Citizens Bank: fee reversal

Use Citizens Peace of Mind - cover the overdraft by 10 pm ET the next business day - and the $5 Overdraft Pass, then ask for a reversal.

CCredibility C · last verified 2026-10-13 · 100% official or government sources · 6 from search snippets or archives

What does this mean?

Grade C (use with care: check the source of each value before relying on it). 100% of 8 sources are the organization's own pages or government sites; only 8 sourced values, so the entry is thin; 6 value(s) were read from a search snippet or an archive copy.

All Citizens Bank contacts Open in the interactive directory JSON

Collect

statement showing the fee
transaction amounts
deposit or transfer times

Steps

Check whether the overdraft item was $5 or less, or whether you covered the overdraft by 10 pm ET the next business day.
Call customer service and ask for the fee to be reversed.
PhoneCustomer service; lost or stolen cards, suspicious activity, debit card fraud claims and merchant disputes +1-800-922-9999 Account holder only
If the fee breaks the stated rules and Citizens refuses, complain to the CFPB.
RegulatorConsumer Financial Protection Bureau +1-855-411-2372

Facts you can cite

Deadline
Citizens Peace of Mind - if you overdraw your account, you have until 10 pm ET the following business day to deposit or transfer enough funds to have the overdraft fees reversed. Citizens added it to all Citizens Checking accounts on October 1, 2021.
Source: investor.citizensbank.com, verified 2026-10-13
Policy
With the $5 Overdraft Pass on checking and money market accounts, Citizens does not charge an overdraft fee when a customer overdraws with a transaction of $5 or less.
Source: investor.citizensbank.com, verified 2026-10-13

Rules not in force (do not cite)

CFPB Credit Card Penalty Fees Rule ($8 late fee safe harbor, 2024) Vacated
89 FR 19128 (March 15, 2024) (Regulation Z, 12 CFR 1026.52(b))
Stayed by the N.D. Texas court in May 2024 (Chamber of Commerce v. CFPB, No. 4:24-cv-00213) and vacated by that court on April 15, 2025 at the CFPB's request after a settlement. The CFPB rule page (last modified June 3, 2024) still says only "stayed"; the vacatur date comes from an April 15, 2025 American Bankers Association report, a plaintiff in the case. The current Regulation Z text has no $8 safe harbor.
Not in force. Do not cite it as current law.
CFPB Overdraft Lending Rule for Very Large Financial Institutions (2024) Repealed
89 FR 106768 (December 30, 2024); disapproved by Pub. L. 119-10 (S.J. Res. 18)
Not a court vacatur: Congress disapproved the rule under the Congressional Review Act (Pub. L. 119-10, May 9, 2025), so it never took effect and "shall have no force or effect". The CFPB rule page (last modified July 2, 2025) still lists it as a final rule with no status note. What remains in force: the Regulation E overdraft opt-in rule (12 CFR 1005.17) and the account agreement.
Not in force. Do not cite it as current law.

If that fails, escalate

Go up one step at a time. Keep the reference numbers and dates from each contact.

Customer service
PhoneCustomer service; lost or stolen cards, suspicious activity, debit card fraud claims and merchant disputes +1-800-922-9999 Account holder only
Written complaint
PhoneCustomer service; lost or stolen cards, suspicious activity, debit card fraud claims and merchant disputes +1-800-922-9999 Account holder only
No Citizens complaint address could be confirmed. For credit card billing errors, use the billing rights address in your card agreement within 60 days.
Federal regulator
RegulatorConsumer Financial Protection Bureau +1-855-411-2372
Federal regulator
RegulatorOffice of the Comptroller of the Currency, Customer Assistance Group (HelpWithMyBank) +1-800-613-6743
State agency
Your state’s financial regulator. Find it in the list of state agencies (also as JSON: states/<code>.json, for example states/ny.json).

Watch out

citizensbank.com blocks automated access (HTTP 403), so an agent cannot read Citizens help pages or use its forms. Hand the browser to the person.
Phone lines verify the account holder.

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