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After days of trying to chip away at creation of a consumer financial protection agency, Republicans on Wednesday decided to just go all in: They pitched an amendment to kill off all federal bank regulatory agencies after five years. The far-out move...
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Dodd (D-Conn.) on Monday, John Collingwood, the bank's director of federal government relations, wrote that the bank was making the change "in light of the concerns expressed to us by our customers." Betty Riess, Bank of America spokeswoman, said on Tuesday...
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Warner Music Group and Google Inc's YouTube said on Tuesday they have reached a deal which will see music videos from artists such as Madonna and Green Day once again feature on the popular website. Though financial terms of the deal were not disclosed,...
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Credit card companies are finding new ways to make money and Consumer Action is keeping track. Card companies are hitting cardholders with minimum cash advance fees as high as $15. So when getting cash in advance don’t assume it is just a 3% charge, the...
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New federal protections for credit card users go into force today, but in advance of the tougher rules banks have been raising fees and interest rates -- hoping to ensure that one of their historically most lucrative lines of business remains that way.
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EDT Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will unveil new credit card regulations at a news conference in Toronto on Thursday, a day after the U.S...The Canadian measures are expected to include the imposition of a minimum 21-day grace period, and requirements...
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Federal regulators on Thursday adopted sweeping new rules for the credit card industry that will shield consumers from increases in interest rates on existing account balances among other changes. The rules, which take effect in July 2010, will allow...
Tags: credit cards, cards rules, Federal Reserve Board, National Credit Union Administration, cards companies, account balances, existing account, Office of Thrift Supervision, allow credit, current balances