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Hidden costs – is your bank taking your money?

December 9th, 2018

Picture this scene, you haven’t used an account for around a year because you moved some funds around. However you have decided that you would like to reactivate the bank account. It should be a simple issue right? After all if you don’t have a loan or any other outstanding amounts due you should be [...]

Be Careful of Suspicious Emails!

February 22nd, 2017

I think that I am a fairly intuitive person and I can easily identify when I am being tricked. So there are some emails that I automatically dismiss. These emails are from persons who I don’t know and they relate long and sad stories about how they need my financial support. They often come from [...]

Bank Charges – What Consumers should know!

April 18th, 2013

Teri Ann Renee Paisley, Gleaner Online Writer Until recently, I never really investigated what the bank charges its customers for utilizing its services. I had a vague idea that they charged customers for using the ATM machine or cashing a cheque but it never really became much of an issue until the dwindling of my [...]

Bank charges draw criticism!

September 1st, 2010

Recently there has been a lot of criticism for the charges banks add to customers for various transactions. In all fairness, everyone knows that all banks charge for some services, such as changing checks and using A.T.M. machines. However, did you know that some banks charge you if you go below a minimum balance in [...]