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		<title>Has the GOP Found a Way to Stop Consumer Protection in its Tracks?</title>
		<link>http://janebryantquinn.com/2011/05/has-the-gop-found-a-way-to-stop-consumer-protection-in-its-tracks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 10:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s high on the hit list in Washington DC today? The new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which was created to defend you from lying and predatory lenders. The financial industry hates the bureau and wants it gone. Their lobbyists and legislators couldn&#8217;t stop it from being enacted into law. Now, they&#8217;re trying to cripple it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will the banks really hit you with debit card fees? Maybe not</title>
		<link>http://janebryantquinn.com/2011/03/will-the-banks-really-hit-you-with-debit-card-fees-maybe-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 14:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The big banks are threatening to hit you with fees for using your debit card. JPMorgan Chase fired the first shot across the bow last week, by canceling its debit-card rewards program.
Why is this happening? Because the banks lost an epic battle with retailers, which will force them to slash the fees they collect on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wives beware. Your husband&#8217;s creditors might sue you, too</title>
		<link>http://janebryantquinn.com/2011/03/how-a-wife-can-get-sued-if-creditors-go-after-her-husband/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a wealthy man (it&#8217;s usually a man) has creditors on his trail, he&#8217;ll probably try to protect some assets by transferring them to his wife. If it works, his wife will be richer than she was before. On the downside, the law might come after her, too &#8211; wanting the money back.
That&#8217;s what&#8217;s happening to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Could There Be Another Financial Collapse? Yes, If the Banks Block Financial Reform</title>
		<link>http://janebryantquinn.com/2011/03/could-there-be-another-financial-collapse-yes-if-the-banks-block-financial-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://janebryantquinn.com/2011/03/could-there-be-another-financial-collapse-yes-if-the-banks-block-financial-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banks & Banking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is Wall Street reform already dead? The bankers and other gazillionaires are back in the driver&#8217;s seat, in Washington D.C. For you and me, that means taking a more conservative stance with our personal money. Unbridled speculation and financial deceit brought us the Great Economic Collapse of 2008. If the new Congress undermines the Dodd-Frank [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yes, you can afford a lawyer to fight a bank that wrongfully foreclosed</title>
		<link>http://janebryantquinn.com/2011/01/yes-you-can-afford-a-lawyer-to-fight-a-bank-that-wrongfully-foreclosed/</link>
		<comments>http://janebryantquinn.com/2011/01/yes-you-can-afford-a-lawyer-to-fight-a-bank-that-wrongfully-foreclosed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 11:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How much does it cost to get justice, when a bank forecloses on your house illegally? Thousands of ex-homeowners don&#8217;t pursue their rights to a financial settlement because they assume they couldn&#8217;t pay the legal fees.
In fact, it costs less than you fear. Consumer lawyers take a few cases at no charge. More likely, you&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 Ways of beating the new high bank fees</title>
		<link>http://janebryantquinn.com/2011/01/4-ways-of-beating-the-new-high-bank-fees/</link>
		<comments>http://janebryantquinn.com/2011/01/4-ways-of-beating-the-new-high-bank-fees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banks & Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debit Cards]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bank fees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community banks]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[prepaid debit cards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is your bank jacking up its fees on your checking account? You have one great response available. Move your money. Now. Find an institution that competes for your business on price as well as service &#8211; probably an online bank, community bank, or credit union. Even pre-paid debit cards can be a smarter choice than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 great money ideas for 2011</title>
		<link>http://janebryantquinn.com/2010/12/5-great-money-ideas-for-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://janebryantquinn.com/2010/12/5-great-money-ideas-for-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banks & Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[College]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s one of the country&#8217;s top New Year&#8217;s resolutions? &#8220;Get my personal finances on track.&#8221; It competes with &#8220;Lose five pounds&#8221; and way outdoes &#8220;Spend more time with family and friends.&#8221; If you get control of your money, you might even find it easier to control other niggling issues (like that extra Christmas weight). Here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New phishing scam: A criminal gang is in your mailbox</title>
		<link>http://janebryantquinn.com/2010/10/new-phishing-scam-a-criminal-gang-is-in-your-mailbox/</link>
		<comments>http://janebryantquinn.com/2010/10/new-phishing-scam-a-criminal-gang-is-in-your-mailbox/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If an IRS warning suddenly pops up in your email, do not &#8211; repeat, not &#8211;  click on the link. Trust me, the government isn&#8217;t reaching out to help you.  You&#8217;re being phished, and not by a garden-variety spammer. You&#8217;re hearing from  Avalanche,  the largest and one of the most sophisticated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Debit card overdrafts: How the banks still cheat</title>
		<link>http://janebryantquinn.com/2010/08/debit-card-overdrafts-how-the-banks-still-cheat/</link>
		<comments>http://janebryantquinn.com/2010/08/debit-card-overdrafts-how-the-banks-still-cheat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banks & Banking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you thinking of signing up for &#8220;courtesy&#8221; overdraft protection linked to  your debit card? Hold off, until you&#8217;ve read this column. Those fees are  protection, all right &#8212; a protection racket. A federal district judge,  who examined the way the giant bank, Wells Fargo, handles debits, called the  practice &#8220;gouging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buyer beware, if the Senate exempts auto dealers from any new consumer protection rules</title>
		<link>http://janebryantquinn.com/2010/05/buyer-beware-if-the-senate-exempts-auto-dealers-from-any-new-consumer-protection-rules/</link>
		<comments>http://janebryantquinn.com/2010/05/buyer-beware-if-the-senate-exempts-auto-dealers-from-any-new-consumer-protection-rules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 09:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Auto dealers are swarming Capitol Hill, asking their Senators to exempt them from scrutiny by the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency. They’ve already won an exemption from the House of Representatives. If the Senate gives them a free pass, too, it will hurt consumers, turn a blind eye to predatory practices, and violate the principle [...]]]></description>
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