The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Germans learn to spend, spend, spend Consumers are splashing out more than ever in Germany with spending reaching a new high of €1.6 trillion in 2013, a 2.5 percent boost on the previous year and almost a third more than in 2000. https://www.thelocal.de/20140311/germans-spending-more-than-ever Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:04:00 +0100 germans-spending-more-than-ever Consumer watchdog shows overdraft rip off Some banks are ripping off account holders with overdraft interest rates way over what they pay to borrow money, a consumer group said on Tuesday. The rates charged are often kept secret until too late for customers. https://www.thelocal.de/20121016/45583 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:20:00 +0200 45583