Overdraft fees incur disadvantages onto both banking consumers and originating firms themselves. Overdrafts can represent a form of usury against economically at risk populations already struggling with meager financial resources. For them incurring overdraft fees on credit/debit cards can serious impact their budgets. Overdrafts represent a liabilities risk to firms as the create risky debt hedging by offering what is a form of predatory loans by authorizing transactions above account availabilities.
Overdrafts do not directly impact credit scores because they are not reported to credit bureaus. However, if overdrafts are not paid off and result in negative account balances, it can lead to collections or a closed account, which can then affect credit scores.
taxes
I have overdraft protection, so my bank covers overdrafts instead of bouncing checks. This is useful because I have several auto-pay accounts, and I don't keep track of them well. However, overdrafts are charged to me at a rate of $30 a pop- if I had 120 overdrafts, that would be $3600. Just how disorganized is your checkbook? H-m-m-m?
You can still be overdrawn if you take out more than you put in
The difference is very subtle and relates to the operation of the account. In the case of Cash Credit, a proper limit is sanctioned which normally is a certain percentage of the value of the commodities/debts pledged by the account holder with the Bank. Overdraft, on the other hand, is allowed against a host of other securities including financial instruments like shares, units of mutual funds, surrender value of LIC policy and debentures etc. Some overdrafts are even granted against the perceived "worth" of an individual. Such overdrafts are called clean overdrafts.
Tell him about your overdrafts.
No. You can not tell by looking at a check if they have had overdrafts.
Bank overdrafts are flexible for different clients depending on account activities. Active accounts will tend to attract higher bank overdrafts as compared to dormant or less-active ones.
Overdrafts do not directly impact credit scores because they are not reported to credit bureaus. However, if overdrafts are not paid off and result in negative account balances, it can lead to collections or a closed account, which can then affect credit scores.
taxes
that's how they make money
I have overdraft protection, so my bank covers overdrafts instead of bouncing checks. This is useful because I have several auto-pay accounts, and I don't keep track of them well. However, overdrafts are charged to me at a rate of $30 a pop- if I had 120 overdrafts, that would be $3600. Just how disorganized is your checkbook? H-m-m-m?
The likely word is "sufficient" funds, with the negative as overdrafts or "insufficient funds".
Overdrafts have an ear because it is a fee charged by financial institutions when an account is overdrawn. This fee is typically charged for each transaction that exceeds the available balance in the account. It serves as a penalty for using more funds than what is available in the account.
loans, overdrafts, buying on credit, are a few off the top of my head.
You can still be overdrawn if you take out more than you put in
The difference is very subtle and relates to the operation of the account. In the case of Cash Credit, a proper limit is sanctioned which normally is a certain percentage of the value of the commodities/debts pledged by the account holder with the Bank. Overdraft, on the other hand, is allowed against a host of other securities including financial instruments like shares, units of mutual funds, surrender value of LIC policy and debentures etc. Some overdrafts are even granted against the perceived "worth" of an individual. Such overdrafts are called clean overdrafts.