BEE-spoke-data/consumer-finance-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2015-06-22
Company: REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
State: GA
Product: Bank account or service
Sub-product: Other bank product/service
Issue: Using a debit or ATM card

Complaint:
The reason for this letter is to inform you on the amount of time it takes to get a response on a dispute. On XX/XX/XXXX, an unauthorized transaction took place on my card while I was in church. On XX/XX/XXXX, i noticed this transaction on my account. I called and spoke to a Regions Banker and I was told that I could not dispute it until the money was no longer pending. XX/XX/XXXX, transaction is no longer pending, so I called back to dispute the transaction. I was interviewed over the phone. I was also faxed over documents to sign and return. I returned the documents the same day. I was told that it would take XXXX business days up to XXXX business days. I called back on XX/XX/XXXX and was told by a Regions Banker " I 'm sorry that you thought it took XXXX days '' ... In addition to speaking to over XXXX Regions Bankers in a XXXX week period, I 'm still coming up with the same answer, " There 's nothing in the system about your request ''. " It can take up to 10 business days ''. " Please hold for XXXX minutes ''. " XXXX XXXX, there are no notes in the system, your dispute is still pending '' ... After XXXX weeks. I 'm still empty handed. I received a letter in the mail that told me to return the information within XXXX days of filing my complaint or my request will be dismissed. After looking over the letter, I realized that these were the same questions that I have already answered. 

When calling this past weekend, I was told that your office had not received the information that i faxed over on XX/XX/XXXX, and then again on XX/XX/XXXX. When I was adamant about returning the documents, the representative finally put me on hold again. She came back to say ask, " What time did XXXX fax the information ( on XX/XX/XXXX )? She locates the information that I initially faxed on XX/XX/XXXX. I was then told that it 's being expedited, which i 'm not understanding because I have already reached my XXXX business day. The representative old me to give an additional XXXX business days ... This has been the biggest inconvenience for me. I had to spend additional money to rent a car and borrow money to compensate for the money that should have been in my account. Your policy on disputes is the worst that I have EVER encountered. The communication with the customer service representatives and your fraud department is awful. Your bank locations and ATM 's are a huge inconvenience and this has really pushed me to close my account and go elsewhere. I am passed disappointed in the customer service and your policy for my situation. This has literally had me scrapping up change. As of Friday, I had a utility disconnected because I have yet to receive my {$150.00}. This disconnection also comes with a {$75.00} re connection fee.

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2016-10-03
Company: REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
State: GA
Product: Bank account or service
Sub-product: Checking account
Issue: Account opening, closing, or management

Complaint:
I had an account with regions i told them I didnt want to set up auto transfers and they did it anyway after i noticed it i canceled future transfers and now they transfered money from my checking to my savings and charged me a XXXX dollar fee and then went into my savings and took XXXX dollars out for a monthly maintnece fee this has to be illegal i understand the XXXX dollar fee and i would have to pay that each month but to charge my account for putting money from my checking that was XXXX cents into my savings all within the same bank and now my account is closed and i cant get an account due to this i am negative XXXX dollars and refuse to pay this for i didnt cause this and it is just a way for them to make money and i want this fixed and they offered me a settlement that still works in there favor taking XXXX dollars off the balance that isnt an offer or settlement and someone needs to do something about this bank they need to be shut down and given to another bank they are horrible people

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-02-20
Company: EOS Holdings, Inc.
State: AL
Product: Debt collection
Sub-product: Medical
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
Sub-issue: Debt is not mine

Complaint:
Original creditor ( XXXX ) billed the wrong insurance policy with no notice/contact to me however the hospital billed the correct insurance and was paid. I 've provided the collection agency with the correct insurance and had XXXX contact them as well, but the original creditor refused to resubmit bill to insurance for billing. Per XXXX they have to get resubmission from the original creditor. Collection agency told me they would remove this from my credit due to it being no fault of mine but it is still there. I was told by XXXX people at EOS CCA this was being filed for resubmission to the insurance, after speaking with XXXX, I was told they never received it. EOS CCA stated they are not allow to resubmit but file it with the original creditor who is REFUSING to resubmit or take any action to resolve this claim in over a year.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-06-02
Company: AFNI INC.
State: FL
Product: Debt collection
Sub-product: Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
Sub-issue: Debt was paid

