Ed Mierzwinski
Ed Mierzwinski
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Credit cards offer convenience. Credit cards offer emergency life preservers. If you start to use your credit card for daily expenses, and you start paying for pizza at 18 percent interest -- do the math.
banning card consumer gift led limiting month states unfair
States and consumer advocates think that gift card fees, such as deductions every month if you don't use the card, are unfair to consumers. Many states, led by California, have enacted legislation severely limiting or even banning such fees.
cards increase trying
They are trying to increase the use of debit cards to increase their profits.
consumer encouraged lawsuits penalty pressure responding
I'm encouraged that some issuers are doing this. I think penalty fees are a disingenuous way of making money, ... I'm encouraged the marketplace is responding to pressure from lawsuits and consumer complaints.
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We've seen some slight improvement ... but we are finding too many playgrounds that are unsafe.