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Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Bank of America is one of the largest banks in the U.S. and offers a range of banking products, such as checking and savings accounts and certificates of deposit (CDs). Customers can also use Bank of America for financing through various cash-back credit cards, personal loans and home and auto loans.
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Reviewed Nov. 18, 2022
Online instructions for opening a checking account, for managing a credit card account and for obtaining reward funds from use of credit card are incomplete or misleading. Several separate telephone calls were required in order to complete each of these simple transactions. The agents are patient and friendly but hopelessly ill-informed and must check constantly with higher authority before proceeding to complete a straightforward customer request. I've wasted more time dealing with Bank of America and its self-serving policies than with any other bank with which I have done business in the past. I won't bore readers with additional details, instead, I'll simply close with a few words to those who are pondering the pluses and minuses of dealing with B of A: "DON'T SAY YOU HAVEN'T BEEN WARNED!".
Reviewed Aug. 3, 2022
I have multiple accounts, BOA, Schwab, 401k etc... I also have family I regularly send funds to. All of a sudden all my external accounts are gone and my option to transfer funds is not working. Accounts that I regularly use. Hours on hold. Hours getting no answer. On hold constantly. Can't even close my account because of a missing $3,000!!!! No one to explain where this money went. Transfer only has my name and no other details. No customer service to even answer the phone. On hold for half an hour after hours of useless online run around.
Reviewed July 29, 2022
This bank is the worst in the world. I'm having several problems with my business account. When I deposit checks they hold my money for SEVERAL days. When I make a transfer through zelle they hold my transfer and do not transfer the money to the account. This is causing me a lot of problems. With this bank I just don't have free access to my own. Now I’m just trying to get a specialist on the phone and I’ve been transferred 4 times to 4 different people and no one can solve a SINGLE problem I'm having.
Reviewed May 2, 2022
I made a purchase with a company called Rolling Cart for two planter boxes for a total of $97.80. The company never sent the items purchased and would not respond to emails. So I filed a dispute with Bank Of America which they gave me a temporary credit of $97.80. They then removed it on 26 April. They ruled in favor of the merchant by reason that I made the purchase which I did. However Bank of America does not provide the option of "Item not received" on their dispute page on their web site, If that option was available the ruling would have been in my favor and not the merchants.
Reviewed April 29, 2022
I deposited a check few thousand dollar check from a customer made out to my business which is also my name as a dba. They flagged it as fraud, made my account -$888,888. Told me they opened an investigation and it could take a long time. Ultimately they called the issuing bank and customer got a call to verify. It wasn't that simple at first they needed to make a huge issue and put me through a nightmare. Just recently had a debit card transaction marked suspicious so they froze my account and I had to waste over an hour trying to reach a live person as that was all the only way it could be resolved. What a terrible experience dealing with this bank.
The only reason I still use them is because my mortgage come out of there. I my wife has used them forever so we have a joint account. I try to use it as little as possible. I do business with two other banks. One local and one national. Never had trouble with anyone but BofA. When I started paying myself by writing checks from business account they held the check for weeks because they thought it was suspicious that both signatures front and back were the same.
Reviewed Aug. 19, 2021
Spent over 1 hr. trying to access account. Hung up on when asked to speak to supervisor. Rude/sing song agent talking to me. Ordered debit card over 1 week ago and they have not sent card. Over 20 yrs with B of A, will be closing account soon as covid ends and they actually do customer service again. Ignorant untrained agents,
Reviewed Aug. 4, 2021
Hello my name is Mrs. **. I been with Bank of America over ten years off and on almost like boyfriend thing. My bank accounts were closed on July 23 of 2021 for unknown reason. They have blackball me and now my money in limbo I received my disability benefits cause they decided to close my accounts for me and my son. I'm very angry cause I did nothing wrong to have my account closed and it unfair to me and my son that we have no money cause of their decisions. I'm missing about 1254 dollars and I want your people out there to stay away from banks like this. They don't care for the customers unless it involves them making and taking money from but if you fight for your money these are the results of it.
Reviewed June 14, 2021
The banking app for mobile is pretty easy to navigate except the removal of my keeping myself logged in the minute it see my face then it logs me back in. I am still trying to remove this but so far I haven't figured it out.
Reviewed June 14, 2021
The website is very slow. Doesn't work properly. When you try to go back, It logs you out. It lets you save your log-in and password which is a bad thing. Log and open the computer and log into your banking.
Reviewed June 13, 2021
I like this bank. It’s OK just where I get my child support from. It’s nice being nice for your phone. They are better than other banks. Stay secure and I have answer questions that need to be answer right away. They help with their customers and they’re really awesome people on
Reviewed June 11, 2021
BoA's online banking service is overall top notch and very user friendly. Easy to navigate, very informative in terms of all the banking menus in one place and most of all very safe with multiple layers of login confirmations to make sure no unauthorized access happens. I feel safe using their service.
Reviewed June 10, 2021
They have always been very helpful with any problems that we have had with our accounts and I would recommend them to anyone. We have been able to use them anywhere there is a Bank of America and they have always been very easy to use.
Reviewed June 9, 2021
Banking with Bank of America has easy access to banking online. I have been banking with them ever since 1979 and still is. The reason why Bank of America is still in business is they have improved over the years, and you can rest assure that you will be too if you decide to bank with them. Now and forever.
Reviewed June 8, 2021
I liked the experience with this bank very much. That they are really good and their treatment is fast and continuous support. You feel and you are dealing with them with confidence because at any time you will need them you will find them.
Reviewed June 7, 2021
I made it to gold member status and the cashback card they offer is by far the best out there. When I do have an issue and call in my wait time is usually under two minutes and I'm speaking to someone in the US. They are responsive, professional and prompt.
Reviewed June 7, 2021
Bank of America is not a very customer friendly institution. The interest rates are extremely unreasonable with numerous feed. The customer service was very uncordial and aggressive. We were so happy when we paid out and closed the account. Will never use them again.
Reviewed June 6, 2021
Easy to use website and app. Feel comfortable about the extra measure of security of their site, when I attempt to sign into my account. I receive notices of unused perks. And the fees are clear. Rarely have to call customer support. I feel it is reliable.
Reviewed June 6, 2021
Pretty good mobile application and easy to use. They also have pretty good stock trading bank which is easy to transfer between them and fee is waived when customer meets their tier requirements. Also, there are quite many branch offices so I can visit there whenever I need to say/get something from bank.
Reviewed June 5, 2021
The online banking is good. But the local brick and mortar bank has slowww tellers who let long lines accumulate while the employees act impervious. There were more employees than customers. Two tellers who didn’t seem to notice the line getting longer and more restless. As they kept their heads down and dragged out the transactions exclusively with the same 2 customers. The rest of us, who were waiting, shifted, looked bewildered and ignored. Because we were. The other, non-tellers were also clueless to the facts. Doing God knows what. But intentionally leaving us to fend for ourselves. SHAME!!
Reviewed June 5, 2021
Revert convenient, quick, confidential, accurate. Always at your fingertips. Can go go back to check your work/figures as often as you like and everything is neat and just as you left it! Most helpful to me is the convenience as well as the accuracy, so that I never have to worry if the figures are right and I don’t have to double and triple check them.
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Reviewed June 4, 2021
I always access my account, the application is very easy to use, make check deposits, transfers, everything is very practical, I also like the electronic assistant, because I only type a word, and she directs a link to the exact location, I really like it very much.
Reviewed June 4, 2021
Lots of branches nationwide, easy to use online banking and bill pay. ATM’s issue bills other than 20’s. Many products to choose from, credit cards, mortgages etc. I highly recommend to my friends and family.
Reviewed June 3, 2021
Excellent response time for online banking customer service group, when stranded in a foreign land.. Easy approach with excellent support snd service track, esp when needed on emergency when needed.
Reviewed June 3, 2021
Last two visits terrible customer service. Only one clerk working. Long line. Not very friendly and didn't know my name. ATM was not working. Had to fill out my own slip. Told her I was going to close my account, and she didn't care.
Reviewed June 2, 2021
I like that my card earns rewards points, which can be used to purchase gift cards. The app is pretty easy but it doesn't allow you to change scheduled payments which would be easier than cancelling and rescheduling. I also use the account for my car payments so it's convenient to take care of 2 bills under one account.
Reviewed June 2, 2021
Simplicity of use. We have not experienced any issues with the site not being available. We have the mobile application installed on our phones making it easy to access from any location that has wireless internet available.
Reviewed June 1, 2021
Bank of America is on the leading edge with their products and especially online banking. I have been a customer since the early 2000s. At that time their banks were strategically located and very convenient. Their tellers and personal bankers were very well trained and knowledgeable. Their investment departments were the same. However with the closing of the drive through lanes and also closing many of the brick and mortar facilities it now make it almost impossible to be a BOA Customer unless you live in a major metropolitan area. If it weren't for direct deposits, automatic deposits by phone, and their online banking it would be impossible for many people to remain a customer. The online banking is easy to use and the customer service provided for any issues is outstanding,.
Reviewed June 1, 2021
Great locations are available and easily accessible to all communities....and friendly and helpful staff is a plus nowadays. Seriously today’s world is all about me. When I need a question or problem resolved, they get the job done with a friendly tone and kindness. Today, customer service is needed the most everywhere but here....Thank you!
Reviewed May 31, 2021
I have been a member for 20 plus years, I got an Alaska Airlines cards for the air mileage program. The customer service isn't outstanding, they don't do anything above and beyond what can be expected. Interest rate is average, overall a very average company.
Reviewed May 31, 2021
First & foremost it is easy to navigate. When you click on something, that is what comes up & leads you easily to your next step. It is very seldom down--don't know when they upgrade the system as I have never found it down! Help is always available and correct the problem. I have several banks & a credit union but Bank of America wins my vote--by a lot!
Reviewed May 30, 2021
I do most all of my BOA banking online as it meets nearly all of my needs. Balance checking and bill paying are probably what I do most. I also assist my elderly mother with her banking. Because she's a BOA customer, I can use online banking to conduct her transactions and bill paying.
Reviewed May 30, 2021
Very difficult to get a human when calling. One of my cards was hacked recently, this is the third time since October. One woman from BOA told me I should use my checks, to avoid these issues! Having my money put back in my account took much too long. There seems to be no answer as to why my card gets hacked!
Reviewed May 15, 2021
In more than one instance, it took me hours (customer service), and in one case (calling a bank), two days to get someone on the phone. They need to hire more people at the bank, and at customer service to answer phones. If you like phone frustration, this is the bank for you.
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2021
I recently open an account through online checking account. I used it 3 days and set up all of my direct deposit with it. Suddenly I saw my account is disappeared from online access. Only showing credit card transaction. I called Bank of America and they suggest me to go to local branch. Went there and they said I have to make new checking account. Now all messed up all my pending transaction. I opened it for convenient and all make me crazy. I would say do not use bank of america online account open tab.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2020
Please do not open up an account at Bank of America. I am a customer of 20 years. For the last 10 years my business accounts at Bank of America rolled over $ 750000. In business alone. I also have checking account. I have a status of platinum VIP. I started a new business and wanted to open up a new business accounts for a new company. The first account had to be closed due to mistake in a spelling. The second account was opened, yet I have no access to the money ($200000.00).
The representative encouraged me to open the account, without explaining the important details. The end product, I have no access to the money and can't conduct the business properly. After talking to 4 different reps and 3 hours later, I was discovered for the fourth time. No one bothered to call back or to email with apologies. No one is going to solve the problem. They keep me and my money hostage. Do not bring your business to Bank of America.
Reviewed Sept. 1, 2020
I attempted to update the account that I use for automatic payments on the Bank of America website. I received an unclear error message that indicated I should contact Bank of America to determine which accounts I could use as a "pay from" account. When I attempted to contact Bank of America via their website, I was sent in circles to the same support page and then back to the form I completed that gave me an error. Bank of America does not list a customer service email address on their website. I found this experience incredibly frustrating. You can expect poor user experience when using the Bank of America website.
Reviewed Aug. 31, 2020
Bank of America offers incentives such as $350 for opening an account, but they always seem to find a technicality to deny the incentive, meanwhile soaking you for fees for months on end until they finally admit that you don't qualify for the incentive. Went to USAA which has no fees, yet great service, without gimmicks.
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2020
Don't know what BofA is like for Non-Auto Deposit, but for me: Auto Pension Deposit into Checking ACCOUNT & 90,000 in Savings/Checking + Cash Rewards Credit Card makes me a Premium Member. BofA has been very Accommodating. I Bank via ONLINE. BofA goes Above & Beyond to NOTIFY if any Suspicious Use of Credit Card. They've notified me IMMEDIATELY 2-4 years ago. Told me they Cancelled charges & sent me a New Credit Card. Very good CUSTOMER Service. Ex: Recent SS/Medicare letter claimed I owed $5099. I knew likely impossible. I checked only e back to 2016. Was paid. Telephoned BofA Rep confirmed my Payments. Said they'd send me Hard copies.
Reviewed July 2, 2020
I am not having good experiencia with this bank. I always have to wait data before my check are approved. I need my money to pay bills and I'm not getting my money on time. I just put a check in the bank and now I have to wait a week when my electric is about to be shut off and when I called they didn't put my mind at ease. I'm ready to close my account.
Reviewed April 22, 2020
BOA allowed a crook steal my money. I opened a claim in 2 days. They came to a conclusion and said I approved these transactions. They alert me of fraud and then allowed it to pursue. They alert me 2 days after that. There was suspicious activity and allowed it.
Reviewed April 2, 2020
FISERV, the vendor that handles billpay for Bank of America, is just a lousy organization. They have made several mistakes for me and have not owned up. Customer service identifies themselves as " Bank of America billpay," but they are really a vendor to BA. One time they issued a bank transfer instead of sending a check, and it went to the wrong company. More recently they printed out the wrong PO Box number on the check, and it was returned. Their system are very prone to errors. Otherwise Bank of America is ok. But they need to get a better billpay vendor.
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2019
I recently had an issue where two bills were paid on the 11th and then processed AGAIN on the 18th. The same bills. I immediately called the bank because it threw my account in negative (They were very large amounts. I was only expecting to pay ONCE this month, not twice.). I was told by "Sharon" that a stop payment was issued, and I would see the money by Saturday morning. I didn't.
I called their weekend number and got "Stacy" who transferred me to "Vicki". Vicki apologized, told me she could see the stop payments, but that it would be Midnight Monday morning (Sunday) that the credit to my account would be issued and the money "would not should" (her words) be back in my account Monday morning. She also refunded overdraft fees that I was charged because she could see it "wasn't my fault".
Monday rolls around. No money. Still negative. I give it until 3pm just in case. At 3pm I call, get put on hold 15 minutes and hung up on. I call back, get put on hold 30 minutes. Get "Ben", Ben doesn't know what to do so he sends me to someone else. 15 more minutes on hold I get "Pedro". Pedro isn't sure what to do so he puts me on hold and 60 minutes later I get "Markayla" who puts me on hold another 20 minutes.
Markayla tells me that she doesn't know what I was told but it was wrong, the money is not being put back into my account and asks if I've contacted the creditors. To which I reply "why would I contact creditors about refunding money they haven't even gotten yet?" (payments were still "processing") of which she has no response but to tell me there's nothing the bank can do about it, and stop payments are "only for physical checks not online bill pay" of which I asked "then why was I told by Sharon AND Vicki that it would be resolved and stop payments were successfully issued?" to which she told me "I don't know, sorry. I can see that notes have been made on your account but I cannot see what the notes say. You'll have to contact your creditors. Here I'll get one of them on the line." And then she transferred me without another word!
So after 6 days of dealing with it, false promises of being told the stop payments were successful, the money would be returned to my account, nothing to worry about, they understood how stressing this was, I get told basically to deal with it. It's not their problem, when it's because of them that this happened in the first place.
Since these are monthly payments, I fail to see what purpose getting a refund at this point is, as by the time the money is returned to my account (7-14 days) it will be time for me to pay again next month (the 8th, it is currently the 22nd). I don't appreciate being jerked around and lied to. Had I been told up front that there was nothing they could do, I could have contacted the creditors SEVEN DAYS AGO. Instead I was told that things were done that were not, I was told stop payments were successful that were not, I was told the money would be back in my account by Monday and it was not. I was given multiple false promises and then told it's not their problem.
I also don't appreciate duplicate billing that was done by them, not by me. Autodrafts were canceled, they could see autodrafts were canceled, Markayla even mentioned that she could see autodrafts were canceled, yet no one can explain, why magically, the bills were paid a second time by autodraft. I went from actually being ahead this month by a considerable amount, to being negative, and told it's not their problem.
While I am an existing customer currently, not for long. I am changing to another bank that actually has branches local to me, as there are no BoA where I currently live. Customer service goes a long way, and theirs, is lacking. I do not appreciate being blatantly lied to and told something was handled and fixed, when it wasn't and now having to scramble to try and get my account out of the negative until payday, when I was actually AHEAD by a considerable amount. Only bonus is, I guess I don't have to worry about paying the creditors in November, since they've already been paid twice for October. Hurray for that?
Reviewed Aug. 16, 2019
I have always received excellent service from BofA. The representatives are knowledgeable, courteous, and totally helpful. I cannot think of an instant which I was dissatisfied with the service I have received from this institution.
Reviewed Aug. 15, 2019
And when conditions for no fee banking changes, the information is not easily accessed. Some associates are more helpful than others. To get to the associate you have to pass through mini automatic inputs.
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2019
I have banked online for over ten years with Bank of America online banking. I have rarely ever had a problem with them. If a problem occurs they address it immediately. They are proactive with contacting me when some discrepancy surfaces. My cons are that they offer little to no interest on savings accounts. They don't update my account daily but skip from Friday to Tuesday morning to see activities in my checking account.
Reviewed Aug. 13, 2019
I have no problems whatsoever using the online services. Find them fast accurate and self explanatory. Very easy to get assistance if ever required. Use it multiple times a week, hardly ever visit a bank anymore to do my banking, can do almost 100% online.
Reviewed Aug. 12, 2019
Banks offer very few options for depositors for customers to generate income from their money. Most don’t offer CDs, saving accounts paying very little and checking accounts paying nothing. Also, most have a number of unreasonable fees such as limited ATM withdrawals, charges for checks, overdraft protection even though it's not used. There are charges for having a saving account and not adding or make a withdrawal within a period of time.
Reviewed Aug. 11, 2019
BoA has convenient locations in area where we live and areas where we travel. Their online bill pay and online deposit is easy to use and usually accurate. But, their rewards credit cards are hard to understand how they apply credits when redeeming.
