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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is trying to clamp down on overdraft fees issued by the nation’s largest banks. CFPB Director Rohit Chopra joined Yahoo Finance’s Jennifer Schonberger to discuss the proposed overdraft fee changes, noting they aim to empower consumers to “manage their overdraft loans more effectively,” though the proposals do not eliminate them entirely. Chopra says banks have displayed “a lot of abuse” around overdraft fees, fueling a “billion dollar bonanza.” He argues these new rules look to “close a longstanding loophole” and force fairer, upfront terms for customers. While banks “will always look to find profits everywhere they can,” Chopra calls the CFPB proposal “quite reasonable.” Chopra […]

Investors paid careful attention to Apple (AAPL) and Microsoft (MSFT) at CES 2024 (Consumer Electronics Show) as, for a brief moment, Microsoft took over as the most valuable company for the first time since 2021. Microsoft has made a lot of ground for investment and development of AI, from purchasing OpenAI to the buzz around ChatGPT, while Apple has been grappling with weaker iPhone demand, especially in China. Constellation Research Founder and Principal Analyst R “Ray” Wang joins Yahoo Finance to give insight into Apple’s AI strategy and share some of the latest tech innovations seen at CES. “What we’ve seen over the last couple of quarters is declining revenues […]