roylee007
03-11-2008, 05:13 PM
I closed my Fifth Third checking account on 23 Feb 2008.The lady at the bank told me to write her a check for $103.73 and she would give me the balance I had in the bank. The balance actually was $103.76 leaving me .03 in the account. When I got home I went online to my account and it was posted checking account closed so I assumed they took the 3 cents and closed the account. On 5 March I get a letter from the bank saying my "closed " account was over drawn $144.63 and hit me with $108 in fees. I had a automatic payment which I was going to discontinue so I figured the bank would not pay from a closed account. Wrong! My question is: Am I liable for these charges when it was clearly the banks fault for not closing the account?