Reviewed Aug. 10, 2019
All things considered BOA is just an OK online banking option. There is a learning curve involved in using the features to your advantage. This application shows a payment due when it is actually due in about a month from the date the first notice appears. To get rid of this always appearing make the minimum payment as soon as it appears. Also at times they are slow to pay the bills that you schedule online.
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2019
In so many ways if it more convenient to bank online, but it is also a concern that the online banking is safe and the possibility of accounts being hacked. I would like to be able to feel that online banking is more secure. I do appreciate that my bank has a very good fraud policy and that they will reimburse me for any fraud that occurs on my account.
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2019
We have banked with Bank of America for about 50 years. When they started using online banking for deposits and bill pay we were the first to sign up. It has saved us countless hours of time. A trip to the bank takes at least an hour including cost of transportation, online takes less than 2 minutes.
Reviewed Aug. 8, 2019
Whenever I call them, they always call answer/resolve my problem. They are pleasant and courteous no matter the issue/transaction might be. They are also very knowledgeable and if they aren’t sure they always ask for help. 100% best bank I have ever dealt with.
Reviewed Aug. 7, 2019
I have a Bank of America (BofA) credit card, and I often go online to check my account for charges. Unfortunately, I have unauthorized charges on my card kind of regularly. BofA sometimes leaves me wanting in handling unauthorized charges on my account. There have been times that they've seemed to doubt that the charges were truly unauthorized. Unfortunately, I have many valid charges on this card (unfortunate bec I spend far too much money), and I've felt the need to point that out to BofA's fraud dept, & add that if I was gonna be dishonest about the charges, I would've chosen far more expensive charges. A couple of months ago there was an unauthorized $53 Edible Arrangements charge, many times there were multiple unauthorized Chick-Fil-a & PlayStation charges.
I've often had to explain that I absolutely will pay for my many valid charges, But that I will Not pay for invalid charges. I've had quite a battle with BofA concerning this, and while I kinda understand their hesitations, I've never stated that charges were invalid & unauthorized if they weren't, & I don't want to be treated like I'm being dishonest or like I'm causing trouble when I'm disputing invalid charges. And then it takes BofA a long time to remove the invalid charges from my card.
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2019
Poor customer service. They make many mistakes. They do not own up to them. Their fees are outrageously high. They do not care about their customers. They are not at all accommodating. They do not put forth at effort to maintain your business.
Reviewed Aug. 5, 2019
Bank services are good but, not great as they do not offer personal loans. Their services could do more to reflect the neighborhood wherein where they're located.
Reviewed Aug. 4, 2019
I am very disappointed with the way I have been treated by Bank of America, I opened this account in 1993, never thought I would be treated in this manner, Biased and Disrespectful, Bank of America, engaging in disreputable conduct, violating my trust, and privacy.
Sign: Charles
Reviewed Aug. 3, 2019
I've banked with Bank of America for 50 years, from Brick & Mortar to Online. I have not spent anytime in a Brick Bank of America for years. Everything is conveniently available ONLINE. I can much more easily keep "Watch" over my Accounts if there was any "Irregular Activity." I really like their newer BofA Visa CASH REWARDS CREDIT CARD. 3% back for all my ONLINE SHOPPING. 1% for regular in person Purchases.
Since I purchases Groceries ONLINE for Home Delivery the Visa Credit Cash Rewards pay for my Delivery Costs. BofA keeps watch for any IRREGULAR ACTIVITIES on CREDIT CARDS. Years ago they noticed purchases made cross country that were areas I had never been to & never had used my Credit Card. Even though I had made Local Home Depot purchases, the Location was not only SUSPICIOUS, IT WAS NOT ME. I HAD NOT BEEN THERE, NOR MADE THE PURCHASE. BofA helped me a great deal. Cost me NOTHING. NO TIME, NO EFFORT, NO MONEY.
Reviewed Aug. 1, 2019
My identify was stolen and when I filed claims Bank of America refused to pay them. Then they threatened that they would close my account if I continued filing claims. Although my checking account kept getting hacked and I continued losing money, there was nothing I could do about it.
Reviewed July 31, 2019
Very easy to work. If I have any issues there is always a rep that I can reach out to. There is easy access to branches and atm's. I have been with this company for over 30 years and I am very satisfied with the service.
Reviewed July 30, 2019
Bank of America offers a full line of online services. I have a checking, savings, and 2 credit cards that I can easily monitor. I received email and text notifications of charges above a threshold I established. Additionally, I receive notifications of any charges made online or by phone.
Reviewed July 30, 2019
I have been very satisfied with the accuracy in how my account is handled. I have had to visit the local branch physically several times for disputed debits to my account, but they were always settled in my favor. Account reps are very professional, polite, knowledgeable, and helpful. This is a big contrast to Wells Fargo, where I had a previous account. Their inefficiency and ignorance cost me money and much wasted time. I actually had an account rep ask me, "What is Paypal?"
Reviewed July 29, 2019
Excellent Service coupled with customer oriented approach and will to resolve the customer problems at any cost by providing the best possible solutions. Never encountered a representative who is NOT willing to help but only to get out of way.
Reviewed July 28, 2019
My experience with the customer reps is good. They could do better with acct plans. That sums it all up in a nutshell. That's practically all the experience that I have with them at this time. If I decide to look into other areas of what services they may offer, then I'll have a better view then.
Reviewed July 27, 2019
Customer service is amazing - when a new branch manager started working there, she called all of the local customers to find out if there were any banking or investment questions she could answer for them.
Reviewed July 25, 2019
Bank of America offers an online service that is very easy to use and access 24 hours a day/7 days a week. The ability to send and receive money is available as well as to transfer between accounts. I find the service level generally flawless.
Reviewed July 17, 2019
I've been with Bank of America 15 + years. And I have finally just had a enough. This last year they have been atrocious. Their customer service department is an absolute joke. I deposited a check from my mobile banking app on July 7th 2019. Checked my bank a few hours later and it said the check would be released on the 8th of July. All of a sudden there was a hold on my check until July 17th. I was told two separate things by two different customer service representatives. Also, that there was no way that they could stop the processing of the check and I deposited via mobile banking. Apparently, if I hadn't deposited at an ATM it would have been available.
However, another's customer service representative said that's actually not true. It's like they purposely try to make me overdraft my account. Two days before the check was supposed to be released, I actually called and after yelling at a manager BoA was supposed to release $100 of it so I could go to the doctor the next morning. The manager said it was approved and it was in my account and it would be immediately accessible. The next morning I check my bank account and it wasn't there and this is after I was guaranteed by the manager. I was so livid. I called again while I was at the doctor's office waiting and finally got them to release it.
This bank is awful and I will no longer be a customer of them. I kept telling them I would not be paying an overdraft fee if my account went into negative because it their fault it would be. It's like they would not let me access my funds. They put a 10-day hold on my check. It's not like I have a bad history of over-drafting my account, bouncing checks, etc. Due to the fact I couldn't get a hold of my money I was charged late fees on bills and inconvenienced immensely. As soon as my check is released, I will be closing my bank account. If any bank representative tries to talk me out of it, I just going to say it nicely and politely, "If you just don't do what I say I'm going to scream at you."
Reviewed June 16, 2019
They illegally removed funds from my account because someone with the same name in San Diego had a traffic ticket. When you are on Social Security or VA disability it is against the law to attach funds unless the account balance is over $6,000 dollars but they just cared about stealing their $125 fee for breaking the law. Never do business with these people. They steal from their customers and I never got my money back from them for that "fee" which was almost 15% of what I was getting to live on each month. I moved my money to the local credit union and they didn't rip me off when the state tried to do it again before I could get the matter fixed. Since I finally got on VA disability I still bank with the credit union but also at Ally where I get a much better interest rate as well with NO FEES from either bank!
Reviewed May 3, 2019
They never corrected problems after multiple calls. I opened another acct and must get checks sent to another bank because they cannot do a simple job. They made a savings into a checking with same number as my real checking with an extra zero... Well they take bill pay and pay out of both. They had three accounts set up and was taking $8 month out of an account I never ended up opening, no check or debit card.
My son was doing bill pay when my spouse passed and I did not notice. However I had called about making out savings back to just that. Well, now that I am past the mourning and looking, calling they are funding both accounts, transferring funds and when my checking has over a grand I got a $35 fee because they are putting in and paying WHAT THEY NOW CALL MY SAVINGS BUT MONEY FOR BILLS COMING OUT OF BOTH.. I am disabled and they left my town, I did not go to get a plaque as felt I would get better so going the two towns over and walking not an option. FOUND A PLACE and pray after waiting they will DO WHAT THEY SAY, FINALLY!!! Shame on them!
Reviewed March 22, 2019
On March 2, 2019, I tried to send $2500 to my mother, who is also a Bank of America customer, using the Bank of America App. I typed in her full name and mobile phone number that she's been using for decades in the integrated Zelle money transfer system and hit "send." My mother told me she didn't get it, and my first thought was that my mom, wasn't being very tech savvy. Eventually, after a couple of days, I realized it really didn't get to her account.
When I called Bank of America's customer service support, I learned that the $2500 had been transferred to a Well Fargo bank account, whose owner had registered the same phone number my mother used. Bank of America said they will file a fraud claim, and after a couple of weeks, I received a notice in the mail saying " Our records indicate that we initiated the transfer in accordance with your instructions. As a result, your account will not be credited for this claim."
My mother called Well Fargo to see if somehow someone used her information to open an account there. After giving her full name and SSN, the Well Fargo customer rep informed her that there was no account opened in her name. I reached out to the claims department multiple times and they informed me that there was nothing they could do to retrieve the funds. My only option is to reach out to a lawyer to handle this situation.
This is so shocking and frustrating. How can a huge respectable bank such as BoA be sloppy with my money? I've been a BoA customer for 11 years and the level of cooperation I received is saddening. I am shocked to realize that the bank has minimal fraud-detection controls for Zelle and would like to warn everyone that uses their app to be aware.
Reviewed March 21, 2019
Their app will not remember password. I have over a hundred apps and a hundred webpage passwords. You can't expect people to remember all of them. Why is Bank of America think they're so special? Help desk was no help at all. They knew nothing about the mobile app.
Reviewed March 14, 2019
I purchased a car last year and it went through BOA; Long story short, I had some financial hiccups that happened that made me fall behind on my car payments. I bought a 2017 Honda Civic for around 23,000. I called in to see how to catch things up and was directed to keep making payment weekly to get back on track. I started bringing in payments to a branch every week and later wanted to pay a full payment to really get caught up; well I call in one day and ask to make a 400 dollar payment over the phone and the lady said, "Ok..." and then she says, "Uh hold on." She later comes back on the line and tells me my car is scheduled for a repossession. Wow really, so why was I making all of these payments if my car was being repossessed.
Well by then I'm flipping because I really needed my car and she said there was nothing for her to do to stop it, unless I paid 775. I said, "Ok. I'll figure it out" and went from there. I of course did not have all of it right then and called back to speak to a manager over her; after speaking with her she tells me as long as you pay 400 tomorrow, and 220 the next day, then you will owe only 167 to get fully caught up; I agreed to this and done what she told me to do-I even had my boyfriend on the line to witness this. We were to pay the remaining 150ish dollars the following Friday. Ok so after the first two payments I was told that everything was fine by the manager and just to remember to make this payment... I get up for work a couple of days later and my car is gone.
Another fast forward; I called and they said of course..."Nothing we can do" and I now not only the remaining 150ish, but that month's bill as well with a 500 impound charge rounding up to about 1100 to get out of the impound, and If I do not get it out before the next bill, then yeah you guessed it another month's fee added on with a 1500 ticket to release my car. Did I mention all the money I have invested has not really come off the car either... very overpriced. So after all of this I wasted my money and they are going to charge me on top of that a negative equity, which means I will owe them 6000 plus what they do not get off the auction. I will never do business with these liars again.
Reviewed March 4, 2019
I made a payment on my account 2 weeks before my bill was due. On my due date they took out the full statement balance, including my first payment, even though my preferences are to take out the amount due. When I called BOA, I was on hold for 40 minutes before someone answered. The woman from Atlanta who answered had the biggest attitude, telling me I should try calling the companies that I made payments to. She had no idea what I was asking. When I asked to speak to a manager, she went silent for 5 minutes, without even responding to say "ok". After the 20th time I said "hello?" she finally said "I'm transferring you", I then had silence on the phone for another 10 minutes before music began playing signifying that I was on hold.
The manager was more helpful, but had no idea what the difference between "amount due" and "statement balance" was, and had no idea how to help me so that this would not happen again in the future. She offered me a refund of my original payment, as I was overpaying, but then decided that she could no longer give me a refund, despite the fact that I already overpaid! She said she had to wait until the second payment was posted, as she could not give me money that did not yet come out of my account. So now I have to spend another hour calling back, despite the fact that my original payment posted weeks ago!!!
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2019
After having a transaction flagged (a transfer of funds from my account to my daughter's account to pay her rent) the transaction was deemed fraudulent. When I contacted both online banking and the fraud department I was informed I was not who I claimed to be and that the transaction was fraudulent. The bank then put my account on hold and informed me that I would need to present two forms of government ID to have my account reinstated. The rudeness of Aisha and her supervisor Marcus was incomprehensible. The only fraud way B of A treating their clients this way. When I do go to the bank it will only be to close my account.
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2019
I've been on hold for over 30 minutes now. Their callback service has some sort of internal error and their ads have already annoyed me. So here I am, still waiting and writing a bad review just because I can't focus on any other tasks while I am on hold. Holding. Holding. Holding...
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2019
Recently BoA made changes to their mobile App, which was working fine before the changes. My complaints: 1 - Under bill pay, instead of using the account name they are using the nickname. I suppose someone thought that this was cute - but it's not! 2 - When using the bill module to pay a bill, you no longer have access to the calendar. So if your payment falls on a nonbanking day, the app is useless as you cannot change the date.
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2019
I made a one-time payment to Bank of America, and they processed a subsequent charge without my permission. This resulted in insufficient funds charge plus additional charges on their end. Then when I tried to call to speak with a representative, the recording never transferred me to anyone, just kept me on hold. That money was essentially stolen, since I never gave permission for them to access that account again. I should be refunded any charges incurred by this fraud.
Reviewed Jan. 22, 2019
PLEASE avoid this bank if possible!!! Awful customer service. Waiting time more than 45 minutes! Very very bad online access. Falsely advertised "EASY access online"- just disaster! Everything done to get more inconvenient and customer NON-FRIENDLY! HUGE disappointment...
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2018
I created a BofA account online on 12/4/18, and received notification via email that I was approved that same day. On 12/5/18 they emailed me to say my debit card had been mailed and would arrive soon. Then today, 12/13/18, I received a letter dated 12/6/18 saying the account had been closed. Here's some of what the letter said: "We've made the decision to close your deposit account ending in **. You no longer have access to online banking services. Our decision to close your account is final and you won't be able to open a checking or savings account with us in the future." There was no explanation given in the letter, and it doesn't make sense that they would approve me and issue a debit card but then close my account two days later before I have ever even used my account.
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2018
I am a "valued customer" with BoA since 25 years doing business from overseas mostly. Whenever trying to get access to my account online I have to try for hours if not days to get thru as regularly I get a screen just saying: "This site doesn't work" or else of the same content whatever I try. Alternatively, when trying to get thru on phone, their 1-800 phone number doesn`t help either from overseas, you ordinarily spend at least 20 minutes waiting until eventually connected, answering the same "security" questions at least 3 times, and finally get nowhere with this and paying some 10-20 $ for this phone call! To me this is actually the worst bank I´ve ever been with: They do excel in inefficiency and are WORLD CHAMPIONS in pissing off their "valued " customers! Besides, they heightened their fees considerably during the past years for NO additional value to customers in return.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2018
Between the wife and myself we have 3 Bank of America accounts. Soon it will be zero. Our experience was with paying a credit card bill online. Our bill was due on a Sunday and we were at a funeral. I paid the bill Monday morning online. Eight hours after it was due. We opened our statement to a 28.50 late fee. When I called to complain I was told by a service representative there was nothing she could do. I requested her supervisor or manager. 20 minutes later on hold the person picked up the call. I repeated the situation to the supervisor who promptly told me, "We do not give back fees!" Our credit rating is in the top 5%, our spending on their credit cards provides the bank way more in fees and interest for their pockets than this late fee. Not anymore! Our cards are being paid off and accounts closed. The arrogant attitude of their customer service center was enough for we to cancel all business with this bank. Goodbye!
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2018
What happened? How Bank of America didn't protect my money or secure my bank account. Apparently I was spam bombed with a few thousand emails. This started on Oct 9th and has continued to present. I did research and discovered that spam bombing is used to cover up financial attacks so on Oct 18th I changed all my passwords to all my accounts. However little did I realize that earlier someone had according to Bank of America logged into a: "trusted device" and transferred $ 7580.00 to a Sedrick **. Never heard of this person. Somehow the hackers managed to change my bank profile settings and enroll their telephone and sign up for safe pass which allows someone to transfer more than $ 5000.00. At no time did I ever get a warning or a text from BofA.
I have had this business account for over 20 years and have NEVER done a transfer like this. Red flags, Nothing. On Oct 22 I discovered the theft and filed a claim with B of A. 2 days later Nancy ** in the fraud investigation department emailed me a letter stating my claim was denied because it was on a trusted device. In spite of repeated attempts Bank of America never supplied me with any information about devices or routing numbers of where the money went to. I am unable to file an FBI report because Bank of America has not been stonewalling me. They told me they were trying to recover the money from Wells Fargo but on the other hand stated they never actually spoke with anyone at Wells Fargo. So I am now out $ 7580.00. Bank of America completely failed to protect me, failed to honor their if you’re a victim of fraud you’re not responsible.
Reviewed Oct. 18, 2018
It's confusing to set up a recurring payment plan on BOA's website. You'll have to go into e-Bills instead of "Recurring Payment". The confusion caused me a late fee. What's worse is that BOA would refuse to work with customers in that situation. When I shared my frustration, the agent and the manager claimed that their website has received multiple awards therefore my experience is just one isolated case. I ended up closing the account, and they were happy to assist you with that without much resistance. I feel they did not appreciate the feedback of the customers.
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2018
I made a transfer from the Bank of America website. It was an external transfer from US Bank to my checking account in Bank of America. BOFA withdrew $1000 from my US Bank account but never deposited in my BOFA account. It has been 3 weeks already with no resolution and every time that I call them, is like I never called before. There is no other word for this, they stole my money.
