Bank of America makes the First Move
The economy is slowly recovering from one of the worst recessions we have seen in decades. As it starts to recover, people will also begin to make more purchases to boost it. This consumer spending puts money back into the economy and creates demand that leads to new jobs. It is a cycle that keeps our country afloat. When we started this horrible recession, the Government decided that banking was somewhat at fault for the problems we were experiencing and decided that credit card spending and bank fees for certain services were out-of-line and needed to be changed. So, starting on July 1st, banks can no longer charge overdraft fees to those who have exceeded their balances. This will severely limit the amount of money a bank can make on its customers. Many people do not realize that a bank makes a great deal of money on overdrafts fees as many people use their debit cards and go over their limits.
Bank of America has decided to implement this change right now rather than wait. Rather than allow their customers to go over limit, Bank of America will now stop purchases if they exceed the balance in their account. Many people do this unknowingly as they are not aware of certain transactions taking place on their account and with current salaries at a low, many are purchasing items dangerously close to the bottom of these accounts. With current trends, the banks stand to lose millions of dollars in revenue from fees as well as purchases.
As of July, banks will have to get the consent of their customers to charge any overdraft fees and Bank of America is well aware that it would be an uphill battle and that their customers will not sign these types of guidelines. Rather than fight it, Bank of America has decided to institute the new laws now to possibly keep customers and show that they are not predatory like the Government seems to portray than as in the media. Many of the larger banks will fall in line with Bank of America as they all scramble to find new and inventive ways to charge fees. It is likely that fees for checking account maintenance will go up as well as yearly fees on credit cards, which is already occurring across the board.
The economy is slowly recovering from one of the worst recessions we have seen in decades. As it starts to recover, people will also begin to make more purchases to boost it. This consumer spending puts money back into the economy and creates demand that leads to new jobs. It is a cycle that keeps our country afloat. When we started this horrible recession, the Government decided that banking was somewhat at fault for the problems we were experiencing and decided that credit card spending and bank fees for certain services were out-of-line and needed to be changed. So, starting on July 1st, banks can no longer charge overdraft fees to those who have exceeded their balances. This will severely limit the amount of money a bank can make on its customers. Many people do not realize that a bank makes a great deal of money on overdrafts fees as many people use their debit cards and go over their limits.
Bank of America has decided to implement this change right now rather than wait. Rather than allow their customers to go over limit, Bank of America will now stop purchases if they exceed the balance in their account. Many people do this unknowingly as they are not aware of certain transactions taking place on their account and with current salaries at a low, many are purchasing items dangerously close to the bottom of these accounts. With current trends, the banks stand to lose millions of dollars in revenue from fees as well as purchases.
As of July, banks will have to get the consent of their customers to charge any overdraft fees and Bank of America is well aware that it would be an uphill battle and that their customers will not sign these types of guidelines. Rather than fight it, Bank of America has decided to institute the new laws now to possibly keep customers and show that they are not predatory like the Government seems to portray than as in the media. Many of the larger banks will fall in line with Bank of America as they all scramble to find new and inventive ways to charge fees. It is likely that fees for checking account maintenance will go up as well as yearly fees on credit cards, which is already occurring across the board.
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