Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) fined Bank of America $100 million for botching the disbursement of state unemployment benefits at the height of the pandemic. Bank of America automatically and unlawfully froze people’s accounts with a faulty fraud detection program, and then gave them little recourse when there was, in fact, no fraud. …
The state of South Carolina and Bank of America have teamed up together to administer unemployment benefits to South Carolina residents. Unemployment benefits used to come in the form of a check but are now being issued in the form of a Bank of America prepaid debit card. Bank of America claims that it’s good …
“Dear Steve, My situation concerns Bank of America. Last november BoA lowered my limit from 16000 to 15000. at the time my balance was around 14700. When my minimum payment hit me it sent me over my new limit and defaulted me and I was charged with a 27.99% interest rate. The extra interest fees …
“Dear Steve, I was self/unemployed after a layoff for about 3 years, until about a year ago. I had about $60K of home equity, but accumulated about $80K in credit card debt (I had no debt going into the period). We live very frugally, with hand me downs, Goodwil,l and 200K+ mile minivans. In the …
Charles “Dear Steve, Bank of America has lowered my credit line from 23000 to 16 and when I called to complain the dropped it down to the current level of 13500. I use my card in business and know they have the right to do this but what about the negative effect on my credit …
Lucy “Dear Steve, Have been advised about Bank of America raise in interest rates. I have never been late on a payment. Would like to be part of class action suit. Is this legal? Lucy” Dear Lucy, The only Bank of America class action lawsuit I am familiar with is the one I previously wrote …
Yvonne “Dear Steve, I can not get Bank Of America to lower my interest rate. It is a whopping 27.99%. The interest I am paying on 9800 is around 285. I am now unemployed and 60 years old. Very hard to find a job at that age, that pays anything. I’m lost on what to …
“Dear Steve, I have a BOA American Express card that was originally about $500.00 – I’ve paid every month and for the past 4 years made no new purchases. Interest rate is 25.99% and with all the monthly late fees / interest rate my balance is almost $2k. I’m falling further into debt with this …
Michelle “Dear Steve, Back in 2007 I made a payment arrengment with BOA on my credit card. The balance on the card was 3500 but with intrest and fees it had gone up to almost 4700. The payment plan was 100. a month. Then in 2008 my husbands hours got cut and we had to …
Certainly an impassioned point of view from a very angry Bank of America customer that feels strongly that she is not going to pay Bank of America one more penny. Here are some videos that responded to the original video or content. As you can see she has a few fans. Although the message could …