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2018
I was having funds transfer from BofA to my BofA account via Zelle Pay. The money was sent to a closed account at US Bank in June. This was rent that was being paid to me. I have been going back and forth with BofA, Zelle Pay and US Bank. BofA tells me, "Too bad. Zelle Pay is 3rd party and read the small print." Zelle Pay will not respond to anything I send them. BofA forces you to use Zelle Pay yet they don't back it. I had to file a complaint with Consumer Financial Protection. They closed my complaint with BofA because BofA says they are not responsible for Zelle Pay. I got a answer from US Bank on my complaint. US Bank said the funds was sent back to BofA the day after they received the funds stating account was closed.
US Bank said they reached out to BofA but they still have not responded to US Bank. This was payment for rent. This is 910.00 that has been missing since June 6, 2018. I still cannot get anywhere with BofA. Very bad customer service. The person that was transferring to my account cannot get anywhere with them either. She went into the bank and called and filed a written complaint. She received a letter saying, "Too bad. You transferred from a 3rd party. So they can just take your money and you can't do anything about it." We are filing another complaint with BofA showing them that US Bank said they sent the funds back to BofA. I doubt we will get anywhere.
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2018
I opened my online banking account with Bank of America online banking about a week ago. I got a cash advance deposited in to my account of $200.00. Once I got a email saying my bank debit card is in the mail so I figured everything was good. I linked my account to a few bills I had to pay. So after it left me with a balance of $80.00 dollars. When I received my bank card I call to activate it and it was not allowing me to activate the card. I called customer service and they told me my account was closed yesterday because I did not give them proof of my identity and I told them I never got a email or a call saying I had to show proof of identification. How was I to know that this was needed. I would not of had a problem showing proof of my identity but how am I to know these things if they dont tell me. I thought everything was good. They accepted my loan I got from a cash advance. They accepted the money without proof of identity.
They sent me a debit card without proof of identity. I dont understand. So the customer service lady told me to go in the bank and show proof of identity. So I went into Bank of America showed them identification and told them my problem. They said they couldnt help me. All they can do is call the online banking for me so I can talk to them. So I had them call the online Bank of America and again I told them my issue and they said for me to show my two forms of i.d. to the bank lady since I was at the bank and for me to open a account right there. They said they couldnt reopen my account and I was like so now my bills are going to bounce and now I'm going to have to pay extra on my bills because they want to close my account. Thats not fair.
The lady I talked to inside the bank of America told me my account is negative 120.00 dollars. How is that possible when I had a balance of $80.00? I got so upset my eyes got watery. I didnt want to cry in front of everyone so I hung up the phone and walked out the bank. I cant believe this is happening. I needed that 80.00 I had on my card to buy food for my kids and now they want to steal my money bounce my money I sent to pay my bills. And no one can do anything about it. I dont understand how they can get away with doing hardworking people with bills to pay and kids to feed wrong like this. This online banking with Bank of America is a joke or should I say a fraud.
Reviewed Sept. 6, 2018
BoA gave $1000 out of my personal checking/debit account to another customer on June 13 2018. Today is September 6 2018, I tried to stop the transaction when pending being told it was a check. I went to the police and told to get copy of check. I went back to branch by bank. It will take a week. Never heard from bank so I went back. Now told it was a debit card, made to believe that it was my personal card which I knew it wasn't. Went back to police and told it is now a debit transaction and told to find out if it was my personal debit used. I Went to bank. Told the debit card use didn't match the account withdrawal from. Then told by police the teller made an error and I have to pursue BoA.
The bank manager and I called BoA fraud department a few times together. Both not understand what is going on. Is BoA too big to follow Regulation E, their own police, to get their story straight. It months... no money returned on a teller error. Shame on you. Next move for me is the local news and taking them to court for damages. What fraud. It happened in the bank with cameras all over, without me in the bank. This bank is too big to care about customers. Does BoA fraud department get a commission for screwing us. Your greed after a teller error and blaming me is arbitrary and capricious. Again shame on you. Maybe the bank will let the investigator reporter of Channel 4 cover this in the bank live. I hope is.
Reviewed Sept. 6, 2018
Recently Bank of America decided to send 5 of my BillPay payments early on Thursday night, rather than on the 1st of the month which is when I have them set up to go out. My deposits come on the first to offset these bills. The money came on the day expected but since the bank decided to send out the bills 2 nights earlier as the 1st was Saturday they overdrew the account. When these bills, that were not supposed to leave my account early, posted on Friday the funds had not yet been posted so they charged a fee of $35 each. Why does the bank have a policy of sending payments before the customer wants them out as if the customers are idiots not to be trusted in deciding when they wish their money to leave the bank? These fees caused a domino effect overdrawing the account and the bank refuses to reverse them.

Reviewed Aug. 30, 2018
Worse online banking of all. Every time I login, it prompts me to change the password, despite entering correct one. This exposes me to scams of all sort, since I have to provide them with all my info over and over again. Then have them send the code to re-set. And they are completely helpless. Customer service not able not only to fix it, but even explain what the problem is. Every time the same story.
Updated review: July 31, 2018
I was given the wrong routing number. Once I was given the correct routing number the transactions went through.
Original Review: July 31, 2018
I am a Platinum Preferred Member of Bank of America. I happily set up payments to pay off 13 credit card accounts using my routing number and checking account for some of the transactions and my debit card for some. After a few days of being thrilled to have paid off all of our debt I received a notification that a pay off I had made to Amazon was returned. I then checked my account and see that 9 of the payments I made still hadn't been paid. I had called BOA as I was making the payments to let them know what I was doing but somehow they never paid nine of the thirteen payoffs. I then checked and one by one the credit card companies are going from showing a 0.00 balance back up to the thousands I was paying off plus late fees.
I used the correct info and have confirmation numbers and had the funds to cover the payments but BOA just didn't pay any of the nine transactions I made. It caused me damages and when I called them they just said they don't see the transactions and it's up to the merchant to provide proof. The merchants just say sorry. BOA says they can't find the account. But don't show where they asked it to come from. It was all recorded though. Why record it if they can't provide it as proof of the account I entered? What a scam.
Reviewed July 9, 2018
I was a loyal customer for BOA and their mobile application really sucks. I didn’t found a way to setup auto payment or set payment reminders. I would have wasted my time to do research on their stupid mobile application. This has incurred late payment couple of times and I made payment next date after due date. Customer care really don’t care about their customers and they said we cannot waive off. I terminated my account immediately. Even they did not increase my credit limit for being loyal. After terminating I immediately applied in Citibank and I got very high credit line. I will not recommend BoA bank to anyone.
Reviewed July 4, 2018
We bought a house in September and at that time I scheduled the mortgage payment of $1,857.980 to go directly at the end of each month (I scheduled it to go out the 29th, and indefinitely “until I stop it”). It was due the first, with about a week grace period. Everything went along swimmingly until I got a call the end of June from the mortgage company. They were telling me they didn’t get the June payment. I owed $47.02 in late fees. I checked, and sure enough, the check didn’t go out. My husband went to the bank and they told him I had logged in and changed it. NO I DIDN’T. In fact, when I went on to see what had happened I couldn’t even FIND where to go change or edit anything. They’ve made it so much more complicated.
Well I quickly scheduled a payment through BillPay. Then that very day a few hours later my husband received a call from the mortgage company telling him the payment was late. When he told the gal his wife had scheduled it, she said, ‘It won’t get here in time to stay off your credit record’. She told us we needed to go create an account on their website and pay directly. So I did that, knowing that since I’d just scheduled the payment with BofA on the 26th to go out the 29th, I could CANCEL it. So I made the payment online with the mortgage company. Then when I logged onto BofA to cancel the payment, it was not doable. They didn’t have a “cancel” or “edit” button on the scheduled payment. I called. The lady told me it was too late. TOO LATE??? She told me I had to call back the next day and put a stop payment. WHAT???
So my husband and I went to the bank the next day and they put a stop payment, but told us to call the mortgage company to let them know. Really?? Well, we called, and the lady at the mortgage company said, “Nope, when we get the check, we’ll process it.” Quite unhappy, but our hands tied, we thought… Well the bank won’t cash it. There’s a stop payment on it. NOPE. WRONG. They cashed it. The mortgage company put it towards JULY. They put the additional $47.02 ‘penalty’ towards “principal” in August. Fearing I had another payment already going out for July I looked it up at BofA. It appears that the next payment goes out 7/27/2018 and will be for August. I THINK all is well. But what a HUGE headache and waste of our time and all because the BANK screwed up our account. (And then lied saying I’d gone in and changed something...).
Reviewed June 5, 2018
Every few months I get an email stating that my debit card "may have" been compromised by an "UNDISCLOSED VENDOR". BULL!!! If chip technology is so secure, and I only use the chip and if a vendor doesn't have chip, I pay cash, then why am I still getting this - and why doesn't Bank of America contact their clients directly, prior to doing this to actually determine if it was compromised and by which vendor. Do you know what a pain in the ** it is to change out my card number with all my online payments - this is beyond ridiculous. I want to know what banking institution this doesn't happen with on a regular basis.
Reviewed June 4, 2018
I have only had this new BofA card (Alaskan Airlines) for a few months. I rely on my notifications to pay cards during the month. On this particular card and most, I pay much more than minimum and even will make more than one payment per month. I paid the end of March for my April payment via app. I then did not get a notification until May saying it’s delinquent and my credit line is lowered. Long story short I didn’t get a notice of due (my problem to keep track I know) and then the early payment for April didn’t count as April, but rather a March payment. So bam... 131 point drop of Equifax score. I have been on time and monitor credit closely. Years of on time payments to get my credit up and this is going to screw me. I called BofA and they do not care. Thanks a lot perfect people.
Reviewed May 10, 2018
On Saturday 5/5/18 ~9 pm EST: I went online to view my account balances: 1 personal joint; 1 business checking. The business checking showed a balance of $6.14, no pending debits of any sort. I transferred in $171.97 from personal checking to business checking (to serve as origination account for an inter-bank transfer, for a credit card payment). On the following Monday 5/7/18, when Bank of America reconciles weekend transactions, there was an additional account maintenance fee of $14, which was dated 5/1/18, but did not show when I logged on the evening of 5/5/18 as assessed or pending, which would have made the account negative <$7.86> if it had posted as subsequently dated.
The Bank of America CSR and Supervisor defended that the online banking account balance would have shown the correct negative balance online on 5/518; yet when asked could they see when (date & time) I made the transfers between accounts (~9 pm 5/5/18), they both said they could only see the "Posting Date" of 5/7/18. Monday 5/7/18 as all weekend transactions were reconciled, this dated 5/1/18 $14 account maintenance fee presents, and of course is paid before the transfer between banks, causing an NSF charge of $35... I received an email notification of the NSF on Wednesday 5/9/18. Selectively not including the calls made to the other Bank to reconcile this issue. Bank of America did refund the $35 NSF. This issue is the lack of reliability of Online Banking balances and transactions displayed.
Common Sense factor: If anyone was moving money from one account to another, with known planned spend/transfer out intentions to occur immediately afterwards, it would not make sense not to accommodate a known negative balance to add to transferred in monies, to mitigate against failure of the intended spend and purposefully accruing fees of $35, by ignoring an easily reconcilable negative balance of $7 by transferring more money into the account.
My Complaint is: 1) Bank of America should disclose that Online Banking - Account Balances may not reflect all known assessed or pending fee posts/debits, and not to rely on available balances shown as credible references for account spend activities; especially from 6 pm on Friday till after weekend reconciliations begin at 11:59 PM on weekend following Mondays. And advise customers to take screenshots of available balances during weekends to mitigate any dispute reconciliations.
2) Bank of America need be more transparent in displaying transaction (date & time) in addition to debit posting (date and time). Considering the CSR and Manager I spoke with could not see I made my transfer on Sat. 5/5/18, only when it posted on 5/7/18; then how can they confidently say a fee dated for 5/1/18 had actually also posted at that time? Rhetorical question, used to illustrate the gaps in between a transaction date, and a posting date can be manipulated to advantage/disadvantage.
3) Bank of America when allocating monies for debits and fees, subtracting fees first (e.g. monthly account maintenance) knowingly then causing additional NSF charges is manipulating the order of payments to increase profitability by favorably setting sequence of transaction such that it maximizes the opportunity to assess fees, which are pure profits.
I understand I should have and will establish overdrafts protections, and should also leave more buffers in accounts to mitigate against these events. That being said and known, does not negate from the complaint that Bank of America - Online Banking balances should be Real-Time accurate 24x7x365/366 without the need to take screenshots intra-weekends to dispute weekend lags in presenting accurate account balances and transactions posted, pending and declined.

Reviewed May 3, 2018
B of A had THE best program for Bill Paying. I recommended them to my clients and friends and it's the main reason I kept banking with them. So naturally their programmers had to justify their pay and totally screw it up. Now I cannot do the simplest action without wasting 10 or 20 minutes trying to find when anything might be. And I have a super high IQ, a Master degree and a lot of experience with computers and accounting. Went from the best to the worst. Ever heard of "If it ain't broke don't fix it"?
Reviewed April 16, 2018
Came as quite a shock that BOA froze our account. Unable to pay bills, process checks, take out cash that is legally ours. We have over $100K in checking and deposit and they put a freeze on us. Something about our Mother-in-law who was on the account many years ago had to contact the bank. She is 80 years of age and in poor health and did not know what she was calling about. I could not tell her either as the bank would not tell me. She called as per instructions and they said they could not do anything with her on the phone and told her to go to a local branch.
She is recovering from a broken back and had to drive 40 miles, I still do not know if she arrived at the bank. My wife leaves town tonight and of course cannot access any money, which is legally ours. Shame on you Bank of America and I truly look forward to closing my account after many, many years. Customer Service was awful and they truly did not care if we closed our account or not. I called back to speak to a manager but of course they do not have any managers available although one will get back to me in 24/48 hours. Shameful.
Reviewed April 13, 2018
I has been an e-banking customer for over six years. Bank of America recently changed their e-banking accounts to Core Banking. A notice of this change was included statement and an email was sent out after this change is in effect. I discovered the $12 monthly charge after I signed in three months after the change. As a e-banking customer, I usually only read the statement when I've some deposit or withdraw during the previous month.
So the paper route: I called customer service to see if they can waive the fees and they told me different stories, one said I have an address change before the letter sent out; there was a letter sent out to my physically address... As I finally talked to a branch manager, she told me there was no physical letter that sent out. The bank and changed the terms of the account from minimum balance of $100 to $1,500 and there is not ONE SINGLE PHYSICAL letter sending out or confirming their customer has received the notice in some other way?
Reviewed April 12, 2018
When BoA adjusts a deposit, it would be nice to see the details of the deposit (the checks, in particular, to determine WHAT was overstated, understated or missed, altogether). Why is it that the deposits they adjust say "Images of your deposit slip and checks are not currently available for this deposit. If you have questions, please contact customer service" instead of showing the information. If a deposit is incorrect, that's when I absolutely need to see the data. Idiots at BoA are... well... IDIOTS.
Reviewed April 10, 2018
Bank of America used to be fairly decent for a huge, impersonal organization. Decent products; okay service. I was happy. Recently, Bank of America added something called Erica to its mobile app. Erica is immortal. There is no way to get her off of your screen. I spent two hours trying to get rid of this, and couldn't. I finally got through to customer service and was told that I'd just wasted all of that time, and that Erica was going to bother me forever. "Just drag her to another part of the screen when she gets in the way." Why must I do that? I will never use this. I can wipe away dirt and bacteria, but nothing can rid me of this splotch on my screen. It hogs real estate for no purpose other than to annoy me. I think the only option is to not upgrade, ever, or use another banking institution.
Reviewed March 26, 2018
Transfer money & bill pay: This my money, I give to BOA for them earn money on all the interest etc. How dare they threaten to charge me! Guess they do not believe in Customer Care! Next I want to pay my bills and that file has changed. Now bland! No definitions! One looks like the other. There has been a while where I considered leaving. Even if I do they will not care! They only want money.
Reviewed March 15, 2018
Is anyone else having this problem??? I have a small business that accepts payments through PayPal. Every night, my balance is swept from PayPal to my BofA account. Normally, deposits flow in like clockwork and appear in my bank account overnight, but from time to time, they just don't. My one-day turnaround can turn into 3 or 5 or 7. I don't normally keep a very large balance in this account because it is strictly for paying business expenses. So if a deposit doesn't hit the bank account and a bill gets paid, I overdraft and get charged a $35.00 fee. Last week this happened, but I never received my overdraft notice until 3 DAYS LATER!! They refunded me the $35 charge, and - as always - blamed it on PayPal. PayPal blames it on BofA because they provide me with a transfer transaction ID number and record of the transfer as soon as it is processed.
In an effort to prove BofA is doing this on purpose, I have begun processing a partial payment to my operating account and the rest to my savings account. And last night, it happened again. The larger deposit to operating did not go into the account, yet the smaller one to the savings account did. Overnight processing is supposed to mean OVERNIGHT!! Not 2-7 days later! Someday, someone is going to file a class action lawsuit when they discover BofA is doing this on purpose so they can collect overdraft fees from their account owners (kinda like Wells Fargo's fake account problems) and they are going to get stuck big time! And I will be second in line... All because their customer service people refuse to even entertain the idea that there is something (accidentally or on purpose) glitching in their system.
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2018
Bank of America screws up my account every month. It is easier to get someone at the White House than to get a live BOA representative in the phone. Everyone in my family is locked out of their on-line account. I understand security, but this is ridiculous. I am moving all of my accounts to another bank.
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2018
I used the mobile app several times to dep my paycheck and this last time they had said that it was fraud check and could not be read. If I had not contacted them I would have never know this. They were sending me a damn letter of all things and I call my employer and they are pissed. It is not a fraud check. So I am sitting here no Bank of America within a 2 hours of me and no gas to get me there because the mobile app is screwed up so bad that it could not read my check. Monday morning going to a different bank. Bank of America can go to hell.
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2018
I was calling to close my BOA Amtrak card a few weeks back and was offered to switch to BOA Cash Back card with the same acct number. So that's good... However, I did not finish the conversion on that call but called again today - the agent who received the call today said she has no idea that can be done at all. So hilarious and so poor a training quality of BOA customer service. No wonder why I am seeing so many 1 star reviews.
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2018
Let me first say that the customer service representatives I have spoken to at Bank of America were all friendly and willing to help. That is the reason I gave this bank one star. Their wacky billing practices are the reason I can give them no more. I started using a cash rewards card a little over a year ago, and I have had nothing but problems with it. My intent was to use it for my monthly purchases in order to get the cash rewards then to pay off the entire balance every month so no interest would accrue. I can only conclude that Bank of America does NOT want anyone to avoid interest charges. I think they must COUNT ON interest charges because they made it practically impossible for me to manage my card payments. I noticed right away that there was no option to pay the entire balance when setting up an automatic payment. I called and was told I had to request that kind of payment by direct mail with a special form.
