BoA overdraft fees and the CFPB 2023 order — San Bernardino, CA 2026 guide

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Auditing your bank's fee schedule is not glamorous work, but it is one of the highest-ROI hours a small business operator in San Bernardino can spend. This page is the BoA-specific version of that audit.

Overdraft fees and the CFPB 2023 order

Bank of America overdraft fees were the subject of the 2023 CFPB enforcement order, which cited Bank of America for double-charging overdraft fees and ordered $250M total in penalties and restitution. The current BoA overdraft schedule is published on their fee disclosure page. For a San Bernardino business, the practical takeaway is twofold: (1) verify your current overdraft posture matches what BoA represents, and (2) if you have historical overdraft charges that look stacked, file a CFPB complaint with documentation. CFPB 2023 order: https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-orders-bank-of-america-to-pay-150-million-penalty-for-illegally-charging-junk-fees-withholding-credit-card-rewards-and-opening-fake-accounts/. CFPB complaint database: https://www.consumerfinance.gov/data-research/consumer-complaints/search/?company=BANK%20OF%20AMERICA%2C%20NATIONAL%20ASSOCIATION.

San Bernardino context

Local context for San Bernardino: most software-driven business banks (Mercury, RHO, Novo, Relay) charge $0 standard monthly fee. BoA's $16/mo Business Advantage Fundamentals is the structure most San Bernardino customers compare against.

Public regulator record on BoA fees

• CFPB 2023 enforcement order — $250M total — junk fees, double-charged overdraft fees, withheld credit-card rewards, fake accounts.
• CFPB Consumer Complaint Database — Bank of America — public, searchable, tens of thousands of complaints (a large share fee-related).
• BoA business checking fee disclosure — source-of-truth for current published rates. Verify before acting.

If you want to dispute a BoA fee in San Bernardino

1. Pull the statement showing the fee. Screenshot it.
2. Compare against BoA's published fee schedule. If it does not match, document the discrepancy.
3. Request a written explanation through BoA secure message. Save the response.
4. If the explanation is unsatisfactory, file a CFPB complaint at consumerfinance.gov/complaint with the documentation. Free, public, and tends to get a documented response.
5. For overdraft-fee disputes specifically: reference the CFPB 2023 order in your complaint if your situation matches the practices it cited.

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