WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- Top Senate Banking Committee members reached a compromise on a bill that would protect U.S. consumers from abusive credit card industry practices.
TORONTO, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Canadian credit card users are increasing their debt balances and taking longer to pay, analysts and federal officials say.
NEW YORK, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Credit card defaults are rising among U.S. consumers in an already tightening credit environment, various banks said.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. credit card issuers are under pressure to change some profitable practices, like raising interest rates based on card-holders' other debts.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. consumer credit rose slightly in July to an annualized rate of 2.5 percent, after rising at a nearly 4 percent pace in the second quarter.
NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. credit-card companies are charging record-high penalties to users who miss payments.
WASHINGTON, July 29 (UPI) -- U.S. credit card issuers are hiking interest rates and late fees, especially for those whose cards have floating or variable rates.
LONDON, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- British bank Barclays said Wednesday it will buy the Juniper Financial Corp. of Wilmington, Del., for $293 million.
WASHINGTON, April 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday approved a regulation allowing credit cards to show over-the-limit fees separately from finance charges.
BANGKOK, March 29 (UPI) -- The Bank of Thailand in Bangkok has cracked down on the nation's credit card issuers in an effort to slow down a possible consumer credit increase.
