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Customers at Old West bank window with teller.

Since the founding of the first U.S. bank, customers have expected to do their banking in the most modern way possible. By Ryan Harbry Imagine the following conversation: Customer service representative: “So, is this the right account for you?”  New customer: “Yes, sounds great.”  Customer service representative: “Excellent. In which case, I suggest signing up…

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How Capital One’s new policy will affect your bottom line

Man and woman looking at bank statement, pleased to see overdraft fees waived

By Dave Pond In a stunning move, Capital One announced Wednesday plans to scrap overdraft and NSF fees for consumers beginning in Q1 2022. In an email to employees, Capital One CEO Richard Fairbank said the move was “our effort to bring ingenuity, simplicity and humanity” back to banking, according to USA Today reports. The…

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Squirrels? Aww, nuts!

Squirrel on road next to white SUV

By Dave Pond A few weeks ago, my 16-year-old daughter, Mallory — with her sights firmly focused on a successful driver’s license road test at our local DMV — wanted to practice parallel parking in my trusty ol’ Ford Explorer. (After all, it was smaller than her mom’s minivan.)  However, when they cranked it up, the…

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