Checking study: Bank fees still rising
By Greg McBride, CFA . Bankrate.com


Banking fees, balance requirements for checking accounts and ATM costs
continue to rise while interest earnings on checking accounts do not,
according to a Bankrate.com survey.
Bankrate.com's semiannual checking survey looks at the checking accounts and
corresponding ATM fees by the largest banks and thrifts in each of the 25
largest markets nationally. Bankrate.com surveyed 248 banks offering
checking accounts, looking at 462 accounts -- 247 interest and ...   more »

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CQ WEEKLY - IN FOCUS
April 17, 2006 - Page 1018

By Michael R. Crittenden, CQ Staff
Friends and family concerned about a loved one losing a battle with
substance abuse will stage an intervention to help. Federal banking
regulators are taking a similar tack with lenders and borrowers who have
become addicted to so-called exotic mortgage loans in the past several
years. But lenders are resisting a call to quit this lucrative business cold
turkey.
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BY MONICA HATCHER
mhatcher@MiamiHerald.com
SUNDAY APRIL 16, 2006

Fido's expired rabies tags could take a bite out of your credit score. An
unpaid ambulance ride to Jackson Memorial Hospital could cost you a trip to
a debt counselor.
Throughout South Florida, local governments are wielding a big stick in the
battle to collect the hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid fees and
fines from residents -- and taking a whack at their credit scores.
Depending ...   more »