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Oct 10, 2012 - In this update to Hidden Risks: The Case for Safe and Transparent Checking Accounts (April 2011), Pew’s Safe Checking in the Electronic Age Project continues its study of checking account terms and conditions to examine both the state of the marketplace and the effect of current regulations.
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Sep 06, 2012 - The report, Loaded With Uncertainty: Are Prepaid Cards a Smart Alternative to Checking Accounts? reviews 52 prepaid cards that comprised at least 75 percent of the market in 2011.
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Mar 02, 2012 - The Pew Safe Checking in the Electronic Age Project, a part of the Pew Health Group, responds to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s call for comments on Docket ID CFPB-2011-0039.
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Nov 22, 2011 - The Pew Health Group’s Financial Security Portfolio responds to the U.S. Department of Treasury’s request for comment, published at FR 2011-23235, on the Office of Financial Education and Financial Access potential financial access activities.
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Nov 21, 2011 - An interactive graphic demonstrating how banks can reorder a checking account customer’s transactions in a manner that maximizes overdraft fees.
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Oct 26, 2011 - An interactive map highlighting the checking account practices of the 10 largest U.S. banks and the percentage of people without bank accounts in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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Oct 04, 2011 - On Tuesday, October 04, 2011, Susan Weinstock, director of the Safe Checking in the Electronic Age Project, of the Pew Health Group delivered testimony in front of the Senate Banking Committee’s Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protections. The following is her written comments.
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Sep 22, 2011 - The Pew Charitable Trusts, joined by banking, consumer and civil rights organizations, submitted a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau asking that it act quickly to ensure that consumers are protected from unfair banking practices and are provided important information about their accounts.
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Aug 15, 2011 - The Pew Financial Security Portfolio, a part of the Pew Health Group, responds to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s call for comments on Docket ID CFPB-HQ-2011-2.
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Jul 11, 2011 - The Pew Financial Security Portfolio, a part of the Pew Health Group, responds to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s call for comments on Docket ID OCC-2011-0012, Guidance on Deposit-Related Consumer Credit Products.
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May 26, 2011 - The Pew Health Group’s Safe Checking in the Electronic Age Project responds to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System’s call for comments on RIN No. 7100-AD68, Availability of Funds and Collection of Checks
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Apr 27, 2011 - The failure to provide clear and comprehensive disclosure can expose consumers to hidden and potentially dangerous risks, according to a new study of checking account terms and conditions .
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Apr 27, 2011 - A graphic illustrating checking account risks at a glance, from the report "Hidden Risks: The Case for Safe and Transparent Checking Accounts"
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Apr 27, 2011 - Based on a study of checking account terms and conditions in April 2011, Pew developed a model disclosure form for checking accounts, similar to a nutrition label for food or a Schumer Box for credit card offers.
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Sep 27, 2010 - The Pew Health Group’s Safe Checking in the Electronic Age Project responds to the FDIC’s call for comments on FIL-47-2010, Overdraft Payment Programs and Consumer Protection (Comment on Supervisory Guidance).
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