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And how does the industry that has received so much largesse from taxpayers repay the public? By jacking up fees for basic services. According to Bank...
washingtonpost.com | Binyamin Appelbaum and Nancy Trejos | Posted 09.21.2009 | Business
A backlash is brewing on Capitol Hill against banks that charge large fees for overdrafts without asking or telling customers, the latest sign that th...
Yahoo! News | Mon Aug 10, 3:43 Am ET | Posted 09.10.2009 | Business
Banks in the United States are poised to make $38.5 billion in customer overdraft fees this year, the Financial Times said, citing research by Moebs S...
USA Today | Posted 08.08.2009 | Business
Even as regulators crack down on abusive mortgage and credit card practices, another type of lending threatens to mire consumers in a credit trap....
New York Times | ERIC DASH | Posted 08.01.2009 | Business
Bounced check: $32. Stop-payment: $30. A.T.M. charge: as high as $3. Even now, after all those bailouts, banks never seem to tire of dipping a litt...
New York Post | catherine curan | Posted 07.30.2009 | Business
Just weeks after President Obama signed into law new rules clamping down on runaway credit card fees, banks are accelerating their push for plastic pr...
bloomberg.com | Alison Vekshin | Posted 07.26.2009 | Business
June 25 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. banks are fighting the Obama administration plan to create a consumer agency for financial services as they seek to protec...
Lesley Stern | Posted 06.29.2009 | Comedy
Many banks won't accept deposits of less than $100. Those that do tend to get a little uppity when presented with a deposit in 20 lbs. of rolled pennies.
Cecilia Michelson | Posted 04.07.2009 | Business
Now I see that perhaps banks didn't care to explain the terms very carefully to borrowers who perhaps weren't educated enough to do the research themselves.
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newsweek.com | Daniel Gross | Posted 10.08.2009 | Business