ALBUQUERQUE, May 14 (UPI) -- Credit card reform to outlaw predatory and deceptive practices is critical for U.S. consumers needing a durable flow of credit, President Barack Obama said.
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.
WASHINGTON, April 19 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama plans to target banks' abusive credit card practices, a senior adviser said Sunday.
NEW YORK, April 28 (UPI) -- U.S. credit card companies are raising rates as banks try to make up for losses in other departments, financial experts said Monday.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Zero-percent balance-transfer offers for credit cards may be on the wane, but U.S. credit card companies are offering cash-back reward cards.
MEXICO CITY, March 3 (UPI) -- In the last four years, credit card use has grown 200 percent in Mexico, according to the Bank of Mexico.
LONDON, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- British bank Barclays said Wednesday it will buy the Juniper Financial Corp. of Wilmington, Del., for $293 million.
LONDON, May 3 (UPI) -- U.S. credit card firm MBNA has emerged as a strong contender for Egg plc, a U.K. Internet bank and credit-card issuer.
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.
CHICAGO, July 15 (UPI) -- Citigroup has agreed to acquire the credit card business of Sears, Roebuck & Co. for $6 billion, relieving from dealing with a spate of credit card debt.
