SEATTLE, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Eighty percent of U.S. banks exp;ect mid-market business lending to increase during the next year, the American Bankers Association said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, March 24 (UPI) -- Past-due credit card accounts rose to 4.43 percent in fourth-quarter 2003, the American Bankers Association reports.

WASHINGTON, March 23 (UPI) -- As consumers' debt load has risen, so have credit card fees, delinquencies and bankruptcies. Is the credit industry cashing in on the U.S. debt crisis, or are c

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Californians will be on their own next year when they sit down to figure out how long it will take them to pay off their Christmas credit card bills.

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