Mobile-deposited payroll checks held for over a week with no clear timeline
A customer's mobile-deposited payroll checks were placed on an extended hold, with support unable to give a firm release date beyond a vague "up to 10 days." Illustrates the opacity of bank check-hold policies for routine payroll deposits.
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