Allison Pohle

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · Can Washington Crack Down on ‘Junk Fees?’ · 16 Feb 2023 podcast

So the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed reducing penalties for late credit card payments to $8. voice-verified

Currently, these payments can be as high as $41. voice-verified

So the agency has estimated that Americans pay an annual $12 billion in credit card late fees. voice-verified

And this proposal could cut that figure down by about $9 billion. voice-verified

They can. voice-verified

Yeah, it's a big range. voice-verified

Legislation is pretty unlikely given the divided Congress. voice-verified

But even if they were able to get legislation through or could use some combination of new regulations, it's still no guarantee that these fees would be eliminated entirely. voice-verified

As we've talked about flying or staying in a hotel. voice-verified

might not be any less expensive, consumer advocates have said, but the prices could be more transparent. voice-verified

So I guess at least you know what you're paying when you're searching rather than when you're about to hit book. voice-verified

There is another avenue for change, though, and the FTC, the Federal Trade Commission, just had a big public comment period on whether it should make a rule that voice-verified

about the harms caused by junk fees. voice-verified

So the comment period is closed. voice-verified

So unfortunately, you can't get those comments in right now. voice-verified

But nearly 12,000 comments were submitted last week. voice-verified

So the agency is going to review those comments. voice-verified

And then in theory, they're going to propose a rule about junk fees. voice-verified

And then there will be another public comment period for people to weigh in. voice-verified

If it sounds like that'll take a while, that's true. voice-verified

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