Safe Checking in the Electronic Age The Safe Checking in the Electronic Age Project, a project of the Financial Security Portfolio, seeks to raise public awareness, build partnerships with industry and advocate for policies that better protect and inform American checking accountholders. The initiative will educate the public and policy makers by analyzing current overdraft and deposit practices, disclosure provisions and the true cost of checking accounts. http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room.aspx Press Release : More Than Half of Top 12 U.S. Banks Now Use Pew's Model Checking Account Disclosures SunTrust voluntarily adopted The Pew Charitable Trusts’ disclosure summary for checking accounts today, becoming the seventh of the 12 largest banks in the country now using the simple disclosure box. Currently, this consumer-friendly information is available to over 40 percent of the US market, by deposit volume. Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899434288&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Safe Checking in the Electronic Age&WT.rss_a=More Than Half of Top 12 U.S. Banks Now Use Pew's Model Checking Account Disclosures&WT.z_contenttype=PressRelease Report : Still Risky: An Update on the Safety and Transparency of Checking Accounts <p>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.</p> Wed, 10 Oct 2012 08:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=85899396977&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Safe Checking in the Electronic Age&WT.rss_a=Still Risky: An Update on the Safety and Transparency of Checking Accounts&WT.z_contenttype=Report Report : Loaded With Uncertainty The report, <em>Loaded With Uncertainty: Are Prepaid Cards a Smart Alternative to Checking Accounts?</em> reviews 52 prepaid cards that comprised at least 75 percent of the market in 2011. Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:15:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=85899415915&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Safe Checking in the Electronic Age&WT.rss_a=Loaded With Uncertainty&WT.z_contenttype=Report Press Release : Five of the Top 12 Biggest Banks Adopt Pew’s Consumer-Friendly Summary of Checking Terms & Fees <p>Bank of America is among the latest banks to announce they will voluntarily adopt Pew’s disclosure summary for checking accounts. With these additions, five of the top 12 banks in America—representing over one-quarter (27 percent) of total deposit volume in the country—have adopted Pew’s recommendation</p> Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899414486&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Safe Checking in the Electronic Age&WT.rss_a=Five of the Top 12 Biggest Banks Adopt Pew’s Consumer-Friendly Summary of Checking Terms & Fees&WT.z_contenttype=PressRelease Fact Sheet : Senior Checking Accounts: Are They Worth It? <p>2012 08 082012 08 08Banks offer special accounts for specific populations. Consumers should evaluate their options carefully before choosing their account type. As Americans open checking accounts across the country, many are often offered special products that banks market exclusively</p> Wed, 08 Aug 2012 11:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899410251&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Safe Checking in the Electronic Age&WT.rss_a=Senior Checking Accounts: Are They Worth It?&WT.z_contenttype=FactSheet Fact Sheet : Student Checking Accounts: Are They Worth It? <p>2012 08 082012 08 08Banks offer special accounts for specific populations. Consumers should evaluate their options carefully before choosing their account type. As Americans open checking accounts across the country, many are often offered special products that banks market exclusively</p> Wed, 08 Aug 2012 11:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899410252&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Safe Checking in the Electronic Age&WT.rss_a=Student Checking Accounts: Are They Worth It?&WT.z_contenttype=FactSheet Press Release : Citibank Adopts Pew’s Summary of Checking Account Terms & Fees Pew Commends Citibank and Town and Country Bank for Increasing Transparency for Consumers Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899405370&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Safe Checking in the Electronic Age&WT.rss_a=Citibank Adopts Pew’s Summary of Checking Account Terms & Fees&WT.z_contenttype=PressRelease Pew in the Media : Finding Hidden Bank Fees Susan Weinstock, project director for the Safe Checking in the Electronic Age project, discusses banking practices that put consumers at financial risk on <em>NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. </em> Mon, 18 Jun 2012 11:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899399284&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Safe Checking in the Electronic Age&WT.rss_a=Finding Hidden Bank Fees&WT.z_contenttype=PewInTheMedia Media Coverage : Overdraft Fees Rising Despite Regulatory Efforts, Groups Find The results of the latest study by Pew's Safe Checking in the Electronic Age Project are discussed in a Washington Post article on overdraft fees. 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