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Longtime Bankaholic reader, Thai, emailed me to give me the heads up about a new and disturbing fee at WaMu. The following statement appears on current Washington Mutual statements which have check writing options: “When a check written on your account is presented at a Washington Mutual financial

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The Pittsfield, Mass.-based holding company for Legacy Banks said its board had declared a 5-cent cash dividend per common share, to be paid Oct. 1 to shareholders as of Sept. 20. The bank has 17 offices in Berkshire County, Mass., and eastern New York, and a loan production office in Colonie.

To me, there's almost no bigger financial fear than the thought of bouncing a check or overdrawing an account. On top of potential embarrassment, there are also usually fees that go along with having insufficient funds.

The Bank of New York Mellon announced that it has named Robert R. Rupp as an executive vice president and head of enterprise-wide market risk. Rupp, 55, will be a member of the company’s global operating committee and will report to Brian Rogan, chief risk officer.

Brean Murray, Carret & Co., announced that Jose J. Haresco, Ph.D. has joined the firm’s equity research department as senior vice president and senior analyst in the healthcare research group. Based in the firm’s San Francisco office, Dr. Haresco will conduct proprietary industry thematic and company-specific research in the medical technology sector.

Rodman & Renshaw announced the hiring of a senior banker to join its industry-leading healthcare group. H. Gill Sawhney joined Rodman on August 28, 2008 as a managing director, bringing 19 years of experience as a banker to the healthcare industry and having closed more than 90 transactions valued at over $8.5 billion over the course of his career.

/India PRwire/ - Bank of Rajasthan, one of the fastest growing, technology driven and customer friendly private sector bank, has announced a revision in Non-Resident (External) Rupee Deposits (NRE) and Foreign Currency Non-Resident Deposits (Banks) FCNR (B) with effect from September 01, 2008.

Supermodel Tyra Banks has been named the ‘Top-Earning Woman on US prime-time TV’ by Forbes. Putting her modelling career on hold and in the meantime invading the silver screen with her daytime talk show, ‘The Tyra Banks Show’, and serving as producer and judge on ‘America’s Next Top Model,’ the beauty banked around 23 million dollars from June 1, 2007 to June 1, 2008.

Fake drafts racket: Police seek Interpol aid Agartala, Sep 5 : The CBI is all set to seek help from the Interpol to apprehend 14 more accused persons including kingpin of the fake drafts racket that rattled the Tripura’s banking service about two years back.