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, March 24 (UPI) -- A U.S. Senate Judiciary subcommittee Tuesday reviewed a bill designed to help consumers struggling with debt to avoid sky-high credit card rates.
WASHINGTON, March 22 (UPI) -- U.S. consumers struggling with high penalty interest rates on credit card debt and tightened access to loans are fueling the economic downturn, advocates say.
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.
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, March 8 (UPI) -- Several U.S. banks are easing their credit-card policies now that the Democrat-led Congress has stepped up policy scrutiny, a published report said Thursday.
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.
NEW YORK, May 27 (UPI) -- Barclays PLC, Britain's third-largest bank, is warning that bad credit card debt is growing at an alarming rate.
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.
