By the way, do let me know if you run a small business and you have been told out-of-the-blue that your overdraft limit has been increased, with no increase in charges.

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The Overdraft Protection Act would limit overdraft coverage fees in various ways.

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Congress will get another chance to limit checking account overdraft fees that continue to annoy customers and produce billions of dollars in revenue each year for banks and credit unions.

FORBES: Lawmakers Target Unfair Overdraft Charges

Carolyn Maloney and Maxine Waters have introduced a bill that would limit the cost of overdraft fees and prohibit practices that increase the likelihood customers will overdraw their accounts.

FORBES: Lawmakers Target Unfair Overdraft Charges

The Icelandic Central Bank said that for nearly a quarter of all households in the country, the total debt service for mortgages, car loans and overdraft loans had exceeded 40% of disposable income, commonly considered the "danger limit" for total debt service.

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