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If you own your own automobile and have no liens against it, you qualify for an auto title loan. If you need fast cash during a financial crunch and can’t get a traditional loan, open or extend a line of credit or borrow money from friends or family, title loans may be your only alternative.
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As with anything involving banks and fees, though, none of this will end up being simple. Not surprisingly, the chance to run up insanely high fees has not been outlawed.
As a result, consumer groups say the latest efforts don’t go far enough.
“We’re urging customers to just say no to ‘opt in,’ ” said Jean Ann [...]

Seeing an overdraft bank fee show up on your bank statement can be a rude awakening. Life these days is already pretty expensive, even for those who try to live frugally and within their means. But having your own bank, whom you were led to believe you should be able to trust, charge you overdraft [...]

In the past, thieves used devices on the outside of gas pumps to extract PINs and other information from cards. They installed tiny cameras and card skimmers to steal the information and then dip into a victim’s account.
This time, devices were installed in gas pumps. Police say they believe the devices intercept information and send [...]