SunTrust week from hell: Robbers! CO2! Overdraft Fees!

October 1st, 2009. By AbiK

SunTrust just can’t keep out of the news lately. If you believe in the adage that any PR is good PR, well then, SunTrust must be racking up new customers left and right. However, my gut is the type of news SunTrust has been involved with isn’t the run-right-in-and-open-an-account type.

Here’s the SunTrust round-up for the week:

1. SunTrust Bank gets Robbed

Central Florida’s been getting hit with some bank robberies as of late. This past Monday, it was SunTrust’s turn—at the SunTrust branch located at 200 S. Orange Ave. in downtown Orlando. The Orlando Sentinel reported that the suspect, a white male between 25 and 30 years old got away with “an undisclosed amount of money”. The suspect was wearing a black messenger-style bag. Thankfully, no one was injured.

2. Carbon Monoxide Fumes fill SunTrust Mortgage Location

I could make a lousy play on words here and say something about how “at least something’s getting filled at SunTrust” in relation to recent charges against SunTrust for not filling (or more aptly, freezing) some clients HELOC accounts, but I won’t. (oh, I guess I just did—sorry). But this is no joking matter. The Richmond Times Dispatch reported earlier this week that more than 40 SunTrust Mortgage employees in South Richmond (the 1001 Semmes Ave. location) became sick when carbon monoxide fumes filtered into the building’s ventilation system. The C02 was apparently from an emergency generator. Ten employees were taken to local hospitals for treatment and three of the ten were considered to be have serious conditions, according to Richmond Fire Lt. Shawn Jones. We certainly hope everyone recovers quickly.

3. SunTrust to Jump on the Overdraft Fee Reduction Bandwagon

Well, heck, if Bank of America and Wachovia/Wells Fargo and JP Morgan Chase are doing it…So, SunTrust stated on Monday that it is “aware of the heightened sensitivity surrounding this issue” and expects its own overdraft rules to change soon. TampaBay.com shares in its coverage on this story that SunTrust currently charges $36 per overdraft.

Wonder what’ll be in the Sunday papers…

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