How Credit Card Companies Are Getting Meaner

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Thu, 07/16/2009 - 8:30am

What's going on inside the minds of credit card companies now that the CARD act is coming down the pike? A customer service supervisor for a major credit card company emailed us to give us the low-down: reduced grace periods, cutting credit lines, increased fees on balance transfers, and, of course, jacked up APRs.

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