They sent it to me, and I could not make heads or tails of it. I was honestly afraid to sign it because of all the stipulations. So, I tried to set up an automatic payment system online. The date they chose was purposefully one day AFTER my bill was due. I couldn't change it. The rep on the phone assured me it was the correct date even though I was looking right at the letter that had come with my card that said otherwise. I went ahead and set it up to pay the minimum fearful that at some point I would meet with unexpected medical bills. If I had the money, I would get online and pay the balance before the day it was due. I have another credit card from another company, and if I make an early payment, it automatically cancels the auto payment scheduled for that month. Bank of America DOES NO SUCH THING.
If you make a payment in advance, you will also be billed again even if that means they have to give you a negative balance on your account. I had to monitor my account constantly in order to understand whether my balance was in the red or the black. I tried paying by phone, once with the automated teller and once with a live person. It didn't work either time. What I mean is, I paid my bill then in the next day or so, the exact same amount was automatically withdrawn from my bank account. When I called, frantic to get refunded, they told me I would have to wait at least three days to make sure the overbilling had cleared before they could refund me. WHAT?! When it was all said and done, this happened three times. Three times I tried to pay my bill, and three times the amount was withdrawn from my bank account twice.
I have canceled the card only to find out that it isn't really "closed." The last and final balance that I paid was, once again, withdrawn from my bank account twice! I called AGAIN to get a refund. This time I was told that if I really wanted to deactivate my account I had to call a separate number. The service rep had me on hold for several minutes only to apologize that the office where they cancel cards was closed and that she couldn't give me that number anyway. I would have to call back and go through the automatic teller menu again.
I asked if she thought I should maybe wait until I was sure the refund was credited to my bank account, and as serious as can be she said, yes! She said she thought I should wait to cancel the card to make sure I got my money first. Unbelievable. The bottom line is, Bank of America does not want you to be a responsible payer. Their billing system is rigged to cheat you. It is a dirty, underhanded way to do business, and I can't wait to be rid of them once and for all. Unfortunately, I fear my trouble with them is not over. I will have a chilling dread of being billed at the middle of the month for a card that no longer exists at least until spring.
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2017
My daughter deposit a check on mobile. She only 19 first time. They told her, her check would not clear after 15 days or so. She needed money to go to work and light bill was due that day. They said it was nothing they could do about the money being released early. So she asked what if showcased it. They said they charged her a 12 dollar fee because they would return check back. This did not happening checkered it. She called about 5 times in they said they would take it off in 3 to 5 business days and return the money. Then she called back because the money was still there. Then she was told they should never told her that and they don't return money back in go to the place she cash it and give them the money back. I tell them it was Bank of America fault. What kind of business is this. I feel it’s a set up.
Reviewed Dec. 26, 2017
I was open account online was they approve, I was got few debit card in the mail, I was trying activated. The screen say account is canceled, I was called to BOA. Vanessa who have a Indi accent told me, "We refuse anyone" if we want close account without notice. Feeling like I am garbage or not welcome to this bank, she never told me why or any eloquent, professional or lie excuse. DON'T OPEN business, close your business with this bank.
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2017
So when I started a bank account with this bank on March I was having great experience. The people were nice and helpful. But the online banking been pissing me off lately. So I needed food at my house and had 24.68 in my checking. I had spent 25 thinking I could transfer the .22 from my saving to checking. It was 6:00 pm and for some damn reason it kept putting it that I couldn't transfer money till tomorrow. They did this on Veterans' Day as well but I let it go figuring it wasn't working for the holiday. So I had .30 in a schedule for it to transfer in the morning. However when I checked my account this morning they took out 12.00 out my savings from overdraft protection, and it says that it happened yesterday. I kept checking my account waiting for some money from eBay for refund and I didn't even see a overdraft protection on that day. Lately transferring money has been garbage. I really need to change banks.
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2017
I opened an account online with B of A and apparently was approved because I received a debit card, later a pin number and checks. I deposited a check from my current bank and waited a sufficient amount of time for it to post. I then went to the B of A ATM to change the pin number and make a withdrawal, but was denied. I decided to wait another day or two thinking more time was needed for the check to clear. Two days later, I receive a letter from B of A citing suspicious activity with the account and it instructed me to call their CSR to clear it up.
I called and they informed me they are no longer interested in a financial relationship with me and that they don't have to give me a reason. I asked about my deposited check and at first the woman said nothing showed, but then she 'checked somewhere else' and it showed pending and when I asked when I would get it back I was told 6-8 weeks. So far, the only 'financial relationship' I have had with B of A is me giving them money and them saying a proverbial "psyche!". Something is not right about this setup and they should not be allowed to continue such practices. I am going to throw a proverbial "rod" if I get charged for ANYTHING.
Reviewed Oct. 19, 2017
I wish I could give a negative review to fully capture my frustration with this utterly ** bank. Eight days ago, I had a check sent to my parent's house as I was in the process of moving. He cashed it in person. For this BoA charged me $8.95 for a monthly maintenance fee. I thought this was cynical, underhanded and adversarial, but, in fairness, I agreed to them being stingy ** and never using teller banking, so technically they could charge me. That is the most generous thing I can say about them. What follows was a ** show.
I get an email saying that I was hit with both overdraft protection and an actual overdraft protection fee, for $35 and $15 respectively. I thought this was strange as my Dad had just deposited some checks on my behalf worth almost $1000. I look to see that there had been a debit, with no details as to why or from whom, for $660. I call them up and ask them to explain. One of the checks was being held because it had been flagged for an error. "What error?" "I don't know. They don't know. They should let you know by next week." "I need to wait a *week*? I'm not waiting that long." "I can put in a special request and have it sped up to three days".
I call up my Dad and tell him the situation and say "I need to make a rent payment here, Can you send me some money so I can pay them now?" He has a different bank, so they had to do a test credit. Bank of America sends the test credit back, which triggered an automatic feature to pull yet more money from my savings account, and charged me $12 for it. The test credits were for a total of $0.38. They charged me money just to see if I could money in my account electronically. They then did this *again* when they added back the check and then immediately debited it again! Just so they could charge me the fees! I literally did nothing to warrant that.
To top it off, when the transaction cleared my Dad's bank, BoA had *no idea* where my transaction was. It's just sitting in limbo. I had to manually enter cash into a BoA account so these stupid Overdraft protection fees would end. ** this bank. ** their useless twitter account. ** the customer rep that told me *explicitly* that I would not receive any more Overdraft related accounts. I wish I could give them a negative ** review, and then keep double counting it every time they viewed it just to see what epic ** trolls they are. Looking for a new bank ASAP.
Reviewed Sept. 8, 2017
I have been a BofA customer for more than 40 yrs. and have a credit score over 800. I have discovered that BofA seems to have a predatory program associated with their online software that locks people out of their accounts just before a payment due date. This has happened to me frequently in the past if I established a pattern of paying online by transfer from another bank.
If they can delay your ability to pay by regular online transfer just before your due date, you will be charged a late fee, or at least be made to call in a payment for another added fee, usually about half the price of the late fee. They use the excuse that you have attempted to sign in numerous times without success, so this has forced them to lock your account. The problem with this is that you can avoid signing in totally and they will still send you an email saying you have been trying unsuccessfully (exceeded the number of allowed attempts) to access your account. Several year ago I went to my local BofA branch and told them of this pattern and also told them I would not use my online account anymore, and they should please close it out.
I thought they might have changed their practices by now and re-enrolled in online access about 18 months ago. This access was without incident till recently, when the entire scenario has repeated. At this point I have decided to simply make payments in person, rely on my printed statements for balance info, and ignore their online scamming.Their predatory software is likely not even recognized by most of their employees, who assume you are actually not able to remember or input your username or password accurately. I'm not a fan of this company and if it were not for the high limit and low APR I have established in 40yrs., I would close my BofA Visa account and never look back. I'm just writing this review to alert others to this scam.
Reviewed Aug. 31, 2017
Bank of America continues to commit fraud in my eyes by charging over draft fees when there shouldn't be. In my case, I checked my account at 11:59 pm and then again at 12:01 am. The lady in the office told me the check came in on the 30th, the woman on phone said it posted after midnight on the 31, but came in on the 30, so I was charged a $35 NSF. This is fraud in my eyes. They never showed a post on the 30th for a check until the 31st after they charged their fee. The alert that I am supposed to get to warn in time, so I don't get a fee I got on the 31st at 1:44 pm. Did they refund the fee? Heck no.
They told me it was my fault that they are frauds even though they have been found guilty and sued for this before and that they have been known to move your transactions around so that you will incur fees and plenty of them. I saw a women's post about this, and I have seen them do this on occasion myself but have been lucky enough to deposit money into my account. I will say this, I am sick of BOA. I will be finding me a friendly Credit Union to put my money and retirement funds in, and all other investments. It may not happen today, but it will happen. They just lost a 20-year customer. I am done baked fried over the bull crap.
Reviewed June 11, 2017
I will try to keep this as brief as possible. Upfront, I want to explain a bit about me. I have always had very good credit. I also always pay more than twice the minimum payment every month on my credit cards. My BoA credit card is no different. This month, however, we have been abnormally strained financially. First and foremost, my husband and I recently bought our first house. I have also started a new business venture which, while requiring some start up money, is slowly starting to pay off. And, most recently, I had to be out of town for a week. My entire family gathered in St. Augustine to attend a funeral in honor of my late grandmother and, seeing as we were all there already, we collectively decided to indulged in an overdue reunion on the beach.
Point is, as you might imagine, this has not my average month. Money has certainly been needed in a variety of places all at the same time. And, while I own the responsibility of the debts I have accrued (and have every intention of paying them off responsibly), I am currently over my limit on my BoA credit card. I will only add that this card was not declined, though, whenever I tried to used it. Anyway, one evening while I was out of town in St. Augustine, I got to fearing that my BoA credit card payment might not get paid on time. You see, until this month, I'd been paying my card through a bill pay option through my checking account with Ameris Bank.
I knew that option took a few days to get processed though and, looking at the calendar, I wasn't sure it would go through fast enough for BoA not to charge me a late fee. Thus, that night, I chose to try to pay my BoA monthly bill through their webpage first. From what I could tell, though, the BoA website payment didn't appear to go through. I received no confirmation of my payment. I left that attempt rather confused about what I might have done wrong. Then, I remembered that I'd installed the BoA app on my phone and I suddenly had the "not so bright" idea that I should try to use it. When I tried to pay, though, it kept asking me for verification that my account was actually my account. I didn't know where I would find the information the app wanted.
So, I ended up calling BoA credit card's helpline and opting to pay $150 towards my card while speaking with a live person. I wanted to make sure that it was done right, that I wasn't going to be charged multiple times because I was confused about how to pay electronically, and that it would all get paid on time. I spoke with a customer service rep from there and left that conversation believing that the matter was resolved. She processed my payment over the phone and assured me that no other charges were showing up in her system.
A couple of days later, still on vacation, I checked my private checking account's balance and was shocked to see that I had been charged $150 THREE TIMES. This left me overdrawn and because I was overdrawn, I also accrued two overdraft fees from my bank, totaling $70. Obviously, I immediately called BoA to get the other two $150 payments refunded. The woman I spoke to tried to help, saying she understood my frustration about all this but, she then told me that she couldn't refund the $300 that BoA had basically stolen because I had been over my limit when BoA accepted that payment. This made no sense to me. I tried to explain that, I didn't have to pay even the whole $150 I intended to pay to remain in good standing with BoA. I drew her attention to the fact that I HAD CALLED to make sure that my monthly payment did not have this problem.
I told her that it had caused me to be quite overdrawn at my bank. She apologized for the hassle and agreed that the fault was with BoA. She said, however, that the best she could do is try to explain to the powers that be why they should refund the money and that that process could take 2 to 6 business days. I waited. Tonight I called to find out the status of these refunds so I could tell my bank when the funds would arrive. I was furious when I was told that my request for a refund had been denied AGAIN due to the fact that I had been over my limit at the time I unwittingly paid $450 instead of my usual $150. I have since asked the latest customer service rep to resubmit the request. It really is all I can do at this point.
God knows how I will pay even my minimum payment next month seeing as I will have to somehow absorb a total of $370 (including my bank's overdraft charges) that I had not intended on paying if this doesn't get resolved. For some, $370 is nothing but it sure is for me and my family just now. One thing is certain, though. If this does not get resolved, I will pay my card off as quickly as I can and then cut it up. They will not see another penny's worth of a charge on that card when I'm able to use it again. I simply refuse to be a passive long term customer of a bank that treats consumers this way. And you best believe I will warn others against ever trusting their finances to BoA.
Reviewed June 6, 2017
I am totally fed up with Bank of America and how they completely rip people off and how customers are tired of getting money taken out of their accounts. Bank of America has the online and mobile banking. Now as a customer you would think that since they have two ways to check your account they both would be accurate with each other. Well, no. This is one of the way Bank of America justifies stealing our money. You see, I was in the positive until Bank of America did the little shuffle that they do and moved things around to say I was over this way. They could charge me 35.00 twice. Well of course, now I'm over yet they charged me for thing that are still processing which that's not legal dice.
They haven't been presented for payment yet but Bank of America tells me I need to look at online banking because it shows I was actually over yet mobile banking shows I'm in the positive until Bank of America took the 35.09 out twice totaling 70.00. So yeah, now I'm over. Now as a consumer I believe these two sites should show the same as either one but they don't. Once again, BofA rips us off, criminals.
Reviewed May 24, 2017
I will try and keep this short and to the point. I want to start by stating that I am in the hospital, been here 2 weeks and will be here for another month. So yesterday I made the mistake of depositing my check via mobile app. Now before I did this I called and asked if and how much of my funds would be available. I was told all of it. Now I can't leave this room. I'm confined here, so I check my account and no money is made available. So in the fine print it says a deposit has been made but that part of it will be held. Ok whatever I could live with that. So I call to make sure and the two says that after midnight my money or part of it will be made available.
This is a payroll check for a movie theater franchise in Westwood CA, so they are extremely wealthy. So the next day comes and no money is available and even the fine print has changed to my money won't be available till 10 days from that day. Now I'm freaking out cause I have bills to pay. So I call and was told that because of some policy I have no choice but to wait after I was told 3 times my money will be there. The manager I spoke to said that the company I work for probably won't have the funds to cover the check. There was a number on the check to call and verify which clearly she was too lazy to make an attempt to call. So here I am in this hospital with bills that need to be paid and a live of carp bank that has a hold on my money. The manager wasn't even professional. Well I'm here at the hospital. I have to go. BOFA is a worthless bank.
Reviewed May 15, 2017
I was a client of Bank of America from 1980 to 1989 then switched to Wells Fargo and banked with them until 2000, then returned to B of A, a big mistake — both banks! For several years I have had this online banking problem when they do not accept a password I created a week or less ago (their orders) then tell me to create a new password. They don't accept it and "do not (even) recognize" me. My wife and I live in Mexico. (She is from here and I am a US citizen, not Mexican heritage, rather Celtic-Anglo. Perhaps that might help?)
This inability to access my accounts has gotten to the point of writing letters to B of A, since talking to them over the phone is as useful as speaking with their recordings, it has not helped at all rather all to the contrary. The concept they do not seem to understand is that both my wife and I are "equal partners," i.e., one and the same, in our banking with B of A ergo our online site should be "equally accessible," but now it is not accessible to either of us. That is, why do they tell me to change my online ID then ask for my wife's online ID and password (the latter is the same!) then do not accept it — or mine or the number codes they offer, blocking us (punishment for Mexico or Mexicans?). So we must "call the bank" for the millionth time.
When I call the bank on the phone "using the appropriate telephone number" it turns out to be a very frustrating and angry experience. They trust you "as far as they can throw you." That is, B of A's extreme paranoia or kid games does not speak well of the management and administration. I identify myself yet they have no record of a debit card from them that I use daily nor my 17 year old account number. My wife's card and soc. sec. number works, however mine don't, when trying to speak to a real, live "human."
We solve the problem and for a couple or three days are able to access online banking, make transfers avoiding possible overdraft protection fees. They do not like that nor do they like transfers between accounts, especially savings accounts to checking accounts. B of A transmogrifies your savings account to another checking account. Perhaps transfers are inconvenient or beyond their ken?
Reviewed May 10, 2017
I have been a Bank of America customer for 12 years. Recently, I refinanced my car loan through bank of America. I made several payments online; however they never went through even though I had confirmation numbers. When I called them on this, I filed a claim which will take 45 days. In the meantime my loan payment is in arrears thus negatively affecting my credit score. I refuse to pay another cent to this loan because it is their error. I guess the car will be repossessed thus hurting my credit further. Is there any recourse for consumers to use in these cases??? It appears the bank is always right???
Reviewed May 1, 2017
Used transfer on mobile app to anther BofA customer. Money did not go to sender even though all info correct. Call bank and they put on hamster transfer wheel. Poor customer service and no person to follow through to resolution. Planning to close most account with bank soon. ** and con artist.
Reviewed April 24, 2017
On Mon April 17 2017, Bank of America repossessed my car without notification of intent because their recurrent online payment failed to process my recurrent scheduled payment. On Jan 2017 Bank of America recurrent payment system failed to deduct payments from my debit account to my auto loan account. Despite of sufficient funds in my debit account, the payments were not being processed due to a system failure on their end. Bank of America failed to notify me their system was no longer working and payments were not being processed. After 3 months of failed recurrent payments, Bank of America repossessed my car without any letter of intent or notification. No letter or email was sent regarding failed payments and no letter was sent regarding intent to repo the car, I believe the bank is engaging in unlawful and highly unethical activities against consumers to collect higher fees.
Right after the car was repo, I immediately acted and paid off my remaining loan amount of $2,200, but resulted on additional penalties of $400 including fees to recover the car and late fees paid to Bank of America. In addition, my credit score will be negatively affected. I believe Bank of America failed to notify me that their automatic recurrent payment system was not working resulted on additional fees, which financially benefited the bank and resulted on my car to be unnecessarily been repossessed.
Reviewed April 10, 2017
I do online banking with B of A and have been a customer since 1974. I'm retired here in Vietnam and all my retirement checks are electronically deposited into my account each month. Once a month I use my debit card to do a check card purchase at the State bank here and withdraw the funds. B of A charges me 3% as does the State Bank total of 6%. However the processing time can take up to 6 or 7 days for the transaction to clear. Normally after the 4th day the transaction drops off my online account and the funds are returned and posted as available. Then a few days later it shows back up again as cleared.
