Ocean First Bank in Hammonton, New Jersey, repeatedly gave out my account balance to a number of people who deposited into my account. The account balance was given to these people without my consent, and provided on the deposit receipt, without verifying that the depositor was the account owner. I feel this is a violation of my Financial Privacy. When I made a complaint to the bank, requesting that they respect my financial privacy and not give out my account balance to people who do not own the account, they closed my account without explanation. I then spoke to the Vice President of Banking at the branch, and was not offered a resolution, simply told that they were closing my account without providing a reason why. The account closure happened not long after the complaint about the account balances being released by their staff, so I expect the two are related. read more