Overdraft Loans

Excessive overdraft fees charged by banks and credit unions can cause devastation for financially vulnerable families. Many lenders used predatory policies and practices designed to repeatedly extract excessive fees from customers who could least afford them. Overdraft fees are a leading cause of financial institutions closing a consumer’s account and reentry into the banking system often is exceedingly difficult, increasing the financial insecurity of many consumers. CRL advocates for legislators and regulators to rein in the size and frequency of these fees. We estimate that the savings from these fee eliminations will be between $3 billion to $4 billion for working families.

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Comment to the Federal Reserve on Notice by Capital One to Acquire ING Bank

The Center for Responsible Lending commented on Capital One's proposed acquisistion of ING Bank at a public meeting held by Federal Reserve on September 20, 2011. Summary CRL has done extensive research and policy work addressing checking account overdraft practices that cause significant harm to bank customers. We are concerned that Capital One's current overdraft practices are out of step...

Comments to OCC on Overdraft and Bank Payday Loans

CRL supports the principles laid out in the OCC's proposed guidance on overdraft and bank payday loans, but hopes the OCC will dramatically strengthen its guidance to address existing problems and to avoid inadverdently entrenching abuses. Among our recommendations, CRL urges the OCC to act quickly and decisively to stop payday lending before it becomes pervasive among banks. CRL also...

AFR Sign-on to OCC on Overdraft and Bank Payday

Consumer groups fear OCC proposed guidance may legitimize and facilitate the spread of payday lending by national banks, and banks would continue abusive overdraft practices—harming bank customers, undermining state payday loan laws, and weakening the long-term safety and soundness of financial institutions.

Overdraft Opt-In Savings

Better Overdraft Policies Put Money Back In Consumers' Pockets Regulators Must Stop Remaining Overdraft Abuses A new study by Market Rates Insight finds that Americans saved $1.6 billion in overdraft fees in 2010 after the "opt-in" rule took effect last summer. Once banks were required to get explicit permission before approving debit card overdrafts for a fee, most Americans said...

Banks Collect Overdraft Opt-Ins Through Misleading Marketing

Survey finds low opt-in rate, high number of misperceptions Download the complete survey (PDF) >> When it came to convincing customers to opt in to high-cost overdraft coverage, it was as if the banks rigged the election but still lost the vote. A Center for Responsible Lending survey indicates that most consumers do not want high-cost overdraft coverage for their...

Joint Letter Urging OCC to Curb Overdraft Abuse

The Center for Responsible Lender added its signature to a letter from national consumer organizations asking the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to adopt stricter overdraft guidelines. Practices that need to be addressed include enrolling customers in fee-based overdraft when they qualify for much lower-cost coverage, charging excessive fees in amount and frequency, re-ordering transactions to maximize...

Comment Letter on FDIC's Proposed Overdraft Guidance

CRL and other consumer advocates filed a comment letter with the FDIC supporting most aspects of the agency's proposed guidance on overdraft. The groups also made recommendations on how the agency could go even further in protecting consumers from excessive overdraft fees. Here is the summary of key recommendations from CRL, Consumer Federation of America, National Consumer Law Center, Consumer...
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