I contacted Customer Service about this and they said to just remember what my actual balance is and don't spend over it. I asked them what would happen if during the few days that the funds were shown as available that the IRS would issue a bank levy on the account, would those funds be affected or would B of A subtract the amount and honor the transaction and pay it. They said regardless of the transaction if the IRS serves a levy all available funds are frozen and the transaction would be returned as NSF to the State Bank here. I asked them why, even though the transaction was first posted 5 days before the levy was issued? They just stated that it would be because of the availability of funds. Hasn't happened yet, but is this true?
Reviewed Feb. 14, 2017
Just got off the phone after being transferred 3X's trying to change the email address for my account, trying to switch the primary and secondary addresses I had listed not a new one. The website will not allow you to do this and it's a jungle getting to the correct party to do it, if there is one that does it? I'm very disappointed in the security of this bank, and will likely need to change the home mortgage to Chase, which gives a lot better service than B of A. Sorry Bank of America, I've been with you for many, many years now, and don't really want to go thru this hassle.
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2016
Our bank account was hacked - although the fraud department was very fast at refunding the money. My mortgage payment was rejected - they charged me a NSF fee. So I went a scheduled another payment to the mortgage payment - Bank of America processed the original a second time several days later - over drawing my account. They will not refund the money - and refuse let me dispute the charge through them. They won't even file a claim or open a dispute for duplicate transaction of any kind. Leaving my account at zero dollars... They won't even let me speak with a supervisor. I've spoken with 6 people in 4 departments for the last 2 hours. Feels like I'm hitting my head against a brick wall. Shameful that they won't help me. Why would I trust them with my money ever again? Every representative has a different suggestion and story - none of whom will actually offer to help. I hope someone reads this and decides to help.
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2016
Why can't Bank of America get up-to-date like every other credit card company, in terms of making an online bill payment? They make their customers go through the arduous process of obtaining letters from your bank and mailing them to BOA in order to "set-up" your bank info in their system. TWICE I obtained letters from my bank and mailed them to BOA. TWICE I received my information back in the mail stating that my bank letter was insufficient verification and needed additional letter(s) from my bank??? What is it with the extra measures? I never needed to do this for another credit card company. Oh wait, yes maybe I did like 2 decades ago! BOA please get your system updated to suit the modern times.
I have to call in every month in order to make my payment. I feel like BOA doesn't want me to pay on time so I can be penalized. I really can't come up with any conclusions! Why do they make it so hard for their customer to make PAYMENTS? I had to once again call in this morning, had to enter in my credit card information, got through to a rep who asked me my account number, 3 numbers on the back of the card and my mother's maiden name??? All for what? To make a payment? I don't know anyone who would go through all the trouble to make a fraudulent payment on my behalf. After all this verification of my account I was then transferred to the automated service where I had to once again enter in ALL my account information. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE BOA get it together and make it easier for your customers to make a payment.
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2016
On 11/5/2016, I paid my credit card online $47.07. My checking account (TD bank) was debited $4,707 on 11/7, caused a $35 over-draft fee. This was not my mistake since I never entered the actual amount ($47.07). I simply clicked "Last Statement Balance" & paid in full. They issued $4,707 credit on 11/8, but charged again on 11/10, causing another over-draft.
Apparently this was a software glitch & affected many. Called many times, most of the times can't get through due to overload. Finally got through after 2 hour waiting for call back. The customer service person had no idea what I was talking about or the situation. Demanded 3 times to talk to his supervisor. After another 30 minute wait, the supervisor was not much better. She first tried to deny responsibility by offering some ridiculous excuses which I know to be false. Finally, she no longer denied it was B of A's fault, but refused to help. As a result, I was charged 2 over-draft fees, maintenance fee due to balance fell below minimum requirement, and not to mention interests being charged while account was in over-draft status.
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2016
Their product, web UI and app are simply the worst among all finance service I have ever used. I have very bad experience interacting with their customer support on phone as well. Very long wait and no conclusive result after the conversation. It was painful to set up recurring payment. The UI design is confusing and error prone. There was another incident that made me decide to leave them forever. (I am not going to close my account with them but I will not use their card and service, nor keep any of my assets with them).
I was on a two months long trip last summer around Asia. For some reason, the auto-payment failed and I carried 20 something dollar in my balance when I started the trip unaware. A month later during my trip, the email of the late payment ended up in my spam and I never found the email about the failure of auto payment. When I got another email of being late on payment for over 30 days, it was too late. I paid it off right away on the 31st day and called them and credit bureau and tried to fix it. They refused to admit the mistake and the late payment record stayed in my credit history. I had a perfect record until then and even today, this is arguably affecting my credit progress and this might impact my mortgage rate as well. In all, there are way more better financial service out there. Avoid BOA at all.
Reviewed Aug. 24, 2016
Sent an online check to another bank, but it was sent to the wrong person/entity. That entity cashed the check. They called BofA and informed them of the mistake, I received an online message to call the wrong/entity. They were willing to write us a check. But then their bank said go thru normal process (whatever that is)? So we are out the money, and the loan is not getting paid. I called the bank where the loan is, which coincidentally is the other entity's bank. The bank said it was all OK.
Then, BofA calls me to respond to my online messages, that the money is not being returned to me. BofA had sent me the message to call the other entity. Several other messages from online banking that they were still researching the problem and it could take up to 90 days to resolve. Now, after 28 days we have not received our money. About 1 week ago, BofA (actually their online check issuer) contacted me to fill out an affidavit, but I had to mail it them before they could do anything. This is already over 2 weeks after the incident occurred and when the other entity had contacted BofA. So, 1 week later they still don't have the affidavit.
Meanwhile, about a week ago, our client manager gets involved because the online banking people called him. So he says it's a fraud and should be treated as such. Then he gets back later and says that the affidavit is the correct manner to resolve this. He also suggested a temporary credit in my account by last Friday, 3 days after we spoke. But today, I email him, only to find out that he was waiting for me to send a scan copy of the affidavit, that's 6 days later. It's really hard to solve anything if they don't care to fix it. This is consuming way too much of my time. Today, 28 days later, still no resolution, still no money returned to our account. The loan comes due again in 3 days. Don't know what to do, other than go to court, small claims court. I am a business and personal customer for over 30 years.
Reviewed Aug. 24, 2016
I've been with BofA for nearly 10 years. My experience with them was mostly good for the first couple of years. After that, it was all downhill. My credit report is spotless and my FICO reflects that. But BofA has consistently raised my credit card APR regardless of my ability to handle my debt. (Of course that means I'm going to transfer the balance somewhere else.) But, in addition to the rate hikes, they find ways to charge me fees on my accounts.
I'm a software engineer. I happen to know that a "maintenance fee" in the year 2016 is a complete load of garbage. There's absolutely NO maintenance involved in maintaining my account. Nobody goes into the database with a dustpan and broom. Why would a completely electronic system need "maintenance" and why would that cost $12/mo? Before I made enough money to survive, BofA worked their magic to adjust my transactions to increase the chances of an overdraft. And they were relentless with the overdraft fees. Today, I make decent money, so overdrafting isn't really an issue. But I also noticed they've increased the fee frequency.
My rewards credit card has never had any late payments in the 2 years I've had it because I used BofA's transfer scheduling. Recently my online banking showed me that my payment on my card was due (and late). I checked and BofA had definitely pulled the money from my checking and put it in the card. Apparently, without notice, they changed how their system works and I had to go in and change how I make my payments. Had I not noticed this, I would have had my first negative mark on my credit report in over 7 years and I would have been hit with a late fee. It's clear they're always working to find ways to hit you with fees and ruin your credit.
Also, their rewards points are a joke. If I buy $1,000,000 worth of merchandise, I might be able to buy a pack of gum with the points from it. (Obviously an exaggeration, but you get the point.) Rewards cards from credit unions are usually twice a good in rewards than BofA's best cards... I assume that if you're filthy rich, they probably have good rewards cards for you - likely because they don't reward the bottom 99%...
BofA is an awful bank. They're not there for their customers. They're there for their customer's money. And when the customer is out of money, they put the customer in debt to the bank. Not making enough to survive (the majority of the nation) could put you in the position for BofA to destroy your life financially. And that's why they get rid of you because there are no more pennies to squeeze out of you. I've begun moving my money over to credit unions and Simple bank. Best decision I could make. Do yourself a favor. Stay far from Bank of America. They're just another commercial bank that preys on the bottom 90% of America.
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2016
I used Bank of America's Bill Pay Center. (2) of my payers began processing 5 days before the date I specified. And payment was not sent to creditor until 3 days 2 days after specified. I signed up to have Bank of America NOT pay if the funds were not in my account. After speaking with them, they THEN informed me that rule is ONLY for day to day usage on my debit card. And any authorized payments through the payment center or the re-payment center. Any payments returned will be charged a $35.00 fee. If I decide to have them pay it anyway, I get charged a $35.00 fee. There is nowhere on the site that explains this disclaimer. There was nowhere on paper or mailed correspondence that explained all payments made from the payment center was processed through the bank by generating a check and mailing that off to a merchant. This also caused lateness on my payment.
Starting in March of 2016 I've been charged $350.00 in returned fees. I was not aware of the damage until I began noticing a pattern that was not of my own cause. Bank of America is notorious for clearing all small payments from your account FIRST, and if they see there is not enough to cover the higher amounts, THAT's when they put that payment through and allow the payment to be returned. I've made large payments through Bank of America and those payments are held up. When I make small payments afterwards, all the small payments are processed immediately. BANK OF AMERICA CONTINUES TO RIP OFF THE CONSUMER BY UNNECESSARY RETURNED FEES.
I walked into the Mount Arlington, NJ site and spoke to the representative at the desk. She informed me taking action to NOT make any payments and discontinuing my protection plan would deny all payments if the funds were not there. I agreed to this plan because this is what I requested. Since, Bank of America has experienced 2 breaches in security and sent me a new debit card, and after the card was sent in March of 2016, THAT is when I began to accumulate $35.00 fees. In other words, they discontinued my request and began allowing payment after payment to go through, giving them a opportunity to charge me the RETURNED $35.00 fees. THIS is a travesty and should be investigated immediately. I read an article of one branch manager bragging about the extra $1000-$2000, collected from one consumer per year due to this course of action. Sincerely FRUSTRATED!!!
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2016
I called bank of my CD was about to mature in a few days and they would not provide me with a manual check because they are a virtual bank. I have other accts with Ally and other internet banks and they are able to provide manual checks and do not understand why they cannot provide the service. Anyhow, I called to request a check and advise I was not going to renew CD - gave me a hard time to get my money and was forced to give them an acct number to do the transfer which is not what I wanted... since they had trouble doing the wire transfer they renewed my CD.
When I called to follow up on why I had not received I was told they renewed and then proceeded to tell me if I wanted my CD release I would have to pay the penalty which was MUCH MORE than what they give you in interest. They are thieves and not sure why Consumer Affairs or whoever regulates banks are not doing anything to these thieves because this is what they are. Do not bank with these people.
Reviewed July 21, 2016
The absolute worst experience ever! I have waited for 7 days now for BOA to clear a wire that was sent by the sending bank on day 1 (Friday). A federal wire confirmation number was issued on day 1 (Friday). BOA received the funds on day 1 (Friday). BOA chose to hold on to these funds all of Friday and all of Monday without clearing it in my account. Then on Tuesday, they decided to request information from the sending bank. The sending bank sent the information within 2 hours. Now, 7 days later at 5pm on Thursday, BOA still has not cleared the funds. The BOA wire desk says "there is NO TIME LIMIT on the review, and it can take 10 years" for all they care. They can hold on to consumers' funds without any accountability.
This is the epitome of zero accountability. I'm astounded at how the government doesn't realize that this for-profit financial institution is holding on to consumers' money without any accountability and without any transparency as to why they are holding on to funds. Icing on this is that I was the sender from the other bank as well, and just needed the funds quickly in the BOA account for a transaction. I wish there were good alternatives in the banking world. Until one comes up, thieves like BOA will continue to "hold" consumers' funds.
Reviewed March 15, 2016
Went to the nearest bank which happened to be a Bank of America to pull out money at ATM. ATM takes my NON Bank Of America card with no warning, no kickback, nothing and does not return card... Bank manager is less than sympathetic... Customer service can neither explain why or offer any recourse.
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2016
I submitted an application online for a Bank of America credit card 2015. I went to inquire online if application was pending. No results were found. Reviewed my credit report and there were 5 inquiries from Bank of America. Needless to say I was very unhappy with that. A escalation rep from Bank of America called and stated I would have to provide dates which I told rep a the times of the inquiries. She then repeated her statement. It's not fair that a customer should have to do a rep job. I'm frustrated with Bank of America and that bank is also charging outrageous finance charges one month 1.50 next month 10 times. Still not resolved. No explanation from Bank of America.
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2016
I have been a customer of Bank of America for almost ten years. I have been using bill pay for the last three years. I get paid on the 1st of each month and my bills are scheduled for the 3rd (to avoid any potential problems, or so I thought!). This month, New Year's Day fell on a Friday so the next business day was not until the fourth. Bank of America took it upon themselves to pay my bills on the 31st and, even though my paycheck also came in on the 31st, they chose to pay my bills, charge my account $105.00 in overdraft fees, and not officially deposit my check until the 4th. When I called about this I was told that it is in their policy to pay the bills, if they fall on a non-business day, the business day preceding that date.
When I pointed out that my check was also there on that date and that, in fact, I had been able to use it over the weekend I was told that they were letting me use my money as a "courtesy" over the weekend. Hmm, a courtesy??? I was "allowed" to spend MY MONEY as a courtesy?? So, in a nutshell, they take all the money out of your account on the PRECEDING business day but do not deposit any funds until AFTER the holidays. Makes no sense to me but tons of cents for them! I have now opened a new account elsewhere and will never allow Bank of America to steal from me again! In my mind policy is not meant to surpass basic customer service and common sense!
Reviewed Oct. 15, 2015
I transferred what I thought was 30.00 from my checking (15 year customer) to my credit card and by accident all of my money... 3000 went to the credit card. It took one second... It was a simple mistake or so I thought. They will not give me my money back for 10 days. It is all the money I have. All my checks I wrote will bounce. How could Bank of America do this to a 15 year customer? There is no loyalty. They want the interest. I begged and pleaded but they said "it was policy, we hold your money". Please rethink getting an account with Bank of America and especially their credit card. They do not bank like humans and they do not care about people.
Reviewed Sept. 30, 2015
I have been a customer of Bank of America for over five years. I received emails informing me that 200$ and 250$ had been withdrawn from my account and I was now using overdraft protection. Unsure where these charges came from, I tried to log into online banking, but received the error message "your account is not available at this time". Mobile app doesn't work either. I tried calling the number listed on the error page, but have been on hold for over an hour and nothing has happened.
How can they randomly deny me access to my account? Just last week I called them because they charged 3 overdraft fees to my account and didn't use the account that was linked for overdraft protection, charging me 105$ for what should have cost me an additional 10$... The person on the phone was rude and unhelpful and the person online was similarly crass and didn't seem to care that I was closing my account.
Reviewed June 6, 2015
I opened a bank account and included my daughter on the account. I live in Wisconsin, She lives in Lawrenceville GA. She also is on an account with her daughter, (thus my granddaughter.) My granddaughters account had a fraudulent charge on it, someone stole her debit card, DL, and other papers. The fraudulent activities and charges created a huge overdraft on that account, and they took the funds out of MY account because my daughter is on both. They did not call me, they did not email me, they did not text me, they did nothing. And the representatives on the phone not only kept transferring me around to other people, but they would use the line "I'm going to put you on hold and investigate this further" only to come back with a line to make the situation even worse.
Right now I am out $7,000 dollars and they refuse to do anything. The fraud was not on my account, was not against me, was two accounts removed from mine, but they took it and they refuse to budge. My daughter and I (and granddaughter) will certainly leave BOA and we encourage ANYONE AND EVERYONE to avoid them if at all possible.
Reviewed May 28, 2015
I made 1 transfer with my BOA app last week. They pulled the exact amount of money from my account 3 times! I contacted them, they said nothing they can do about it! I talked to customer service and their Managers through online chat, too, and the Claims department on the phone. I am in the middle of a tough divorce and the transfers were to my soon to be ex wife so I can't get the money back from her. I am not working and this has left me broke.
Reviewed May 2, 2015
I made a deposit in my iPhone as I usually do, and they authorized certain amount as usually they do. A few days later when I checked my account it was overdrawn by the amount of the check, because instead of credit my account they withdraw the money. So I got a letter by mail a couple days later that said I should make a deposit of the check in the bank, because the image it was not clear (which I did). After that I called them, but they said they had to open an investigation because I had deposited twice. Of course I did it because they told me to do that. So, now on I just go and get the check cashed and then make a deposit in my account. Don't ever make a check deposit online. Do yourself a favor and go to the bank.
Reviewed April 29, 2015
Approximately one week ago, I received a phone call from a person who identified himself as **, and claimed he was a representative of a company named "Winners Lottery" (or something close to that). He was pleased to report that I had won $5.5 million and that he would personally deliver a certified check to my home as soon as I paid the processing fee of $395. I told him I did not believe him and that I would not pay the processing fee before he gave me the name and address of the bank, the name and address of the account holder, the checking account number and the phone number of an officer of the bank who would confirm that there was $5.5 million on deposit and available for release. He seemed troubled by my request and said he would have to get authority to release that information to me.
He called me each of the next four or five days to assure me that he was working on the matter and would get the information for me. On Saturday, April 25 he called to tell me that my money was deposited in Bank of America Account number ** and that the funds would be transferred to me as soon as I went to Walmart and purchased a money transfer in the amount of $395 designating the transferee as ** of Uniondale, New York. He said I could verify the fund availability by calling Bank of America at 6314801574 and providing upon request the above account number and the PIN number, **.
Yesterday I dialed the phone number. The phone answered by a recorded voice, "Bank of America, how can I direct your call?" Available alternatives included getting information about my account. I was asked to enter my account number and did so. I was asked to enter my PIN and did so. The recorded voice responded, "Welcome **. Your account balance is $5 million five hundred thousand dollars which cannot be accessed until payment of the processing fee of $399" (sic).
I had no reason to believe the statements since I knew an account could not be opened in my name without my social security number and my signature. But, it was persuasive. I did not pay the processing fee and terminated my communications with Mr **. How did he get a phone number that was answered so authentically?
Reviewed April 10, 2015
On March 31st I logged into my account as I normally do for the past 8 or more years I've had the account. And the last month's bills are still listed on Bill Pay page, they were paid through the company's site. So I mark them as paid, and mark reason as other. (Which I do every month or so as the new bills come in). On April 1st I log into my account and see that the three bills I marked as paid are being processed for payment. I call immediately to ask why they are being processed when I did submit payment, there had to be a glitch that caused this mistake. I was told there's nothing we can do about it, call the vendors and request a refund, I had to have processed the payments. I spoke to three different people and was given the same response. No one offered to look into it any further. Terrible Terrible customer service!!!
