Consumer complaint received 2019-07-10
Company: KEYCORP
State: OR
Product: Checking or savings account
Sub-product: Checking account
Issue: Problem caused by your funds being low
Sub-issue: Overdrafts and overdraft fees

Complaint:
I started banking with Key Bank a little over two years ago. I have had no problems with the bank until XXXX. I have been charged {$2000.00} ( {$890.00} on 37 fees in the last 90 days - that is insane ) dollars in bank fees by Key Bank in XXXX. I was informed when I opened my account that the account would deny any transaction if there were insufficient funds. I have asked about this over the course of XXXX because it continually would allow for my account to authorize purchases/ payments even when the account had insufficient funds. It was recently brought to my attention by XXXX ( XXXX XXXX, OR location - she is awesome and has been a huge help ) that in XXXX of XXXX an employee ( I do not remember her name ) changed my authorization to allow for overdrafts ( this was without my consent ). Prior to this incident I had no problems with overdraft fees. After finding this error, XXXX and I have worked together with several of the other branches and their managers to try to refund some of the fees. It has now been several months and there has been zero change or anything fixed. I am frustrated as a consumer that I was mislead, stressed, and treated the way I have been by this institution. This has negatively affected my overall health, my credit score, and my ability to live comfortably. I have tried to contact corporate about this situation only to consistently be hung up on by customer service and continually told to go to my branch to figure it out. When I get to the branch they tell me to call customer service. It has been a living XXXX to be honest. When the regional manager (? ) XXXX, found out that my main location ( this was in XXXX, OR and the manager was XXXX ) had shut down ( I wonder why ) she said " well, it isn't fair for the other branches to pay for that locations mistake '' - are you kidding me? I do not believe I should pay for the company 's mistake. I have done my best to work through this with them calmly and professionally but I am at the end of my rope and have lost all faith. Lastly, my account has a freeze placed on it ( XXXX recommended that I freeze it until we figure everything out to avoid more fees ).  This has worked great until I received several letters in the mail this week from Key Bank, threatening to close my account permanently and send the negative balance to collections. I called about this today and was told that there is nothing the branch level can do about it and I am not allowed to speak to the higher ups to figure out what happened. I was simply told that my direct deposit check would be taken in, the balance set back to XXXX, and that they would mail me a check for the difference after my account was closed permanently. I do not and will not ever recommend Key Bank to anyone and will do anything in my power to have anyone that banks there switch banks. I will share my story with everyone I encounter moving forward that mentions ANY bank.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation