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CFPB to regulate prepaid debit cards

May 23, 2012
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau takes aim at hidden fees for prepaid debit cards, the fastest growing form of payment in the U.S.
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What's better: A share of B of A, or a debit fee?

Sep 29, 2011
This final note today. One share of Bank of America could be had at the close this afternoon for $6.35. The country's biggest bank's been in some...

A short history of the debit card

Aug 18, 2011
The debit card has been around since 1966, which means banks have had a lot of time to figure out new ways to charge you for using your own money...

Paper or plastic?

Dec 8, 2010
This final note today: Some solace the next time you get stuck behind somebody paying by check in the grocery store. Yes, Mom, I'm talking to you....