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Keeping Account Open with Negative Balance

How long can a bank keep an account open that is negative and accumulating fees?

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Banks are supposed to close such accounts, which would mean charging them off and possibly reporting the fact to a credit reporting agency, within 60 days; relative to credit unions, it's 45 days.

Published on BankingQuestions.com 11/06/08