Merchant withholds funds after bank formally cancels the dispute
A customer canceled a credit card dispute and the bank closed the case with confirmation, yet the merchant continued withholding the transaction funds under review despite the dispute no longer being active. This reveals a process gap between issuer dispute closure and merchant fund release with no clear resolution path.
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