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New credit card practices could cost consumers billions

18 hours ago ago from WalletPop Blog

Filed under: Credit , Credit cards Credit card companies continue to look for ways to skirt the new CARD Act. They've found a number of "hidden" price changes not banned by the new law that takes effect in February 2010 and these "hidden" charges could cost consumers billions of dollars, according to the Center for Responsible Lending. In its study, " Dodging Reform: As Some Credit Card Abuses are Outlawed, New Ones Proliferate, " the ...

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Charge offs by major credit card companies rise in November

18 hours ago ago from BloggingStocks

Charge offs are rising among our largest credit card companies, up 8.81% in November, from 8.02% in October . Here are specific bank reports: For Capital One COF , charge offs rose to 9.60%, from 9.04% Capital One expects its charge offs to peak early next year. Discover Financial Services DFS rose 8.98%, from 8.54%. Bank of America BAC had the largest charge offs at 13%, down a tad from 13.22% in October. Bank of America late payments ...

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New Credit Card Practices Costing Consumers Millions of Dollars

3 hours ago ago from Woman Tribune

This is a guest post by Bill Hardekopf, CEO of LowCards.com . A study released yesterday by the Center for Responsible Lending gives new data to show that credit card issuers have instituted a number of price changes since debate first began on credit card reform. The study entitled Dodging Reform: As Some Credit Card Abusers are Outlawed, New Ones Proliferate [PDF] says that these practices have affected over 400 million credit ...

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Are Credit Cards Weapons Of Mass Financial Destruction?

6 hours ago ago from Financial Samurai

The answer depends on if your name is Saddam Hussein, although no proof was ever found!  You hear so many stories of consumers up to their eyeballs in credit card debt, and I'm just wondering WHY?  Credit Card debt is the most expensive debt out there, second only to the usurious rates of a loan shark. Perhaps the reason why is because credit cards are ubiquitous.  Did you know that according to the US Census Bureau, there were 173 ...

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