Originally Posted by
tbaumann3
Not necessarily. I've opened 15 new credit cards in the past 12 months, including 5 in April of this year. I also did a mortgage refi last Oct. I had no problems opening a personal checking account at ST last month. I've been very happy with thier service so far.
I had 4 new cards within the last few months (and many more last year) - and I also do not live in a Suntrust state. I didn't have any trouble with the account, which I opened online (regular online app, not via chat).
As far as people whose accounts get immediately close, I may be wrong but I'm not so sure that ST has any elaborate means of weeding out potential hit-n-run customers. It could be some other factor that we aren't picking up on... or perhaps just bad processes or systems that somehow muck it up.
And I don't plan to be a fly by night customer, assuming their service and products continue to meet my needs.