Bank approved debit card payment, says money is leaving my account; merchant says payment declined. What next?
Sunday, September 26th, 2010I tried to pay my medical school tuition (a five-figure sum) yesterday using my debit card. There were a number of technical problems during the process which might explain the resulting fiasco…
First, when the university official (i.e. "merchant") telephoned the bank for approval, the call got cut off just after I’d answered the security questions [...]