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Thursday, December 25, 2008
Frederick News Post Editorial New Credit Card Rules
Frederick News Post Editorial New Credit Card Rules
Originally published in the Frederick News–Post December 23, 2008
Federal officials have moved to protect credit card holders from several common practices employed by companies that issue cards. This has been a long time coming and, unfortunately, won't take effect until July 2010. Some also argue that the new rules don't go far enough in protecting cardholders from unfair and costly practices.
Still, the new rules are a big improvement. Perhaps the most important reform involves interest rates. When the new rules become active, card-issuing companies will no longer be allowed to apply interest rate hikes to existing balances. (There will be some exceptions, such as payments that are more than 30 days late.)
Read the entire editorial here: New credit card rules
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/opinion/display_editorial.htm?StoryID=84310
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Monday, December 15, 2008
Washington Post: Fed Could Remake Credit Card Regulations
Washington Post: Fed Could Remake Credit Card Regulations
What in the world took the Fed so long to stop the predacious practices of credit card issuers?
New Rules Would Ban Retroactive Rate Hikes
By Nancy Trejos Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, December 14, 2008; F01
The Federal Reserve on Thursday will vote on sweeping reform of the credit card industry that would ban practices such as retroactively increasing interest rates at will and charging late fees when consumers are not given a reasonable amount of time to make payments.
The Fed, which has been considering the proposed changes since May, declined this week to release details of the final draft regulations. But banking officials and consumer advocates said that they do not expect substantial changes before the vote, especially since members of Congress have pressured the Fed not to water down the rules.
However, industry officials and consumer advocates said, the Fed will likely postpone a decision on a proposal to prohibit banks from charging fees for overdraft protection unless they have given customers the chance to opt out. Both the banking industry and consumer advocates considered the overdraft proposal flawed.
If the new credit card regulations are approved largely as proposed, they would represent the most significant overhaul of the industry in decades, banking officials and consumer advocates said. The Fed has not yet indicated a timeline for implementation.
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Read the entire article here: Fed Could Remake Credit Card Regulations
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/13/AR2008121300906.html?nav=igoogle
20081214 WaPo Fed Could Remake Credit Card Regulations By Nancy Trejos