Consumer complaint received 2019-06-19
Company: FIFTH THIRD FINANCIAL CORPORATION
State: KY
Product: Checking or savings account
Sub-product: Checking account
Issue: Managing an account
Sub-issue: Banking errors

Complaint:
I opened a checking account at 5/3 bank in XXXX Kentucky around XX/XX/XXXX. I am on SSI social security benefits and had originally been using the XXXX XXXX card that was issued by the government handling the finances for my XXXX. upon opening the account I had many questions to compare the fees that will or will not be assessed with my new checking account and all the answers were what i needed to hear. I had asked about atm fee 's and was led to believe there would be none up to a certain amount. I had noticed a few months into said accout that a transaction had taken place from a XXXX XXXX. I called the bank and it was promptly taken care of. I then noticed after an incident with my XXXX credit card payment being returned XX/XX/XXXX I made contact with the bank and was under the impression it was to be handled. I waited patiently and XX/XX/XXXX I called both the bank and XXXX  frustrated and ready for answers. I had never seen any of these mistakes on my 5/3 online statements so I was assuming the error to possibly be XXXX 's fault. upon calling them they made contact with the banking institution whom confirmed that the error was still on 5/3 behalf and i was confused. I called 5/3 again and from this point noticed a lot of things that made me more than confused. I noticed that when I opened my account I was also getting charges from a XXXX account that I have no idea of. letting 5/3 know of my new finding they have been very rude in fact they even went as far as to tell me the loss of my business would be of no regret. I have called numerous time talking to as many agents hoping to resolve this issue without having to change banks. I do not understand y I am being treated like this.the account that are manipulating my banking appears to be online fraud. 5/3 tell me that without a signed paper that I have never received they can not move into investigation. I beg the differ because they have already removed money that was tied to the XXXX issue on my account. I just want resolution. I had 5/3 back in XXXX 's as a small business owner and it was an amazing experience thus the reason I went back to them with my SSI hoping for a similar experience. This is not the case. I feel that because my account does not have the same kind of financial revenue that I am being treated less as a consumer. I can not believe otherwise. I am truely sorry that my income is fixed and my illness is the cause but I am greatly insulted that now I am below poverty level of income that the bank feels its ok to treat me at the level of poverty they feel I deserve. Please help reach out to then for resolution. I have monitored my online statements through the app and there shows nothing about the transactions in question they allowed several of my payments to be approved and then several days and weeks later they are returned as declined. I did not have these issues prior to nbanking with 5/3 they should not occur now.

Company response to consumer: Closed with monetary relief