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FINANCIAL TAKEOUT: Bank of America offered an unexpected olive branch to its millions of debit card users when they announced a plan to do away with all debit card overdraft fees. But is this public relations gambit enough to improve the bank’s public image? We talk with Louise Story, finance reporter for our partner The […]

Buyer beware: your bank may be trying to protect its revenue stream in the face of increased government scrutiny by adding unnecessary fees to financial instruments like your debit card.

Don Merrill, of Salt Lake City, Utah, was frustrated with just one small aspect of his credit card company?they wouldn’t stop sending those convenience checks in the mail. But after a year of trying, he found a way to make them.