New York Times Reports Bank Of America As Least Trusted Bank

“Forrester’s annual Customer Advocacy rankings, ranks nearly 50 financial services firms in the United States by the percentage of each firm’s customers who agree with the statement: “My financial provider does what’s best for me, not just its own bottom line.” The results are based on a survey of about 4,500 consumers.

The bottom seven of this year’s rankings, first to last, are Bank of America, Chase, Capital One, TD/Commerce, Fifth Third, Citibank, and in last place, HSBC.”

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Closson Vs. Bank Of America Settlement Website – Bank Of America To Pay $35 Million:

“The lawsuit claims Bank of America encouraged its customers to use Bank of America debit cards and increased the number of fees charged to customers using Bank of America debit cards through the order in which such transactions are posted and the account balance information it provides. The lawsuit also claims that Bank of America authorizes debit card transactions that will result in overdraft fees; fails to warn customers that specific debit card transactions may result in overdrawn accounts; posts debit card and other transactions in high-to-low order; and provides account balance information to customers that is not current, accurate or as advertised. In addition, the lawsuit claims that Bank of America’s customer agreements are unconscionable, and that Bank of America does not provide customers with copies of account agreements until after they open their accounts”

Click here to visit ClossonSettlement.com

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Bank of America wins appeal on overdraft fees

The California Supreme Court overturned a billion-dollar class-action award against Bank of America Corp. ruling that banks can collect overdraft fees from accounts in which government benefits intended for subsistence are directly deposited.

From The Los Angeles Times:

The California Supreme Court overturns a 2004 class-action award to Social Security recipients from whose accounts the bank took fees for insufficient funds.

“Requiring banks to dishonor checks can harm the customer’s credit rating, result in the customer’s incurring fees and affect the customer’s relationship with merchants,” Justice Carlos R. Moreno wrote for the court.

James C. Sturdevant, who represented the Social Security recipients said the court’s ruling would punish the poor.

“They don’t have a credit rating,” he said. “These are the poorest of the poor. They live on $800 a month.”

Click here to read the full story at the Los Angeles Times

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How to Get Back Overdraft Fees From Your Bank

There’s been a lot of talk recently about the Federal Reserve cracking down on overdraft fees and banning ATM, Debit Overdraft Fees without customer explicitly opting into the overdraft fee programs.

As I was reading up on this, I ran into an interesting video on how to get back overdraft fees from your bank. It’s hard to imagine this NOT working in most circumstances as it’s a matter of simple economics for the Banks:

Note, this post isn’t about the pros and cons of overdraft protection. This is about the fact that many things in life are negotiable if you are willing to try.

Feel free to share your experiences (good or bad) with overdraft fees and/or overdraft protection, including any helpful tips you might have for people on how to recover overdraft fees.