When Elizabeth Blascruz was late on a payment for the $480 balance on her credit card, it triggered a chain reaction. There was a fee for her late payment and an increase in her interest rate, which ...

Congress is considering a bill that would reduce banks' ability to charge overdraft fees. (iStock) The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services voted to send a bill to the full House of ...

New York consumers will soon be able to more easily cancel their online subscriptions and have better data privacy protections from "Buy Now, Pay Later" lenders under legislation included in the state ...

A security officer works inside of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) building headquarters Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP) Eight Democrats in the Senate have ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Navy Federal Credit Union will no longer have to refund $80 million to servicemen and women for illegally charging them overdraft fees on their accounts, after the Consumer Financial ...

Good news you can actually use: many big banks cut or eliminated overdraft fees, and federal pressure has pushed the total cost of overdraft way down from a few years ago. You don’t get those savings ...

As the Trump administration rolls back financial regulation designed to protect American consumers, a group of Democratic senators led by Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is demanding answers from major ...

Kelly Carlos had deposited her payroll check two days earlier and planned to spend a little money on her day off from work. ‘ Her first stop: a local doughnut shop. Carlos did not have any cash on her ...