vivekkopthsd/cfpb-consumer-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2016-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Issue: Disclosure verification of debt — Right to dispute notice not received
Company: CL Holdings LLC
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
I reached out to Jefferson Capital Systems on XXXX/XXXX/2016 after finding a Collection account on my credit report on XXXX/XXXX/2016. I spoke with a male representative on the phone. After the gentleman was able to locate the account we verified some information and found that they had an incorrect address and the account was not verified. I explained to him my concern which was the credit collection report and improper notification & verification of this account. I told him I wanted to pay the account for the full balance due and have this removed because I was not properly notified. He furthered explained to me that the account was still owned by Jefferson Capital Systems, however, it was sent off to a 4th party collection agency and I would have to pay them. I then go into further detail about the issue now and explained that I did not feel comfortable paying another agency for collection owed to them. The gentleman told me, " I 'm sorry but there is nothing I can do. '' I advised him that I would be reaching out to several different agencies over this matter.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2017-02-22 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Don't agree with fees charged
Company: Navient Solutions, LLC.
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
I contacted XXXX XXXX to pay off my entire loan in 2005. However, they refused to give me an exacted pay out and suggested that I make the monthly payments.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-09-23 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional adjustable mortgage (ARM)
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
State: CO

Complaint narrative:
My wife and I took a conventional interest-only 5-year ARM mortgage from Countrywide Financial which was later acquired by Bank of America on XX/XX/XXXX. Countrywide 's mortgage system has a serious system glitch. When I make principle payments more than once a month, their mortgage system consistently miscalculates interest as it ignores the principal payment. They promised to hold off interest accrual until they have fixed this system error. However, instead of resolving this error, Bank of America sold my mortgage to XXXX. Unfortunately, this issue has never been resolved. Nevertheless, we paid the full principle balance on XX/XX/XXXX. We just learned that the dispute with BofA significantly damaged our credit scores. 
Can you ask Bank of America to repair my credit score?

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-07-17 00:00:00
Product: Bank account or service — Checking account
Issue: Using a debit or ATM card — 
Company: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
State: CT

Complaint narrative:
I have notice over and over again my accoutn being minus and find myself paying well over {$200.00} of over draft fees. And thing that I pay via debit should automatically show as being cleared the smae day. Bank of America shows everything as processing even the things I have debited. They could not answer my question when I asked. Long story short they had to refund me {$320.00} because they were wrong. This has been going on for a while and I am sick and tired of wasting my time EVERYTIME this happens. For all I know they may owe me alot more money. Can someone please investigate this.

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-08-21 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — FHA mortgage
Issue: Credit decision / Underwriting — 
Company: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
This is XXXX complaint : today I found out the Bank of America received a property tax refund on XXXX XXXX XXXX in the amount of {$1000.00} for XXXX tax pre fund. We also have at least XXXX other refund for the year XXXX - XXXX due to my husband XXXX Veteran XXXX and other qualification. The B of America representative told me that this process can take up to 3 months to refund the money. I have been working on this since XXXX XXXX. My husband has a XXXX in XXXX XXXX & we are in a financial hardship ; Bank of America know this. They have charge us XXXX of dollars in excess overdraft fees and if we would of received the money on a timely basis this would not of occurred. They are earning millions of dollars in earnings credits. Hoe can a refund take 3 months? In addition theses refunds will lower my mortgage payment & apparently they do not want to do that.

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-01-19 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Received bad information about my loan
Company: Navient Solutions, LLC.
State: KS

Complaint narrative:
Navient reps told me there was no way to lower my payment multiple times on the phone. I was told another time when I inquired if they could be lowered because I now had a XXXX dependent nephew living with me full time and relying on me 100 percent for support that adjusting the number in my household would make my payment go UP. I was told I could take forbearance which I have had to several times due to my new dependent and the strain it caused on my finances. I was not informed until recently many of the payments I had made were not going towards time on IBR plan.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-03-18 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Can't repay my loan — Can't get flexible payment options
Company: Navient Solutions, LLC.
State: OK

