Romeo, Charles J.; Koulayev, Sergei - 2022
We study consumer use of two short-term credit products offered by banks: overdraft and deposit advance. On average …, consumers who use overdraft pay 13 percent of their monthly deposits to cover fees; consumers who use deposit advance pay less … (sustained) use, fees increase by 250 percent for overdraft and by nearly 100 percent for deposit advance. However, this fee …