Re:Walmart Canada stops accepting Visa cards
by dragontamer on Sunday June 12, 2016 @10:57AM
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What's the interest rate on your savings account?
Because the bank is buying Treasuries at ~1% or so and making money off of your deposits, and is likely only giving you 0% or maybe 0.05% interest.
If you've got $10,000 in the bank, that's basically a profit of $100 / year that the bank is getting from your account.
Re:Walmart Canada stops accepting Visa cards
by morgante on Sunday June 12, 2016 @11:11AM
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My interest rate is maybe 0.3%, so they're definitely making money on that.
But that's not a "fee." Obviously banks cover their operating expenses somehow. That doesn't mean they charge me to have an account or to deposit cash (in fact, charging for deposits would be counterproductive).
What other fees? I've literally never paid a fee to my bank for anything. And it's a major bank (Chase).