Fee Watch!: Beating the Overdraft Fees
How to Beat The Bank, a “cut-down” version of Overdrawn! by Karney Hatch.
(via Paul Michael at WiseBread.)
Not only does Karney paint a great picture of the problem with overdraft fees in today’s banking system, but he also demonstrates how a little bit of push-back by you, the account holder, can make a difference.
We’ve seen this [...]
FABB Snapshot: People Use ATMs More To Manage Through Hard Times
Last week, in our first post about how the economy has affected peoples’ use of their checking accounts, we looked at the growing number of people overdrawing today compared to a year ago. This week, we’ll analyze one of the culprits of overdrawing — ATM withdrawals.
A lot of people are using cash more and credit [...]