I have a checking account with Citibank. I deposited a check in the amount of {$2700.00} from a publishing company on XXXX XXXX, 2016. The bank would make only XXXX cents of it available on that day. Then it made {$200.00} available on XXXX XXXX, and {$400.00} today, XXXX XXXX. They called a " standard delay ''. 
Citibank never informed me of this " standard '' and never used to do this in the past. 
This policy caused a depletion of my funds to such an extent that my wife and I could not check out of the grocery store. 
Not only should this policy be reversed, but Citibank should also pay us a compensation in the amount of the check, and pay the Federal Government a fine for defrauding its customers. Citibank and other banks should be prevented from using the money from my check while withholding it from me. 
