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Bank of America nixes $5 debit card fee

Bank of America nixes $5 debit card fee

Bank of America Corp. is scrapping its plan to charge a $5 monthly debit card fee. The bank's decision to drop the fee came after a roar of customer outrage in recent weeks over the fee. Other major banks, including JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo & Co., already canceled tests of similar debit card fees last week.

Senh: It's good to see that the banks are listening to their customers. It's also good to see that the public come together and have a positive affect on debit card fees. I only wish the airlines would do the same with their fees.

 

Bank of America Rethinking Controversial Debit Card Fees

Bank of America is reconsidering its plan to charge $5 monthly debit card fees after public outrage has caused several other large banks to drop their own plans to charge similar fees.

Senh: I think they need to get with the program and start flip-flopping. HP did it by not killing their PC business. Netflix did it by killing Qwikster. And Mitt Romney has already did it several times.

 

A debit of gratitude to Bank of America

Its planned $5 fee for using a debit card has driven out into the open other fees that were long hidden to consumers. This may be a very unpopular thing to say about Bank of America and its planned $5 monthly debit card fee, but it's worth saying anyway: Thank you, Bank of America.

Senh: The article makes a good point. It gives a good summary of how debit card fees work, and how it eventually goes to consumers.

 

Obama blasts Bank of America debit card fee

President Obama slammed Bank of America’s $5 debit card card fee in an interview with ABCnews.com and Yahoo on Monday, calling the charge “not good business practice.”

 

B of A to charge $5 a month fee for debit card use

Bank of America will charge debit card customers a $5 monthly fee for using their plastic to make purchases starting next year, a move to recover recently reduced fees paid by merchants.

 

Bank of America ends overdraft fees on debit cards

Bank of America ends overdraft fees on debit cards

Bank of America customers will soon be unable to spend more than they have in the accounts linked to their debit cards. It's a step that may become a common move ahead of new regulations limiting overdraft fees....

 

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