Reviewed April 3, 2015
Bank of America is absolutely the most greedy bank I've ever encountered. There are fees for absolutely everything. What I'm currently upset about is the fact that when your account gets overdrafted they don't send you an email to let you know. Instead they wait until their ridiculously high fee of $35 is assessed and then they tell you. You have to pay it within 5 days or else another one will be assessed. Isn't it obvious that if someone has overdrafted their account it will be difficult to not only bring the balance to 0 but to then have to pay $35 on top of that within 5 days?
Their customer service is horrible, they wouldn't work with me at all on the fee even though I've been a long-time customer and have never asked for a fee to be waived before. I just think that the least they can do is send an email or notification the moment the account overdrafts so that a customer has time to make it right before the "overdraft" fee is assessed. Shame on you Bank of America for your incredible lack of compassion and customer service.
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2015
The customer service in online messenger is ** rude. Educate your ** staff.
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2015
After 3 months, did not receive ATM card.
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2015
BOA shut down our log in I.D. All of our online e-bill information, automatic payments, past history, and future payments were lost. BOA told us they were no longer available. Late fees are piling up, we are now late on our payments and it is destroying our credit rating. I am sure that our 4 accounts could of been brought "back to life" but no one wanted to bother earning their pay check.
UPDATED ON 01/31/2015: Very nice Representative from Corporate phoned. Unfortunately, they could not recover lost date. Offered to send us a letter stating the problem if we sent them the account nos. and information. This is what they deleted. Will not take responsibility for their mistake.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2015
I have requested access PIN for ATM several times and no mail was ever delivered regarding the new PIN. They sent me my statement every month which means they have the correct address. So I finally decided to close the account. I went to a branch and they told me I couldn't close it there due to some unfinished paperwork when open the account. I had to call customer service to close it and get the check within two weeks. I closed my account before thanksgiving of last year. The rep told me that the check will be here within two weeks. Today is 1/8/15, I still haven't gotten the check.
Reviewed Dec. 29, 2014
My Central Provident Fund was transferred to my US account with Bank of America. Bank of America is saying that they had cancelled the transaction because my old last name as in my passport has been used for the transaction. The transaction could not be completed because my new last name is tagged with the bank. The bank has my change of name certificate so there is no reason for cancelling the transaction. On checking with the Singapore bank, the bank says that the transaction was not cancelled at all. I have been trying to contact Bank of America wire transfer department but nobody is responding to it. Bank of America is asking me to file a claim with the Singapore bank. I have a transaction showing that the transaction has not yet been cancelled and the money is still held up with Bank of America.
Reviewed Oct. 31, 2014
I signed for bill pay with a recurring payment once a month in the amount of $150.00. I found out that a payment was made as scheduled on the 15th of October, which the funds made me $150 plus $35 overdraft fee in the negative. My paycheck was deposited on the 17th, which covered the charge of $185. On the 28th of October, BoA made an identical for the amount of $150 twice, which caused my account to be overdrawn approximately $362.18. My account was in the black before this recent transaction occurred. They blamed me for their error and asked me to call the company they overpaid for a refund. I called the company and they were surprised by the second payment, which they couldn't refund because I was paying back taxes. So I was refunded the overdrafted fees (35 x 3), which still left me in the negative for $257.36 instead of a positive amount of $7.36.
Reviewed Oct. 27, 2014
I had a checking account with Bank of America. I made some purchases online. All charges said they were complete on my online account and money was already deducted from my balance on a Monday. On Tuesday one of the stores had already shipped my items. Thursday I received my package. Friday my account was up to date. Saturday morning I was negative and charged 3 NSF fees.
I called Bank of America and was told that I can't rely on the online account that when I made these purchases I didn't have enough money to cover them. Not in the mood to argue, I went to the branch on Westport Ave in Norwalk CT. I brought my account to zero. I told her I wanted to close the account, she said I was all set, took my ATM card and said she would shred it. That was the manager of the branch!!!! Sunday I go online to make sure the account was closed. Nope. It was of course still open.
I called Bank of America and told them it needs to be closed ASAP. They said I had a purchase still pending from 2 weeks before that I couldn't close my account until this was cleared. Frustrated, I called again and said I do not want to bank with them anymore. The lady was very nice about it and closed the account the correct way but all in all they overdrafted me when I had money in my account. They are incompetent and like to overdraft people to make money and I would not recommend them at all.
Reviewed Sept. 28, 2014
I set up recurring payments through online bill pay (BOA). The first few months were fine. However, I began seeing unpaid ebill. I have been charged late fees b/c of this and I'm beginning to wonder if it’s an intentional glitch?! I was passed around on the phone for over an hour with no resolve. I only wanted the fees credited back. If your money has been stolen this way please contact me. **. I'd like to start a class action suit...
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2014
I have had several issues past and present - concerning how B of A are applying payments to my loc and home mortgage. The online banking information isn't correct, there isn't anywhere on the online banking that tells you the information you are reviewing isn't correct. So when you are making your payments, they are adding late fees, etc. I have spoke with several employees at B of A and they all told me yesterday and today - the payment information you are reviewing and making your payment with "isn't correct". How long and how many consumers has this happen to? We are accumulating late fees etc. This is going onto our credit reports. One last thing - they know it's wrong and today I was given this # 877-795-2854. I was told to call this number and they would help with these charges. Okay, what is wrong with this picture?
Updated review: Sept. 11, 2014
Bank of America did a fantastic job in resolving the issue. It took about one year but they heard my voice. Thank you.
Original Review: Sept. 9, 2014
Bank of America just breached my trust. They lied to me and kept facts hidden from me. They helped someone to take away money from my account and left me helpless blaming it all on me. Here is what happened. I wrote a check on January 07, 2013 and gave it to my then friend. I was under the impression that the check remains valid for 6 months only and then it becomes void. But the check resurfaced after 10 months and it was deposited and the amount was deducted from my account. Shocking was that BofA never bothered to pay attention to the checks validity. They never bothered to inform me about this stale check also.
When I called BofA and asked about validity period for a check, they told me multiple times that the validity is no more than 180 days. When I explained about the case what happened, immediately they took a U-turn. The same happened in my multiple calls. Basically they lied to me at first to win my confidence but wanted to take their hands off from their mistake. They told me that legally I can’t do anything as I have signed on fine prints while opening an account with them before 4-5 years.
When I asked them to read me about the policy, the caller navigated me to their hidden weapons which they are entitled to use in case of saving themselves and drowning their customers. Just look at where they have kept their weapons and expect you to know it.
a) Go to https://www.bankofamerica.com/.b) Go to Banking tab.
c) Go to Checking tab under banking tab.
d) Scroll down to the bottom of the page and go to Access Account section.
e) Under Access Account, go to Deposit Agreement and Disclosures.
f) Go to Page 23 on the PDF, where they say it all.
Reviewed July 23, 2014
I try to make online payment. My checking account with online banking bill pay got purged. Just randomly purged my checking account. I chatted, was told I have never made an online payment before. I have made every payment online since 2006. I gave up went to email. Email after a day says confirmed my checking account has been purged. I ask why? Email states because I closed my account in 2011. True statement but I added a different checking account in 2011. I will not pay Bank of America for the privilege of having checking so I closed account. Email has found no other online payments since 2011.
I went into branch itself to pay with cash. Branch could not explain why account purge told me to call. I then call speak to kind rep Ben who then has to transfer me to another kind rep, she admits they made mistake. Someone at Bank of America was reviewing my account and checking got deleted. Their system deletes all checking accounts if someone views account?? So I just have to add account again. I have paid off account. Must leave open for my Fico score. Chat, email, branch visit, phone call, to finally transferred to someone that admitted mistake by them.
Reviewed July 21, 2014
I have belonged to Bank of America. For years my parents was with them, they had trouble with them removing money from their account. I recently moved out of the U.S. I was with Bank of America. When I got where I was headed, I started having trouble with them. Not was consistent with what was going on with my account. Before I knew it they cut me off for no reason from my account. I had to call and call to get my debit card working. I spent thousands of dollars doing so. I was wanting my address changed since the 10th of Jan this year, it was getting to be impossible to do so. It took an arm and both nuts to do so finally I got it done. Since that time it had gotten worse. My card was denied and I ordered a new one. It was suppose to have taken 3 days for it to arrive, instead it was shipped to my old address, then I had to call 15 times to find out where it was. I finally got my card with surprise. I received two of them with no pin and to make the matters worse, neither one would work. They put a fraud block on both of them and to make the matters worse, they said I could use my old pin, just go activate it at the atm with the account balance.
That was a lie. It never worked. I tried to contact them several times. Wouldn't you know the call center was closed? They said DID you use the right pin, it's activated just go use it at the atm or the merchant near me. I still haven't got this taken care of yet to the full degree of what should be done in an appropriate timely manner. They was rude, they gave me the run around. For all of this, Bank of America does not want me to take my money out of their hands. I have heard about others here where I am having the very same problem with Bank of America.
So for the final conflict, I'M suing them for fraud, theft, lying, conspiracy. To steal fraudulently and knowing so, they deserve only one thing. To all employees and all who works for them in and out of the U.S to be in prison and be closed down permanently. If you don't believe me go to www.Bank of America lawsuits and see for yourselves and you decide.
Reviewed June 26, 2014
I have never open account with Bank of America and now getting letters stating that there is illegal activity going on my account. When I tell them never open a account with them, get the same letter again.
Reviewed June 15, 2014
I have an auto payment scheduled for my mortgage with BofA. I was late on my payments because of a technical glitch BofA will not admit to in 2013 where payments were not made. BofA claims we logged in and turned off the auto payment when there is no way we do that as we are temporarily working out of country on assignment. They cannot proved to us that we logged in and made such a request and their CS claims we did. We have to have this set up as we are not able to receive our mail right away and we are constantly traveling for work. They will not admit fault and my credit due to these late payments is ruined. It affected my ability to refinance for one year since I had to wait for late payments to clear off my history.
Now due to my credit rating being crap after years of good credit score and enough money in the bank at the time the payments were due, I cannot get favorable interest rates. I want to file a class action lawsuit and find out if anyone else had issues with BofA auto payment system.
Reviewed April 1, 2014
Bank of America is GARBAGE and kept me from closing on my home today, because of technical "glitches" they don't want to fix. I only used them for the Wire transfer and they don't do it correctly -- it will NOT be there on time no matter what the agent tells you or how early you start it. Bank of America KNOWINGLY allows you to set up an online wire transfer, takes your payment for the wire transfer and then only allows next day delivery options which change your paid-in-full wire transfer to an ACH-type on their internal systems and it is NOT processed correctly even though you PAID for immediate transfer. They will send you a confirmation and take your money from your account. During home closing, most law firm accounts DO NOT ACCEPT ACH Transfers and they ARE NOT transferred when you schedule AND YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO CLOSE ON YOUR HOME like what happened to me today. Per 3 different agents "The Powers that Be KNOW this happens, and haven't gotten around to fixing it" and lets it happen anyway.
Reviewed Feb. 9, 2014
For the last year I have had a schedule recurring transfer of $195 from checking to BoA credit card. This past month somehow two $195 payments were taken out. I noticed it the next day, a Saturday, the two payments were processed. My balance was $390 shorter and I did not have access to my money. When I called they admitted to glitch and other people were also affected. They transferred me to credit card people. They told me I would have to wait till it posted on credit card to ask for refund. I did this dance twice when I called BoA back and said how unfair that they made mistake and I had to wait for my money and then waste my time and have to call back in 3-5 days again to ask for refund.
The third time I asked to speak to a manager and used words like "dispute a transaction" and "illegal transfer" and how I should not be charged for any overage fees. I was assured I would not and that they have technicians looking into this problem. I did not have access to my money until it was transferred back in automatically that Wednesday. I never got any paperwork about this warning me this problem had happened and been resolved. Nice communication. Looking for another bank that cares about struggling working people.
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2014
I sent a message to the bank to close one checking account. I found out today that they took all the money out of my other accounts due to overdraft fees on the account they were to close. I called and spoke to two people who tried to talk me in circles and basically told me they were allowed to take all the money I had because their bank screwed up. I will never do business with this bank again after being a customer since 1998.
Reviewed Dec. 26, 2013
Recently Bank of America reported 30 days late on a Home Equity account payment, which was due to confusing online reporting of the online balance. The online account balance showed "0" but there was a small 58.00 min payment still due. Apparently this was an interest charge from a prior month balance. Keep in mind I had been paying the balance off each time it is non-zero, and although monthly paper statements are sent, these usually out of date (do not reflect recent payments) so I rely on the online balance to determine if I need to make a payment or not.
Well, there was a $58.00 payment due in November even though the online account balance showed "0". I was 30 days late, no phone call, I received no notice till the 30 day late and account suspension notice was received... about 32 days late by then. I immediately paid in full and contacted the bank in order to protect my credit report which is 25 years flawless 800 rating.
BofA escalated and subsequently refused to correct the reporting to credit agencies, indicating it was "accurate". Keep in mind I have (had) > 800 credit score, a customer with BofA since 1988, and numerous accounts, including business accounts. Clearly an error, in which BofA online account balance reporting methods was the primary cause.
Spoke with multiple people on the phone over a few days. The person on Sunday night was helpful, and indicated "you are not the only one" and "we hope to fix this by the new year". However my follow up with 2 people during the week however were rude and defensive. So now I am monitoring my credit scope to see if this was indeed reported late to the agencies, and waiting for the hit. Although the account shows 30 days late, the last person I spoke to was "fishy" in clarifying if and when Credit agencies were notified. Perhaps to get me off the phone.
I have 25 year credit history with zero late reports (spotless till now), so if BofA reported this and does not remedy with the agencies I am interested in participating in a Class Action suit. Hope to find others with the same issue. There is no reason for BofA to refuse to retract if a mistake was made and BofA is partially (if not primarily) responsible for the confusion. Reporting must be "fair and accurate" by law, as they indicated in their refusal to remedy. Well, this violates the "fair" portion.
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2013
I have had 3 serious problems with BOA in the last 6 months. I find it interesting that each event occurred within a few weeks of requesting to refinance my mortgage. I have my mortgage, checking and savings accounts with BOA.
First Problem - May 2013: I scheduled an automated payment from my BOA checking to pay my BOA mortgage. On the day I scheduled payment, I noticed it did not occur, and it was no longer scheduled. I called customer service. They confirmed there must be an error, and that no payment was scheduled or processed. I then requested them to process a payment. A few hours later, 2 payments were processed which resulted in an overdraft. This BOA error required over 6 hours of my time to resolve and I had to deal with an overdrawn account for 4 days.
Second Issue - November 2013: I scheduled a bill pay from my checking to pay my mortgage. This time the payment was processed from my savings instead of my checking. Again a BOA error resulted in an overdraft. This required an hour of my time to resolve. BOA confirmed the error was theirs.
Third Issue - December 2013: Again I scheduled a bill pay from my checking to pay my mortgage on 12/13. The mortgage is due 12/15. Payment successfully processed and cleared on 12/13. At 7:30pm on 12/13, I received a phone call from BOA that I needed to pay my mortgage. I told them I paid over the minimum due 2 days prior to the due date. They didn't seem to listen to anything I said. They told me that they didn't have record of my payment and that I faced late fees and an impact to my credit score. My response was how can they charge late fees on a debt that I have already paid prior to the due date.
Today, less than 24 hours after the first call, they called to collect the 'debt' again. I asked them to conference in checking, so that side of BOA can confirm payment. They said that wasn't part of their process. Again they threatened me with late fees and credit score impacts. I spoke with supervisors who said the same. It was so ridiculous that my only option was to hang up. Something needs to be done about this. This is not just poor customer service. They are wreaking havoc on customers' financial stability (and peace of mind). I consider their practices negligent and also view this as harassment.
Reviewed Dec. 11, 2013
With all banks going mobile, all of them brag about the easy to use features on the go, taking a picture of your checks to deposit, all that jazz. Well, every bank I know of has these features so I'm surprised to see so many banks thinking they are one of the only ones. My complaint lies in the features of their actual site. A long time ago, I (now very regretfully) opened a Credit Card and Checking Account with Bank of America but my love has always been USAA. I don't know why I ever bothered with Bank of America. After abysmal service and some newly introduced fees, I closed my checking account with Bank of America and kept the CC since cutting that completely off would ruin my credit some. Since I always used USAA as the checking account to pay off the CC at Bank of America, I never had issues until today.
I work in IT. I understand proper website design and I'm astonished at the lack of features that actually work on this site. Features that are absolutely vital in today's digital money environment. Today, I went in and took a good 15 mins just to find how to add a new payment from account on their site. Now, that's not a big deal. I expected it to be a link on the 'Make a Payment' screen for easy access but again, I could live with that. This was my wife's account so I entered the needed account information and clicked 'add account'. After I entered the bank account information, I was informed via error message that 'Bank of America Accounts cannot be added as Pay From Accounts'.
Are you kidding me? How the hell do any Bank of America bankers pay their CC bills then?? I went to the online chat person and they told me to delete the USAA account one but even that shouldn't be necessary because it should just work. Great help there. And if that didn't work, I could always transfer. Problem is, transfers require you to connect to an account and get this: I can't add my wife's account. I have to 'open a new one'. How the hell is any of this usable??? At this point, I don't mind the loss of credit. I'm paying off this sucker any way I can and cutting this card. Screw this hassle. Get up to speed with your competitors, Bank of America.
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2013
I have been banking with BOA for years. Signed up for online alerts that is sent to your email address or mobile phone or both. I opted for email alerts. System is suppose to alert if your bank balance goes below certain threshold limit, or if bank account has to apply monies from another account for overdraft protection or notify you if the account due to current activity will be in negative status. There are several options to choose from. According to BOA, this is suppose to help you manage your account. However, the system does not send them to the customer as agreed upon when you sign up. I will receive alerts for all the other options in a timely manner except the one showing account in a negative status and "we are applying NSF fees". These alerts tend to come at the end of the business day just prior to bank closing time. If BOA has this system to alert customer of account activity, then why is it being sent after the fact? Well, so that BOA can charge fees. So does this alert system really help?