Complaint narrative:
I have requested consolidation into one loan multiple times, still have XXXX loans. Ridiculous, these can not be consolidated.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-12-17 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Home equity loan or line of credit
Issue: Settlement process and costs — 
Company: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
I refinanced my existing {$400000.00} Home equity Line of credit with Bank of America, which was about to be expired to a new Home equity of line of credit ( New Account # XXXX ) effective date of XXXX/XXXX/2016 at no absolute cost ( XXXX cost for refinancing ), then I found out that, the Bank of America Charged me {$1700.00} for capitalized amounts, which does not meant nothing neither to me nor to the employee 's of Bank of America which I am contacting them. Since then, I called Bank of America more than 15 times, each time they passing me from this dept. 's to another dept. 's, with no results, then finally the line will be disconnected or they telling me that someone will get back to you within 48 hours, which never happened, ( each phone call tooks XXXX 90 minutes ) In addition they put me on trial period for three months to pay {$810.00} monthly, then I was told that, it is better that, I pay the full amount monthly on my existing loan in order to keep my credit clean ( in this case I paid {$540.00} above my requested trial monthly payment ), they said that they will refund ( credited ) this amount to my principal account, which they never did. 
Therefore ; I am demanding {$1700.00} + XXXX = {$2300.00} from Bank of America to be credited to my principal new loan.

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 2017-01-19 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Don't agree with fees charged
Company: Navient Solutions, LLC.
State: PA

Complaint narrative:
I 've had student loans for about 8-9 years. In this period I went from XXXX XXXX to Navient. I have 6.8 % interest and XXXX loans all for XXXX XXXX. Before I was able to get my papers starring I completed XXXX I needed to pay almost {$1000.00} out of pocket on top of the loans. I was told I had job placement guarantee, I did n't. I was a XXXX mother on welfare and they fought me on deferrment, charged me interest and fees. When I finally started to get on my feet, and my loan WAS in deferrment finally, they took an entire $ XXXX income tax check I was relying on for a home. No notification, nothing. Now, 4 years after that happening and me paying on the loans from working ( not what I went to school for ) I still owe almost {$5000.00}. Navient sends you emails telling you about government grants to pay the loans, government loan forgiveness, and forbearance to those who qualify. But where is the information at for these? Who decides this? Where are we supposed to apply? I eventually was able to get a home, and almost lost mine in part of my student loan debt.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-09-05 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Credit determination — 
Company: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
State: DC

Complaint narrative:
My partner has a credit card account with Bank of America. I am a authorized user on the account, which means that I have a card with the same number, and my partner receives the statement for the charges from both her and my credit card. One day we noticed fraudulent charges on the statement, so my partner cancelled the card and requested that new cards be delivered to XXXX us. These cards arrived in the mail and we each began using our new cards. I received a separate statement for my card. My partner called the bank to ask why I was receiving a separate statement. The customer service representative acknowledged the error and apologized, saying that the charges from my card would be transferred over to my partner 's statement, that I did not have to pay the bill, and that I would be issued a new card with the same number as my partner 's card. I did not pay the bill, and I never received the card. My partner called back to Bank of America requesting an explanation, and was told by a different customer service representative that the representative was not able to discuss my card. As it turns out, the card I had been sent as the replacement for my original authorized user card on my partner 's account was actually an updated card for an old Bank of America credit card account that I had not used for years. I had not requested an updated card for this account, and there had been no activity on this card since 2013. When I called Bank of America, the customer service representative told me that I had failed to pay the bill for that card -- which my partner had been told I did not have to pay -- but agreed, based on my explanation, to remove the late fee from the charges. I paid the bill. Later, I discovered that the bank had reported the late payment to the credit agencies, and my credit score decreased dramatically. I called the bank to try to remedy this, but they wrote me a letter stating that " no bank errors have been made concerning XXXX my ] payment record. Therefore, the delinquency on your credit report is valid and will not be removed. '' The initial customer service representative assured my partner that the bank had erred, that they apologized, that they would redirect the charges at issue to my partner 's account, and that I did not have to pay the bill. In light of this, to report a delinquency on my part to the credit agencies is certainly a bank error. It is grossly unfair and highly damaging to me.

