vivekkopthsd/cfpb-consumer-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2017-03-28 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Trouble with how payments are handled
Company: AES/PHEAA
State: CT

Complaint narrative:
My loan was transferred from XXXX to Fedloan in XXXX, a couple weeks before my XXXX due date. The amount of my XXXX bill was incorrect. I had been paying about XXXX a month on revised XXXX, but the loan said I owed XXXX under XXXX. I called Fedloan and told them the amount due was wrong. They agree but blame XXXX for convening the wrong information to them. They told me to submit a request for recertification of my IBR. I did so, but a week later, as the due date wa approaching, the amount was still the same. I called Fedloan again and this time was transferred to a supervisor. They said they would rush the recalculation of my loan payment then put in an override to change the XXXX amount even though the bill had already been issued. They told me to check again in 10 days if the amount had n't changed. Ten days passed and the loan is now past due, the amount has n't changed and I call again. I am asked if I want to forebear, which I do n't want to do because I am doing PSLF and a missed payment sets me back. I am transferred to a supervisor who tells me that there is a note in their system from the first supervisor, but that what she offered to do is not possible. I need to speak to a PSLF supervisor. I am transferred there. That person offers to override the XXXX amount, but says it will take a week or two. I expressed concerns about my credit rating or any penalty for being delinquent and he said there will be no negative effect as long as the issue is resolved before 90 days past due. 
I waited the week he says to wait. My account is now quite past due, which is nerve wracking to see every time I log on to check. I called again and was told to forebear again. I was transferred to a supervisor who said he can not help. I was transferred eventually to a PSLF supervisor ( which I asked for for originally ) and was told yet again that even though there is a note in the system about the issue, that the override request was never actually submitted by the supervisor I spoke with. I was also told that because the loan is more that 15 days past due they can no longer do an override without it taking months. Instead they can forebear my loan, which I refuse to do. Eventually they suggested forebearing just XXXX and doing an override on it, which takes 6 months. In the meantime I can make payments on the other months as they bill, and then when the new XXXX amount is processed I can pay it and it will count as a payment toward PSLF. I agree to this, but the amount due and my delinquent status remains the same. I am now 28 days past due.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-04-21 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Having problems with customer service
Company: AES/PHEAA
State: OR

Complaint narrative:
I have a loan with FedLoan Servicing. I requested an Income Contingent Repayment plan back in 2015. They have not been able to process it and continue to send me warning letters that I am not paying back my loan. I have emailed them multiple times and called them twice and both times they have promised to resolve the issue. They said they had a backlog of requests. Without my permissiion they put my loan in forebearance, but now they are sending me emails that my payments are overdue. They never processed my request for an ICR plan. It 's like they do n't even hear me when I call or write to them. This is going to affect my credit. Please help!

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-04-26 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Trouble with how payments are handled
Company: AES/PHEAA
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
During XXXX XXXX, I elected to use the direct deposit option to pay my student loans. On XXXX XXXX, XXXX, while checking my payment history for my student loans, I realized my loan balance increased from {$91000.00} to {$96000.00} between XXXX XXXX, XXXX and XXXX XXXX, XXXX despite making regular monthly student loan payments from XXXX XXXX to present. I was unable to find an answer as to why my loan balance increased until XXXX XXXX, XXXX because the information was not available online and my student loan provider, FedLoan, is available by phone only during the work week. While speaking to my student loan provider on XXXX XXXX, XXXX, I learned that when I signed up for direct deposit XX/XX/XXXX that I was apparently warned that direct deposit may take two months to take effect and in case of any missed payment occurring after signing up for direct deposit my loans would automatically go into forbearance and any interest accrued during that time period would be capitalized to my outstanding student loan balance. My XXXX XXXX, XXXX payment was not automatically withdrawn from my bank account even though I signed up for direct deposit the month before, but upon realizing the error on XXXX XXXX, XXXX, I paid the balance in full. I have made every payment on time since XXXX XXXX, XXXX to present. After pleading with FedLoan and attempting to explain that the result of this policy was unfair ( they received one monthly payment less than 2 weeks late and I received nearly {$4800.00} in capitalized interest 10 months after the fact ), I was told that no one at FedLoan would be able to decapitalize the interest from my student loans. I offered to pay FedLoan for the damage that I caused by making my XXXX XXXX payment 13 days late in exchange for decapitalization, but was still told no. I offered to make a payment of {$1000.00} to {$2000.00} dollars on my student loan in exchange for decapitalization, but was again told no. I have several complaints. One, FedLoan should be able to set up direct deposit in a more timely manner. Two, FedLoan did not provide adequate warnings of both the delay in setting up direct deposit or the consequences for missing payment due to the delay in setting up direct deposit. Three, the automatic forbearance leads to unjust results as I did not receive the benefit of the forbearance ( I made all payments except the XXXX XXXX payment on time ) and FedLoan was able to capitalize a substantial amount of interest on to my loan balance.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-12-17 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Having problems with customer service
Company: AES/PHEAA
State: OK

