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Nsf Fees, James J. White
Nsf Fees, James J. White
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Overdraft fees now make up more than half of banks' earnings on consumer checking accounts. In the past century, overdrafts have gone from the banker's scourge to the banker's profit center as bankers have learned that there is much to be made on these short term loans at breathtaking interest rates. I note that the federal agencies have been complicit in the growth of this form of lending. I propose that the banks and the agencies recognize the reality and attempt to mitigate these rates by encouraging the development of a competitive market.
Goldstein's Curse, James J. White
Goldstein's Curse, James J. White
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ON April 16, 1980, a man using the name Marvin Goldstein opened a bank account at a Baltimore branch of Union Trust Company. He deposited $15,000 in cash. He told the branch manager that he planned to establish a Baltimore office of his father's New York business, "Goldstein's Precious Metals and Stones." Goldstein identified himself with a New Jersey driver's license and gave a bank reference from New York. On May 6, Goldstein deposited a check for $880,000 at another Union Trust branch near the branch where he had opened the account. Words on this check indicated that it was …
Checks Lost In The Collection Process, James J. White
Checks Lost In The Collection Process, James J. White
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Given the millions of checks that are transferred among banks every year, the opportunity for loss and misplacement of such checks is enormous and the liabilities associated with such loss can be significant. This section deals with the collecting bank's liability for the check's loss before it is delivered to payer bank. If the payer bank receives and then loses the check, it will be subject to a different set of liabilities; those liabilities will be discussed elsewhere in the program.
Wrongful Dishonor, James J. White
Wrongful Dishonor, James J. White
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Uniform Commercial Code section 4-402. I. Basic Liability II. Damages III. Miscellaneous Asides
Some Petty Complaints About Article Three, James J. White
Some Petty Complaints About Article Three, James J. White
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IN many ways Article Three of the Uniform Commercial Code (Code) is like a huge machine assembled by a mad inventor and comprised of assorted sprockets, gears, levers, pulleys, and belts. Few thoroughly understand all of the jobs which this machine is to perform; and a search through the reported cases suggests that the machine is either performing so efficiently that it commits no mistakes worth litigating or it is not performing at all. In their study of the intricacies of Article Three, law students resemble persons climbing about on the machine-pulling its levers, testing its belts and pulleys, and …
Rights Of Holder Of Bill Of Exchange Against The Drawee, Ralph W. Aigler
Rights Of Holder Of Bill Of Exchange Against The Drawee, Ralph W. Aigler
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“If the question were put to the average layman whether the holder of a check...had any effective rights against the drawee bank, it is believed that the almost universal response would be to the effect that of course the holder may insist upon payment by the bank, if there are funds on deposit to cover the amount. And if the same question were propounded to the average lawyer, the reply generally would be--at least if the lawyer had in mind the provisions of the Uniform Negotiable Instruments Law--that the holder had no rights against the bank. It is the purpose …
Is A Bank Check An Assignment Pro Tanto Of The Fund Or Deposit?, Ralph W. Aigler
Is A Bank Check An Assignment Pro Tanto Of The Fund Or Deposit?, Ralph W. Aigler
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Before the Negotiable Instruments Law there was a clear conflict of authority as to whether a check for a portion of the account to the credit of the drawer was an assignment pro tanto of the fund.