Synchrony Bank
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Synchrony Bank was previously owned by GE Capital and was spun off following the financial crisis and the near collapse of GE. It is regarded as one of the largest and most comprehensive online banks in the US, offering some low-level credit card products to consumers in addition to its online savings, money market and CD products.
Advantages
- Synchrony's depsoit products are ordinarily very rate competitive, with very low minimum balance requirements.
- The bank offers an ATM card and will refund up to $5 per month in ATM charges.
Disadvantages
- Synchrony has played games in the past by offering and promoting online savings rates that differ from its money market rates. Unless customers are paying attention and moving to the higher yielding account, they can get burned.
- Synchrony does not offer an online checking product.
Savings Fees
| Fee Type | |
|---|---|
| Non Sufficient Funds | $0.00 |
| Maintenance | $0.00 |
| Out-of-network ATM | $0.00 |
| Excessive Transaction | $0.00 |
| Incoming Wires | $0.00 |
Climate Strategy
Synchrony has no climate initiatives but no known lending to carbon producing industries.
Synchrony Bank Reviews
mcriss
October 23, 2023
Synchrony Bank recently closed 3 of my accounts with them and this decision was completely unwarranted. I had two Guitar Center cards and one Levin Furniture card. I found out about this through a push notification with Credit Karma. I am more so concerned about the Levin account. I called into customer service and the first representative I spoke with was extremely rude. He told me a letter was sent to me and he read the text of that letter. He eventually hung up on me. The reasons for my closure is completely bogus. I understand I agreed to their terms and conditions upon opening the account, but that doesn't mean I can't dispute their decision. I called back in and spoke with a friendly rep who transferred me to a supervisor. The supervisor told me it is impossible to reinstate my account, although reading some of the other complaints on BBB it seems they did reinstate other accounts for people. She gave me the corporate address to which I mailed a letter. I also filed a
complaint through the chat system on their website. They sent me an email a few days letter with another letter that basically said the same thing as the first one. It was a do not reply email address so I couldn't send a response back. I have made every single payment on time for all 3 accounts that were closed, I had these accounts for years! It's no wonder why these guys have a 1.9 BBB rating. Closing your customers' accounts for bogus reasons is terrible customer service. I will consider my complaint resolved when all 3 of my closed accounts are re-opened. Until then, I will continue mailing letters and filing complaints with customer service.
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