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Overdraft Fees at Vibrant Credit Union
October 2020: The parties notified the court that they reached a settlement agreement, the terms of which were not disclosed.
December 2019: A class-action lawsuit was filed against Vibrant Credit Union for allegedly misleadingly representing that it only charges overdraft fees if an account does not have enough money to cover a transaction when, according to plaintiffs, the credit union charges overdraft fees on certain transactions that do not overdraw an account. (Tayborn et al v. Vibrant Credit Union, Case No. 19-cv-4247, C.D. Ill.)
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