Credit unions hit a record number of members last year, as a growing number of consumers grew fed up with the fees at the nation's biggest banks and took their money elsewhere.
The new consumer bureau said Wednesday that it plans to target a kind of bank fee that makes customers see red: Overdraft protection penalty fees on checking accounts.
Would you pay $400 a year to own a credit card?
CNBC's outspoken financial adviser, Suze Orman, has a new piece of advice for her viewers: Go pick up her new, self-branded prepaid card.
Verizon Wireless will soon make some customers pay for the privilege of paying their bills.
Just because debit-card fees are out of the picture for now, don't stop checking your bank statements.
Bank of America said Tuesday it's axing its plan to charge a $5 fee for customers who use their debit cards to make purchases.
The big banks' race to backpedal on controversial debit card fees has picked up speed.
Many big banks are lining up to assure customers they won't impose the debit card fees that have sparked a backlash against Bank of America.
A few House lawmakers say there's a solution for the debit card fees from Bank of America and others that are ticking off customers: repeal the new regulation that the banks blame for needing the fees.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner on Tuesday joined a chorus of Democratic officials hitting back at bank fees, saying the administration "will prevail" in the battle over banking reforms.
Sen. Dick Durbin on Tuesday urged customers unhappy with Bank of America's new $5-a-month debit card fee to take their business elsewhere -- calling the fee a golden opportunity for other banks "not as greedy" to drum up new business.
In the immediate aftermath of Bank of America's new debit card fee announcement, many of the bank's customers have declared this is the last straw.
Get ready for a new wave of bank fees. Bank of America will begin charging a $5 monthly fee at the beginning of next year for customers who make debit card purchases.
If you couldn't tell already, banking has become more expensive. More banks are assessing checking account fees, it's costing more to use ATMs and you're being hit with bigger overdraft charges.
We know, you and your credit card have been through a lot together.
After ending its debit rewards program for new customers earlier this year, Wells Fargo is now scrapping the program for existing customers as well.
Yet another of the nation's top banks is flirting with the idea of charging a monthly fee to customers who use debit cards.
Consumers love the free flights, gadgets and cash back they get when they pay with their rewards credit cards. But mom and pop stores cringe when they do.
Heartland Payment Systems' stock surged Thursday, benefiting from a Senate card fees vote that delivered a blow to credit card companies.
If you're a bank customer, you could soon be facing higher ATM fees, a $50 spending limit on your debit card, or a 30% late payment penalty on your credit card. And those debit rewards you've been enjoying? Say goodbye to those.
Bank of America customers who make late payments on their credit cards may soon see their interest rates jump.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, who is critical of a key provision in the financial reform law, has been taken to task by a U.S. senator in a scathing letter.
White House official Elizabeth Warren, best known for her outspoken criticism of the banking industry, praised that same group during a Tuesday conference on the one-year anniversary of the credit card laws.
Dissension against Apple's new in-app subscription policies is growing, with streaming music service Rhapsody openly opposing the new policy while publishers mull potential courses of action, including litigation.
Toni Riss had a credit card with a 79.9% interest rate.
It's like Night of the Living Dead: Every time the feds kill off a set of fees, they come back to life -- just in slightly different forms.
Less than a month after the Kardashian Kard made its controversial debut, the reality show sisters terminated the glitzy prepaid debit card.
As Americans ditch their credit cards and look for debt-free ways to manage their spending, even celebrities are cashing in on the rush to prepaid cards.
Bank of America reported a net loss of $7.3 billion in the third quarter on Tuesday, citing the recently passed financial reform law for a one-time charge in its credit and debit card unit.
Prepaid debit cards are similar to regular debit cards in the way payments are made, and these handy little pieces of plastic are reloadable.
Bank fees: They're like a game of Whac-a-Mole. The minute one set is banned, a whole new set pops up.
With Elizabeth Warren as an adviser, the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is officially en route to becoming a tough new regulatory body on behalf of consumers.
New rules designed to protect credit card users from "unreasonable late payment and other penalty fees" went into effect Sunday as a result of the Credit Card Act of 2009.
CNN's Stephanie Elam looks into new restrictions on credit card companies.
A 2009 federal crackdown on abusive credit card practices has exposed a litany of other ways consumers are being hosed.
Congress is expected to finally pass the massive Wall Street reform bill later this week. And the lobbyists have already moved on to their next line of attack: The regulators who will issue the hundreds of new rules called for in the legislation.
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