Citi provisional credit reversed after merchant response — reconsideration ignored
Citi reversed a provisional credit after the merchant responded, and a written reconsideration request was filed but not properly addressed. The Fair Credit Billing Act does not specify a response SLA for reconsideration requests, leaving consumers without a defined escalation timeline. Dispute opacity is a recurring structural failure.
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surfaced semanticallyCredit card dispute provisional credit reversed without consumer evidence
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