Overdraft Fees Send Scores to Check Cashing, Payday Loans

Exorbitant Overdraft Fees Erase Funds of the Working Poor
In the 1960s and 1970s, many of America’s largest banks decided to go “where the money is” by pulling their branches out of the inner cities and focusing more on affluent areas. It may be sheer coincidence that infamous bank robber John [...]

In what universe does a one percent check cashing fee exceed a $35 overdraft fee for overdrawing a checking account by $.01? (Photo: flickr.com)

Overdraft Fee Monster Eats Social Security Income, Too

B of A’s Overdraft Fees Victimize Long-Time Customer
Overdraft fees across the board have attracted the interest of Congress lately. Many have said that the way in which overdraft fees are assessed by banks and credit unions is predatory and dishonest. Charging the same high fee for each infraction – even [...]

This should be considered a deadly weapon, in light of banks' runaway abuse of overdraft fee policies. (Photo: flickr.com)

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In these difficult economic times, the average American family is forced to live paycheck to paycheck — if they are lucky enough to have jobs at all. When the U.S. government bailed out Wall Street, the major banks got huge cash infusions. [...]

Study of Overdraft Fees and Protection Cries Out for Reform

When Traditional Banking Becomes Parasitic
If you’re able to see past the shady origins and history of the Center for Responsible Lending, you’ll see that occasionally they do good work that benefits society. While they’re certainly no friend of the payday loans industry, I find that their recent report on the [...]

Have you had it up to here with your bank's overdraft protection schemes? You aren't alone, according to the Center for Responsible Lending. (Photo: flickr.com)

Should Government Limit Bank Overdraft Fees?

Over-the-top overdraft fees
The Associated Press reports that some senior congressional Democrats want to draw up legislation that would limit how much banks can charge customers in overdraft fees. Personally, I have been slapped with $105 in overdraft charges before for transactions that equaled a lot less than that, so I [...]

With this debit transaction cost $35 more than you think?

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