Thieves drained nearly $18K from a NorCal couple's bank account and upended their lives when their bank approved fake checks and at least 17 online transactions.
Zelle, the popular person-to-person money transferring service, shut down its standalone app.
It was a local Chase branch that alerted the East Bay woman when $1,500 was fraudulently withdrawn from her account, but then corporate denied her request for reimbursement. That is until 7 On Your Side got involved.
This year, the holiday falls on Monday, Jan. 20. It's a federal holiday, which means government agencies, banks and many corporate offices will closed for the day.
Banking customers could save up to $5 billion per year on overdraft fees under a new rule finalized Thursday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
A former bank branch manager has been sentenced to prison after using his position to steal over $200,000 directly from the account of one of his customers, officials said.