Complaint:
On XXXX XXXX, 2016, I checked my credit score and noticed an unusual downfall from a XXXX to a XXXX score. Under the factors affecting my score, a negative debt collector was listed. I contacted XXXX and was notified that a debt collector by the name of Afni Inc. reported a delinquent account. I investigated further into this matter and have filed a dispute with XXXX and XXXX to remove this from my credit report. 

Afni is claiming in a debt collection notice that I owe XXXX an outstanding {$370.00}. However, my XXXX account has been paid in full and closed in good standing. I have a letter confirming of this information dating to XXXX XXXX, 2016. Along with speaking to XXXX, I have been informed that my account with them has never been sent to a collections agency which puts into question the validity of Afni Inc. 's claims. When speaking to Afni on the phone to resolve this issue, the telephone attendant was in full swing of harassing language and would not adhere to my concerns or confirmation that XXXX has already been paid. Therefore I was not able to resolve or dispute this debt on my behalf resulting in this debt to be reported to the credit bureaus and negatively affecting my credit.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2022-10-01
Company: Synovus Bank
State: FL
Product: Checking or savings account
Sub-product: Checking account
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Sub-issue: Account status incorrect

Complaint:
An account was fraudulently open in my name at Synovus Bank. I was made aware after the account was overdraft. I went to the ban on several occasion, Met with different bank managers who guarantee me that it would have been address and since XX/XX/2022. To date I've been getting collection letter and reporting to Synovus letting you know the situation the isn't resolved.. I open a complaint here and was told it was address and my credit should not be impacted. Well that was a lie as my credit got impacted for collection in the middle of me doing a housing transaction. 
COMPLAINT ID XXXX SUBMITTED ON XX/XX/2022 They claim it was address but it's not. Please see attachment.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-12-20
Company: EOS Holdings, Inc.
State: VA
Product: Debt collection
Sub-product: Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
Sub-issue: Debt is not mine

Complaint:
1. I have no knowledge of said debt and I would like it removed as it 's reporting to the CB ( as an OPEN account ) and negatively affecting me. 2. This information was also shared illegally ( third party ) without my informed consent.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-04-24
Company: REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
State: FL
Product: Mortgage
Sub-product: Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account

Complaint:
My husband and I purchased a double wide mobile home in 2001 which was put on the land we had previously financed with a loan from Regions Bank. We have been paying on this loan since, with a 7.34 % interest rate. When the interest rate was lowered, we tried to refinance the loan thru Regions and was told that they do not do mortgage loans. I have tried refinancing thru the HARP program and was told they do n't refinance mobile homes. We are retired with a fixed income and paying XXXX a month mortgage payment to Regions. We have considered a reverse mortgage but do not know if that is a good move. My son has a home on the land and we were hopeful to be able to leave the land to him and a daughter. At this point I do n't if we can continue to pay the mortgage as prices keep rising.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2021-09-01
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: NY
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report
Sub-issue: Report provided to employer without your written authorization

Complaint:
These companies have posted information into a consumer report without my permission violating my right to privacy.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-07-09
Company: PENTAGON FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
State: MS
Product: Mortgage
Sub-product: Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Application, originator, mortgage broker

