A pitfall of debit cards is overdrawing your account -- and facing fee
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One of the biggest selling points for debit cards has been that you couldn't spend more than you had in your bank account, making them a good alternative to racking up credit card debt.
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NEW YORK, December 31  - According to a California court ruling, Bank of America Corp (BAC.NYS) would have to pay $284 million to customers who were charged overdraft fees on accounts containing customer social security deposits.
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Lloyds TSB cuts its charges for unauthorised overdrafts, in the face of a customer revolt.
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From bank accounts and mortgages to credit cards and car loans, let the buyer beware: Financial fees are on the rise. And many are just waiting to blindside you.
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Check out your checking account -- and make sure you have enough money in it before you write any checks from now on.
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Pay attention to details and you might be shocked at how little your bank pays you.
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Credit card companies are changing the terms of their accounts at a historically high rate, costing Americans millions of dollars in fees that they did not expect.
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Think twice before assuming you're using the right card.
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A Manhattan federal judge has ordered Visa USA to stop charging a special fee that penalized debit card issuers for jumping to smaller rival MasterCard Inc. .
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Credit cards issuers may face penalty from the regulators as credit cards solicitation is not as reliable as they are said. Consumers sometimes are not given the whole information about the possibly imposed
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Make sure YOUR wallet is the one getting fatter.
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It's time to stop a hidden fund fee.
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DreamHost customers woke up to a nightmare on Tuesday after the Web hosting company made a major billing mistake overnight that has resulted in many getting their credit cards charged automatically for hundreds -- and even thousands -- of dollars.In an official blog posting, the company said that Monday night it ran &quot;a standard billing cycle to clean up stragglers from 2007&quot; but by mistake set the overdue-payment parameter for the end of 2008.&quot;This caused everyone to be billed as if today was 2008-12-31, wreaking the havoc that we are so sorry you had to be put through,&quot; the posting reads.The wording on the posting seems to indicate that all of DreamHost&#39;s customers were affected by the billing mistake. DreamHost hosts more than 600,000 domains, according to its Web site.WebHosting.Info, a research and statistics portal focused on the Web services industry, lists DreamHost as the 11th-largest Web hosting provider in the U.S. and the 15th-largest in the world .DreamHost, which has been in business since 1997, didn&#39;t immediately reply to requests for comment.At press time, DreamHost was in the process of issuing refunds to customers who got charged automatically.Among the hundreds of mostly angry comments that customers have made to the blog posting are complaints that the billing pushed credit card accounts over their limit, triggering bank penalty fees and locking up cards.&quot;If I end up having to pay special interest fees because you trigger an overbalance, I&#8217;ll be contacting your billing team for compensation,&quot; wrote one customer.Other customers commented that they are spooked that DreamHost could make a mistake of this magnitude with something as sensitive as billing, and have thus decided to cancel their accounts.&quot;My account is due for renewal at the end of this month, and barring something spectacular, it looks like I&#39;m taking my business elsewhere,&quot; wrote another customer.A quick scan of the company&#39;s DreamHost Status blog shows that it has encountered a steady stream of system outages over the past month or so.
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or write a check before the funds are available in their accounts - might soon find themselves at risk for more bounced checks and high overdraft fees.
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Your credit card companies want to charge you more.
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That's what happens when free money makes everyone pay too much.
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There are just too many cards stacked against Vonage.