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by Brian Wolfman
Last month, I blogged here about large increases in credit card rates and fees that may be tied to recently enacted federal credit card reform legislation (which mainly goes into effect next February). Consumers Union has posted this informative piece on the same topic, which includes a chart indicating the rate increases for both purchases and cash advances on credit cards issued by many of the largest banks.
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Posted by: Brian Wolfman | Friday, October 02, 2009 at 03:46 AM
As a credit card holder,increased fee is not good to hear.The economy is still working out to get back the rising growth of what we had before.The financial crisis make a great change why money is very hard to earn especially these times.
Posted by: tyre changers | Friday, October 02, 2009 at 03:43 AM