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Well, with this law, unfair rate hikes, like the one that hit robin, will end for good. and will ensure that people like andrew arent unwittingly caught by overdraft fees when they sign up for a checking account. with this law well crack down on abusive practices in the mortgage industry. well make sure that contracts are simpler, putting an end to many hidden penalties and fees in complex mortgages. so folks know what theyre signing. with this law, students who take out college loans will be pr...

They have been in long enough that the american people will hold them responsible for the outcome of what they have done. jenna: you have healthcare reform, financial regulations youre going to have jobless benefits extended that seems like quite a tail wind. >> reporter: except that people were not in favor of the healthcare bill they dont really understand the financial bill and there will be adverse consequences. bank of america led the way on saturday by announcing it was taking several bill...

Backlash against that. i understand the idea if people who are, you know, if they overcharge or if they write a check, they cant afford, there should be some fee there. for those of us who do things the right way for the banks that charge us, does seem unfair, it seems to go against the whole point of this great reform we had with the consumer financial protection agency and those things to protect us from predatory practices. >> why would anybody choose that kind of account from bank of america...

The bank is about to launch a checking account that customers access on line. and only on line. so if you have this account and you want face time with your teller or if you want a paper statement, it will cost you. joining me now is erin task, a wall street correspondent for yahoo! tech ticker. is this the way banks will make money since they cant tack on overdraft fees for those who dont want overdraft protection anyway. >> you hit the nail on the head. the reform last week signed banks cant c...

Republican critics saying, hey, theyre saying we dont like business and look at the electric car manufacturers that weve invested in. look at all of these solar companies that weve funded. >> paul: we have no idea whether they might work. >> maybe they will. >> paul: i donwho knows. >> weve not run from the experiment and seen the job creation of 860 billion dollars washing picking out sectors, that didnt work, just like it didnt in the 70s. theyve got to understand theres a real economy where p...

If you want to write the check, see the teller, you will find they may charge you $7 or $9 a month for a checking account. >> lets talk about the financial reform and the bill. do you think it will prevent a crisis like the one we have seen? >> absolutely not. the banks were too big to fail before and the biggest banks are larger now. barack obama didnt do the kind of radical reform that franklin roosevelt did when faced by the same thing. the republicans are wrong about the reforms for consumer...

Republican critics saying, hey, theyre saying we dont like business and look at the electric car manufacturers that weve invested in. look at all of these solar companies that weve funded. >> paul: we have no idea whether they might work. >> maybe they will. >> paul: i donwho knows. >> weve not run from the experiment and seen the job creation of 860 billion dollars washing picking out sectors, that didnt work, just like it didnt in the 70s. theyve got to understand theres a real economy where p...

Pay it off and the interest will be only 60%. >> okay. so lets move on now. interest will be only 60%. so that should help. >> right. >> okay. >> but the banks will make less money doing this. so youre going to see, you know, somewhat lower credit limits because the banks are going to be more cautious about extending too much credit to people. >> okay. >> things of that nature. >> lets move on now to checking accounts here. >> well, right now the banks dont make money by charging you to use a ch...

You see more companies on line as well as in traditional media looking to advertise, that could portend good things. so in that key area, that might be significant because you might recall a number of other players in the media business were saying the same thing. disney not too long ago and now of course the likes of time warner and google. all saying at least in that sphere, things are picking up. this is not a bad report, but its a good bet. bill just passing before it passes, banks started p...