It appears BOA is trying to show good faith while tending to screw you on the back end at the same time. BOA banker told me to sign up for this service and that as long as I either transferred money to that account or made in the bank with a deposit on the same day then there would be no fee incurred, due to the system alerting you about the activity ahead of the charge. At first, this was happening. Now BOA has changed the tune. Fees have already been accessed and you are alerted after the fact. So this alert is a scam. Even though you check your account that night and that transaction is not posted, BOA claims to work on processing the account between 12 midnight and 6 am in the morning. Fees have been assessed then the alert is sent telling you what was charged to you.
It is another way for BOA to get fees from their customer. So why an Alert at all? They still are going to collect fees and by the fact of BOA sending you an alert at the close of business day indicates they do not want you to avoid the fees. They want to charge the fee to make more money. BOA wanted another image in customer's minds based on their past. They are still doing the same thing but a different way. And the sad part about it was the Executive Rep at BOA, Chris **, stated to me, "Well, you are getting the online alerts service for free. What do you expect? We are not providing you a tool to manage your account. That is up to you."
Well, news flash, BOA is offering a service that the company's technology is not equipped to send out proper notices in a timely manner to their customers. They are going to charge you right away and the alert was just a scam put in place to make to seem "we have the customer's best interest at stake and BOA will allow our customers at least that same business day to correct a problem prior to us charging them". This is crap.
You also have to take in account when you look at your balance posted, it is not accurate, not update with your transactions, if you make transaction based on what is posted is incorrect. Even if BOA shows amount subtracted from your account, it still is not accurate. BOA rips off their customers, are now steady laying their employees off, got those bad loans when they associated with Countrywide and is trying to recoup their loss whichever way possible. The bank customers will suffer and any way BOA can get fees, BOA will take them. Corporate rip off - alerts is technology challenged and BOA will not own up to the fact of the bait and switch tactic they do to their customers.
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2013
In addition to credit cards through BofA, I also have cards with Citi and Cap One. It HAD been very useful getting the bills electronically through BofA. That way, I only had to log in to ONE account weekly to keep track of everything. Now they've dropped both Citi and Cap One, so I can't get automatic notices of bills becoming due. Now I have to log into THREE different accounts on a regular basis to keep track of everything and make sure I don't miss a payment. BAD MOVE. This is NOT good customer service!
Reviewed May 9, 2013
I have recently been denied all access to my mortgage records online due to the fact that I have a late fee on my account. My mortgage is current with only the late fee incurred several years back. Now all of a sudden, I am not able to access my account history, payment history, tax history, insurance payment history, make a payment online... nothing at all! I have had the late fee on the account for 5 years and they have "recently made changes to their online policy" according to their technical support person in some other country who was quite condescending.
Why is it that this Bank of America keeps screwing the American public? They are trying their damnedest to make people default on their loans. Now every time I want to make a payment, I have to call them and pay $24 for each of my 1st and 2nd mortgage ($48 total) or mail in the payment which in this world of online banking is quite a pain in the **. And to make things worse, they want to charge me to send a history statement in the mail. They refuse to fax or email the history. WTF?
Reviewed May 3, 2013
Four years ago, I took the plunge into online banking. It has been a lot better than I thought it would be. Unfortunately today, I am questioning my decision with BofA. I needed to change my address and they would not allow me. They said that I had changed my address recently and therefore, I could not change it online. In regards to when I could change it, no answer, just keep checking back. I went to online banking for a couple of reasons but one main one was to save time. I rarely go to the bank and quite honestly try to avoid it. I asked for options and they say either go to the bank or write a letter and send it to request this. Is this really online banking?
I am doing this whole conversation online through a BofA chat through my online banking. I can easily transfer all of my money but for security reasons, they cannot change may address? I have been with BofA for 25 years, but when no one can give me an answer, I wonder if this is who I really want to be with. So frustrating when I do not have any options. Of course, after I was off of the chat, I received a questionnaire asking how satisfied I was. Really? At the end, it asked for comments and did I give them some thoughts! I ended my rant by stating I am sure that no one cares, will not read this and no one will personally contact me. The waiting game begins.
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2013
I had an extremely bad experience with Bank of America online banking and the bank manager in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston. I went to the bank complaining about the services and an extremely emotional bank manager kept repeating that their super fantastic, rated-number-1 banking is not for me. She encouraged me to close the account with an angry face and bad manners. Although she mentioned that they had problems with their online banking, it was a once in a blue moon deal. I am angered by their services, and I intend to close my account. I do not recommend banking with them to anybody and will personally complain about that manager very soon.
Reviewed Jan. 3, 2013
I received an email tonight from BofA (billpay@billpay.bankofamerica.com). It was an Online Banking Alert for AT&T Mobility. I am not enrolled in any online alert programs with either firm. The alert wanted me to view and pay eBill. The eBill was for $274. The actual balance (I contacted AT&T) was $130. I contacted AT&T (1/2/13), and they confirmed that I was not enrolled in any alert or paperless programs. I contacted BofA (1/2/13), and they also confirmed that I was not enrolled in any alert or paperless program. I was advised that AT&T and BofA set up a pilot program that would send out eBills to customers whether they opted in or not (and even if they had opted out for eBill/paperless on both sites!). I spoke to supervisor Flora at BofA Bill Pay and had her provide me with the case# ** of the exchanges and corrective practices.
BofA has unenrolled me in the eBill program for AT&T Mobility. It will take 24 hours for the request to be processed. I think it is an unfair and unlawful practice to push a service that is not requested by an individual by two corporate giants and that Consumer Affairs should investigate this further. I am told that the trial period was over but that I was still enrolled in the program, despite having previously opted out for such a service on both sites. Thanks for your review and attention to this.
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2012
If you received offers that BOA will give $150 for opening a checking account and make three e-payments to BOA credit cards for the next three months, do not think you will get the bonus. I opened a checking account on June 18 and made three payments to my BOA credit card. BOA does not honor its offer. It is like AMEX, which does not honor its point offers. I do not have a balance with BOA and almost never used its credit card. I just want to try to see if BOA will honor its offer. I called BOA on October 6 and BOA claims that a transfer to checking account is not a deposit. I opened an e-banking account which will charge a fee if I use teller. BOA said I must use teller to do an initial deposit to qualify for the promotion.
There is no mention of qualified way of deposit in any of the communications. In fact, in July, an email from BOA said I just need to make three e-payment from my e-checking to my BOA credit card to qualify. The offer is obviously a fraudulent scheme. Avoid doing business due to its dishonesty.
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2012
BOA is using online banking as a mechanism to increase profits due to clients' inability to have accurate financial information posted on their accounts via online banking. Here is how it works: First, the user makes an online payment or has a monthly automatic payment set up, to pay their credit card bill. Second, a reference number is given to the customer informing that their bill had been paid for the month. Third, no notice stating that the payment did not process is sent to, nor given to the customer; and last, the customer is then charged a late fee and any other fees that may result from lack of payment. Pretty lucrative for Bank of America. Didn't they take bailout money, too?
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2012
Has this happened to anyone? The home page of their online banking site shows your balances as we all know. The "line of credit" balance doesn't show your actual balance. My line of credit showed $0 but I had a $.53 "principal balance" that I could only see if I clicked on the line of credit link. Bank of America reported me 30 days late to the credit bureaus and my credit was dinged 80+ points. Bank of America's defense is that the tiny little superscript symbol above the $0 balance indicates a foot note. Granted I will take responsibility for ignoring it, but really? They can't put the actual balance on the home page? I would like to start a class action lawsuit against Bank of America because I can't be the only person this has happened to.
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2012
I set up my online bill payment to pay my rent on the day I wanted it paid. It deposited the day before and of course, the funds were not in there yet. Bank of America returned it and charged me a $35 overdraft fee. The check was clearly dated for the day after. This is just another trick now that they're using to gouge customers. I am so over this bank.
Reviewed May 31, 2012
Bank of America really does stink. I had an online account that was supposed to be fee-free. They started adding fees, so I tried to close it. They won't close it because it is overdrawn because they added fees. Now, they want me to pay the fees off to close it. No! I don't think so.
Reviewed May 3, 2012
I opened an online checking account specifically for a debit card to use in Europe. I have spent over 12 hours with customer service on multiple issues and each time, I was given conflicting advice. I initially tried to open an account over the phone. They asked the most ridiculous questions and then told "failed" security questions and advised to try to open account online. I opened an account online without problems. I was given an account number, but when tried to use it on the phone, I was told that the account was not valid. I called customer service and said that there was a mistake, that after "failing" security questions I had to wait 48 hours to open an account.
The next day, I got an email from them welcoming me to their bank and now, am able to log into the account. I tried to confirm the debit card being sent out because I had seen the side bar about "optional" debit. I chatted online with a “professional banker,” who after 15 minutes of questions admitted he was not authorized to issue a debit. He only helped set up accounts. I got transferred to a "senior" analyst who, after yet another 15 minutes confirming everything the first agent did, somehow cut me off. I finally received 2 debits in the mail, both with the same number but different security codes. When I called to see which was valid, no one could help me. After 2 phone calls and 2 chats, each over 30 minutes, I finally had an agent who called the debit department and entered both security codes to see which was valid.
The next day, my PIN came in mail and was six digits. When I opened the account, I specifically advised that the only use was for debit in foreign ATMs, which require a 4 digit numerical PIN. After multiple other chats and phone calls, I was told by one person to just enter the last 4 digits of the debit card, yet another said that was wrong, and to just enter the first 4 digits of the PIN, most said to just go to a local branch or ATM and change the PIN even after repeatedly telling them that there are none within 100 miles. One chat person seemed to be very helpful and assured me that I could use any ATM and she would even waive the $5 fee for an outside ATM. She walked me through clicking on options or other than click on the change PIN. I tried 4 different local ATMs and none offered that option or the other.
I wrote to the complaint department, specifically stating that I was going overseas and that I need a 4 digit PIN to use for foreign ATMs and that there were no branches or ATMs within 100 miles. I got the most polite, useless response. Reminded me that I needed a 4 digit PIN with numbers in Europe (stated in my question) and if had any further problems, a local branch should be able to solve the problem. They told me multiple times that for security issues, they could not give a PIN over the phone or email and I said that I understood, but was asking to be mailed a 4 digit PIN to the address on record. I kept getting circuitous logic. Everyone said that the new PINs were 6 digits, but I needed 4 digits for Europe but could not solve my problem.
People in customer service seemed to have no training and were incapable of answering basic questions without typing a question into their computer and waiting for a response to be spit out. No one thinks outside the box. They are very preoccupied with being polite. I would love to help you, where all your questions answered (even when they knew they were not). They were filling in forms and not solving problems.
I had tried to open an account because they are only bank with affiliates in Europe and do not charge transaction or conversion fees. For the $80-$100 I had hoped to save, I have spent this on frustration and lost time. It’s not worth it, do not use this bank.
Reviewed April 27, 2012
Their banking online has been down all morning long. Their contact list on the site does not work. All the other links are okay except for checking my account balances and making payments. There is no flag on their site that they are experiencing online problem. They are very notorious of this happening in the prime time of business hours. I want to know what we can do as consumer for BoA to stop controlling our access to our funds. I am very serious about moving my accounts to Chase, but I want to voice my concern and dissatisfaction with this monstrous bank.
Reviewed April 5, 2012
Wrong Bank Account Information Linked to my Credit Card Bill Pay: I recently received an offer from BOA for a credit card with 6 months 0% APR. I go to the online banking to set up my account so that I may pay my credit card online with their offered "online bill pay". First of all, they have my temporary ID # that they supplied to me as my SSN, which I think is totally unacceptable (that should never be made associated with any online account as far as password and ID's go).
So I move on, I set up my "password" and write all this information down. Log off. There as yet to be a statement or any activity to see. I wait, I used my card, I "try" to sign on and I can’t. I get a message on that banking site that they are still processing my account information. I need to wait two days. I had already waited 2 days from the first time I received this "message". I call "customer service" and I am told that she can "help" me. She will reset this for me. I don't know if she did or not because she told me I needed to wait two days. I explained that I had already waited the two days and that I'm still receiving the same message. She assures me that this nothing I have done, it is their system. So, I wait two days. I can't get on, my password doesn't work (imagine that).
I call "customer service". Now, mind you, I have not been able to get on to review any account activity at all so far (I had only made a $70.00 purchase a few days before, so I guess it won't show you any information on your account until you have a balance). The lady asks me all my "security questions"; my BOA account #, my physical address, the last 4 digits of my social and so on and so on. So this “not so nice customer service rep” assures me that she can fix this. She gives me a temporary "new" password and asks me to enter my ID # (which is still my SSN that they assigned) and the temporary password to see if I can get access. Bingo, I got on. She tells me to go to and change my temporary password that she assigned to one of my own. Check, done.
While on the phone with this "not so nice customer service rep", I tell her that “I don't like the fact that my SSN is my ID# and can I also change this?” "Well sure you can, let me walk you through this,” she replied. She tells me "where to go" and "what to do" and I change my assigned ID# to one of my choosing. So now I have an ID that I'm happy about. This "not so nice customer service rep” has "helped" me get my password reset, and I'm good to go right? I tell her "thanks" and tell her that "Wow, I think I got this ID changed now.” She states "yes, I see you changed it to "notsonicecustomerservicerep" and I was like "Wow, you have access to my ID.” She says “Yes, but not to your password." I say "Thanks again for all your help.” We hang up.
Now I'm new to this site. First time I've been able to access it. I go to account activity, I see the charges, they are correct. Now I'm thinking, I need to go to the online "bill pay" link, set up my checking account (not BOA) information and pay one half of this amount now, and I will pay the other half next month (nothing due yet, statement does not close until April 6th). So I click online bill pay and lo and behold, my checking account information is already there.
I was like how the heck did that happen. So it shows me the routing # and the last 4 digits of the account #. I immediately see that this is not "my" account information. I do all my banking online and have entered this information enough times to recognize this. I'm thinking well maybe they mixed up the routing #, so that a "hacker" couldn't get it, so I double check and not even the same digits. So I think to myself (this is on Sunday evening), pay $1.00 on this, and then tomorrow, I would check my checking account and see if it was deducted. So I click on bill pay, I enter payment amount of $1.00 and that’s it, no confirmation # and no "this is an invalid account or routing #”. So I just wait, then I decide to run this by my husband and my daughter (who are now aware that I have a "mad spending credit card" and they both tell me "no", don't do that, you don't want to take money out of someone else’s account).
I call the "not so nice customer service rep" at BOA back (of course you don't get the same alien twice). I explain the situation to her and I am told that this is impossible that the only way this information can get on there is by me or by someone with all "my information". So I say "No", this is not correct, I'm the only one that has access to this credit card (my husband did not even know I had this little $500 mad spending card, nor did anyone else). So I assure the lady again that this is impossible, that how ironic would that be that I would mistakenly put in an account # that is linked to a correct routing # that is linked to a different bank (wow I'm good, I should try hacking).
I explain and explain to this lady that I have no clue who this account belongs to and that this is not my information nor did I enter this. She assures me that "I had to", as this is the only way for this information to get there, by me or maybe I had been hacked, that some hackers copy your keystrokes and that this is probably what happened. I say ok, but why would they put someone else checking account and routing # on my online bill pay, I mean how would that help them? I'm freaking out that "I now have someone else's" checking account routing #.
So she tells me to hold on, she checks, comes back and says "Yes, that information was entered on March 30, 2012 at 2:34 pm EST.” I assure her that it wasn't me or anyone connected to me and that I'm still lost as to why someone would put a fraudulent account # for me to pay out of. She says “Well, Fifth Third is your bank, right?” I say “No, it is not.” I can't get any answers nor can I convince this "not so nice customer service rep" that this is not my information. She tells me that I can edit it or delete it, enter a new one. I'm thinking I would really like to get to the bottom of this, so I tell her ok, I want to investigate this a little bit further before I do anything.
I go back to BOA online banking and review the banking information. I call Fifth Third bank. I explain the situation to the "nice lady", she asks my name and address, the last 4 digits of my SSN, and I give her the routing # and last 4 digits of this "not mine" banking information. She looks it up and informs me that this account belonged to me and my husband, that it was opened in 2001 and closed in 2005 and that she was surprised that it was still on the records. By now, I'm really confused, I check my bank information on my checking account checks (I have two checking accounts with my bank), thinking wow, did I somehow come across a old book of checks and accidentally enter this information, but of course that was not the case, my information on both checking accounts is correct, they have the same routing #, but different account #'s.
So I'm back to square one. How did this happen? The "nice Fifth Third lady" assures me that this account is closed and that even if someone tried to use it, they could not. I can "the not so nice customer service rep at BOA" back and I now explain that I made this $1.00 payment to see if this was indeed my account # in Greek. She tells me "Oh, you don't want to do that. If this account should be closed or insufficient funds, you will be charged overdraft fees. We delete the payment.” We go over all the issues with this "new not so nice customer service rep” at BOA and she assures me that the best thing to protect myself is to just go to the bill pay and edit this information, delete this account # and put in the correct information. I think about this and decide that I don't like this idea either, as I don't know how this information got on there to begin with.
After another 45 minutes, I tell the lady that I would like to just cancel my account. She tells me that this is impossible as I have a balance, but for a generous fee, she could take the payment balance over the phone. Once it cleared, she could close the account. I assure her that this is not going to happen, that I refuse to pay a fee for something that is not my doing. So I asked her "What if I say that my card has been lost, stolen or that I think my account may have been hacked?” She tells me, “In this case, we can cancel this account # on this card and issue you a new card with a new account number and all the information from the current one would be linked to the new one.” So I opt for this, I cancel the credit card, asked that a new one be issued (I'm going to "send in a check" for the balance as soon as I receive the statement", as I will not give them my banking information online, seeing as that can't get it right anyway).
Now I'm really frustrated, how the heck did this happen? How did this information that I don't even have get there? I Google search BOA and find an executive customer service relations general line phone number. I fret and fret, decide to call and give them the story. The "nice" lady takes all the information, (she is typing as we speak and I have to repeat everything a hundred times, so she can type, she should have taken short hand I guess). She then asks me if the "rep" that I spoke with assured me that this would be investigated and someone would get back with me and let me know what was going on. I said "No, she only assured me that what we did was the only option I had to feel secure, that there was no one else for me to discuss this with.” The "new" rep assures me that this is not the case that this will be investigated and she gives me a case # and tells me that someone in the executive customer relations office will get back to me by the end of the week.
I get a call today from BOA "executive customer relations investigator", who informs me that he has investigated this and that the only way for this information to get there was by me or someone who had access to all my personnel information that this was entered on. I rudely interrupt and say “Please don't tell me that your investigation only resulted in the same information that the ‘not so nice customer service rep’ has already given me.” He assured me, it sure is, this is the only records they have. I'm **. Wow, give the "not so nice customer service rep" a raise. She did over the phone in three minutes what took you 3 days to investigate and resulted in the same information.
