Bank Fee? Asking For a Waiver Often Works

 
 

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Bank Fee? Asking For a Waiver Often Works

The average checking account has 30 separate fees and, despite consumer-friendly changes to regulations, banks are rolling in dough from them — especially overdraft fees, which can be as high as $35 per transaction.

There's a really simple way to avoid some of these fees, a new study says: Just ask.

A study conducted for Credit.com found 44 percent of respondents have gotten bank fees waived by doing that. "The 'no' results here include those who haven't requested a fee reversal," it adds. Here's the breakdown of what those who succeeded got waived:

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