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Credit Card Late Payments Hit 17-Year Low

AP | By EILEEN AJ CONNELLY | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: American Express Co., Mastercard, National Credit Card Delinquency Rate, Credit Debt, Visa, Great Recession, Credit Score, Transunion, Credit Card, Discover Financial Corp., Business News

NEW YORK -- Credit card users are so focused on keeping their accounts in good standing that they've driven the rate of late payments down to its lowe...

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Measuring the Move: $20 Million and Counting

Jamie Chase | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citibank, Move Your Money, Banks, Credit Debt, Debt Relief, Great Depression, Credit Unions, Business News
Jamie Chase

Healthy pride feeds our desire to create our own solutions -- and to send a strong message to mega-banks that we won't be their prey. That's why credit unions are a logical move.

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Credit Card Nightmare: One Lost Check And A Lifetime of Bankruptcy

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Credit Debt, Bankruptcy, Bearing Witness 2.0, Credit Card Debt, Bearing Witness, Freedom Financial, Recession, Business News

This story is part of Bearing Witness 2.0. HuffPost has received hundreds of emails from people making tremendous sacrifices in order to weather ...

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American Students Hit Hard By Rise On Credit Card Interest Rates

The Huffington Post | Matthew Palevsky and Thibault Chareton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: College Students, Politics, Debt, Credit Debt, Los Angeles-California, Credit Card Interest Rate Laws, Credit Crisis, Credit Cards, American Students Hit Hard, Student Loans, Pirg, Politics News

Surging credit card rates over the past few months have created a desperate situation for many college students and graduates. While the percentage o...

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Arthur Delaney

Menendez To Geithner: Stop Bailed-Out Banks From Hiking Credit Card Rates On Consumers

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bob Menendez, Credit Card Reform, Credit Debt, Obama Administration, Politics News

UPDATE: Obama is set to meet with credit card company representatives on Thursday: In a bid to aid consumers hit hard by the recession, lawmakers are...

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Arthur Delaney

How Congress Could Kill Shady Credit Card Schemes

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Credit Debt, Credit Cards, Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights, Credit Reform, Politics News

In February we asked HuffPost readers to share their stories of credit card woe. The laments poured in, and we followed up with a story on readers who...

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