Bank of America customers will soon be unable to spend more than they have in the accounts linked to their debit cards. It’s a step that may become a common move ahead of new regulations limiting overdraft fees.
Rules set by the Federal Reserve that will ban banks from charging such fees, without first getting permission [...]
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BofA to end all overdraft fees on debit cards
March 10th, 2010 by Financial Writer
Tags: bank of america, banking industry, big banks, customers, debit cards, Federal Reserve
more...Dems, Wall Street water down financial reform
January 5th, 2010 by Financial Writer
“I have nothing to say except I know how Britney Spears feels,” said Rep. Barney Frank on Sept. 27, 2008, after yet another day in which a pack of journalists followed his every move.
In the frenzied early reckoning of the financial crisis, Frank, the 15-term Massachusetts Democrat known for being the second openly gay member [...]
Tags: banking industry, financial crisis, financial reform, legislators, us federal reserve, wall street
Banks earn $2.8B in 3Q; insurance fund in the red
November 24th, 2009 by Financial Writer
The apparent end of the recession and stabilizing financial markets have not cured the banking industry, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Tuesday.
Banks earned $2.8 billion in the third quarter, but loan balances plummeted and the fund that insures their deposits was $8.2 billion in the red. Souring loans continued to hurt bank balance sheets, [...]
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