Payments Dive

JULY 11, 2023

Regulators say Bank of America opened credit card accounts without customers’ consent and misled consumers with respect to rewards for card applications.

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Evolve Payment

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Many argue that this dominance has created a duopoly, limiting competition and driving up merchant fees. SMBs and consumers alike are significantly impacted by these junk fees that unnecessarily drive up costs. What Is the Credit Card Competition Act?

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Fintech Finance

JULY 19, 2024

In recent years, workers have seen big increases in wages, but junk fees and high rates on financial products not only chip away at these gains – they take advantage of workers,” said Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su. “As

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Innovative Payments Association

JANUARY 10, 2024

The press release goes on to say that the proposed rule will protect consumers from “junk fees” by making” personal financial data available, at no charge to consumers or their agents, through dedicated digital interfaces that are safe, secure, and reliable.”

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Tearsheet

MARCH 27, 2024

Moreover, there are fears that individuals living paycheck-to-paycheck may now be pushed into incurring bank overdraft fees when confronted with unforeseen expenses. The best case scenario for the consumer is to have banks remove more and more of the junk fees charged by banks,” said Nico Simko, founder and CEO of EWA provider Clair.

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Evolve Payment

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Many processors have purposely made it this way so they can hide fees (which we call ‘junk fees’) while reducing the number of questions coming in from their merchants. Choosing the Right Merchant Processing Partner For most merchants, merchant processing is a confusing industry.

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Global Fintech & Digital Assets

MARCH 8, 2024

Representative Maxine Waters, ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, applauded the Rule and CFPB leadership for “finalizing this critical rule to slash credit card late fees.”

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Payments Dive

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The Biden administration and the CFPB want banks and other institutions to stop hitting consumers with extra fees. Come February, offenders face monetary penalties.

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Finovate

OCTOBER 28, 2024

From big banks to junk fees A story in today’s Washington Post highlights Vice President Kamala Harris’s tenure as California attorney general and her role in strengthening a “multibillion dollar mortgage settlement” with major banks in the wake of the Great Financial Crisis.

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