Consumer complaint received 2018-12-12
Company: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION
State: TX
Product: Checking or savings account
Sub-product: Checking account
Issue: Problem with a lender or other company charging your account
Sub-issue: Transaction was not authorized

Complaint:
On XX/XX/2018 I attempted to submit a {$300.00} payment to USAA for my auto loan. But I received an error stating " Currently we are unable to process your payment due to a system error. Please submit this payment later. ( XXXX ) ''. I reached out to USAA online support directly after receiving the error and they stated " XXXX XXXX : Good to hear! I apologize you are unable to make a payment to your loan. We are currently experiencing technical difficulties. Our technical specialists are fully aware and are working aggressively to resolve the issue. I apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you. I do not have a timeframe of when this will be fixed, however, please check in within 1-2 hours to resubmit your payment ''. So the next day XX/XX/2018 I made a {$300.00} payment for my auto loan. On XX/XX/XXXX I checked my bank account and seen two withdrawals listed on my account history for XX/XX/XXXX and XX/XX/XXXX. I contacted USAA to make them aware of the situation and provided them my external bank records to show the multiple withdrawals of {$300.00}. USAA stated initially they didn't see the payment, But then stated that they could see it, but it did not post to my auto loan. USAA called my external bank ( XXXX Convenience XXXX with me on the phone to get the tracer number ( XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX ) for the {$300.00}. I asked USAA for a provisional credit the say no and they also stated they could not reverse my auto loan payment because it would make my account delinquent. On XX/XX/2018 I filed a claim with my external bank for the {$300.00} and I was credited the next day. But USAA reversed my car payment making auto loan delinquent. I didn't know they reversed my auto loan payment until USAA called me Saturday XX/XX/2018 asking for payment. I was transferred to executive resolutions where they stated they don't know why it was reversed and should not have been reversed. XXXX with USAA 's executive resolutions said she reached out to the back office and they researching to see where the funds went. Also stated that I could not get my money back until they see which department it went too. On XX/XX/XXXX XXXX called from USAA stating they located the funds in a back ledger and they were being processed back to my auto loan backdated to XX/XX/XXXX. She said it would take 24-48 hours. On XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX called stating that the back office is having trouble locating the funds and asked for a tracer number which i told her that its in their system because we called and got it previously. She quickly looked it up and seen the tracer number. She said she would forward the information for further research to the back office. I called USAA XX/XX/XXXX to ask about for a status update of the {$300.00} and was told they have no information.

Company public response: Company believes complaint is the result of an isolated error
Company response to consumer: Closed with monetary relief