Today the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) filed in federal district court a proposed settlement with TCF National Bank regarding its marketing and sale of overdraft services.
If you were affected by RushCard outages in 2015, you could receive compensation.
Taking time to plan ahead before the holidays is one way to manage your holiday spending and stay on track.
Banks and credit unions can only charge you overdraft fees on one-time debit card transactions and ATM withdrawals if you “opt in.” Learn more about the opt in choice, and steps you can take to reduce or eliminate overdraft fees on your checking account.
Lately, we’ve received questions from people wanting to know what these chips are and how they work. As a new federal agency, we’re committed to providing you with trustworthy information about consumer financial products—including bank accounts and credit cards. Here are a few things you should know about chip technology.
Today, we’re releasing a report that looks at deals between financial institutions and colleges to market credit cards to students. This year we found that there are fewer schools marketing credit cards, and those that do are not making their agreements with credit card companies readily accessible to students.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its annual report on college credit card agreements, which shows a nearly 70 percent decline in the number of agreements since Congress passed new disclosure requirements in 2009. These findings highlight the trend of marketing partnerships between colleges and financial institutions shifting from credit cards toward other products such as debit and prepaid cards, which generally have fewer sunshine protections. The report also found that most colleges with credit card agreements do not make those agreements readily accessible to students and families.
Majority of Debit Card Overdraft Fees Incurred on Transactions of $24 or Less WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a report that raises concerns about the impact of opting in to overdraft services for debit card and ATM transactions. The study found that the majority of debit card overdraft fees […]
Thank you all for joining me today for the release of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s data point on checking account overdrafts. This is our second report on overdraft that raises concerns about how consumers are being affected by overdraft practices.
The recent data breach and theft of credit and debit card information at Target retail stores could impact tens of millions of consumers, and we want to let you know what you can do to protect yourself if you spot fraudulent charges. Here’s what you can do if you think your credit or debit card data was hacked.
