If You Incurred One or More Overdraft Fees in Connection with Your TD Bank Personal or Business Account, Your Carolina First Bank Account, and/or Your Mercantile Bank Account, You May Be Entitled to Benefits from this Proposed Class Action Settlement.

A $70 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit against TD Bank, N.A. (“TD Bank”) called In re: TD Bank, N.A. Debit Card Overdraft Fee Litigation, Civil Action No. 6:15-mn-02613-BHH (D.S.C.), claiming that TD Bank, Carolina First Bank, and Mercantile Bank, a brand name of Carolina First Bank used in Florida, assessed Overdraft Fees in a manner inconsistent with customer account agreements and applicable laws (the “Action”). TD Bank acquired The South Financial Group, the holding company for Carolina First and Mercantile (together, “Carolina First”), in 2010.

The Action challenges several bank practices:

  • TD Bank’s practice of assessing Overdraft Fees on Personal and Business Accounts based on the Account’s Available Balance rather than its Ledger Balance;
  • TD Bank’s assessment of Overdraft Fees for ATM or One-Time Debit Card Transactions on Personal Accounts;
  • TD Bank’s assessment of Sustained Overdraft Fees on Personal and Business Accounts;
  • TD Bank’s assessment of Overdraft Fees for Uber or Lyft ride-sharing transactions on Personal Accounts while an account holder was not enrolled in TD Debit Card Advance; and
  • Carolina First’s practices of (1) High-to-Low Posting, and (2) assessing Overdraft Fees based on the Account’s Available Balance rather than its Ledger Balance.

TD Bank denies liability for each of the claims, and maintains that the challenged overdraft practices complied with customer agreements and applicable laws. The Court has not decided which side is right.

Current and former holders of TD Bank Personal and/or Business Accounts and former holders of Carolina First Accounts who incurred Overdraft Fees may be eligible for a payment by check or account credit (“Settlement Payment Amount”). In addition, members of the Settlement Classes whose accounts were closed with amounts owed to TD Bank may be eligible for reductions in their outstanding balances (“Overdraft Forgiveness Amount”).

Read this website carefully. This website advises you of the benefits that may be available to you under the proposed Settlement and your rights and options as a Settlement Class Member.


Summary of Your Legal Rights and Options in This Settlement
Make a Claim

If you are a member of the TD Available Balance Consumer Class, Regulation E Class, Usury Class, and/or TD Available Balance Business Class, you must submit a completed Claim Form by February 7, 2020 to receive your portion of the Settlement Payment Amount.

If you make a claim, and the Court approves the Settlement, and it becomes final and effective, you will be sent a payment or provided an account credit. You will give up you right to bring your own lawsuit against TD Bank about the claims in this case.
Do Nothing

If you are a member of ONLY the South Financial Class and/or Uber/Lyft Class, you do not need to submit a Claim Form to receive your portion of the Settlement Payment Amount. If you do not exclude yourself from the Settlement, payments for these two Settlement Classes will be distributed automatically by check or account credit, and you will give up your right to bring your own lawsuit against TD Bank about the claims in this case.

If you are a member of the TD Available Consumer Class, Usury Class, or TD Available Balance Business Class whose Account was closed with amounts owed to TD Bank, you may be eligible to receive distributions from the Overdraft Forgiveness Amount. You do not need to submit a Claim Form to receive a distribution from the Overdraft Forgiveness Amount. If eligible, and you do not exclude yourself from the Settlement, you will receive this benefit automatically.

Exclude Yourself from the Settlement Receive no benefit from the Settlement. This is the only option that allows you to retain your right to bring any other lawsuit against TD Bank about the claims in this case.
Object Write to the Court and the lawyers for both sides if you do not like the Settlement.
Go to a Hearing Ask to speak in court about the fairness of the Settlement.

These rights and options –and the deadlines to exercise them– are explained further in the FAQs page of this website.

Current Status

The Court in charge of this case still has to decide whether to approve the Settlement and will hold a Final Approval Hearing on January 8, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. to consider whether the Settlement is fair, reasonable and adequate. Payments, account credits, and overdraft forgiveness amounts will be provided if the Court approves the Settlement and after any appeals are resolved. Please be patient.


Important Dates
  • December 4, 2019
    Deadline to Exclude Yourself from the Settlement
  • December 4, 2019
    Deadline to File an Objection
  • January 8, 2020
    Final Approval Hearing
  • February 7, 2020
    Deadline to File a Claim

More Information

If you have any questions, you may contact the TD Bank Overdraft Administrator at:

TD Bank Overdraft Litigation
P.O. Box 6006
Portland, OR 97228-6006
1-877-588-5722 (Toll-Free)

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