Originally Posted by
zeppoloveskafka
Haven't seen any data points here, but I was shut down from PNC bank. No reason given, but it happened shortly after depositing a "mortgage statement" check from cit to redeem points. I had done that without issue many times. I've also done a fairly small number of money order deposits on the account. This also happened shortly after an investigation from the IRS (which was immediately dismissed when they realized it was MS, not something more shady. I had a good amount of regular activity on the account too, which had been open for maybe 6 years.
No reason given of course, but I called in and they told me on the phone I was not banned and I'd be able to open another account. I found that doubtful and decided to wait 9 months or so, and not surprisingly I was unable to open an account.
Also on my persona nongrata team are BofA, Ally, and a few local banks.
Seems more likely it was the MO or IRS activity. Proximity to the Citi statement check is not causality. Was the IRS investigation related to the PNC account?
Citi now does straight statement credits or direct deposit of cashback at 1:1 so not sure why you did a "mortgage statement".