Complaint:
We signed a contract for a home and submitted the contract to Pentagon Federal Credit Union XXXX Penfed XXXX. We were assigned a loan officer, XXXX XXXX, and assigned a closing date of XXXX XXXX. She requested MANY documents for the underwriter, which we returned within only a couple of days. She never confirmed that she received the documents. She did, however, note that she had ordered the appraisal on XXXX XXXX, 2015. The appraisal occurred, but there was an issue with the names on the document. She was given contact information for all parties involved XXXX appraiser, realtor, homeowner 's insurance agent, etc ). She had multiple weeks to get all of her work together. Because I had not heard from her and it was the week of our closing date, I called on Monday, XXXX XXXX. I received no answer, and no response to my voicemail. I called again on Tuesday and received no answer, and no response to my voicemail. On Thursday evening, she calls to say that she is missing signatures on a contract and needs it immediately. We sent it to her within an hour, even though our realtor claims it was sent to her before ( and I believe this because she has continuously lost documents that I have submitted ). Tonight, XXXX nights before closing, she tells me that now that she has the contract, she will have to get an appraisal done, and that I should contact the seller and request a new closing date. I do not want a new closing date, and everyone has done their part to make sure closing happened on time except for her. And if she had answered the phone earlier in the week, or returned a phone call, perhaps we would n't be in this situation.

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-09-22
Company: REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
State: FL
Product: Credit card
Issue: Billing statement

Complaint:
I have not been consistently receiving my credit card statements from Regions Bank. I have received the following statements in 2016 : XXXX XXXX 2016, XXXX 2016, XXXX 2016, XXXX 2016. The only time I have received statements after the XXXX 2016 statement is when I called Regions to complain. I would get the next months statement and then no statements after until I called. Regions continually said they were mailed to my current address and verified with me my address. Finally someone at Regions ( XXXX XXXX ) discovered my statements were being mailed to an address I used a long time ago. In fact I have moved twice since using that address. The problem was in Regions system as I had not authorized that my statements go back to that address. I also can not sign up to view my account online as Regions has a problem with the online system. The online system will not let credit card only customers to sign up for an account. My identity could be potentially compromised due to Regions error in sending my statements to a wrong address. Also I think Regions should refund me any late fees for the months I did not receive a statement and provide me a copy of all of my 2016 statements and where they were mailed too.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2015-11-23
Company: Nationwide Biweekly Administration, Inc.
State: OR
Product: Mortgage
Sub-product: Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account

Complaint:
XXXX program sent XXXX e-mails to us in two days with our account number, but someone else 's name, indicating that they are suspending our mortgage payment program. They indicated that their banks have stopped handling the mortgage deductions. They did take payments XXXX XXXX for the XXXX XXXX payments on our first and second mortgages. We are told that we must make the XXXX payments ourselves. We called the company and asked about fee refunds. They said the account is only suspended and not closed, so they are not refunding fees. We feel that we have been scammed and given only part of the story. We want to protect ourselves in this situation. What action of the CFPB caused the banks to stop supporting the XXXX XXXX program? Will the program be resuming as indicated in our call to them? If it will resume, when might that happen? Can we trust the information coming from the company?

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-08-17
Company: AFNI INC.
State: SC
Product: Debt collection
Sub-product: Credit card
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
Sub-issue: Debt resulted from identity theft

Complaint:
XXXX came in my absence from my XXXX home atXXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX. It was observed by my property manager that the destruction that ensued was major and costly to repair including holes in the wall, bending the aluminum opening of the sliding glass door to enter when it was locked and installing the cable modem on the wrong side of the room. My complaint went unheard, their only offer was to send someone, ( right, once a destructive burgler has entered your home, you MUST always open the door for them, on subsequent occasions, how about oh ... ... never ) They sited my agreeing to a contract ( no, it was not I ) it was someone who was NOT the owner of the residenceUnder NO CIRCUMSTANCES would I ever agree to have my home damaged ( I had just bought it, when this occurred ) Then they damaged my, NEVER LATE ON ANY PAYMENTcredit historyThis has already happened to me, but some strong negative reasons should be given this greedy, unresponsive, credit damaging company, to NEVER again do this to the next customer.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-08-27
Company: Early Warning Services, LLC
State: FL
Product: Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report
Sub-issue: Information is not mine

