Fifth Third Bank Reviews

The people at the branch are horrible liars. They charged me $10.00 to convert their own checks (checks from their own loss department) into a cashier check to pay the contractor. They held the final insurance check after cashing 7 prior checks because "confidential information the check may not clear." That's code for the woman named Cathy not liking that I told them that the loss department said I don't have to send the final check to the loss department because the repairs were 100% complete, per the loss department, and after two days and emails from the loss department she conceded I didn't have to send it, but it had to be held for 7 days, even though she saw the claim and I have been getting checks for 8 months while my house was rebuilt.

They kept a equity line open, several years after I closed it and charged me the annual fee (even though I know longer owned the house and closed the line in person and followed up over the phone. I have spent too many hours trying to get the annual fee reversed (it's only 65$) and no one knows or understands anything on the customer service line. Also they sent me to collections for the annual fee, that I should have never received in the first place! Do not bank with them!!!

I paid off my loan in full as soon as I received my statement. One week later, I received a notification by mail that they had received my money but would not apply it to my loan until I called them, and it would continue to accrue interest until the matter was finalized. First of all, why would I send them $10,000 if not to have it applied to my loan? Secondly, it's impossible to reach customer service. I've spent 45 minutes on hold and been transferred around. I am still on hold at this time.

We have banked with 5th 3rd for over 20 years. We paid off our mortgage 8 years ago which left us with a line of credit attached. We paid it off a month ago and was told by bank that we would get a release within 2 weeks. It has been a month and nothing. So I called the bank today and was told, "We don't get it. It goes to the county register of deeds and the bank looked it up on the county website and it showed they have it." So I drive all the over to my county seat and they tell me they don't have it. So I went back to 5th 3rd and was told again, "The county has it. We can do nothing for you and the account is totally closed out."

This is the worst bank to deal with, their employees provide you with false information on their days/hours open, what you can accomplish during the phone call, what you are able to do, etc. The online website is a complete and total joke - they make it impossible to sign up, waste hours of your time, charge fees, and are unwilling to help. They are illiterate, unhelpful, and rude.

Online banking is simply impossible. I wish there was someone in charge to help me. The helpline is simply unhelpful. "I am sorry but it's generated by the system. There is nothing we can do about it if the automated systems finds suspicious activities". The most common transactions in the US or outside, consulting your account online from outside of the country or a purchase outside of the country with their International card triggers a block on the account. Even when you use a trusted device. It's only through a lengthy and painful process that you can get your online rights to be reinstated. I have to go through this sometimes multiple times per week! I used to rave about Fifth Third until this security madness started in October of 2022. Could not be more critical of a bank service.

I had no choice. My mortgage was sold to 5/3 Bank. Both the transition and subsequent dealings with 5/3 have been awkward at best, dysfunctional at worst. From the initial payment, to setting up automatic payments to early payoffs to loan satisfaction documents every process was awkward, obtuse, and slow. I have had many mortgages over the years and they all were eventually sold on one or more times. I have never experienced any issues in the process - until 5/3 bank. So if you have a choice, just say no.

I opened a checking and savings account with a local Fifth Third Bank in Naples Florida. I did not activate the ATM card, made one large deposit and then did not touch the account for months. Fraudsters somehow started charging a "never activated atm card" over 10 transactions of just under $50 each. Fifth Third took months to PARTIALLY refund the fraud. They are refusing to refund the final $97. This has been a terrible experience with a financial institution that DOES NOT PROTECT THEIR CUSTOMER. This fraud was SO CLEARLY obvious I am still baffled as to how a huge bank did not flag these transactions. DO NOT BANK with 5th 3rd if you value your time and money.

Back in June of 2022 me and my wife got hacked. I am 77 years old, a Vet and cancer survivor. We have been dealing with this situation since and every time we get turned down for our money being returned. We have given them paperwork after paperwork from Webroot, Social security, IRS, etc and still refuse to give us back my wife's money. There were two Zelle payments made from our account that we never and a repeat never authorized. Other money that was taken and used for Amazon and many overdrafts when we mailed out bills and they bounced were returned. All they keep saying is denied. Do not bank with this company because they don't care about their customers. Their security is a joke. Keep your funds and go elsewhere to a bank that cares.

Had A cc with them and apparently through online with the last 4 of my ss, my last name and dob anyone can retrieve my username and reset my password. All that info has been leaked in data breaches. Someone hacked in and sent a balance transfer. I got an alert and called right away. After 45 min on hold the rep said she didn't see any transaction. I said look at the limit and available credit. Then she said, "Ok lets close the acct and send you a new card." I told them but it seems they are getting in through online. I’ve had this card sitting in a drawer at home for a year. She she said they couldn't close the online access.

We called and made payments every month with a representative. Paid up every month. We call to pay for Feb and there is a 155 late fee for Jan. Management could not explain where it came from and were very rude. Terrible service. Awful company.

For the second time, 5th 3rd Bank placed an extended hold on a check I deposited into my checking. First time it happened the told me there was an 8 business hold on the check because the person that wrote the check account had extensive fraudulent behaviors - - lots of bounced check. The person who wrote me the check was a former Assistant State Attorney and active member of the bar association. When I contacted the gentleman who wrote me the check he said the check cleared his account two day after I deposited it. It told 5 weeks for the check to clear. The check was for $600.

I have a credit card with 53rd Bank. I am usually very punctual with my payments. However, during the pandemic lockdown, we were forced to make some very difficult decisions for our finances, resulting in four late payments. This organization placed four negative marks on my credit because of these late payments. I recently contacted them to ask if they had any pandemic forgiveness programs to have these removed. They claimed that they sent me a notice during the pandemic that would have helped my situation, but I didn't see them, and there is nothing they can do now. According to them, I am stuck with these negative marks on my credit.

I have been banking with Fifth Third for a few years now, until recently I haven't had any problems. They did an update on their app a couple months ago and now it doesn't work half the time. I have a harder time logging in and if I do overdraft, I don't get the email until days later. The people have always been very nice, but it's frustrating when I have to spend 5 mins trying to log into my acct.

I wouldn't recommend anyone to use this bank!! This bank is a SCAM! I "supposedly" had an acct. (which I do not recall having) but they said I was overdrawn by $107 back in 2010 and that now I owe over $800....ARE YOU SERIOUS! They acted like they couldn't get ahold of me, but they had my number because I was speaking to them. Plus, we all know they send out letters in the mail which I never received. This bank will set you up for failure and they prey on the people who struggle. DO NOT USE THIS BANK!

I had the unfortunate experience of having an auto loan through these scam artists. We attempted to obtain our GAP insurance refund after only having the vehicle for a few months. After waiting 5 months and contacting them numerous times, we still did not receive this refund. I finally was able to speak with someone who initially I thought was helping me. However, this person transferred me to an outside party who had nothing to do with my loan and was a ''random Google search gap company''. I was not the first person to experience this deceit. As you can imagine, we are still hunting down our refund. Do not accept an auto loan from this ''company''.

Deposited a check, it shows processed but it does not reflect on the account when we called today and asked about availability we were told the check will be available today after 7p and when we checked the account today now my account is overdrawn. We deposited checks from this business 5 other times. The same thing happened over Christmas, everyone I spoke to gave me different reasons as of why check was on hold. I was told it takes 15 days for a check to process and be available in my account. Totally unacceptable, I’m ready to start banking somewhere else.

I have verified that Fifth Third has received the funds for a check that I deposited 3 days ago and have been told that I will not have access for another 8 days. No one can give me an exact reason why I’m not able to use my money. Nor do they seem concerned that automatic payments are pending and will cause the account to be extremely overdrawn and will accrue NSF fees although the funds are already at Fifth Third Bank.

Avoid this bank at all costs. My mortgage was sold to them and it's been one problem after another. First, they wouldn't let me set up my online banking account online or on the phone. In the middle of the pandemic, I was told I had to go to the bank location. Once there, they kept telling me it would all be easier if I would just open a checking account. The nerve! I had to repeat multiple times that I do NOT want to bank with them. Their online banking system is so outdated and it displays information differently for different months, making it very confusing to track your payments.

