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Bank closes account despite customer resolving stated issue

Ally Financial notified a customer their account would close due to an incorrect address; the customer corrected the address but the account was closed anyway. No clear explanation was provided. This reflects a breakdown in communication between bank systems and customer-facing service teams.

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