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Banks need it /s (lemy.lol)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Crux of the argument?

Profit margins are very small on small personal bank accounts. If NSF fees are reduced, how ever will we profit from these tiny accounts?!

https://archive.is/ybfiw

One bank made only 49 billion profit last year, up from 48 billion in 2022. Why won't somebody think of the banks!?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh no, anyways credit unions exist and rarely have these issues

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Credit unions would actually be impacted far more from this legislation than banks.

They don't have access to the same cash making options that large banks do, and credit unions are also non profit.

If their fee income was reduced, they would have to make up for it in other areas, such as higher lending rates, which affects more people than overdraft fees.

Personally, I'd rather deal with overdraft fees than have a higher rate for loans. If you learn to bank responsibly overdraft fees won't be an issue anyway.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Overdraft fees simply wouldnt be an issue if they didnt exist. Theres no reason a transaction shouldnt decline if there are insufficient funds. If you dont have the money then you dont have the money.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Theres no reason a transaction shouldnt decline if there are insufficient funds.

I’ll admit I’m ignorant to banking on a large scale, but the few banks I have used and worked for I’ve always had the option to just decline “overdraft protection” so indeed if I tried to make a $50 purchase and I had $45 in my account, it would just decline. Overdrafting has always been an optional service. Are there banks that force you to enable overdrafting?

Edit: now whether the choice is properly conveyed to people is another matter of course, I imagine many banks make it seem like a “good” thing or the default option.