Sarah Mirando  |  April 4, 2011

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National City Bank (PNC) Overdraft Fee Class Action Settlement 

 

By Kimberly Mirando

National City PNC Bank

National City Bank and PNC Bank (PNC) have reached a $12 million class action lawsuit settlement concerning illegal overdraft fees. If you paid overdraft fees to National City (including accounts transferred to PNC when it merged with National City in November 2009), you may be eligible to receive a cash payment from the class action settlement that could be as much as $100 or more.

 

According to the National City Bank class action lawsuit settlement, titled Trombley, et al. v. National City Bank, et al., National City improperly assessed overdraft fees for insufficient funds on debit card purchases and ATM withdrawals in a number of ways that were unlawful, including by “re-sequencing” transactions in order to maximize the number of overdraft fees. The lawsuit alleges that these practices were unlawful and caused financial injury.

 

You’re considered a class member of the National City overdraft fee settlement if you hold or ever held a National City Account and at any time from July 1, 2005 through August 15, 2010 incurred at least one Overdraft Fee associated with at least one National City Debit Card Transaction that was not previously reversed, refunded or returned. (The settlement does not apply to any PNC accounts that were opened for the first time through PNC or one of PNC’s predecessor banks other than National City. It does, however apply to National City account holders who were charged fees before or after National City was merged into PNC.)

 

As part of the $12 million National City class action settlement, National City will pay class members $36 for each eligible Overdraft Fee they incurred during the class period. However, if the number of people filing claims is small enough, you may be able to receive up to three times this amount!

 

All you have to do to receive your share of the National City cash settlement is to submit a valid claim form no later than August 26, 2011 either by submitting it online at www.NationalCityClass.com or mailing it to the Settlement Administrator. (Claim forms can be found here.)

 

For detailed information on how to file a valid claim form and receive your share of the National City Bank Overdraft Fee Class Action Lawsuit Settlement, go to our Open Lawsuit Settlements section.

 

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Updated April 4th, 2011

 

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188 thoughts onNational City Bank (PNC) Overdraft Fee Class Action Settlement

  1. Christiania Davis says:

    I received information to pick the months. But I never received any settlement? Could you please have someone contact me with information? Email. Preferably??

  2. Chris says:

    I wish I would have known that national city had a class action lawsuit on overdraft fees I paid over 3000.00 in overdraft fees when I opened my account in 2007 I had to pay them a little over 1200.00 in overdraft fees from an account i had with them in 2006 they charged me 36 dollars and 8 dollars a day on top of that and a little over 300.00 turned into 1200.00 before they stopped charging me.so when I reopened my account with them (I had to pay this because no other bank would take me until I paid it)between 2007 and 2008 they started charging overdraft fees again even though I had the money in my savings account so if I didn’t look at my account for a couple days they had charged me a couple hundred in fees and also 8 dollars a day. I sure wish I would have known this it would have been nice to get them back.

  3. David Henderson says:

    Do you know the overdraft issue is still going on even years after the setllement ?

    1. Top Class Actions says:

      Here is a TCA investigation article about excessive overdraft fee practices: https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/62084-credit-union-overdraft-fees-class-action-lawsuit-investigation/. The article includes a form you can fill out to determine if you qualify to participate in a class action investigation. Please be as detailed as possible. Attorneys review the forms and will contact you directly if you qualify.

      1. Daniel Anderson says:

        Please make sure I am included in the class oction lawsuits

        1. Daniel Anderson says:

          I have 12 overdraft charges on my account by pnc even tho my account isnot over drown I have a $500 overdraft protection but they delay my Payments’s so that if you use any portions before they credit your account you will be charge $36

    2. Bob McGrath says:

      Just had that conversation with PNC after they double “charged” me on Amazon purchases. The result was going back to the first purchase of the day and when they added the overdraft fee it kept reducing my account. The irony is that they were blaming Amazon for the way they submit charges but after agreeing to drop those charges on my account, they got the same as I had before this happened.

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