It feels harmless. A coffee clears before your paycheck. You dip negative by a dollar. No big deal. Behind the scenes, banks treat that $1 exactly the same as a $100 mistake. And the consequences add ...
Key insight: Certain large U.S. banks reported an uptick in overdraft-related revenue during the first three quarters of 2025. What's at stake: Though the increases coincide with the Trump ...
WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Fourteen of the largest U.S. retail banks posted jumps in the income they generated from overdraft and bounced-check fees during the first nine months of the year, while ...
Overdraft protection has become Washington’s latest punching bag. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) are again criticizing banks, credit unions ...
(InvestigateTV) — When an account is overdrawn, consumers pay a high price. In 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a rule that would have required large banks and credit ...