.
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2015
So I'm at the auto parts store. I told them credit or debit knowing I got a grand plus in that account. It goes in as a debit and it gets denied. I says there is something wrong. I text the wife ya there's a grand. Ok I have them try as credit. Denied so I have them try as debit again, denied. The wife calls says "Don't leave that place. They just charged us 750.00". I said "Ok". I told the auto place they must have a problem and he said they would show me the print out from their credit card company which is also Bank of America. He said "Is not us". So I call the bank and the first women said after two or three rejects it flags the account and it stops. I said "Ya but why did it get rejected the first time?" and she said "You were in this place for the first time so that's why".
As I pressed for more info she said they wanted to update their fraud protection info. I told them I was very embarrassed that this happened. They told me it would be forty-eight hours to put all the money back in and I said that was unacceptable because now I'm worried about the checks I have pending. So she reversed all the transactions. Five of them at 78.00 a piece. The next Bank of America women told me it was the auto place's fault for putting it through so many times although she did apologize. I asked if this would happen to me again if I went in somewhere new or if it would happen to my wife and she said it shouldn't. Ya ok. They are terrible.
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2015
I talked to Bank of America and told them that I was in overage and asked what I can do to avoid fees. They told me that I need to deposit the money before the end of the day at midnight to avoid the fees. I did at 11pm and still got fees the next day. I called and asked them about it and they told me that I was too late and that I should have had the money in there before 7. Then they told me that there was nothing they could do about all of the fees. I asked if there was anything they could do even for one because I did have the money in there before midnight. They still said that there was nothing they could do.
Bank of America Company Information
- Company Name:
- Bank of America
- Company Type:
- Public
- Ticker Symbol:
- BAC
- Year Founded:
- 1992
- Address:
- 100 North Tryon St
- City:
- Charlotte
- State/Province:
- NC
- Postal Code:
- 28255
- Country:
- United States
- Website:
- www.bankofamerica.com
