Dayhoff Soundtrack: The Huffington Post Business Brief: Twitter Responds To Bank Of America's Debit Card Fees

Friday, September 30, 2011

The Huffington Post Business Brief: Twitter Responds To Bank Of America's Debit Card Fees

Friday, September 30, 2011

LOOK: Twitter Responds To Bank Of America's Debit Card Fees

Bank of America announced Thursday that bank will start charging $5 per month for customers who use their debit cards to make purchases beginning in 2012.

Shortly after the announcement Twitter exploded with reactions to the news. Many of the updates were negative and some even threatened via tweet to switch banks. The announcement generated so much buzz that "Debit card fees" was a trending topic on Google on Friday.

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