Personal Finance News - 'fee' Tag

According to a recent survey, as many as 6 million American consumers currently have a financial account which they keep secret from their spouses, partners or significant others!

According to a recently published article, Jeff Gelles, told the tale of the kind that can cause great consternation to many people.

Suze Orman the personal finance personality is wasting no time in getting aboard the bandwagon when it comes to pre-payment debit cards.

Survey results released by the ACSI are indicating that credit unions scored an average of 87 on a 1 to 100 weighted scale, which is an 8.7 percent increase from the previous year.

Consumers have been amazed to learn that cyber crime now affects more people per hour than the number of babies born!

The CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) has now been open for approximately 5 months, as has their contact center for consumer complaints about credit card issuers.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has put an end to a $275 million credit card scam which affected around five million bank customers and card holders over the past four years.

A new study shows that despite popular assumption, credit card debts and student loans do not make young adults anxious about their financial situation. Instead, debt can actually boost self esteem and make young people feel more in control of …

MasterCard is now offering travelers a huge incentive to use a MasterCard when purchasing airline tickets thanks to the launch of their new price assurance program.

The debit card swipe fees debate heated up even more this past week when Senator Dick Durbin published an open letter to Jamie Dimon, the CEO of Chase.

A recently launched initiative to realign fees charged on checking accounts and other accounts held at Bank of America has been successfully piloted in Arizona and two other states.

The Federal Reserve is expected to make a decision in the next few weeks approving dividend increases for major banks. Nineteen major United States banks were asked in January to provide the Federal Reserve with detailed capital plans and also …

Urban Trust Bank is currently offering a $100 bonus to new customers opening a consumer checking account, establishing direct deposit, and completing 5 debit card transactions per month for three months. The offer is available only for a very limited …

American Express announced last week via annual report that it may be facing up to an additional $500 million in losses on top of what they already expected to pay out as a result of lawsuits and government inquiries.

Consumer watchdogs say that one year after the implementation of the credit CARD Act, credit cards have improved and American consumers are better off. February 22, 2011 marked the one year anniversary of the major consumer protections of the Credit …