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Old Aug 20, 2018 | 10:47 am
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devastitis
 
Join Date: Oct 2017
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Originally Posted by jeffeverde
In January, I got a dear-john letter from Chs3 telling me that they were terminating our relationship, and that I had 30 days to remove all my funds. I had -
  • a personal checking account, household checking account, and a savings account, with $120k in combined balances - all 3-4 years old
  • UA, BA and IHG with $70k in combined CL, typically PIF each month, all 2 years old.
Lots of RS activity on my checking accounts

Occasional RS and no MS on the cc's.

Occasional MO deposit of $3-5k in my personal checking, one or twice a month.

The only "unusual" activity preceding the invitation to leave was the deposit of a cash-advance check from one of the chs3 cc's, for $5k (against a 50k CL). The Dear John letter came 2 weeks later.

Talked to my personal banker in branch, and she was quite unhappy about it (we'd been discussing a refi on an 800k mortgage), but she said there was nothing she could do about it.

Called the exec office twice, looking for an explanation. I was told both times that a letter was on its way, but I never received any further explanation for chs3's action
That cash advance check may have triggered them to review your account, but I’m fairly certain the MO deposits were what caused the shutdown. Time and time again, we have to warn people not to s* where you eat. $6k - $10k of MOs a month is very risky behavior, and ch@s3 is notoriously risk averse.
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