Financially struggling Americans paid an increasing amount of money in overdraft fees last year, in spite of a 2010 rule designed to prevent abusive o...

Banks say transaction reordering is not simply a new way to squeeze profits from unsuspecting customers. They claim that by processing the largest transactions first, they're actually doing us a solid.

The top consumer watchdog is scrutinizing big banks to see if their overdraft protection policies are doing enough to keep Americans from unwittingly ...

There are many useful rules in personal finance that can help you successfully manage your money. But it's also useful to know when those rules can be broken.

When compared with the billions of dollars big banks have rung up in overdraft fees over the last decade, recent settlements with customers over unfai...

* Largest U.S. bank reaches preliminary settlement * More than 30 lenders sued over overdraft fees * Bank of America $41...

The cost of not having enough money just got steeper. The median overdraft fee banks charge customers surged to $30 from $27.50 last year, accordi...

Despite bank officials wailing about how financial reforms may hurt their bottom line, banks will rake in billions this year thanks to fees they're ch...

NEW YORK -- The country's largest banks are still charging steep overdraft fees. A survey released Wednesday by the Consumer Federation of America fo...

In 2003, the San Francisco-based Union Bank adopted a new practice that allowed it to begin charging its customers more overdraft fees. Now, the custo...

Despite new regulations that require banks to give people the opportunity to opt out of checking account overdraft protection programs, most people stick with them. It could be an expensive choice.

$38 Billion during a single year? That's $126 for every single of the 300 million Americans, including newborns and the millions without a bank account.

Q: I'm looking for a new checking account because the overdraft fees at my bank are killing me. It's a $30 fine every time I overdraft the account. Am...

Bank of America has agreed to pay $410 million to settle a federal lawsuit alleging the bank charged excessive overdraft fees. The suit is one of s...

Willie Sutton is credited with saying that he robbed banks because that's where the money is. Banks know where the money is, too: overdraft fees.

Everyone should take a closer look and learn about more banking. Children should be educated from an early age to understand how saving money, lending money and commercial banks operate.

The era of the $35 cup of coffee has come to an end, for most. Unless a consumer chooses to opt-in for overdraft protection, their ATM and debit pu...

Rather than treat the unbanked and underbanked as second class citizens, the prepaid card industry is listening to their needs.

Credit card reform requires banks by July to get permission before providing "overdraft protection," which hits customers with fees of $30 or more to ...

For many households trying to improve their finances, tossing out pitches from the bank has become almost automatic. But in recent weeks, Chase has be...