M&T Bank: fee reversal
M&T charges at most one $15 overdraft fee per day; check the exceptions, then ask for a reversal.
What does this mean?
Grade A (high: almost everything comes from official pages read directly). 100% of 19 sources are the organization's own pages or government sites.
Collect
- statement showing the fee
- transaction amounts
- whether you opted in to debit card overdraft
Steps
Check the exceptions - items under $5, a second fee on the same business day, or ATM and everyday debit card overdrafts you did not opt in to.
Call the Telephone Banking Center and ask for the fee to be reversed.
PhoneM&T Telephone Banking Center (Contact Us); fraud on M&T accounts, transaction errors +1-800-724-2440 Account holder onlyIf the fee breaks the stated rules and M&T refuses, complain to the CFPB.
Facts you can cite
- Fee
M&T charges an overdraft fee of $15 per day (maximum of one fee per day) on personal checking, even if several transactions overdraw the account.
Source: mtb.com, verified 2026-10-13
- Policy
M&T does not charge the overdraft fee if the item is less than $5, if the account was already charged an overdraft fee that business day, or if the overdraft came from an ATM or everyday debit card transaction you did not opt in to. A declined NSF transaction has no fee.
Source: mtb.com, verified 2026-10-13
Rules not in force (do not cite)
- CFPB Credit Card Penalty Fees Rule ($8 late fee safe harbor, 2024) Vacated89 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 Do not cite it as current law.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) Repealed89 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
PhoneM&T Telephone Banking Center (Contact Us); fraud on M&T accounts, transaction errors +1-800-724-2440 Account holder onlyWritten complaint
MailWritten notice of a debit card transaction error Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, P.O. Box 767, Buffalo, NY 14240-0767For debit card errors. M&T publishes no general complaint address.
Federal regulator
Federal regulator
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
- Phone lines verify the account holder.
- M&T publishes no general complaint mailing address or online complaint form on the pages checked.
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