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January Bank Alert!
We all remember last fall when Bank of America and other big banks backed off from plans to charge customers a monthly fee for using a debit card to access their own money from their checking account. Even BoA admits that consumers deserve the credit for this victory (although they don’t use those words). Massive Continue Reading
Categories: Banking
Tags: $5 fee, bank fee project, bank of america, debit cards
$5 Debit Fee: Did Bank of America Really Get the Message?
The Street is reporting that three months after it abandoned plans to charge a $5 monthly debt card fee, Bank of America is now admitting that its fee scheme caused many customers to close their accounts. B of A CEO Brian Moynihan recently noted “an elevated level of account closings” in the final Continue Reading
Categories: Banking
Tags: $5 fee, bank of america
