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The Biden Administration is ‘cracking down’ on banks by imposing a $5 cap on overdraft fees, calling them ‘junk fees’ (finance.yahoo.com)
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The Biden Administration, through the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), is capping overdraft fees at $5, down from $35, starting Oct. 1, 2025.

The move, targeting “junk fees,” could save U.S. consumers $5 billion annually.

The CFPB suggests banks adopt cost-based fees or offer overdraft credit lines while disclosing interest rates.

Industry groups oppose the rule, and its future is uncertain under a Republican-controlled Congress and the incoming Trump administration.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

yes, I'm not talking about how it currently works. I'm giving you a thought experiment to reason through. things you should be asking yourself:

  1. what are the purpose of credit cards? what are the purpose of pay day loans?
  2. why do we restrict people from having credit cards? what purpose does it serve?
  3. why is having high interest rate payday loans for the people we prevent from having low limit credit cards in any universe a reasonable or justifiable concept.
  4. overdraft fees in no way help anyone, not even the banks it just makes them adversarial.

I'm asserting that a low limit credit card is functionality better for everyone than allowing predatory pay day loan services or overdraft fees to exist. both models fundamentally work the same way you spend money that isnt yours and pay it back later at an exorbitant fee if longer than X.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Banks refuse to providing credits to poor people who need pay day loan. This is the current market condition