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-02-03 00:00:00
Product: Bank account or service — Checking account
Issue: Account opening, closing, or management — 
Company: CITIBANK, N.A.
State: IL

Complaint narrative:
Citibank ran a promotion whereby a consumer opening a new account by a certain date would receive {$400.00} after 3 months of maintaining a balance of over {$15000.00}. I opened such an account on XXXX XXXX, met the requirement, but failed to receive a bonus. Upon inquiring, I was told that I would have to wait for up to 90 days for a resolution. In the meantime, I was told that I can not close the account, and if I withdraw funds, I would be subject to monthly fees. This is fraudulent behavior, requiring me to keep my funds in the account for an arbitrarily long period of time. Now I face the choice of foregoing the promised {$400.00}, extending my account duration by 5 months later than initially outlined ( it has already been 2 months since I fulfilled the requirement ), or paying monthly fees to Citibank for 3 months if I take my money elsewhere while the institution " investigates. ''

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 2015-08-17 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — FHA mortgage
Issue: Loan modification,collection,foreclosure — 
Company: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
In XXXX, 2015 I contacted XXXX ( XXXX ) for assistance with my mortgage. In coordination with this process, I was required to request loan modification from my mortgage provider Bank of America. XXXX requires the exact same documentation as Bank of America. While XXXX received, evaluated and provided me with a denial of my request based on my income, Bank of America has continually asked for additional documentation, although I have provided everything requested within a XXXX hour window, either by fax or document upload to their website. I would get a call from a " customer relations manager '' requiring XXXX more document. I would immediately provide it ( within XXXX hours ) and then a week would go by and then I would get another e-mail and another call asking for yet another document. Much of the documentation has had to be provided XXXX or XXXX times and still no resolution. Bank of America is now indicating that we wo n't be able to meet a regulatory deadline in order to complete a determination of the loan modification request. As of XXXX XXXX I have had a change in income. I have provided proof of that change, but Bank of America will not accept that documentation until actual receipt of a deposit to my bank account. Actual deposit wo n't occur until outside the XXXX day window Bank of America appears to working under. The fact that a determination has not been made ( up or down ) prior of XXXX XXXX is a tactic to deny me the opportunity to keep my home and have a more manageable mortgage. XXXX made an assessment and provided me with a determination over a XXXX ago. I believe Bank of America to operating in bad faith.

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-04-08 00:00:00
Product: Bank account or service — Checking account
Issue: Problems caused by my funds being low — 
Company: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
At Bank Of America, I have had my personal & business checking account assessed with several NSF/Overdraft fees, since XXXX continuing into XXXX inspite of the fact that I was told the checking account has been linked with Bofa Credit card to avoid any fees and I covered the deficiency balance on numerous occasions the same day. Inspite of everything I have done to avoid getting hit with these fees, the account keeps getting charged with these erroneous fees. I contacted the personal banker, XXXX XXXX XXXX for this issue ( See email excerpt below ). I can not afford these fees as I 'm already struggling financially and being a long-time bank customer, and have maintained account in good standing. I 'm not getting any assistance from the bank for this issue. 

From : XXXX Sent : Friday, XX/XX/XXXX XXXX To : XXXX Subject : RE : NSF fees Hello XXXX XXXX Thank you for reaching out to me thru email. 
I did send the request already for your refund credit. As soon as I get the response from the request I will contact you. 

Thanks! 


XXXX XXXX Relationship Banker boa_logo XXXX CA XXXX Ph : XXXX Fax : XXXX XXXX From : XXXX XXXX [ XXXX ] Sent : Friday, XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX To : XXXX, XXXX Subject : NSF fees XXXX, Nice to meet with you last week for the NSF fees. 
As of now, I still have not seen anything come through yet for credits.. 
Can you please let them know that my accounts were not linked to the Bofa Credit card and also I was not aware of the depositing funds the same day in the account..Main thing is that I was told to open the card to avoid NSF fees and yet I 'm being charged on my Bus acct - XXXX & Personal account XXXX 

Thanks! 

