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5 common bank fees you can usually get waived, if you know what you’re doing

Key Points Service and penalty fees are a huge revenue source for banks. Oftentimes, these fees are erroneously charged or ...
Eater

How the FTC’s ‘Junk Fee’ Ban Affects Restaurants

Restaurant service fees are now commonplace. As of 2023, the National Restaurant Association estimates that 15 percent of restaurants are using some form of additional charges. Frequently used to ...
KTLA

Restaurants are now twice as likely to charge a ‘service fee’ – but where does the money go?

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Does your restaurant receipt have a few more ...
Chicago Sun-Times

More restaurants adding service fees on checks

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Los Angeles Times

Restaurant service fees are staying after all with Newsom signature of last-minute bill

Those 3, 5 and 20% fees at the bottom of your menu could be here to stay. With little time to spare, a new law will allow restaurants and bars to continue charging service fees, healthcare costs and ...
Yahoo

In 11th-hour reversal, state Senate passes emergency bill to exempt restaurants from service-fee ban

Surcharges such as employee service fees and healthcare percentages are set to disappear from California menus and receipts July 1. But a new proposed bill, which passed the state Senate today, could ...