Fees

Debit Card Spending Up, Fees Likely To Follow

CNN Money | David Ellis | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business


Could debit cards be the next cash cow for banks? If banks have their way, they will. Americans have conducted more transactions and spent more money...

Denver Closes Loophole That Allowed Some To Avoid Vehicle Registration Fees

KMGH Denver | Tom Burke and John Ferrugia | Posted 11.09.2009 | Denver


DENVER -- The CALL7 Investigators uncovered a loophole in car registrations that some Coloradans were exploiting because it was cheaper to pay the tic...

Hustled

Libby Mitchell | Posted 10.27.2009 | Business


Libby Mitchell

Recently, my husband and I were taken for $465. Not by a guy named Lefty, or Madoff, but rather by a mortgage lender, who is probably your mortgage lender too: CitiMortgage.

Traffic Jams Can Help the Environment

wsj.com | DAVID OWEN | Posted 10.13.2009 | Green


Congestion isn't an environmental problem; it's a driving problem. Traffic jams can actually be environmentally beneficial if they turn subways, buses...

FDIC Expected To Ask Banks For $36B In Prepaid Insurance Fees

AP | By MARCY GORDON | Posted 11.28.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON (AP)-- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. may take the unprecedented step of ordering banks to prepay about $36 billion in premiums to rep...

How To Live On $0 A Day: Where To Put Your Remaining Assets

Lesley Stern | Posted 06.29.2009 | Comedy


Lesley Stern

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.

Cities Turn To Fees To Fill Budget Gaps

New York Times | DAVID SEGAL | Posted 05.11.2009 | Business


After her sport utility vehicle sideswiped a van in early February, Shirley Kimel was amazed at how quickly a handful of police officers and firefight...

A Modest Proposal, or How to Use Wasted Resources...Like the Elderly!

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 03.07.2009 | Style


Jilly Gagnon

You will never escape the fact that the nurses are stealing tic-tacs out of Grandma's purse when she isn't paying attention. Shouldn't you get something for it?

To Gift Card or Not

Roseanne Colletti | Posted 12.29.2008 | Living


Roseanne Colletti

To Gift Card or Not A gift card is a beautiful thing. One size fits all, unlike a swimsuit that is guaranteed not to fit anywhere you want it to...

Skyway Robbery

Suzette Standring | Posted 06.07.2008 | Business


Suzette Standring

Have you ever wondered about the sadistic minds behind some of the scariest rides at amusement parks? They may have found work with airline management.