vivekkopthsd/cfpb-consumer-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2015-06-30 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Billing disputes — 
Company: CITIBANK, N.A.
State: AZ

Complaint narrative:
I have a file # XXXX from XXXX/XXXX/2012 XXXX Credit Report. My case is this my parents were both ill at the same time, and I was running errands for them, so my mom ordered another credit card from her credit card Sears/Citibank for me so I could get groceries and pay bills for her. When my father passed away she was still left with many bills and XXXX for awhile, she had to banckrupt, and when she did since she had ordered a new card for me, I got stuck with a bankruptcy on my credit along with my husband, I wrote to the company and they never replied. I never signed any contract with Sears/Citiban, am I still liable for this?

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2016-06-10 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Billing disputes — 
Company: CITIBANK, N.A.
State: OH

Complaint narrative:
I have been working with Citibank for the past month to try to rectify a situation on my credit card. The primary issue is that my account was switched to e-billing with no authorization by me or notice to me. I received an automated call form Citi on XXXX XXXX, 2016 and called them back within the hour. On that call, I was informed that my account was past due and began the process to fix that ( Immediate payment of full amount plus fees and interest ). I have had that particular card for 16 years and have never been late, nor would I switch to e-statements. 

Upon being notified by my credit monitoring service ( XXXX ) that Citi reported my account late to the XXXX credit bureaus I promptly contacted Citi in writing on XXXX XXXX, 2016 ( Exhibit 1 ), notifying them that I did not switch to e-statements, nor receive any communication from Citi that my account had been switched prior to me calling them back from the automated call, I had asked for them to update my record with the Credit Bureaus. I received a response from Citi on XXXX XXXX, 2016 ( Exhibit 2 ) that stated their records are correct and failed to provide any evidence of my account being switched to e-billing nor any proof of corresponding that switch to me. I had an attorney follow up to Citi in writing on XXXX XXXX, 2016 expressing similar concerns ( Exhibit 3 ) and in turn received a second response from Citi on XXXX XXXX, 2016 ( Exhibit 4 ) expressing again that the records are correct while still providing no evidence of my switch to e-billing or notification thereof. 
Although I have been harmed in the form of late fees ( totaling {$65.00} ) and the reporting of late payments to the credit bureaus, I do feel that Citi is sidestepping the real issue by not providing evidence of my switch to e-statements as well as what notification they provided to me to state that the account has been switched to e-billing. 

I have an impeccable credit history with no late payments on any of my accounts - ever. Credit is used as part of my employment eligibility so I would like my file corrected and thus far Citi has been unable to provide any support of showing how this account was switched as well as what notifications went to be to state that it had been switched which ultimately led to an untimely payment. 

Thank you in advance for your help in this matter.

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 2016-04-10 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Billing disputes — 
Company: CITIBANK, N.A.
State: VA

Complaint narrative:
XXXX/Macys is reporting that I had a 60 day late payment in XXXX of 2008. I have disputed this several times and have requested validation and proof that the payment was not made on time and I have not received anything back from them, but XXXX and XXXX are claiming that they verified the information which I know is false because I have never made a late payment with them. XXXX/Macys updated the information to XXXX stating the account was positive.

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 2016-08-05 00:00:00
Product: Bank account or service — Checking account
Issue: Account opening, closing, or management — 
Company: CITIBANK, N.A.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
I opened a checking account with Citi in XXXX 2015. The promotion was that after I spent {$1000.00} and did two bill pays within 60 days I would get XXXX XXXX XXXX miles from Citi. I did both quickly and Citi refused to award me my miles saying I did the wrong kind of bill pay. They granted me an extension to make additional bill pays which I met XX/XX/XXXX, they still refused to award me my miles. I opened a complaint with Citi which took approximately 7 phone calls to resolve because the department that files the complaint was n't working to resolve the issue. I just heard from Citi that they denied my complaint because I did n't spend the requisite amount of money on the card.

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 2017-03-07 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Identity theft / Fraud / Embezzlement — 
Company: CITIBANK, N.A.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
I went into a merchant 's store and ordered an advertised pair of name brand prescription eyeglasses. My credit card was charged on that day. The merchant fraudulently delivered generic ( not name brand ) eyeglasses which I returned. The merchant reordered the eyeglasses but the second pair that he delivered was not made to the prescription that I ordered. I returned the glasses together with a letter requesting a refund. Both the merchant and the credit card company refused to refund my money. I have sworn statements from XXXX eyewitnesses who observed the merchant personally accept the returned eyeglasses at his place of business.

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 2017-01-11 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Home equity loan or line of credit
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: CITIBANK, N.A.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
I have a few problems with my mortgage company, When I borrowed money on my house, I bought XXXX insurance with it. Unfortunately I became ill and had to use it, and when it ended, my husband became ill and it took about a year to get XXXX approved. We struggled for a whole year to make those payments. The insurance paid for that year and the mortgage company had us paid up for a long while. There came a couple of times that the mortgage company said that I needed to make payments on it. I protested, but I made them because I did not want to loose our insurance. Sadly the XXXX insurance ended, I have an illness that has no cure, and my husband is now on social security, so I cancelled the XXXX insurance, and I kept the life insurance. The mortgage company started calling me, asking me to start paying them again. They talked me into doing automatic withdrawal, they were to take out a set amount of money a month. On the first withdrawal, they took out more than XXXX more than they should have. I was promised my money back, but that was another lie, I did not get my money back. I got a letter around the first week of XXXX stating that I was over charged {$960.00} and that they would credit it back to my account. I got a call from XXXX of the workers inquiring about my account, and wanted to know if I needed to make arrangements. I asked for what? I told him about the letter, and asked what happened to the money? He said that it was applied to my account, but not in the way that I think ( whatever that means ). I told him that I wanted it applied to my payments. He said it could not be done that way. I told him that I would call the home office and get it straighten out. He said it wo n't do you any good. I asked are you telling me that I can not call the home office? He then got sarcastic with me, and said, you can call anyone you want, you can call the president if you want too. I am still trying to figure out why our President was brought into this conversation. I was told that the manager could override it and fix it for me ( from the call center ). She was not available, the assistant manager called me back, while she was actually in the office. When she finally got on the phone she told me that it could not be reversed, and she never mentioned her workers bad behavior, until I brought it up, and she did not seem concerned nor did she apologize for it. XXXX thing that I found out was that my loan does not have any life insurance on it. When asked, who cancelled it, I was told everyone 's was cancelled. I also found out that since a payment was due, they took the interest out of the money and stuck it in a place that 's unknown to me. I have no more insurance what gives them the right to pay what they want and not let my husband and myself have a say in it since we were the ones that were over charged.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-12-19 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Identity theft / Fraud / Embezzlement — 
Company: CITIBANK, N.A.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
In XX/XX/XXXX, I received a bill from Macy 's for over {$700.00}. I reported that I had not made these charges. Macy 's closed the account, informed me they would investigate the fraud, and issued me a new credit card. Within XXXX weeks, additional fraudulent charges were made to this new card, in excess of {$1000.00}. I reported this as fraud to Macy 's and told them to eliminate my information from their databases and NOT SEND ME any additional cards. Macy 's promised to investigate both incidents of fraud. I sent as you will see from the attached documents everything they requested, reported each of the fraudulent incidents to the local police. In spite of these fraud investigations, Macy 's had their collections departments calling me and on XX/XX/2016, reported me as XXXX days late to XXXX. XXXX refused to remove the incorrect 30 day late report for Macy 's had told them it was legitimate even though it was not. I am at a loss as to how to get Macy 's to remove the negative credit report which they should have already done. I therefore am requesting your intervention.

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 2016-05-12 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional fixed mortgage
Issue: Loan servicing, payments, escrow account — 
Company: CITIBANK, N.A.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
citi mortage continues to harass me. I previously filed a complaint about citi mortgage calling me 2 days in a row even after I made a payment arrangement today XXXX/XXXX/2016 I call in to citi mortgage at XXXX and made my mortgage payment after my payment was made citi mortgage called me at XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX and XXXX .. again all of these calls were made AFTER I made my payment. I have a call log to show proof of these harassing calls.. citi mortgage continues to subject me to harassing phone calls and I am sick of it.. a cease and desist letter is NOT the proper way to handle this issues.. CITI mortgage needs to update their dialer system to make sure that a customer is not harassed after a payment is made and their account is current .. this is absolutely ridiculous

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 2016-05-21 00:00:00
Product: Bank account or service — Checking account
Issue: Account opening, closing, or management — 
Company: CITIBANK, N.A.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
XXXX I opened the Citi Gold Checking account through a promotion offering XXXX XXXX XXXX miles. I completed the application using the appropriate promo code and took screenshots throughout the entire process detailing the promotional offer and the rules concerning it. I had to spend {$1000.00} on the debit card and complete XXXX bill pays within three months. 

After the application was approved and I had created my online access, I sent a secure message to confirm that the promotional offer was indeed attached to my account and to reconfirm the promo rules. The secure message agent at Citi confirmed the promotional offer for the XXXX miles was attached to my account. A few days later I chatted with a Citi agent to check on the progress of my promotion and what I had completed so far. Again I was assured the promotional offer was attached to my account and I was told I had charged a few XXXX dollars to the debit card and had completed XXXX bill pay. After completing the requirements XX/XX/XXXX, I sent another secure message to Citi to inquire how long it would take for the miles to post. I was told by this agent the following : " I have submitted an investigation to confirm you have completed the required behaviors and qualify for the miles to be awarded to you. '' I then received a communication from Citi saying, essentially, I would not be getting the miles. This was despite the fact that several agents had told me otherwise, and despite the fact that I have screenshots of my application process proving I correctly applied using the promo code. 

Since then the service at Citi has been pretty poor. I continue to get canned responses and no specific reasons as to why the offer wo n't be honored. Agents have assured me a follow-up investigation was opened, but it has been over two weeks since that happened and I have gotten no response. I feel I am being taken advantage of. Had I known Citi would not honor the promotional offer I applied through, I would have left my money in another savings account earning higher interest. 

To top it off, my wife applied for the exact same promo offer on the exact same day and completed the requirements in the exact same time period and she has already received her bonus miles. So there is clearly something wrong on Citi 's end. 

I would really appreciate some real help with this issue. I feel like Citi is not giving that to me, and is not holding up the bargain.

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 2017-02-10 00:00:00
Product: Bank account or service — Checking account
Issue: Account opening, closing, or management — 
Company: CITIBANK, N.A.
State: MA

Complaint narrative:
Opened a Citibank account on XX/XX/2016 under a promotion of receiving {$400.00} for depositing {$15000.00} within 30 days and keeping it there for 30 days. I opened the account online through a promotional page for the offer. Deposited {$15000.00} on XX/XX/2016. The terms stated that I would receive the bonus 90 days after completing the requirements. I called on XX/XX/2016 about the status of my bonus and was told that I should receive it on my next statement. However I did not receive the bonus on my XX/XX/XXXX statement. I called and they refused to give the bonus and say they need to perform research. There are clear systematic inconsistencies with their account opening process as evidence by the large number of CFPB complaints for this same problem.

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 2015-05-08 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Credit card protection / Debt protection — 
Company: CITIBANK, N.A.
State: NY

Complaint narrative:
I have submitted a complaint against Citibank for an identity theft a few years ago. The bank has done nothing at all, but the cost to me is about {$40000.00} now. I am sure that XXXX rules were violated by the bank and have written this to them on this website, but I have no response. What more should I do?

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-01-25 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Other fee — 
Company: CITIBANK, N.A.
State: OK

Complaint narrative:
I hold a Citibank Access More Card, and I have been an inactive customer, not having used my card for several months. Due to family medical reasons, I relocated to XXXX permanently from the US in XX/XX/2016. Approximately in XX/XX/XXXX/XX/XX/2016, I logged in online to close my Access More credit card account since I was no longer in the country. I noticed that Citibank Access More Card had assessed me an annual fee in XXXX. I called the bank and requested them to cancel the card, which they did. I have recently checked my Citibank credit card accounts again, and to my horror, have noticed that Access More card is reporting me as being delinquent on my credit card account ( 72 days delinquent ), because of annual fee not being paid!! When I called in, a customer care representative explained that because I had not asked for the card to be canceled within 30 days after the XXXX was assessed, they could not undo the " full '' XXXX before canceling the card, and hence a partial amount remained on the card, and my account went into delinquency!! This aspect / possibility was not at all explained to me when I had called into cancel my card. To my knowledge, the card had closed successfully. Citibank says that it sent notices to my brother 's mailing address which i had provided as a US address for the purpose of financial statements. However, to my knowledge I had closed the card properly, and the last thing I expect is delinquency notices from an account that I believed I closed properly. To add insult to injury, as I was trying to fix this issue, the customer representative offered to put me through to Collections department. It is utterly irresponsible, and exploitative, and predatory, on the part of Citibank to assess Annual fees on inactive accounts, and based on a technicality, to push an inactive account into delinquency!! Such practices should be banned, and employees who dream up such " Gotcha '' moves should be sent to jail for the anguish they cause customers. I request CFPB to order Citibank to restore me to " current '' status, and close out my account properly, without any delinquency flags which will impact my credit record adversely. Thank you.

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 2015-09-28 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Customer service / Customer relations — 
Company: CITIBANK, N.A.
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
I purchased a new XXXX laptop on XXXX/XXXX/2015 for {$1000.00} ( before tax ). I used my CITI card. It has a warranty extension benefit that comes with the card that doubles the length of the manufacturers warranty. I opened a claim and sent in the required documentation. One of the things the claims package requested was an estimate for repair from the manufacturer. I had a manager at the service department of XXXX send me an email estimating the cost of repair and sent it in with the claim package. CITI 's claims department denied the claim on the basis that the estimate I sent in was not itemized. I informed them that XXXX was unable to give me an itemized estimate until I sent in the laptop ( which requires I pay the {$210.00} they estimated for the repair ). So Citi is unwilling to pay the claim without an estimate for the repair and I can not get an estimate until Citi pays the claim.

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-03-20 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Billing statement — 
Company: CITIBANK, N.A.
State: MA

Complaint narrative:
I opened a Home Depot Credit Card account. Months later I bought counter tops. 
When I purchased the counter tops I used a 24 month promotional loan. 
The account had to be " switched over '' to the promo. I was told to check my statement the next month and if I did n't see the promotional terms to return to the store so they could " fix it ''. The conversion did not take place so I returned to the store. I had the account converted and was told I was allset. I waited for a new statement. I received a notice reading I was 30 days late on payment. I did n't pay the incorrect statement, and did n't have a corrected statement so I did n't pay anything as I was n't sure how much I was supposed to pay. At first I thought I lost a bill because I found all of this to be sort of confusing, but I easily could 've paid them had I known they wanted some type of payment. No one made it clear that payment for an incorrect billing term was expected.

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 2016-02-18 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Identity theft / Fraud / Embezzlement — 
Company: CITIBANK, N.A.
State: PA

Complaint narrative:
I was offered to have an XXXX citi card as there are no international fees if you use the card overseas. Bought my tickets with the card after i got approved. Before I leave the country I filed a travel notice and was provided a ref. no for it just so I could use the card. The consultant I spoke to assured me that my card is goodcto use. I tried using the card to make a purchase 5 days after but it got declined. So, I pulled up my account online and saw that there was a fraudulent hold placed on my account as I was overseas. Called citibank and spoke to different consultants and managers but no ones seems to know how to help me. They ask me for my personal informations like account password, date of birth, social security no. and banking information but they said they cant release the hold as they cant verify my phone no. as it was a prepaid phone.They did n't even tried to offer any other resolution as i was overseas. They finally told me that I need to go back to U.S. to fixed the enquiry. I spent probably almost 6hrs on the phone, trying to be nice and patient but none of them was being helpful. They keep on putting detailed notes of resolutions that they didnt do making me look bad everytime I would call them. Now, they would talk to me in a rude manner asking me to fax my infos ( such as social security card, Driver 's license, Permanent resident card, proof of billing etc. ) to them which clearly wouldnt work as I 'm overseas without access to fax and is using a local philippine mobile no. I want to now make a formal complaint as this was not my fault to begin with. The agent i spoke with put notes on the account about the travel notice but failed to apply the travel notice itself on my account and still they wouldnt accept it as their fault and release the card.

Company public response: Company chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation