Bank confirms a card overpayment but cannot refund or explain it
After a delayed payment posting led a customer to accidentally overpay their credit card balance, the bank repeatedly acknowledged the overpayment existed but said it could not be refunded, and the balance then fluctuated in ways multiple representatives could not explain.
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