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Big Bailed-Out Banks Ramp Up Fees
by Paul Kiel, ProPublica - July 2, 2009 8:48 am EDT
Even as the biggest banks have reached up for billions in federal aid, they have reached down to collect more and more penalty fees from consumers. The Washington Post gives a rundown:
Bank of America this year raised the maximum number of times customers can get hit with overdraft fees from five a day to 10. On top of that, it began charging a one-time fee of $35 if the account remains in the negative for more than five days. The bank also raised the monthly fee on My Access checking accounts to $8.95 from $5.95. … more…
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Paul Kiel wrote for TPMmuckraker, Talking Points Memo’s investigative reporting blog, from 2006 to 2008. TPM’s coverage of the firings of U.S. attorneys and politicization of the Department of Justice won a George Polk Award for legal reporting.
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