A group of 18 state attorneys general sent letters to four of the largest financial institutions in the country this week, urging them to stop charging overdraft fees on consumers by this summer, and while the states did not make any threats in the letter about what would happen if …
Read More »Banking Groups Ask CFPB to Conduct Research Into Overdraft Fees Before Making Decisions
Five of the nation’s major banking trade groups have sent a letter to Rohit Chopra, the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, asking the Bureau to conduct a consumer study or focus groups before making any decisions on what to do about overdraft fees, arguing that the information published …
Read More »CFPB Announces Crackdown on NSF, Overdraft Fees
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau yesterday put overdraft fees in its crosshairs yesterday, and already banks are responding by announcing they will no longer assess NSF fees when consumers spend more than they have in their bank accounts. Rohit Chopra, the Director of the CFPB, announced that the regulator is …
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