The latest point of conflict according to BusinessInsider: The Bank of America decision to charge $5/month to active debit card holders.
Ben White at Morning Money has the whole scoop of how it went down, but basically it went like this: Obama was being interviewed by ABC and was asked about the fee, to which he responded.
“This is exactly why we need this Consumer Finance Protection Bureau that we set up that is ready to go ... This is exactly why we need somebody who's sole job it is to prevent this kind of stuff from happening. ... You can stop it because if you say to the banks, ‘You don't have some inherent right just to – you know, get a certain amount of profit. If your customers – are being mistreated. That you have to treat them fairly and transparently.”
That caused the American Bankers Association to flip out, and complain that these fees are the inevitable result of regulations, etc., not their usual profit-crazed, fee-gouging stuff…
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-makes-new-enemies-commenting-on-the-bofa-5-fee-2011-10#ixzz1Zow5BAxs
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