Avoiding Fees

21+ hour, 39+ min ago   (36+ words) SELECT cardholders will be forced to pay a nearly $100 annual fee in just days as part of a policy update from a prominent credit union. These are fairly common for most popular credit cards, and......

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (480+ words) WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump renewed his call for credit card swipe fee reform Wednesday evening, saying during the Republican midterm convention in Dallas that reducing the fees would save families money. “We will cut out-of-control credit card swipe fees, saving…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (233+ words) President Donald Trump at the inaugural Republican midterm convention in Dallas revived his push to cap credit card swipe fees in a nearly two-hour address that also promised Americans a $5,000 payday if the GOP stayed in power. Wednesday's comments mark…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (120+ words) President Trump will pledge to slash “out-of-control credit card swipe fees” in his speech Wednesday at the GOP midterm convention in Dallas. “We will cut out-of-control credit card swipe fees, saving the average family $1,200 per year,” Trump will tell the…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (644+ words) Australian insurance brokers have three weeks to resolve a cost problem the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) headline saving figure was not built to fix – and a compliance question buried in their merchant agreement that most will not know the…...

6+ day, 54+ min ago   (172+ words) CBA expects this to help businesses with costs, as card surchaging is set to end in October. The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is reducing its merchant service fee to 0.99% per transaction for in-store payments from 1 October 2026. The fee was…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (727+ words) In this era of no-fee banking, pesky fees still exist. Here’s how to avoid them....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1017+ words) September 2, 2026 — 5:00am The Commonwealth Bank charged a customer 13 years of fees for an unactivated credit card, and failed to realise that it was responsible for taking the money when the man got in touch after spotting the charges. CBA defended its…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (767+ words) Founded in 1982, Bankrate has a long track record of helping people make smart financial choices. We’ve maintained this reputation for over four decades by demystifying the financial decision-making process and giving people confidence in which actions to take next. Checking…...

2+ week, 13+ hour ago   (520+ words) Know your rights when booking online. Credit: Koshiro K - Shutterstock The frustration of the surprise fee at the end of an online ticket booking is ending, as it could now put a company in the sights of Spain’s consumer watchdog....