It appears that BB&T’s national customer service number [ 1-800-226-5228 ] is currently down and has been for most of the morning. [3/13/2010]
The prerecorded message says this is due to issues with their phone provider.
We will let you know if we find out anymore information.
A Winston-Salem bank will pay $24,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Branch Banking and Trust (BB&T) is the nation’s 10th largest financial holding company.
The case involved a hearing-impaired employee who was denied a reasonable accommodation, which she was entitled to under the Americans with Disabilities [...]
LONDON (MarketWatch) — BB&T Corp. /quotes/comstock/13*!bbt/quotes/nls/bbt (BBT 27.81, +0.43, +1.57%) on Friday said fourth-quarter net income totaled $194 million, or 27 cents a share, down from $307 million, or 51 cents, in the same period the previous year. A survey of analysts by FactSet Research produced a consensus forecast for profit of 21 cents [...]
The national law firm of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP is investigating the alleged practice by BB&T of allowing customers to make debit charges to their ATM, debit or check cards even when the customer has insufficient funds in their account. BB&T allegedly debits checks in order of the largest to smallest to increase the likelihood that customers will overdraw, and overdraw multiple times.
The following is an unedited email sent to us by a BB&T employee.
We think it speaks for itself. . .
JOHN REID BLACKWELL TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER
A lawsuit claims that BB&T Corp.’s Richmond-based investment banking subsidiary, Scott & Stringfellow LLC, conspired to take trade secrets when it recruited several employees from a competitor’s Richmond office.
Stephens Inc., a Little Rock, Ark.-based investment banking firm, filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Richmond last week. It names [...]
Here is a classic story of refusal to accept responsibility. Mr. Saunders bought a new car. His old loan was paid off and a new loan acquired. The only problem was it took BBandT eight full months to even acknowledge the loan, even after repeated attempts by Mr. Saunders to inform them of their error, and [...]
BB&T Suit Continues
U.S. District Judge Claude M. Hilton has denied Branch Banking & Trust’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit by a Warrenton business.
The bank’s attorneys said in the motion that the plaintiff simply doesn’t have a case.
In an order issued July 16, however, Hilton said Closing Connection LLC “states a claim on which recovery may [...]
Alexandra Bogdanovic
Source: Fauquier Times-Democrat
A Warrenton business is suing Branch Banking and Trust Co. (BB&T) in federal court for negligence, breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract.
Closing Connection, LLC., a Warrenton-based business, is listed as the plaintiff. John M. Cheatwood is the owner and managing member of the company.
Filed Jan. 5, Closing Connection is seeking [...]
