Savings Blog

With the hellhounds unleashed by the consumer pushback on Bank of America's debit card fee fiasco still hot on their heels, Chase and Citigroup ran for the hills last week in separate moves aimed at damage control and belt-tightening.

In what is surely a sign that we've reached a new level of absurdity with regard to all things financial in this country, our banks are now complaining that they have too much cash on their hands.

Eighty-seven banks have failed this year.

For a rare look at the kind of shenanigans that go on after the teller window closes at some of these esteemed financial institutions, you'll enjoy these court revelations from a multimillion-dollar FDIC suit against the top brass of a small Illinois bank that went under in July 2009.

Wouldn't it be great if you could shop for a checking account as easily as you shop for other consumer goods? You know, apples to apples?

Yippee! The money is back!

A new analysis from consulting firm Towers Watson found that 75% of employers that stopped providing matching retirement fund dollars during the recession have reinstated the fund match.

And then there were none.

Bank of America, the last holdout in the big bank debit card fiasco, has abandoned plans to charge customers $5 a month to use their debit cards.