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Truth in Savings

Fed · final-rule · Published 2005-05-24 · Effective 2006-07-01 · 70 FR 29582

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Document number
05-10348
Federal Register citation
70 FR 29582
CFR reference
12 CFR 230
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
final-rule
Agency
US Federal Reserve System
Publication date
2005-05-24
Effective date
2006-07-01
Docket
Regulation DD

Abstract

The Board is amending Regulation DD, which implements the Truth in Savings Act, and the staff commentary to the regulation, to address concerns about the uniformity and adequacy of information provided to consumers when they overdraw their deposit accounts. The amendments, in part, address certain types of services--sometimes referred to as "bounced-check protection" or--courtesy overdraft protection"--which are offered by many depository institutions to pay consumers' checks, and which allow other overdrafts when there are insufficient funds in the account. These services are typically automated services provided to transaction account consumers as an alternative to a traditional overdraft line of credit. Among other things, the final rule creates a new section to the regulation that requires institutions that promote the payment of overdrafts in an advertisement to disclose on periodic statements, total fees imposed for paying overdrafts and total fees imposed for returning items unpaid on periodic statements, both for the statement period and the calendar year to date, and to include certain other disclosures in advertisements of overdraft services.

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