Best Regards, XXXX

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 monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2017-02-10 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Trouble with how payments are handled
Company: Navient Solutions, LLC.
State: IL

Complaint narrative:
Everytime I make extra payments ( in addition to my auto-scheduled payments ) I can not make them simply to the principle. That is not an option. The only option available is to " make a payment '' and it is always applied to interest as well as principle. The further I make a payment from XX/XX/XXXX ( my auto scheduled payment ), the more interest I have to pay. I believe that if I am making additional payments that those should go strictly to principle, just like a mortgage or car payment is allowed to go to principle. 

Additionally, ever since Navient took over the student loan, I no longer see the " pay in full '' option that I used to see. I used to be able to see my total repayment option if I 'Paid today '' and, if I selected that, that price would be honored for up to 10 days while payment was processing. With Navient, that is not the case, so should and when Ihave the money to pay something in full, is that going to be an option? or will I be penalized by having to pay principle as well ( which is n't defined ).

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-10-13 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Trouble with how payments are handled
Company: Navient Solutions, LLC.
State: MO

Complaint narrative:
My daughter attended XXXX. She was in her second year there. All of her student loan paperwork was already in before we arrived there to her school. We live in XXXX, XXXX. When we got there, they said they did not receive it, and asked me to submit my information on a new form. I had been in bankruptcy during that time, so I was surprised that all off sudden my credit was approved which means she had to get a parent loan instead of a student loan directed to her. All of this was within a week of hurricane XXXX. She was able to attend one week of class before XXXX hit, but she lost everything because she was not staying on campus. She came home to XXXX within days of that experience and never returned to school. I am now strapped to pay for her parent loan to XXXX. I have three questions. I had heard that some of the XXXX were not reporting their funding received accurately. I 'm interested in knowing if the schools received the money from the federal student loans for students that did not return to the school due to that traumatic event. Also, in 2005, was XXXX one of the XXXX reporting their funding incorrectly, And are there any special circumstances/ reprieve for students going through XXXX XXXX I also can not repay this loan. I am overwhelmed in debt behind my own student loans.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-02-07 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan modification,collection,foreclosure — 
Company: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
State: KS

Complaint narrative:
My husband and I have totally depleted our financial resources and can no longer make our house payments. We are in our mid XXXX, I am retired, he needs to. We did some amateur research and decided to investigate possibility of " Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure ''. Our house payments have been going to Bank Of America so that was our first call on XXXX XXXX, 2017. We endured XXXX transfers to differing individuals, all of whom wanted to talk about re-finance options. Since we can not even afford utilities we can not stay in this house. We explained that to each person and each responded with " I can not help you with that. May I transfer you to ____ who can give you that info? '' The third person was more determined to sell us on refinance but finally got the message and said we needed to talk to our Investor about that as BOA is just the debt collector. She then told us she could not tell us who the investor is by phone, fax, email, but only by post mail. The total time spent on that phone call was 35mins. Ten days later, we received that information, by which time we had already missed 2nd mortgage payment. 
Yesterday ( XXXX ) when mail came we contacted XXXX XXXX Their immediate response to our story was they could not help us with that, and we needed to talk to bank. HELP! 
We patiently explained all that had transpired by phone and mail, and they finally agreed to Mail us the forms to make application for loan review. Will this process now continue to use up time until we have missed too many payments and foreclosure becomes automatic?

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 2016-10-31 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Credit line increase/decrease — 
Company: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
State: MI

Complaint narrative:
I recently requested an increased credit line from Bank of America to a total line of {$3000.00}. Over the phone they told me they would see if they could approve me for that level. Instead they exceeded {$4000.00}. Months ago I had requested that they decrease my credit line to {$1500.00} and instead they closed my account and I had to re-apply.

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 2015-09-06 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — I do not know
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt is not mine
Company: Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
Portfolio Recovery Services constantly calls me at all hours claiming I have a debt from 12 years ago that I never had ( and would be past the statute of limitations even if I did ). They spoof numbers so it 's always different on the caller ID. I 've sent XXXX cease letters certified mail to them, and they ignore them both. They use vulgar language and threats every time they call. This has been going on for over a year, my next step is to sue them as others have ( which would include {$1500.00} for every call they make to me ). They ca n't even tell me what the so called debt is from!

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation