Bank Support Instructions Trigger Unwarranted Credit Limit Cut
A cardholder followed a bank representative's explicit instructions to resolve a billing error, but the bank's automated risk system then flagged the account and cut the credit limit by nearly seventy percent, dropping the customer's credit score. This illustrates a disconnect between human customer support guidance and automated risk systems that penalizes customers for compliant behavior.
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