Terrible bank have my check on hold like idiots around Christmas time I couldn’t get my children gifts. The part that’s amazing is I received 3 checks before from the same person. Terrible bank and will most def be taking this to the news.

Transfers from one bank to my 53 account take 5 days. Deposit a check and it takes 3 days to show up. Dingy and empty lobbies. Like banking in 1950’s. Nothing good to say about Fifth Third Bank in Skokie, Illinois.

Updated on 01/10/2023: Currently Fifth Third Bank has what they call "foreclosed" my accounts so I had to go into a branch and have a banker call the fraud department while they remained on hold until I closed the account. In the midst of this they asked me if I had opened another account. Why? I have a non-profit and received a donation from Network for Good. I deposited it because I received a check from them before and when I called them they explained what they do, which is disperse donations to non-profits that anonymous donors send to them. Someone donated to us before, so the second check I went through mobile app and deposited. It turned out to be a fraudulent check and I was notified by Fifth Third that the check could not be processed.

Is a fraud, their offers when they give you 250.00 if you open an account and deposit 1,000 in the first 90 days. I did it and they never gave me the bonus. Second, customer service is the worst. They blocked my ATM and when I went to the branch in Florence, KY, told me that I had to wait 5 days for another one to arrive by mail even though I told them that I needed an emergency one since I was going on a trip.

I was talked into opening a business checking account to "hold" our ticket sale money for our 20th-year class reunion and was assured it was a free account and would not be charged any fees as long as we had money in the account. Covid hit requiring us to cancel/postpone the reunion so I just left the funds sitting in the account. This year there was talk of having the reunion so I logged in and found several hundred dollars missing from the account. Apparently, they had been charging $11 a month, and I am not sure how long because online banking won't even show me all of the statements. I called the branch in Feb 2021 to handle this and was never called back.

I have had a few overdraft charges that the bank even said they were at fault for so I ran out of reversals and I got charged two fees wrongly. I talked to two different employees. They even said it was an error but can't reverse it because previous errors with mobile bank app so I have to go thru disputes now and this isn't even the worst. They will try and justify these charges with the random charges I've charged ever since the previous errors. I take photos of all times I go negative and when I transfer money to cover it just so I have proof. I have been banking w for two years. It's only last year this has been happening. They need sued.

Mortgage was transferred to this bank. Trying to set up an account online and autopay is a joke. Their service is terrible. Live in hope that my mortgage gets sold on to another company as soon as possible in order to get away from these clowns.

By far the worst bank I have ever dealt with... It doesn't matter what it is with this bank, they will mess it up... I was sent $1100 zelle payment and 5th 3rd is telling me I gotta wait 3 days... Or how about the $4k dollars that 5th 3rd took from my account for a person check that I didnt write, I don't even have checks with this bank, money was refunded after 5 days "bank teller inserted wrong numbers" ... I will be closing account and running from this bank today.

AVOID AT ALL COSTS. I know several family members who have had problems with 5/3 over the years just flat out taking money from their accounts. And now we are trying to close my Grandmother's account with them, it's been a nightmare. They revoked access to her online account for no discernible reason, told me it was locked for "fraud" concerns when I called, and refused to tell me anything else over the phone because apparently I answered their security questions incorrectly, which frankly isn't true. I have all the information they need, I'm her established Power of Attorney, which they also know... But they can't do anything. Doesn't make any sense.

This bank bought my mortgage and is now charging me $95 more a month and I've been trying to get this straightened out for a month so far. I can't get anyone to tell me what the increase is for, it's not escrow. Plus they don't have bi-weekly bill available, which is crazy! Worst customer service ever! I'm beyond frustrated.

I neither have to time nor do I have the words to explain what an incompetent, dishonest and downright messed up institution 53 bank is. I've been lied to many times by their reps. I've been on hold or re-routed for over 50 hrs. when trying to get anyone with enough intelligence in their customer service (oxymoron as it pertains to these idiots) to fix issues. I was lied to about the terms of my mortgage refi then when the agent was caught in that lie they held back the disclosure form that by law I'm to get before closing... I just cannot express in serious enough terms to anyone interested in doing any type of banking NOT TO TRUST 53 Bank!