Banks capitalizing on taxpayer bailout money from TARP have alarmed their customers by hiking - often doubling, and in some cases even tripling or quadrupling - interest rates on credit cards, according to an outpouring of reports from HuffPost readers.
In some cases, banks have raised rates despite a cardholder's flawless record.
"I have never missed a payment on a credit card," wrote Beth Stubbings of Duluth, GA. But about two weeks ago, she received a letter from Chase stating that...
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