Bank misapplying payments to closed accounts and charging interest to the open one
Citi accepted a payment on a closed account then reversed its own correction, charging the open account again along with interest. Multiple customer service calls failed to produce a permanent fix. The bank's internal correction process introduced new errors rather than resolving the original misapplication.
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