I remember this being in the news several years ago. I don't remember if anything came of it, maybe somebody else here does. But, personally I did opt out of all overdraft services from my bank - so if I did run out of money my charge would simply be denied. As far as I know this never results in any penalty. Any automated billing I have set up seems to be fault-tolerant and will just notify me to verify my card information and re-try the charge a few days later.