Wells Fargo agent enrolled wrong payment plan causing late payment and credit damage
A Wells Fargo agent set up 12 fixed phone payments instead of autopay for a customer who lost their job, and when the 12 payments ended the account went delinquent, causing a 30-day late mark on credit. This structural agent error problem leaves consumers with credit damage caused directly by bank mistakes they cannot remedy.
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