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The Ends of the Month: The Elephant in the Room – CFSI – Medium

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"overdraft and returned-check fees (NSF) [were] $15 billion in 2015… nearly twice what the entire payday lending industry earned in interest and fees in 2015. It also approached the $18.4 billion earned by the entire US banking system on merchant interchange from all debit card and general-use prepaid cards in that year. And it was considerably greater than what banks earned on all other deposit account fees combined."

From "The Ends of the Month: The Elephant in the Room – CFSI – Medium".

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