14/06/2024
So for the un-initiated, this is the email I sent to Indusind Bank today, after nearly 3 months of banging my head with their so called Customer Services. So if you ever want to open any for type relationship with this organization, do it at your own risk.
Also requesting anyone who may know someone senior in this Bank, to please connect me with them, or share this post with them.
I am also now going to complain to the Reserve bank of india Ombudsman
The issue is very simple:
I took a loan from them. In 2020 during lockdown I took a moratorium on the said loan. A few EMIs that I missed before this was done, I paid late fees, interest charges etc on them, as per messages sent by them. All transactions were TCS and not cheques as their emails claim now.
The last EMI according to their own Banking App was Feb 2024, after which I received no intimations form them about any pending amounts on said loan, and even now till date it shows no liabilities on my account on their own banking app. (Picture of the banking app screen attached)
Went to the Porvorim Branch end of February, where i have the account, to close it as I was very unhappy with their services.
They tell me 2 weeks later (after I called them to ask why the account was still not shut down), that they cannot shut the account, as the loan department shows pending payments, even after I showed them the banking app status.. They said they cannot do anything & I have to ask for a foreclosure letter. Obviously, their internal systems are not the best as you can see.
So had to email customer service to ask for a foreclosure letter, and that is when the fun starts. According to them, I have to pay cheque bouncing charges ( though everything was by TCS) for the period of 2020 ( when I had taken the moratorium) .
Even assuming this is right, why is it that post February 4th 2024 ( as that was my TCS EMI payment date every month) there was not 1 email, message or anything to let me know that this account is not closed, and has pending payments.
So quite feeling like I am being extorted by this bank, they are now affecting my credit score and not to mention asking for additional Rs: 4000 odd, to close this loan account.
Thank you for reading through this if you did :-)