He proceeds to tell me to hold on (I'm fuming and let him check a few more things, wow thought you already investigated). I asked "Is it possible that I had a BOA previously when I was banking with Fifth Third (I cannot recall if I did or not, as the issuing bank is hardly ever the same as the name on the credit card or after they are sold a hundred times)? So he checks and tells me "No, you have never had an account with BOA or any of its issuing banks or banks that it was bought or sold from.” Well suddenly, he has all kinds of information at his finger tips. I tell him "thanks for nothing", that I'm still not satisfied. I feel this is fraud on BOA’s part and that I'm going to proceed further if I can.
So again I Google search this and find where CountryWide was sold to Bank of America sometime in 2008. I had a mortgage with CountryWide when I was banking at Fifth Third, but his mortgage had since been satisfied. So now, I'm thinking that’s how they linked this account. They somehow linked it through an old account of CountryWide.
Well I'm just sick to death of all of this. I can't believe that this can happen. I actually went through all my files and junk drawers, office space and I have yet to come across anything with the "old Fifth Third" account information on it. So this just reassures me that I did "not" enter this information. Again, I think this should be illegal. They should not be able to play with people’s bank information and stress us out like they do. Do you think I should also report this to the Ohio AG? Would it do any good, after all, I guess it is only my word against them and I don't have enough money "now" to buy anybody.
Reviewed March 13, 2012
I was making a cash deposit of $5,000.00, all in $100 bills into the ATM. I put in 1 stack of bills, and it seemed to be okay. I put in a second and third stack of bills, and it didn't seem to add up correctly. I had deposited $3,600.00, but I was only credited $3000.00. I still had $1400.00 in my hand, at which point I stopped depositing further cash.
I immediately called the 1 800 number to report my claim. This happened on October 30, 2011. They responded back, saying that there was no extra cash found in that ATM. I requested for the reports, and after going into the bank branch 2 times, I finally received it. On the report, it shows 2 instances of rejected bills, but I don't recall any bills being rejected. In speaking with customer service, the response was, there is nothing they can do. The report is correct. I am out $600.00 because of this ATM cash deposit error.
Reviewed March 5, 2012
I am traveling abroad on vacation to Peru. I am unable to access my on-line profile from my PC and my iPhone app (which I could a couple of days before from Peru). I checked the website and I need to log into my on-line profile in order to report that I can't log into it. I called the US and asked whether my account is blocked. After a lot of waiting time, the lady tells me no. She includes a "travel flag" in my record, indicating that I am abroad, when I left the country and when I plan to come back. She is unable to tell me what is the problem with the on-line system. Total and complete inability to deal with the situation. Their system is just flawed. I go into their website and reset my password, which I can do successfully. I try again. Nothing happens. I am still logged out. There is not an email address. No chat assistance, nothing else--just an incompetent telephone assistance system. I had Wachovia before. It was nothing like this. It’s such a shame that we don't have Wells Fargo in MA. Such a shame.
Reviewed Feb. 6, 2012
Bank of America increasingly invites you to use online and remote services which you pay for in monthly fees. Examples for business include online downloading transactions into Quickbooks and now remote deposit of checks, all of which are helpful and (in my opinion) utilize fewer bank resources and are paid for (subscription fee).
What bothers me is that after signing up for remote deposit ($30/month), I started depositing checks daily into my account. The next month they now charge me an excess transaction fee; but no one warns you that could incur additional fees by using the service. This is just a way to get another $16/month out of as many customers as possible and most will not complain. Excess transaction fees for not even using the bank at all seems dated and ridiculous.
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2011
Many problems since I opened an account. First, my mother was able to access my all of my bank account information from the bank teller. I would have never known, except my mom called to tell me the amount that was in my account. When I called that branch, the manager was very unapologetic about his employee's lack of basic conduct and said he wouldn't be able to guarantee it wouldn't happen again. They did say that they would put a computer block up when someone tried to access my account info at the bank that would let the teller know that he/she would need my ID card to obtain this info.
Guess what? My mother again called and let me know she knew what amount I had in my bank account. I then went to the nearest branch and had to set up a password to be said before anyone could obtain this info again. Pretty ridiculous, and incredibly unethical of a bank teller to disclose info that only belongs to me. The next problem I had was when I checked my online statement very closely and noticed BOA charged 2 NSF fees out of nowhere and both times there was more than sufficient funds.
For the second problem, I tried the chat. They tell me that they couldn't access my account that far (6 months for the first fee and 7 months ago for the second fee). I called the BOA phone number and they tell me that I have to take time out of my day to go to a bank and personally inquire about these random and unethical charges.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2011
Every month, I enter the online payment to the one credit card I have with Bank of America. For the third month in a row, they have applied said payment to a CC account I closed seven years ago. They only recently decided to show that account on my online banking page. Even if I click the mouse on the correct account to make the payment, they still apply it to the wrong account.
The consequences are that I am charged a late fee until I call and wait on hold for twenty minutes every month to speak to an account manager who then re-applies the payment to the correct account. It is obvious that BoA is running a scam by which they play the odds on who complains and who doesn't. They make millions every month on ill-gotten late fees and mis-appropriated payments. That, or they are hiding major insolvency.
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2011
My online access to my credit card is gone. Way to go BOA! I am ready to just drop them completely.
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2011
I attempted to make an online balance transfer to pay off a credit card during which the BoA site locked up. After waiting a week for confirmation, I called customer service who informed me that indeed the transfer request was not processed. Three weeks later after I paid off my credit card another way, they transferred $8400 from my home equity line to my credit card. While attempting to get reimbursement from my credit card, BoA pulled an additional $8400 from my line of credit. The bank told me that it is an error possibly from the web transaction, customer service said they always pull out twice the amount of a balance transfer to cover themselves, online support said they were paying my credit card again and cannot stop it. They will not put the funds back in my equity line as BoA says they are not available. No funds have been applied to my credit card. Nobody knows where the money went. In the meantime, we cannot buy groceries (all of our money went to pay contractors that were supposed to be paid through the equity line). It has been almost a month since the original balance transfer attempt and I am looking into legal options.
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2011
Where did the access to my online account go? Your new website is sad! Sad! Let's chat, with who? No one's available! What happened to service? Wake up, Bank of America. We, the people, are tired of it all! I will not feel any sympathy when Bank of America fails and takes its sad-**, overpaid CEOs with it!
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2011
Their online banking site has been "out of order" for over four (4) days as of today. This is an extreme inconvenience for those of us who bank online. What's the problem and why does Bank of America do not let us know what is going on, and/or when it might be repaired?
Reviewed Sept. 30, 2011
Their online system is horrid and their customer service is appalling. I have one account with them for a credit card (it was sold to them; I opened it originally with MBNA). They are unable to assist me with the account as every single department has their own customer service reps and only one customer service number. When I use their online chat option, the customer service rep can load up my account, look at it, and take money from me but is unable to make any changes or adjust anything.
Their online system is so bad that it randomly drops my payment methods. It doesn't mention doing so that's why I have defaulted on a payment twice now. Finally, today, they removed my previous method of payment without telling me. When I tried to re-enter it, their system says it's already on file and I cannot add it again. I can't make a payment on this because that account is my personal bank account. I can't use that to pay. This is ridiculous.
Reviewed Sept. 22, 2011
I signed up with a Bank of America for an American Express promotion, on 9/23/11. The promotion says, "Get a $50 statement credit after making at least $50 in retail purchases within the first 60 days of the account opening date. Get an additional $25 statement credit by using your Card for a qualifying purchase at select merchants. Click "Apply here" to apply online or call 888-961-2758."
And as of now, they haven't fulfilled their commitment. I have spoken every other day with someone & they not only give me a run-around and treat me very unprofessional, but they also argue & yell at me.
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2011
Bank of America has their own interests (money) in mind when posting transactions to my account. Also, they offer privacy source and you are charged $12.99/month. Even if this is "fine print", it is bad business. I have paid hundreds in overdraft fees and I have overdraft "protection".
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2011
I had a checking account with Bank of America that I originally scheduled online bill pay with. When I lost my job at the end of March, the account became overdrawn by approximately $186.00. I called immediately and explained that I would be bringing account to a positive status within a week and to stop my online billing. I even sent an email requesting to have this stopped. I then got more notices and fees because it was not stopped as I was told it would be. I called several times and even went into the branch where I opened the account and was assured again that this would stop.
The account was eventually closed in May which has now also caused return check fees with most of the payees. Most banks (ex. Chase) will not even attempt to process a payment if they see the funds are not available and especially, not on a closed account! I believe this is extremely unethical and just another way for Bank of America to get additional fees from customers.
Reviewed Sept. 3, 2011
On September 03, 2011, in the morning, I attempted to log into my account to pay my mortgage and was denied of the service. After an hour and 27 minutes on phone calls, I finally found a human who is willing to dig for information and who told me that my account had been transferred to Greentree. Apparently, the transfer began on 08/14/2011 and was effective 09/01/2011.
Bank of America has multiple means of contacting me but failed to do so. No letter, no phone call, no email. Nothing and no information on Bank of America's website. While I am relieved to no longer have a forced, captive relationship with Bank of America, this is not right.
I was completely unaware that my account was transferred. The Bank of serve-less America customer service people I managed to speak to had a hard time finding information about the transfer. The Greentree service person I finally got to talk to claims that Bank of America sent letters, but I got nothing. Greentree also claims to have been attempting to reach me by phone. Again, I received no phone calls.
I am in the customer service business myself. I have clients all over the state of New York. I record and save every phone call, voicemail, email and letter. I have absolutely no record of having received calls from Greentree or correspondence of any sort from Bank of America. This is not a good situation. I should not have found out about my changed circumstances in this way.
I shouldn't be surprised but I am still outraged at being treated in such a shoddy and ham-handed way.
I am the customer and that's supposed to mean something. I deserve better.
Glenda **
Reviewed Aug. 24, 2011
I have had an online chat with Bank of America through my online account. Bank of America has returned to their old practice of charging overdraft fees of $35 the next day for any amount. This follows approximately a year or two of not charging overdraft fees on anything under $10, and they gave customers 5 days to correct the overdrawn balance. After five days, a $35 fee would be put on the account, but having five days to come up with the funds to avoid an overdraft fee really helped me. However, greed got in the way and they dropped that courtesy and went back to stealing money from their "valued" customers. I've had the same account with them for 16 years and I think that now is the time to move my money to a credit union. Bank of America earns billions of dollars in profits mainly through stealing from their "valued" customers. And I would like them to stop apologizing for the "inconvenience" this has caused me because they aren't the least bit sorry. They are scammers!
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2011
I called BOA after trying to log into my account. The website does what it always does; pop up window says that Internet Explorer is not working even though I put in my correct ID and get the correct site key. Then it starts an endless loop of trying to log in again. So I called BOA and guess what, their systems are down and I cannot make a payment. One would think that a bank would want to collect payments; wouldn't one?
It has been happening for months now and they even fixed the problem once and it keeps happening.
Reviewed Aug. 4, 2011
I made an online balance transfer from Amex to BOA, taking BOA's offer of 0% on balance transfers until 06/17/2012. On August 1st, I noticed that I am being assessed interest on the balance transfers. After multiple calls and emails, I was told that that the transfer was processed with 1.99% interest. And they refused to correct it because I notified them too late.
Reviewed July 28, 2011
BOFA is using online banking as a mechanism to increase profits due to clients' inability to be able to have accurate financial information posted on their account via online banking. There is no sure way to determine BOFA's processing of pending transactions. Wire transfer sent to your account at 12:01a.m. are not appropriately processed in a reasonable manner to avoid NSF charges due to delayed pending transactions such as gas and other items.
Reviewed May 30, 2011
I started banking with Bank of America recently because there are many ATMs and I like to do my banking online. I also like the convenient mobile banking application. In the beginning, I would receive instant notification of transactions and I could easily check pending and posted transactions made on my credit card with the mobile application but now, when I click on the ‘current statement’ icon from my phone, it does not allow me to view the transactions.
The method the bank uses to post payments and purchases manipulates the customer into thinking that more credit is available than there actually is, showing that a credit balance promptly after making a payment and delaying the posting of purchases with the ‘view current statement’ icon not responding to view pending charges from the mobile phone. On non-business days and off-hours, an error message will often occur when trying to log in from any computer or the mobile phone application so I cannot view the pending transactions to calculate my available credit but will see a credit balance if I recently made a payment and purchases were made after the payment.
Reviewed Oct. 20, 2010
I gave money to Bank of America to do a refinance ($650.00 total). They said if I did not get refinanced that they would return my money. They called me after 108 days to tell me that they were not going to refinance. They returned part of the money ($400) but are refusing to pay me the rest. The amount still owed me is $250. Diana ** continues to jerk me around not giving me the name of her supervisor which I have requested at least three times. She is absolutely not the type of employee I would want. She just gives me the run around and has still not successfully retrieved my last $250 nor provided me with someone who could assist me (such as her supervisor). $250.00 is a great deal of money when you are a working person in this country. Bank of America expects my house payment to be there on time yet they withhold money from me for over 108 days.
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2010
I was with them for a few years until I started noticing odd things happening on my online account page. My balance and transactions would change from day to day as far as my deposits and withdrawals, but not because of me. One day, a check would post cleared and 2 days later, it would be pending and my account would be overdrawn. The first time I figured it was me, that I had overlooked something or a certain transaction date. But the second time, I called the Customer Service Center and has told that there was some hidden screen (literally hidden by clicking two links within the site) called the "Running Balance" that literally changes by the hour.
I told the man that there must be a mistake because I checked my balance daily, and I knew that it had posted. He gave me some vague technical response about moving transactions around based on checks and the service agreement. I told him that that was fraudulent business. I asked him how can you clear a transaction, unclear and then re-post it later so that my account overdraws? I was so furious to find out that this was a deliberate business practice. I had two bank accounts at the time, one being with Washington Mutual, now Chase, and they have never rearranged my transactions. They literally post automatically!
He gave me some routine and their rights and service agreement. I told him that I would close my account if this continued. He told me that I should just make sure I had money in my account. I told him I did, until you held deposits and rearranged my withdrawals! So, the final straw was the third time. This is why I was so angry and done with Bank of America. I had a check of $300 that was supposed to post to my account for a service I received. I called Bank of America's Customer Service Center at 6 pm the previous day, it posted to verify account balance and that the check had been received by the bank. The customer service agent told me that it had been received but had not posted to my account and should be there the next day. I had the funds to pay.In the meantime, I had a purchase I had to make that I would make a deposit for the following day.
I went to my closest branch to verify that the $300 had posted. The next day, when I went into the bank to put money in my account, I sat with a personal banker to verify that the check had in fact cleared. She went into the system in order to verify its cleared status. I told her about the past incidents I had had with transactions being tampered with. Although, she seemed alarmed and shocked at what I was telling her, I did not believe it for a minute. Later that night, I went online to be sure that it had posted. It was there. Against my better judgment, I did not print the screen, hoping that the personal banker was true. Well, a day or two later, the same thing occurred! My check no longer cleared and was pending, my deposit was after the check pending and my small withdrawals were pushed forward making me $120 in the hole! Mind you, I had paid for these occurrences twice before, this time I just refused!
Not only was I unemployed and looking for work while paying rent, I just felt plain taken advantage of! How dare they! I called everyone I could, even spoke with a Manager at Customer Service named Tina, who, to add insult to injury, was extremely rude to me and refused to fix the problem, telling me that she didn't care if I filed a claim against her and the bank, it was my fault. She was completely unwilling to hear me despite all the effort I had made to be sure that this did not happen. She would not even settle it for me for what I would have owed, which was no more than $38.00 had their business practices been honest. I was so fuming that I posted an "I hate Bank of America" status on my Facebook. It took no more than 20 minutes for me to receive at least 20 responses from others who also stopped banking with Bank of America for the same reason!
That's when I really knew something was wrong. Soon, Bank of America will keep adding $10.00 fees until I was at $180.00. The more I wanted to clear my name, the more other things in life took over. Besides, I didn't really owe that money anyway. Next thing you know, my account is closed, and they have reported me to Check Systems! Why is it that they can ruin our credit due to the dishonest business policies, but I can't ruin them? I tell everyone I know do not bank with Bank of America! They are scammers and are not in the best interest of the people of America. Go with Chase, they stick to the transactions based on when you do them, period!
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2010
We were part of the Taylor Bean Customers that had refinanced right before the government shut them down and the filed bankruptcy a week later so our original loan was never closed out but sent to Bank of America. And just recently, our new loan on Sept. 1 was transferred to Bank of America. Now we have two loans on the same mortgage and property. Bank of America has put us into foreclosure on the original loan and is doing nothing to correct the matter that the old loan is in foreclosure when they know we have a refinanced loan. Every time I call them, they don't seem to know what's going on and they say I'm not in foreclosure on either loan that the old one was entered by mistake yet I'm getting calls from Veterans Affairs and attorney's threatening to take my home if I don't pay them. Which loan am I suppose to pay?
Reviewed Sept. 16, 2010
I am unable to access my accounts at Bank of America on line, as I have been for years and which Bank of America advertises, until I accept disclosure of my personal private information, including collected and heath information, to whomever and no guaranties that whomever will be restricted in use of that information I am being forded to disclosed.
Reviewed Sept. 15, 2010
I explained to BoA online service that their billpay website was not working; "Billpay services Temporarily Unavailable". They refused to offer any solution. So I went to the Cotuit BoA Branch and the manager met me at the door and asked if he could help. I told him his Billpay website was not working and I needed to make a payment from my BoA Visa to my BoA mortgage.
I pay all my bills through the Visa account so I have a single point of tracking for any and all bills paid. He stated they do not offer online assistance there, and I told him, his Manager was able to fix my last online problem. He stated he is a manager and BoA does not allow customer online services at the bank. He then offered to solve the problem and told me that I could make the payment here at the counter with my visa and it would go through just as it would using billpay online.
Two days later I get a bill for $52.00 stating it was a cash fee for making the payment. The bank manager assured me it would be processed just as if I had done it online. Online does not charge a fee, and I have been using this "BoA Billpay Free" service for more years than I can remember. Their system went down, and the bank stated a few times this would be just like I had used Billpay.
Reviewed April 22, 2010
Their online transaction is not accurate. They manipulate dates on transactions to force overdraft charges. They show positive balance, then 1 day later run a transaction though (even show the date it cleared), then charge an overdraft charge for it as if it had cleared days before. It’s based on the amount, and if the amount is large enough to overdraw the account, they backdate it in their system but do not show this to the customer. I am changing banks today. $70 dollars in overdraft charges for a positive account balance.
Bank of America Online Banking 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