Complaint:
I am submitting a complaint against Early Waring Services because I have been a victim of Identity theft and sent in the required documents that they requested Police report, ID and consumer Identification form. There is an inaccurate reporting showing from XXXX XXXX on my file with them In which I sent in a dispute to them along with the Identity Theft Remedy documents requested and they claim that XXXX XXXX claimed the account to be verified as reporting accurate. I called today and spoke to a supervisor ( XXXX ) who told me that XXXX XXXX did not respond as to why they believe the account to be accurately reporting so that gives them permission to remove the reporting from my file. Shortly after XXXX called to tell me that XXXX XXXX responded as to why they believe the account is reporting accurately and that the reporting was going to be reinserted in to my file. They said that I can rebuttal the reason as to why XXXX XXXX believes the reporting is accurate and I have to explain why I disagree. I have already stated why I disagree the moment I sent them a Valid Police Report Specifying that this account reporting is Fraudulent and Identity theft. They are completely violating my FCRA rights and ignoring that fact that this is an identity theft account that was opened fraudulently. Why should I have to rebuttal what is obvious in my initial dispute with them? This situation seems to be completely biased as this company was formed and XXXX XXXX has partnership and interest in the stock of this company.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-07-30
Company: ARVEST BANK GROUP, INC.
State: MA
Product: Mortgage
Sub-product: Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account

Complaint:
Dear Sir/Madam, My mortgage was recently sold off to Central Mortgage Company. I received a threatening letter from Central Mortgage on XXXX XXXX stating they did not have the required proof of insurance coverage on our home. If I did not take immediate action, they said they would purchase the required insurance and that I would be responsible for the bill. When Ispoke to their representative on Tuesday, they told me that I had 30 to 45 days to provide them with the proof of insurance. 

I had my current insurance carrier ( XXXX XXXX ) fax them the requested insurance binder immediately on XXXX XXXX. I called them again this morning and they have no records of the insurance policy from either myself or from the Mortgage Banker that refinanced our home ( XXXX XXXX ). A recent XXXX search has revealed a staggering number of complaints of fraud and predatory lending practices from this company. 

When I reviewed my loan info online this morning I found a {$6600.00} charge on my escrow account for a Force Placed Fire insurance policy from their friends at XXXX XXXX XXXX. My escrow account balance is now negative. This new insurance policy is over XXXX times the cost of our current insurance policy. Talk about a scam. 

I am trying in good faith to rectify this situation but it has not worked. I am setup for auto-payment from my checking account and I have no idea how much they are going to take out of my checking account to pay for this redundant homeowners insurance policy. How can you help us with this problem? 

Thanks, XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-03-22
Company: AFNI INC.
State: GA
Product: Debt collection
Sub-product: Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
Sub-issue: Debt is not mine

Complaint:
Afni, Inc. has placed an account that is unknown to me on my credit report. I filed on online dispute with XXXX on XXXX XXXX, XXXX however, the account is still updating and reported as 90 days late as of XXXX XXXX, XXXX. In the dispute I asked Afini to validate this debt, they are still illegally updating after I asked for validiation. Afni is illegally reporting this account to the credit bureaus and my creditors. First of all, the account is reporting a " One Month Term. '' What terms and agreements did I sign and agree to when Afni debt collector purchased the debt? None. 
The account is reporting as " 3 months late ''. How can this be? Collection accounts are not like original creditor accounts. Consumers do not open an account with a collection agency and promise to pay monthly payments. Afeni is NOT reporting the last status from the original creditor and they can not update lates on a monthly basis. 
The date of first delinquency with the original creditor is not reporting and according to the FCRA, Section 623, " ... A person who furnishes information to a consumer reporting agency regarding a delinquent account being placed for collection, charged to profit or loss, or subjected to any similar action shall, not later than 90 days after furnishing the information, notify the agency of the date of delinquency on the account, which shall be the month and year of the commencement of the delinquency on the account that immediately preceded the action. '' This account is showing a XXXX XXXX reporting date.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation