Banking Disputes | The Barry Law Office, Ltd (2024)
You Have A Right To Sue Any Bank That Unlawfully Keeps Your Money, Or Who Fails to Follow Your Instructions For Disbursing It
Banks owe you a duty to only give out funds that you authorize, and to only give out funds in the manner that you instruct them. As a consumer, you are entitled to file a lawsuit against any bank, credit union or other creditor who violates your rights under the EFTA. In short, the EFTA allows a consumer to recover their actual damages, statutory damages of up to $1,000 and their attorney’s fees and costs. Banks who violate the law have a lot at stake: Increased insurance rates, decreased profitability, potential governmental regulatory action, and the spiraling costs of defending a lawsuit for their illegal conduct.
The deck is stacked against consumers with sophisticated big banks. As a consumer, you should not hesitate to shield yourself from these sharp practices and exercise your rights under the EFTA. Our law firm has the experience, resources and ability to to zealously represent you in your EFTA action against any bank, credit union, or creditor. We file federal civil lawsuits against any entity who violates any state or federal law and transfers, keeps, or refuses to follow your instructions with how to disburse your money electronically. The EFTA prohibits any bank or creditor from transferring money out of your account without your permission, or refusing to return money that was unlawfully taken. Our firm can and will make illegal banking activity stop dead in its tracks.
You could sue them for wrongfully holding your money. However, you first need to find out why they are holding the money. In certain circ*mstances the bank can hold the money for a variety of reasons. For example, fraud protection etc.
According to banking regulations, reasonable periods of time include an extension of up to five business days for most checks. Under certain circ*mstances, the bank may be able to impose a longer hold if it can establish that the longer hold is reasonable.
File banking and credit complaints with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. If contacting your bank directly does not help, visit the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) complaint page to: See which specific banking and credit services and products you can complain about through the CFPB.
Yes. Your bank may hold the funds according to its funds availability policy. Or it may have placed an exception hold on the deposit. If the bank has placed a hold on the deposit, the bank generally should provide you with written notice of the hold.
A federal law, the Expedited Funds Availability Act (EFA), or Regulation CC, provides exceptions that allow banks to delay or "hold" funds deposited by check for an extended period of time. When this happens, you must be given a notice stating the reason for the hold and when your funds are available for withdrawal.
Yes.Generally, a bank must make funds deposited by cash in person to a bank employee available for withdrawal by the next business day after the banking day on which the cash is deposited.
To be clear, a bank won't withdraw funds without your permission for any other purpose than to cover outstanding debts. Take a look at your deposit agreement to see if your bank has a right to offset and don't hesitate to report any unauthorized withdrawals, as it could be a sign of fraud.
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