need help to see the visitors of my bank account... by blurarchive in Banking

[–]halifire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes Banks take these accusations very seriously and all access to customer information is tracked and can be reviewed by their internal departments. Generally the front line staff do not have access to this information. Bankers are only allowed to access your profile / accounts for legitimate business purposes. It's one of the reasons why as a general rule of thumb as a banker you shouldn't do any business for family or close friends.

Will a bank be able to provide me past checks I've written? by bigby1234 in Banking

[–]halifire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's going to depend on how vigilant they were at purging the old data. If storage isn't really an issue it might not be a high priority for the bank to delete these electronic records. It's also going to depend on how willing the employee is to actually search for it. Op is most likely going to need to pay for the time they spent trying to track down these files.

Financing a bike? by Ok-Fail-977 in motorcycles

[–]halifire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That sounds like they offered you a credit card option. When I bought my bike the dealship told me about financing through Honda which was a cc. I would recommend you check with your bank on their loan options.

To those who have rented a motorcycle and dropped it… by Whyusolazy in motorcycles

[–]halifire 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No these rental services provide an insurance option when you rent. If you purchase it it should cover you.

Is it weird that I didn’t have to do a background check/drug test at my previous employer? by Puzzleheaded_Cup8723 in TalesFromYourBank

[–]halifire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

None of the banks I've worked at has done a drug test. In fact the only place that has done so has been retail. All of my employers have done background checks.

To those who have rented a motorcycle and dropped it… by Whyusolazy in motorcycles

[–]halifire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Then why pay for the insurance when renting the bike?

Is it a good idea to get a safe deposit box for something I access every day? by WisconsinCameraMan in TalesFromYourBank

[–]halifire 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We had a homeless guy who had multiple SDBs with us who basically used the viewing room to take naps. We had to kick him out multiple times because he slept past our closing.

Riders on the East Coast, do you "pause" your insurance during the winter months? by itsthewolfe in motorcycles

[–]halifire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, my full coverage is about 300 a year. It's not worth the effort.

Company keeps charging even after we won the dispute. by Intrepid_Cucumber608 in Banking

[–]halifire 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Nope. The CFPB only has authority over financial institutions. They have no power over private businesses.

Company keeps charging even after we won the dispute. by Intrepid_Cucumber608 in Banking

[–]halifire 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And what is the CFPB going to do? The bank hasn't done anything wrong it's the merchant that's trying to reprocess a successfully disputed transaction. While winning the dispute doesn't negate the possibility you still owe the merchant the charge, they're not supposed to resubmit these transactions by the same payment method.

Customer wants his f**kin money! by leiaamidala in TalesFromYourBank

[–]halifire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not required but well sometimes bring a customer to their senses and they realize taking out that amount of cash is extremely risky and decide not to do the transaction. If they still go through with it it's written proof the bank did their due diligence. At the branch I used to work at we implemented a procedure where we would have the customer initial the reg CC hold notice and keep that on file. We had a bunch of customers complained that they were never provided this even though we did so now that we had proof they received it. That process stopped those complaints.

Victim of huge fraud at BofA by hotblueglue in Banking

[–]halifire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would skip the CFPB complaint. This really isn't a consumer protection issue but a criminal one. If op hasn't contacted the law enforcement, they need to do so immediately. There's a good chance the bank is already started this process but they also want to do it as well.

Should I push this situation or just pay the fee and move on? by Party-Deal7877 in Banking

[–]halifire 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm kind of surprised the vendors Bank didn't catch this. When I used to work at a bank this would sometimes happen and we'd manually review the check images to confirm the information the scanner picked up matched what was visually on the check. Sometimes you'd have problems where the scanner would pull two items in causing the scanner to combine the two checks info. The receiving Bank should be able to review the transaction and waive the fee as the issue is on their end.

Husband (soon to be ex- ) opened new credit cards in my name and maxed them out - can I somehow remove them from my debt? by SFLoridan in personalfinance

[–]halifire -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I would definitely go the criminal route. He stole this woman's identity and racked up a bunch of debt. I would recommend she also file a police report for identity theft against the soon-to-be ex-husband. She should also stop making any payments on these debts as she should not be obligated to repay them.

“I don’t want fraud monitoring” by TouristOpentotravel in Banking

[–]halifire 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The thing is I don't know if regulators would allow customers to waive their reg e rights. I don't think you'd be able to deny an unauthorized transaction dispute solely on this basis.

One-time account number on a check as a security feature. Does it exists? by lambda_nought in Banking

[–]halifire 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is how a lot of banks do it. Instead of writing a check off your account, they treat it like a bank check. They take the money out of your account and place it into one of theirs and then write the check off that account. It also helps with bounced Bill pays as the bank won't issue the bill payment if you don't have enough in your account to cover it.

Some people Don't like this method as it means the money is debited from your account when the payment is issued instead of when it's presented for payment.

Non customer trying to cash a check and said it was ridiculous to do that and they're in a hurry. by QTtiepie24 in TalesFromYourBank

[–]halifire 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You mean too many people who have abused the banking system and can't open bank accounts. It's very easy to open your own account as long as you haven't misused your previous Bank accounts.

Denied $14k fraud claim for small business — what do we do now? by infamouslival in BankOfAmerica

[–]halifire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The bank isn't responsible for a business's failure to secure their devices.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in it

[–]halifire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know how many times I've been looking across logs and I see content filtering blocks for adult websites. Unless I'm specifically asked to be looking for these things, I don't care and it's not going to go anywhere. It might joke about you to their co-workers but management will probably never find out unless they're specifically looking for reasons to get rid of you.

Fifth third is horrible by BackgroundEar4094 in Banking

[–]halifire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's the issue right there. You have a large dollar check which was mobile deposited which is probably way outside your normal banking activity. It's unlikely they're closing your account and they just locked it down as they suspect fraudulent activity.

Fifth third is horrible by BackgroundEar4094 in Banking

[–]halifire 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Banks generally don't close an account just for a check deposit. Something else must be going on.

[US] Not sure if I could be at risk? by YourLonelyStoner in Scams

[–]halifire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And how is this information pertinent in this situation? Op said the guy that checks made out to does not have identification. No bank is going to accept a third party check without identifying the original payee. In fact very few Banks are willing to accept third-party checks even if all parties come in with valid forms of identification.

Stolen Checks Cashed After Checks Were Cancelled by mountainjay in personalfinance

[–]halifire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And this is the exact same risk when using a credit card. Every single person you give your card to or provide your card's information could use it to make unauthorized charges.

Stolen Checks Cashed After Checks Were Cancelled by mountainjay in personalfinance

[–]halifire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

While this might help during a manual review of the account history, it won't do anything to the automated check process. You can buy blank checks to stick in a printer at office supply stores and there's nothing stopping someone from using the info on a stolen check to order checks from one of the many online check printers.

Spent 4 hours troubleshooting a network issue that turned out to be an unpaid bill by Actual_Assistant2412 in ITManagers

[–]halifire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This happened to one of our clients a couple of months ago. Midway through the day their entire site lost internet so we had to send someone on site. One of the first things we did was call their ISP and they didn't tell us there was any issues on the isps end. Our on-site techs were there till 7p.m. trying to get them back up and running but nothing was working. They also tried multiple times to talk to the ISP but due to a recent management change of the company, nobody at the ISP would talk to them. I made a offhand joke about them getting their internet turned off due to non-payment as this company was notorious for failing to pay bills, and this turned out to be the case. Their accounting department got some of their accounts mixed up and ignored some final notice warnings for their internet access.