After several years of steady declines, overdraft charges at the country's largest banks are climbing again, pulling billions of dollars from the accounts of customers who can least afford it. The ...

More financial institutions are dropping overdraft fees. They're usually about $35 after running a card with no balance. Alliant Credit Union will no longer charge customers for this type of ...

It feels harmless. A coffee clears before your paycheck. You dip negative by a dollar. No big deal. Behind the scenes, banks treat that $1 exactly the same as a $100 mistake. And the consequences add ...

(InvestigateTV) — When an account is overdrawn, consumers pay a high price. In 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a rule that would have required large banks and credit ...

Overdraft news: In spring 2025, both the Senate and the House voted to overturn a rule that would have limited overdraft fees to $5. The resolution — which killed the rule — was also signed by ...

When you use more funds than you have in your checking, savings, or money market bank account, you can end up with a negative balance. That can lead to your bank declining future transactions. If you ...

Kansas Supreme Court Justice Caleb Stegall, right, authored the high court's unanimous opinion rejecting arguments by Capitol Federal Savings Bank, headquartered in Topeka, that plaintiffs shouldn't ...