Settlement

Welcome to the Settlement Website for the class action lawsuit, known as Robinson v First Hawaiian Bank Settlement, in the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawaii. A $4,125,000 Settlement was reached in a class action about overdraft fees charged to consumer Accounts by First Hawaiian Bank (FHB) on debit card transactions that were auth... orized and approved when sufficient funds were available to cover the amount of authorization (Relevant Overdraft Fees). Relevant Overdraft Fees were assessed when customers account balances were insufficient when the transaction(s) posted to the account. FHB maintains that there was nothing wrong with the transaction processing practices it used and that it complied, at all times, with applicable laws. Current and former holders of FHB consumer checking Accounts were eligible for a payment or Account credit from the Settlement Fund. The Settlement Class was identified as the following: All current and former FHB members who were charged a Relevant Overdraft Fee from January 27, 2011, through March 13, 2019. Excluded from the Settlement Class is FHB, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers and directors, all Settlement Class Members who made a timely election to be excluded, and all judges assigned to this litigation and their immediate family members. Settlement Class members were issued a payment by check or Account credit for their pro rata portion of the Settlement Fund based on the number of eligible Relevant Overdraft Fees paid to FHB during the period covered by the Settlement. Payments were issued in late October 2019. A secondary distribution is in process to individuals that either received an account credit from First Hawaiian Bank or presented their first settlement check for payment. If you received an account credit or cashed your check, you should expect another account credit or check representing residual settlement funds. This Settlement Website explains important rights you may have had, you may also wish to read the Frequently Asked ...Read More