Complaint narrative:
Ok so I complained and they found 12 additional months toward my public service loan forgiveness. Funny can they find more as I have 18 yrs with the same agency? I think they should look till they find them all, do n't you.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-01-20 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Need information about my balance/terms
Company: AES/PHEAA
State: OR

Complaint narrative:
My Dept of Ed loans were being serviced by XXXX, when I submitted a Public Service Loan Forgiveness affidavit of public service activity that I wanted credited toward my XXXX months of payments. This was received around XX/XX/2016. I was then notified sometime around XX/XX/2016 that my loan was being transferred to PHEAA ( or Fedloan ) for servicing due to my qualification for the PSLF program. This was at the same time that I had turned in a renewed IBR plan request to XXXX ( in XX/XX/2016 ). XXXX notified me that my IBR plan request had been accepted and that I would " soon '' learn what my new payment was to be. However, they transferred my Department of Ed loans without telling me what my new payment would be. My loans disappeared from the XXXX online system and XXXX customer service was unable to tell me what the payment would be. I created a Fedloan account but the online account contained no information about my loans from XXXX through XXXX. I called Fedloan to inquire as to when my payment would be due and what it would be, and the customer service agent told me that the loan transfer was " in process '' and she could not tell me what my loan amount was or when it was due, and that I would be notified when the loan transfer was complete. I repeatedly logged in to my Fedloan account and found it empty with no payment listed as due and no loan information, until one day I logged in and it showed my loans with the new payment information and told me that I had a payment that was past due and " delinquent. '' I was never notified of the loan payment due date or amount. I had my loans on autopay with navient and was never late for a payment, but this information did not appear to transfer with my loan. Fedloan did not attempt in any way to contact me to tell me I had a payment due, in spite of me being extremely proactive in trying to pay my loan on time. It appears to me that information about when my loan payment would be due and how much was deliberately withheld from me in order to make me late for this payment. It appears to me that there is a systematic issue with loan transfers that obfuscated basic information from me that was necessary to make on time payments. Had I not been proactive, who knows how long fedloan would have sat on my " delinquent '' loan without contacting me. I gave them my email, phone, address and called them and logged on repeatedly in an attempt to know the basic information about my loan, which they withheld from me until after the payment appeared to be due.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-09-11 00:00:00
Product: Bank account or service — Checking account
Issue: Making/receiving payments, sending money — 
Company: SUNTRUST BANKS, INC.
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
I applied to Suntrust Bank to open an account and i wrote a personal check for XXXX $ as initial deposit on XX/XX/XXXX2016. A few days later account was closed for no reason and up till today i am yet to get my money refunded. i have submitted evidence to suntrust and filed a complaint with XXXX where the check originated and i yet to get my money back since XXXX 2016.

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 2017-02-06 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Non-federal student loan
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Received bad information about my loan
Company: AES/PHEAA
State: NY

Complaint narrative:
I was denied having my loans consolidated for years. I was repeatedly told subsidizes and unsubsidized can not be made XXXX. Therefore I have n't been able to make my payment and remains forebearance accruing interest on XXXX accounts at 6.6 percent interest.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-09-01 00:00:00
Product: Bank account or service — Checking account
Issue: Using a debit or ATM card — 
Company: SUNTRUST BANKS, INC.
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
Someone got a hold of my debit card as I apparently had lost it debit card & did not realize that I had lost it. I did not realize it was missing until I recvd a call from SunTrusts fraud prevention department asking me to verify charges. I advised that the XXXX charges made on my account were not made by & were fraudulent. They immediately shut my card down & told me they would file a claim for me. They gave me claim number XXXX. I waited & one day I recvd a call from someone with SunTrust bank by the name of XXXX and something close, from the investigations dept & I explained was bad time a could n't speak as I was at Dr appt. She asked when would better time & I explained in a hour or so. She never called again, I made several attempts to call her back & left several messages that same day & even a couple of days later. The very next day after I received email saying that my claim was denied as there was no error on the bank or merchants part & the claim was denied. I spoke to a supervisor & explained that someone had my card & she explained that there was n't a lot of info as to why the claim was denied & only info she has was they determined there was no error on the bank or merchants end. I explained that I had the card immediately shut down when the fraud was discovered. They told me that looks I had done business with the merchants before, & appeared valued. It was XXXX!! Who do n't shop at XXXX but I would not have gone two hours away!! Also some of the charges were made while I was at a Dr 's appointment as I had recent XXXX. They told me I could file a rebuttal which I have done and it was submitted on XXXX XXXX, 2016. Every time I call I get no info. They said they would send me documents that they used to determine and support the decision but all they sent was a copy of the original denial letter again and no documents were actually sent to me. When I called to inquire as to why I did n't get documents just another copy of the denial I was told that was all the documents they had. To this date XXXX/XXXX/2016 they have still not given me back my money and seem to be giving me a run around. I would like my money back I did not authorize the transactions or take part in anything and have done everything that they have asked me to do! CHECK CARD PURCHASE XXXX XXXX # XXXX XXXX GA for {$520.00}, CHECK CARD PURCHASE XXXX # XXXX XXXX GA for {$450.00}, and CHECK CARD PURCHASE XXXX # XXXX XXXX GA for {$200.00} all the transactions were made on XXXX XXXX, 2016. I would like my money returned

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 2016-05-26 00:00:00
Product: Bank account or service — Checking account
Issue: Making/receiving payments, sending money — 
Company: SUNTRUST BANKS, INC.
State: TN

Complaint narrative:
I have an account with SunTrust Bank, from which I have never ordered checks. SunTrust bank cashed XXXX forged checks out of my deposit account and then charged numerous overdraft fees from those checks and other debits from the account. I called the next day to report the counterfeit checks, but they are saying that they will take 7-10 business days to " investigate. '' These checks are obviously counterfeit. They look like they were made from a copy machine, they were from a SunTrust Bank with a PO Box , and they were signed " XXXX ''. SunTrust now refuses to release my money back to me because of their mistake while they hold onto my money for 7-10 business days. This is an absurdly long time to investigate something that is a clear case of fraud because of their lack of security.

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 2015-12-13 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Non-federal student loan
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Received bad information about my loan
Company: AES/PHEAA
State: PA

Complaint narrative:
I have enclosed the documentation of my claim that erroneous items are being listed on my credit report due to these private student loans. Attached are all the supporting documents. I simply want the items, including any hard credit inquires from potential creditors that were denied, ALL removed and deleted from my credit report as they are not factual. This issue has directly impacted my ability to obtain personal lines of credit since XXXX of 2014. 

Enclosed is the official response from XXXX Student Loans including the original promissory note stating only XXXX ( XXXX ) loans from their offices were ever issued with direct contact information. These private student loans were then bounced around between National Collegiate Trust ( NCT ), American Education Services ( AES ), and XXXX XXXX. All of these items are listed on my credit report as multiple separate loans when they are NOT separate loans but the same XXXX ( XXXX ) original loans transferred from the lender to vendor, to collection agency. 
Executive Office XXXX Student Loans XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX ATTN : XXXX XXXX Phone : XXXX extention XXXX Both of the private student loans were originally from XXXX. These loans now appear as multiple negative items listed as XXXX XXXX Loans, National Collegiate Trust, American Education Services, or XXXX XXXX. NONE of these items should not even appear on my credit report as negative items. Per the court ruling this debt was dismissed without prejudice and can not be collected on, nor should it even appear on my credit report as it is not a debt. 
Magisterial District Court : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX Phone : XXXX Docket Number : XXXX XXXX Department of Court Records, Civil/Family XXXX-County Building XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX Phone : XXXX Case Number : XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-05-12 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Trouble with how payments are handled
Company: AES/PHEAA
State: OH

Complaint narrative:
Before my loans went into repayment once I graduated from grad school, I chose to consolidate. My loans were transferred to FedLoan Servicing. I have previously had loans consolidated with XXXX and have only had good experiences. I currently pay my student loans from my previous degree through XXXX 's direct debit system, with the same bank I am attempting to use with FedLoan. They have repeatedly approved my application for direct debit, then told me I had insufficient funds ( I do not ). I have had issues with them telling me my routing number is wrong, I change it to the one they tell me, then it 's still not going through. It seems that they are deliberately complicating the process of direct debit so that the interest rates do not have to be dropped the tiny portion of a percent. Every time I use my banking information to make a phone payment, that MAGICALLY goes through. I have been calling them at LEAST monthly to correct this issue since XX/XX/XXXX and it is now XX/XX/XXXX. I have launched my second complaint with the ombudsman and requested that I have my account transferred to another provider, hopefully XXXX, because clearly this is a predatory lender.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-11-07 00:00:00
Product: Bank account or service — Other bank product/service
Issue: Making/receiving payments, sending money — 
Company: SUNTRUST BANKS, INC.
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
In XXXX 2015 I made a mortgage payment to the Suntrust Bank at XXXX XXXX XXXX and the payment was misapplied, which showed a non payment for the month of XX/XX/XXXX, which it was intended to be. Instead it was applied for XX/XX/XXXX. 
This is now the second occurrence this year and the first was in XXXX at the XXXX XXXX XXXX. 
I received a call in XX/XX/XXXX of this year stating that I was over due in my payment and had to prove to the bank that in fact it was there error. It too three weeks for them to correct. 
The correction for XX/XX/XXXX is still pending.

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2016-03-18 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Non-federal student loan
Issue: Can't repay my loan — Can't temporarily postpone payments
Company: AES/PHEAA
State: AL

Complaint narrative:
Student qualifies for temporary hardship forebearance as stated in American Education Services ( AES ) policies that allows 24 months in three-month increments. Student has applied for three 3-months and approved immediately. Student applied back in XXXX XXXX, 2016 for the fourth due to a mix up in the application form. Student applied electronically this time as suggested by AES ; however, student did not receive notification of the receipt until XXXX XXXX, 2016. Student called and inquired, immediately, upon receipt because loan is due XXXX XXXX, 2016. Student called again this a.m. to inquire about the approval and was told that XXXX XXXX ( provider ) noted it was still in review. XXXX XXXX is using delay tactics in order to force payment from students that are clearly in hardship and, eventually, student loan default. In the past this process only took one day to complete.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-06-15 00:00:00
Product: Bank account or service — Checking account
Issue: Account opening, closing, or management — 
Company: SUNTRUST BANKS, INC.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
I have a bank account at SunTrust that I opened last year. It has a mandatory minimum of {$500.00}, or a $ XXXX monthly fee occurs, unless a direct deposit occurs to the account. I have been out of work for a number of months and I have had to use money from this account so the balance has gone below {$500.00}. As I have no job, there have been no direct deposits. A fee was charged to me last month and will continue to be till I find a job or replenish the {$500.00}, which I ca n't till I get a job.

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