I have been a member of USAA since the early XXXX. Approximately XXXX years ago, following a divorce and a failed business, I filed bankruptcy. XXXX of the debts included in the bankruptcy was my USAA credit card with a remaining balance that was under {$3000.00}. Intent on trying to turn things around, I signed up to monitor my credit through USAA 's partnership with XXXX. However, soon thereafter I tried to log onto my USAA account and I received the following message : " According to our records you filed bankruptcy and we can not collect certain debts. To obtain access to your existing accounts you may log on by clicking proceed below. ( XXXX ) '' The link took me to a limited and cumbersome USAA Web site and I was no longer able to access my XXXX credit monitoring account. The Web site also gave me limited access to my USAA Automobile Insurance policy and my USAA Auto loans ( which I continued to pay and reaffirmed in the bankruptcy - so USAA did not lose anything on those XXXX loans ). 
I wrote a letter to USAA ( attached ) stating that it seems the only purpose of displaying this message in bold red and redirecting members to a limited and cumbersome Web site is purely punitive and to humiliate its members further. There is no benefit to USAA. It is only a punishment and a humiliation for someone like me who had no other option following a divorce and failed business venture. So every time I log on to make my car payments or to pay my insurance bill or to access some other service at USAA, I am further humiliated. If this is USAA 's purpose and goal, then it has succeeded - I am further humiliated and reminded of my failure a few times each month. 
I received a call responding to my letter - no one wrote back. I was told that the reason for the limited Web site was so that USAA would not inadvertently extend any further credit to me following my bankruptcy. This makes no sense. They could refuse to extend additional credit to me without redirecting me to a cumbersome Web site and displaying the humiliating message. I am also a member of XXXX XXXX, and had to include a debt from their company, but they do n't display humiliating messages or redirect me to some cumbersome Web site. It seems the only reason for USAA to have this policy is punitive. 
