I deposited a check into my Wells Fargo checking account on Friday XX/XX/2015. The account had about {$350.00} and the amount I deposited in was about {$750.00}. I woke up on Wednesday morning the XX/XX/XXXX to an email notification from the bank that the deposit was put on hold. I went down to the Wells Fargo branch that I deposited the check out to clear the hold. The branch manager notified me that the hold was placed on XX/XX/XXXX and that the reason for the hold was that during the year I had a few overdraft charges. She also told me that the decision to hold the deposit was decided upon at their home office. Where ever that is. My complaint with Wells Fargo concerning this manner is XXXX fold. First off, they know its the holiday season and that people are spending money on gifts. By withholding deposits and not immediately notifying the consumer they allow the consumer to unknowingly overdraw their accounts. The decision to withhold the deposit days after the check was processed by the bank is highly suspicious. By the XXXX of the month the check should have been well cleared. Because I had overdrawn the account before I seemed like a easy victim for them to pull their scam on. When I approached the bank manager about this issue, within a minute she was able to release the hold on the deposit from her computer without any protest. If the bank had any real concerns about this as a long term issue then why would me telling them to release the hold be enough for them to release the hold. I also find the reasoning for the hold to be dubious in the extreme. To state the reason for the hold was because of overdrafts, then not allow a deposit into the account would seem counter-intuitive. Unless of course the bank wants the clients to have more overdrafts, which it does because it then slaps a {$20.00} charge on each overdraft. Wells Fargo 's actions in this situation are deplorable and should be held with utter contempt. It seems rather clear from my perspective that Wells Fargo was looking for an opportunity to slap additional charges on me by unlawfully controlling the timing in which deposits are allowed into the account. 
