Given that Bank of America is in the news for coming up with the latest method of screwing its own customers, we here at Splattastic thought this was a good time to dust off our little primer on how to go bank shopping (see below). In case you missed it, Bank of America is one of the big banks… Read the rest

“America’s small businesses are critical engines of job growth and have historically led us out of recessions,” Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told a conference of small-business owners yesterday, parroting the same suck-up words big government officials always say when addressing such a… Read the rest

Well, it’s a start. The Fed, which has not traditionally been the consumer’s friend, has finally bowed to pressure and soon will force banks to get an opt-in from their “customers” before letting them unknowlingly over-draw from their checking accounts, thereby subjecting themselves to… Read the rest