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Credit Card Fees: 10 Ways Credit Card Companies Are Still Ripping You Off

businessinsider.com | Lawrence Delevingne | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Credit CARD Act, Bank of America, Credit Cards, 10 Ways Credit Cards Are Screwing You Over, Center for Responsible Lending, Credit Card Fees, Business News

Credit card companies are already finding new ways to get rich at your expense, all while racing to increase penalties and other charges before Februa...

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Credit Card Rates: Banks Plan To RAISE Rates, Annual Fees

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Credit Card Reform, Credit Card Companies, Credit Card Rate Increases, Federal Reserve, Banks, Credit Card Rates, Credit Cards, Prime Borrowers, Credit Card Industry, Credit Card Fees, Business News

WASHINGTON — Banks expect to tighten terms on credit cards in response to a new law that aims to protect consumers from sudden rate hikes, the F...

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Credit Card Fees: Bank Of America, Citigroup Testing New Charge For Customers With Perfect Credit

wcbstv.com | ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Credit Card Reform, Bank of America, Credit Scores, Credit Card Industry, Citigroup, Credit Card Fees, Business News

NEW YORK (CBS) ― Loraine Mullen-Kress carries a Bank of America credit card and religiously pays off her balance. "Flawless credit," she boasted....

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Credit Card Companies Are Sending Out Early Holiday Gifts

Eva Norlyk Smith, Ph.D. | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Credit Card Reform, Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights, Credit Card Bill, Credit Card Companies, Credit Card Rates, Credit Cards, Credit Card Debt, Citigroup, Credit Card Fees, Business News
Eva Norlyk Smith, Ph.D.

While Congress is calling on credit card companies to stop hiking interest rates before the new Credit CARD act goes into effect, Citigroup just sent me a letter with a monstrous interest rate hike.

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New Credit Card Fees: Paying Off Your Balance Will Now Cost You

usatoday.com | Sandra Block | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Bank of America, Credit Card, Credit Card Debt, Credit Card Fees, Citigroup, Business News

Starting next year, Bank of America will charge a small number of customers an annual fee, ranging from $29 to $99. The bank has characterized the fee...

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Is Credit Evil?

Don McNay | Posted 09.29.2009 | Business

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Don McNay

I've watched many people get in trouble with upside down car loans, second mortgages or high interest rate financing. Credit keeps many people from living within their means. Then a friend told me he was buying a large house.

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Credit Card Companies Dodge Reform With New Fees

BusinessWeek | Ben Levisohn | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Credit Card Reform, Credit Card Companies, Card Check, Credit Card Fees, Business News

New credit-card rules, designed to curb the industry's abusive practices, went into effect a few weeks ago. But already lenders have found ways to get...

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Amex, Discover To End Credit Card Over-Limit Fees

AP | EILEEN AJ CONNELLY | Posted 09.12.2009 | Business

Read More: American Express, Credit Card, Discover, Over-the-Limit Fees, Card Check, Credit Card Fees, Business News

NEW YORK — American Express and Discover customers will soon be free of fees for charging over their credit limits. The two companies said sepa...

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Laura Dean

TARP Recipients Fighting To Keep Charging Exorbitant Credit Card Fees

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Dean | Posted 08.09.2009 | Business

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This story has been edited slightly since publication for clarification. Undeterred by their sullied reputation, big banks and credit card companies ...

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Credit Card Company Erupts In Fit Of Gun-Wielding Sobs When It Hears Of New Federal Protections (VIDEO)

Posted 06.27.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Credit Card Fees, Credit Cards, Funny or Die, Funny or Die Credit Card Companies, Barack Obama, Credit Card Company Erupts, Comedy News

Recently, the Senate approved legislation curbing the most egregious practices of credit card companies, after President Obama pushed the bill designe...

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Obama Signs Law Curbing Surprise Credit Card Fees

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Credit Cards, Barack Obama, Credit Card Fees, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama warned overeager shoppers and greedy credit card companies alike on Friday to act responsibly as he signed i...

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Plastic Surgery

Ina Pinkney | Posted 06.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: American Express, Diners Club, Visa, Interchange Rates, Debit Cards, INA's, Banks, Discover, Mastercard, Credit Card Industry, Credit Card Fees, Chicago News
Ina Pinkney

I propose a new way of thinking about transactions that is based on paying cash as a bridge to connect human beings in relationships of service.

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House Committee Passes Bill To Limit Credit Card Fees, Rate Increases

CNN Money | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Credit Card Rates, Credit Card Debt, Credit Cards, House Financial Services Committee, Credit Card Fees, Politics News

A key House panel on Wednesday advanced a bill to crack down on credit card interest rates and fees amid signs the Obama administration will try to to...

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Holiday Surprise: More Credit Card Fees

Forbes.com | Maurna Desmond | Posted 01.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumer Spending, Financial Crisis, Credit Cards, Holiday Shopping, Credit Card Fees, Business News

Reaching for the plastic to pay for holiday presents this season? Expect to find a few surprises in your statement next month. Credit card issuers,...

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