TCF National Bank

Want To Close My Account
- bch101 - Friday, January 27, 2012 - 4:20 PM

I initially opened my account for the $100 promotion. TCF unexpectedly sent me a box of checks that I never asked for and deducted $18 from my account. I went into a branch office and all they told me was that they were sorry that they never told me that I would receive an order of checks by default. I tried to tell them it was unfair for me to be charged for something I was never aware of. They said that they could do nothing about it because the check printing company would not take them back unless they made a printing error. I am closing my account as soon as I get the bonus.

Closed My Accounts After Discovering They Started Stealing My Money Through New Fees
- TCFsucks - Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 2:32 PM

TCF claimes to have notified all of their customers by "flyer" that there are imporetant changes to their accounts.   Nothing posted in their lobby, doors and the tellers are not warning you.  They now changed the rules on you checking and if you fo not have $10,000 dollars with them and some other requirements they will start charging your Account $9.95 a month.  Unfortunately they did very Little to warn their customers and when you find out by the deduction on your statement, they will not refund your money telling you that they "notified" you.  BEWARE they "notify" you in such a way that you are guaranteed to miss it.  Spoke to several other customers outside of TCF, none of them knew of the new policies either!  Bunch of crooks! 

TCF Getting Crazy With Fees
- seansey - Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 1:33 PM

I will be leaving TCF shortly due to their fee structure and loopholes used to gather those fees. I realized today that TCF has been charging the $5 POS debit card fees since June. This is the same ridiculous fee BOA was going to charge and backed off because of the uproar. TCF just started charging this fee quietly without any fanfare and no one has said boo about it. I admit that I was not paying as close attention to my accounts as should have been. I called customer service in order to find an explanation and they told me that they have always charged $0.30 per transaction when the card is used as a debit card in a POS capacity. This makes no sense since the fees have only started appearing since June of 2011 and there is no way to charge $0.30 per transaction and ever get to $5 even. Also, the fee is the same every month. Where is the uproar about TCF or maybe people did not even realize it has been going on. Well I am starting an uproar about it.

Recently, my girlfriend realized that she did not have enough money in her checking account to cover an automatic payment that was coming out. She went to the bank and deposited CASH. The teller told her that since she deposited the CASH before the payment was made she would be fine and be assessed no fees. This is where it gets interesting. My girlfriend checked the account the next day and the CASH deposit was still pending. The CASH deposit did not clear for 5 days. My girlfriend was charged a $28 overdraft fee and TCF will not reverse the fee.

Needless to say we will both be pulling our accounts very shortly!

Should Have Listened To My Mom
- nz7877 - Friday, December 21, 2012 - 9:54 AM

I went back to TCF after having issues with Bank of America. For a while I was happy, but now I am not.

They seem to post transactions at their own will. Then even when everything shows a positive balance - they charge NSF fees for items that still allow for positive balance.

I called and asked why this happened - and the representative did some double talk. That basically reminded me of the double talk I received from the rep. from Bank of America.

I know double talk when I hear it. But now I have to pay up my account because of the double NSF fee charges I received from them.

But be warned - if you go through the same thing, do NOT expect any help. I wanted to fight the fees, but they said there was nothing I could do. There should always be a chance to fight fees if the customer feels they are not right.

Just think before you chose TCF. My mom told me they were probably going to **** me over (like they did before), but I wanted to give them another chance - to prove her and myself wrong.

That was a mistake, cause my Mom was correct it seems.

***DON't BANK AT TCF EVER!!!!!***
- leahj21 - Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 7:43 PM

***DON'T BANK AT TCF EVER!!!!!***
This is the absolute worst bank I have ever had in my life. I liked the idea that TCF was open when other banks were not, due to my work schedule. I soon found out that was the only good thing about them. Here are some of my issues:
1. I closed one of my checking accounts due to fradulant activity and opened a new one. The problem was they only closed my account to debit & then charged me fees because I obviously did not have any money in it. Even worse they expected me to pay the fees even though it was there mistake.
2. I need to get a signature guarantee stamp for a insurance policy of my deceased father. I was the beneficiary and when I called on the phone to see if they could do it they said yes. I went into the branch give her the statement, my id, and everything else she told me to bring and then they told me they can't do it because the statement does not say I'm the beneficiary! WTF first off it's really none of their business the purpose of the signature guarantee is verify that I am the person signing the document. I was sending it to a different company anyway that does have all my info! I went into Wells Fargo and they did it for me with no problems at all!
3. They tried to charge their customers $28/day in overdraft fees regardless if you spend any money during those days or not.
4. Their customer service is horrible!! They don't care about their customers at all! It doesn't matter what branch I go into someone always has an attitude for no reason.
5. I finally decided to close my accounts once and for all and they said I couldn't do it because something was pending. I put money in the account since their was automatic payment going through then they told me they sent it back and charged me a ton of fees. I called the customer service line and they said they couldn't do anything about that even though I spoke to the person at the bank when I made the deposit and they said my account will be fine to close once the payment goes through. Another lie!! I paid some of the fees so I could just get this account cancelled. Typcial overnight, scam bank.
6. Their online banking is horrible. It is hard to follow & it is cheap. My new bank makes it so much easier to see your deposits, withdrawls, balances etc.
DON'T EVER, EVER BANK AT TCF BANK THEY ARE THE ABSOLUTE WORST

TCF Steals Money From Customer Accounts Using Fraudulent Fees
- TomHampson - Sunday, August 19, 2012 - 12:51 PM

 

I had a no fee checking account with TCF. I recently noticed a fee of $1.95 per month being billed to my account for check image fee. This is for enclosing a scanned copy of checks with my statement. It is ridiculous to charge me for this. The bank has to scan the checks anyway, no extra effort on their part. But they imposed this charge stealthily. By the time I noticed it they had billed this fee for 6 months already. I called them, and they agreed to stop billing me this amount in the future and terminate the check image “service”. But they refused to refund the 6 months of fees already billed. Their attitude was that I should have noticed the fees sooner and called sooner. They told me that I must look carefully at the small print on every piece of junk mail they send me, because sometimes they contain warnings of new fees that will be charged to my no fee account. If I miss this small print it is my fault, and they can steal money from my account because I did not notice.

