During my XXXX year of college ( about 2013 ) I traveled XXXX. I let my bank ( U.S. Bank ) know that I would be switching to XXXX XXXX XXXX for the time being, because they have a great relationship with XXXX XXXX Bank and it would be easier for me to use my money through them. And assured them I would switch back to their service once I returned XXXX. 

I kept a small amount of money inside my U.S. Bank account ( as advised by XXXX the bankers when I told them I was traveling XXXX ). They did not warn me to freeze my account or to make sure that I do n't have any reoccurring charges. I understand these are things I should have checked for myself, but I was too busy worrying that everything was set up for my trip XXXX. 

Once XXXX I got a reoccurring charge ( a small XXXX around $ XXXX {$25.00} ) that put me just barely in the red and overdraft. But because I was in XXXX where they did not allow XXXX or XXXX, and any mail warning would be sent to my sister 's address which had no way of contacting me, I was left not knowing about this for months. And even if I found out, the program I was in did not allow me to speak any XXXX. Once I got back from XXXX the fees had stacked on top of each other until it had reached hundreds of dollars for a simple ~ {$15.00} charge. I decided to ignore it because between college and XXXX I had absolutely no money to pay for it, and did not think I had any action I could take against such a big bank. 

A couple of months ago I contacted the branch where I opened up my account and told them I was trying to get a handle on all of my debt. And that I was willing to pay it off, if they could at least be willing to work with me. The manager looked up my account, and although he acknowledged it started with such a low fee he reminded me that the event transpired such a long time ago that he was n't required to do anything. 

Just a couple of days ago I got a piece of mail from XXXX saying " Good News! We have contacted our client, U.S. Bank, and they have agreed to accept a substantially lower amount to settle the above referenced account in full ''. Saying that they will accept a one time payment of {$310.00} instead of the {$690.00} that I owe them, for a charge that started off as low as {$20.00}. 
