In her early college years, when Charlette Williams started routinely mismanaging her finances and pushing her checking account balance into the red, she never thought the mistakes would haunt her five years later, she said. Now, she is paying a [...]

Policy Changes Will Help Eliminate Barriers That Unfairly Keep Low-Income New Yorkers And Consumers Nationwide From Opening Checking And Savings Accounts  Schneiderman: New Yorkers Must Have Equal Access To Banking Services  NEW YORK – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today [...]

After firing a warning shot last July, New York’s attorney general has stepped up his battle against the A.T.M.-style cards that some of the state’s largest employers use to pay their workers. Eric. T. Schneiderman, New York’s top prosecutor, is [...]