Trend is accelerating – 300 financial institutions are charging penalty interest
Punishments For a long time, banks charged penalty interest, especially for large sums of 100,000 euros or more. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt am Main For more … Read more
Consumers and consumer protection
Bafin creates an independent comparison portal for checking accounts
checking account The Bafin comparison website is due to go live in the second quarter of 2022. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The federal government is drawing … Read more
Criticism of data protection deficiencies in account data in the EU
Berlin More than a year after the introduction of the last rules of the Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2), consumer advocates discovered problems during an … Read more
Why insurance often becomes more expensive in old age
Frankfurt Older people often have to pay more for insurance. But in many cases they don’t just have to accept that. It can help to … Read more
What you can expect in the next few years
Munich The corona crisis has fundamentally changed the relationship between customers and their insurers. Because personal contact with the agent was not possible for a … Read more
10 things consumers should know
Frankfurt It was a carelessness – with unpleasant results. A pedestrian suffered injuries in a fall because she wanted to avoid an eight-year-old girl who … Read more
Lawsuits during Corona: Everything about legal protection insurance
Frankfurt The corona pandemic with all its restrictions also brings with it many a conflict. In the past year, numerous consumers complained about how tour … Read more
25,000 individual lawsuits ended with settlement
Diesel and the consequences The VW group is involved in tens of thousands of proceedings because of the diesel scandal. (Photo: dpa) Wolfsburg / Karlsruhe … Read more
Many credit institutions are too long for basic accounts
EC card for the current account A basic account includes basic services such as cash deposits and withdrawals, transfers, direct debits, standing orders and giro … Read more
Riester pensioners can claim money back
Mural on a house facade in Bremen Good provision protects against worries in old age. (Photo: imago / Eckhard Stengel) Frankfurt New anger about the … Read more