Only 4 years ago, the government made use of taxpayer's cash to pay $45 million to rescue financial institutions of America from failing like the Bank of America. Despite that noble effort, this financial institution has been implicated in many investigations for deceptive financial doings ranging from foreign-exchange to home loans. Consequently, it has paid millions in litigation. Now, the second-largest bank in this nation in terms of assets needs to grab $4.95 from individuals who are barely making it in this economy and are so desperate to get a bank account that they will accept one without any ancillary services. Is this just a sign of frugal banking practices or a sign of something larger taking place, perhaps like a tiny zit that becomes malignant. There is something weird going on here.
B of A has offered a checkless checking account for an established fee of $4.95. However, this very basic account will not allow overdrafts. It's a modest charge targeted for low-income clients who are simply in dire need of a basic checking account. While this is not nearly pricey enough to alarm anyone, particularly customers or legislators, this small change in their banking strategy could hide a a greater threat about the banking sector and the economic climate itself.
Here are three reasons why I classify this as an anomaly:
1. In today's financial market, no frill accounts are typically complimentary. As a matter of fact, free checking is now the norm.
* This particular financial institution has actually been trying to reestablish the concept of a basic banking cost. The experiment started by asking for bank customers in Arizona, Georgia, and Massachusetts to pay from between $6 to $9 a month for a simple checking account. The policy did not work effectively and the pilot program was a failure. Then in 2012, they tried it again, and this time 10 million customers complained vociferously.
* There are no waivers. While mega banks do have paid checking accounts, they also have certain conditions to waive the fee--like direct deposits, keeping a reasonable balance, etc.
Why is a multibillion dollar financial institution asking low-end consumers for petty cash? Why is it seeking a policy that that most other financial institutions consider too silly to think about? Is it from petty reasoning, unmitigated piggishness or hopeless necessity? Truthfully, our only hope as Americans is to not try and figure out this insanity but move our commitment from printed fiat money back to the only true cash, which is God's Money-- Gold and Silver.
B of A has offered a checkless checking account for an established fee of $4.95. However, this very basic account will not allow overdrafts. It's a modest charge targeted for low-income clients who are simply in dire need of a basic checking account. While this is not nearly pricey enough to alarm anyone, particularly customers or legislators, this small change in their banking strategy could hide a a greater threat about the banking sector and the economic climate itself.
Here are three reasons why I classify this as an anomaly:
1. In today's financial market, no frill accounts are typically complimentary. As a matter of fact, free checking is now the norm.
* This particular financial institution has actually been trying to reestablish the concept of a basic banking cost. The experiment started by asking for bank customers in Arizona, Georgia, and Massachusetts to pay from between $6 to $9 a month for a simple checking account. The policy did not work effectively and the pilot program was a failure. Then in 2012, they tried it again, and this time 10 million customers complained vociferously.
* There are no waivers. While mega banks do have paid checking accounts, they also have certain conditions to waive the fee--like direct deposits, keeping a reasonable balance, etc.
Why is a multibillion dollar financial institution asking low-end consumers for petty cash? Why is it seeking a policy that that most other financial institutions consider too silly to think about? Is it from petty reasoning, unmitigated piggishness or hopeless necessity? Truthfully, our only hope as Americans is to not try and figure out this insanity but move our commitment from printed fiat money back to the only true cash, which is God's Money-- Gold and Silver.
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