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Banks need it /s
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Couldn’t you just… opt out of overdrafting?
I'm hoping you forgot the /s, but just in case you're not from the US: no, it's built into almost every financial institution's terms and conditions, at least in my experience. I had to get my mother a pre-paid credit card because she would overdraft regularly, and the bank had no solution. The pre-paid just declines payment, like the good old days.
Strange, I’m an American and my bank lets me opt out of it.
Opt out of overdraft protection or opt out of the ability to be overdrawn at all?
Opt out of being able to overdraft all together, if you spend more than you have, it’ll just deny the transaction.
Did you specifically ask the bank to disable overdraft protection? They can be really weaselly about turning it off. They HAVE to turn if off. By law.
https://www.fdic.gov/resources/consumers/consumer-news/2021-12.html
You should be able to: If there aren't funds for a charge, then they can just not fucking charge it. My bank does this and I do not have overdraft fees because I cannot overdraft.
Overdraft fees are opt-in by law. You can always opt-out.
All the bitching and moaning on here is weird. There's no point complaining about a thing you don't have to pay for.
My credit union let me do that