&lt;img src=&#039;http://assets.bizjournals.com/baltimore/print-edition/Bank-of-America*100.jpg?v=1&#039;&gt;Five U.S. congressmen are asking the Justice Department to investigate new monthly debit-card fees that Bank of America Corp. and others will soon charge.

The five Democrats, led by Vermont Rep. Peter Welch, sent a letter to the Justice Department asking for an investigation to determine if the banking industry violated antitrust laws by colluding to charge the fees, creating an unfair marketplace.

&ldquo;Statements made by individual banks and their trade associations raise questions about whether some price increases that have occurred this year have actually been coordinated,&rdquo; the letter says, according to a MarketWatch report...&lt;div class=&quot;feedflare&quot;&gt;
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