Gabriela Walsh is a Certified Educator in Personal Finance® and a personal finance editor at Red Ventures. Her previous work experience includes various editorial positions at FinanceBuzz. She ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said it has closed a loophole on overdraft fees — limiting banks’ ability to charge them and potentially saving households hundreds of dollars. The ...

When you use more funds than you have in your checking, savings, or money market bank account, you can end up with a negative balance. That can lead to your bank declining future transactions. If you ...

Overdrawing your bank account isn’t fun — but it happens. When it does, one of the first questions people ask is: does overdraft affect your credit score? The short answer? Not directly. But there’s ...

Many Americans celebrated last year when government officials announced a restriction on $35 bank overdraft fees for checking accounts. But with the change in leadership in D.C., it’s now unclear ...