 

TCF Policies - Customer Convenience Is Not A Priority
- bankingbuddy - Tuesday, May 1, 2012 - 2:12 PM

My local TCF Branch is excellent, knowledgeable, and pleasant to deal with.  Recently, I've had two issues where I've needed to contact them, and found that the local phone number was disconnected and replaced with the corporate 800 number, so you can no longer contact your branch directly.  I received incorrect information about IRA's and one of my accounts from the 800 number, and had to drive to the branch to get it straightened out!  Obviously, customer convenience is not a top priority!  Two other banks that I deal with both have their branches accessible by phone, so why would TCF decide to restrict customer access to their branches?

TCF's fees are getting higher and TCF seems anxious to impose them.  I just had an overdraft fee due to a timing issue where funds left my account quickly but took a day to replenish.  I was hit with a $37.00 overdraft fee!  Luckily I had TCF's recommended overdraft protection, but when I called them they said that the protection didn't apply, hence the charge!  Perhaps I'm too simplistic, but I have difficulty understanding overdraft protection that doesn't protect when you have an overdraft!  So, I called back to check and was told that there was no overdraft protection on my account!  It appears that someone else is as confused as I am!

I'm going to check my other banks and the credit union in the area to see which of them offers more of what I'm looking for, like ease of access and sensible customer service, and will likely transfer all of my accounts to another financial institution.

Tcf Is A Horrible Bank
- TcfSucks22 - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - 3:33 PM

!st Of we had a account from another bank that tcf took over we had this account for 24 years. So when I got some one to sign up they talked me into opening another account then I had to pay for checks I never use. I figured I have no checks for my old account so leave this one open to use for checks. Well then they started charging for not enough activity so I tried the use it 10x no charge but the amount you needed to use changed 3x I got charged 4 times for this because I rarely used this account and kept very little in it it bounced for the charges then for a check that the water company held for 2 months and decided to cash. To make a long story short I put 18,000.00 in there and the funds are available at the other bank they decided to hold it for 10 busines days at tcf and I have only had 4 nsf fees in 2 years. Why would they hold it from another bank?? Clueless Time to find another bank I have 2 savings account and two checking accounts with direct deposit **** them!! they SUCK give me first federal bank back please. And there charges 90 cents for pos 2.90 for pos I have no clue what all the charges are every month on my account.

BANK WITH TCF AT YOUR RISK
- Anonymous - Monday, June 25, 2012 - 8:40 AM

We started banking with TCF over 25 years ago and they were great until a couple years ago. They now have multiple hidden fees that cause over drafts that results in more charges. My wife got involved with pay day loan companies (her mistake) and closed her account to stop them from ACH withdrawals. TCF then told her they would still honor the ACH withdrawals and charge over draft fees. We found out later that there is a federal law that allows you to revoke ACH withdrawal authorization, and you would think TCH would have advised her of this but did not.

It is our fault for getting involved with these pay day loan outfits, but at one time banks would help with these sort of problems. TCF seems to only care about the fees they can generate from the smaller companies.

Being Mislead A 75Th Stoney Island Branch And Recieved Bad Customer Service From On Of Your Branch Managers.
- Anonymous - Friday, March 30, 2012 - 1:04 PM

As of March 26, I encountered a misleading experience at 75th Stoney Island. I came in there to pay a pass due balance and was told from on of your clerks to disregard it and open up another checking account. I was somewhat surprised at that statement seeing that every company would want their monies if owed. I constantly asked the banker if she was sure that it wouldn't make a difference, seeing that I owe? She said no problem it'll pass through as some others have. I did what she said and open up another checking account and wouldn't u know it my money was taken to pay another old account.  This I found out when I came to make a withdrawal!!! MAN WAS I UPSET AND VERY FRUSTRATED.!!!

I was told the more TCF bank get customers to open up accounts at their branch the higher rating that branch gets. It's sad that I had to be deceived for your bank to get that rating!!! Getting an understanding from the Branch manager wasn't any better..the attitude of 75th Stoney's branch is AWFUL!!!

Fees- Free Checking, Whatever. TCF Does Suck. I Wouldn't Even Give Them 1 Star
- Anonymous - Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 7:47 PM

Free checking is a bunch of lies. Even though I have direct deposit, it doesn't matter. You get a fee of 9.95 if you don't have 15 transactions, which does not include direct deposits. Did not have warning of this change in policy either. I feel that they discriminate against single income people who don't have $10,000 to there name and won't ever get there. Don't make me spend money when I am trying to save it to pay bills. I prefer to use my credit card which at least gets cash back bonus. I too am looking for a new bank.

CASH Not Available Same Day!
- Anonymous - Wednesday, December 7, 2011 - 5:48 AM

Same thing happened to me. I realized I was going to overdraft so I went straight to the bank and deposited cash into the account since the overdraft was pending... it took 3 days to clear therefore leaving me with overdraft fee....