Compton, CA asked in Consumer Law for California

Q: Does a bank's duty of "ordinary care" to checking account customers include ANY duty to monitor customer's account

More facts: Checking account is hacked into over period of two months for 40 odd unauthorized electronic withdrawals by hacker with whom customer had never done business. Laying aside possible questions concerning the customer's own failure to monitor his account, did the banks duty of care to its customer, which includes some kind of a duty to monitor its customer's account, extend to these facts. Put another way, has a bank breached its duty to monitor if it fails to discover and disclose to its customer that these hacks are taking place.

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Louis George Fazzi
Louis George Fazzi
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  • Jess Ranch, CA
  • Licensed in California

A: Yes

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