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Finally the Federal Reserve acts against abusive credit card companies


Fed proposes to end unfair, deceptive credit card practices

Today, the Federal Reserve and other regulators have decided to take on the credit card companies. According to this AP report, changes are coming.

The proposed new rules would prohibit:

-Placing unfair time constraints on payments. A payment could not be deemed late unless the borrower is given a reasonable period of time, such as 21 days, to pay;  Read more