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New credit card law safeguards students

Credit card companies liked Michigan State University football games almost as much as their student fans.

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New credit card act goes into effect

New credit card rules go into effect Sunday. They ban credit card companies from charging so-called “inactivity fees” or charging penalty fees of more than $25.

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Some credit card companies squeeze most responsible customers

Washington Post Friday, July 30, 2010 iStockphoto.com After the recession forced credit card companies to purge their rosters of the riskiest loans, the industry is facing a new dilemma: customers who are too good. Card issuers have long found their bread and butter in penalty fees and high interest rates paid by consumers who carry a balance. But that business model has been upended by the …

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Credit card use falls; issuers hit

After the recession forced credit card companies to purge their rosters of the riskiest loans, the industry is facing a new issue: customers who are too good.

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Credit companies face new restrictions as card debt hits $47 billion

CREDIT card companies will have to assess the amount cardholders can repay and will be banned from enforcing debts beyond that amount, under a crackdown being considered by the federal government.

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Credit Card Issuers Used Profiling, Fed Says

Credit card companies employed profiling techniques to limit loans or adjust interest rates.

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6 ways to protect your credit cards when traveling

Vacation should be about one thing: relaxing. If your credit cards are stolen, though, you’ll spend more time fretting in your hotel room undoing fraud than lying on the beach sipping a drink deco…

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Credit Saison Deploys Fujitsu’s Automated Teller Machines

Tokyo, June 8, 2010 – (JCN Newswire) – Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Frontech Limited today announced that Credit Saison Co., Ltd., one of Japan’s largest credit card companies, will be deploying 250 of Fujitsu’s compact FACT-V X100 ATM machines, which include an attached coin unit and boast the fastest bill processing performance, in Japan.

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