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Federal Regulations for Credit Cards Clear First Hurdle

Posted Friday, October 23, 2009
by Greg Hudson

The House Services Committee is making progress on establishing a federal agency to regulate financial services. That means banks and credit card companies will act while they can.

Interest rates have risen, annual fees imposed, and minimum payments have been increased, all to  fill the revenue gap caused by growing delinquencies and record defaults, according to KOMO News.

To read the full article at KOMO, click here

 

Comments

I agree. With no one monitoring these businesses they control so much. The average person ends up meeting their demands or else get a bad credit score. It has happened to me many times. We just have no choice, pay up or face not having a house in the future!!!
Comment By Rajeev Pillai At 1/9/2010 4:01 PM
Regulation on Credit/Debit Cards is long overdue. I sincerely hope that regulation includes unemployment payment fees.

The most disappointing instances are from those unemployed friends and relatives where Unemployment payments can only be accessed using debit cards with fees, through Chase Bank with those from whom I have received my first-hand information.

In one case here in Colorado, the man was not informed that he could receive his payment by direct deposit to his checking account. He is charged $9.00 just to get the money to deposit in his checking account to pay bills. If he did not do it that way, he would be charged for each individual transaction for groceries, etc.
Comment By Beverly Chambers At 10/28/2009 2:31 PM

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