A mere four months ago, the Biden administration capped bank overdraft fees at $5. There was just one catch: The cap wouldn’t take effect until October. It now appears the cap will never take hold.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced a new rule proposal that would limit overdraft fees banks charge on consumers. The rules would apply to most large banks and lenders — those holding ...

Banks continued to reap billions in overdraft fees last year despite the efforts of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to get control of the fees. Its efforts are now in danger of being ...

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Under President Joe Biden, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) instituted a $5 cap on bank overdraft fees. Senate Republicans have voted to let banks take advantage of Americans by ...

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., joined by two fellow New England lawmakers, is pressing some of the biggest banks in the nation for more information about overdraft fees that they say target the ...

The three biggest American retail banks collected 25% less overdraft revenue last year as the companies, under pressure from regulators to cap the fees, created new ways for customers to avoid the ...

Overdraft fees are the financial equivalent of a parking ticket: annoying, avoidable, and somehow always showing up at the worst time. In 2024, about 11% of Americans got hit with one. But the good ...

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Many Americans celebrated last year when government officials announced a restriction on $35 bank overdraft fees for checking accounts. But with the change in leadership in D.C., it’s now unclear ...