bug reportIndustry Verticals · FinTech & BankingstructuralBillingB2COnboarding

Cleared fraud flag still blocks online banking access, preventing payments

Bank of America customers whose suspicious activity flag is cleared by the fraud department still see the block persisting in online banking, preventing them from viewing transactions or paying their credit card balance. This ghost-state bug in legacy banking systems leaves customers in limbo with cleared flags that have no practical effect on access restoration.

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