Editor's Note: This article has been updated utilizing more recent information on overdraft fees. America's banking system ...

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A major US bank has agreed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to settle allegations that customers were charged illegal overdraft fees for years.

Kansas Supreme Court Justice Caleb Stegall, right, authored the high court's unanimous opinion rejecting arguments by Capitol Federal Savings Bank, headquartered in Topeka, that plaintiffs shouldn't ...

A Biden-era federal rule that would have capped bank overdraft fees at $5 and was expected to save Americans billions annually was struck down Wednesday by the GOP-controlled House of Representatives ...

When you use more funds than you have in your checking, savings, or money market bank account, you can end up with a negative balance. That can lead to your bank declining future transactions. If you ...