You know that feeling when you walk into a bank thinking it’s your financial partner, but it turns out it’s more like a clingy ex you can’t shake off? Banks have perfected the art of making customers feel like they’re winning—while quietly stacking the deck in their own favor. From fees that appear out of nowhere to rules written in the kind of fine print you need a magnifying glass to read, the game is rigged.
Sure, we all need banks, but do banks really need to make it this hard to escape their grip?
