The credit card problem has reached an all time high and many cardholders are currently delinquent in their bill payments.
The figures get much worse when considering the current unemployment rate in the U.S, which is, according to Fitch Ratings, at 8.9%. It is the highest unemployment rate of the country since 1983. With little in the way of available cash, consumers are turning to credit cards. Unfortunately, many are not keeping up with their bills and the credit card crisis just gets...
The passage of the credit card bill has given credit cardholders a lot to look forward to when it becomes active after nine months. With the credit card bill in place, credit cardholders can expect to see limitations being put in place for interest rate hikes, credit card agreement transparency, and generally, more protection for them from unfair credit card industry practices.
However, a key fact is being overlooked by many of those who are hailing the approval of the credit card bill –...
According to a recent study, college students comprise one of the many groups of cardholders that have been hit the hardest by credit card debt.
According to a survey by Sallie Mae, a lender focusing on student borrowers, this April of 2009, college students on the average own four credit cards or more. Most college cardholders are also not very good at keeping up with their monthly payments. A majority of college cardholders regularly get hit by large monthly finance charges because they...
The credit card industry is in an uproar over the legislations in the recently passed credit card bill. The credit card bill is aimed at legislating many credit card industry practices that cardholders see as unfair and deceitful. For the credit card industry, the credit card bill is a disastrous piece of legislation which will destroy their profitability and, according to them, limit the available credit for American consumers.
During the past few years, the credit card industry has enjoyed...
Last Friday afternoon, President Barack Obama and key personalities from congress gathered in the White House for the signing of the credit card bill.
The credit card bill is a controversial bill that aims to correct what many see to be the fraudulent and deceptive practices of the credit industry. Amidst the outcry of overburdened credit cardholders, the President and the Congress responded with a bill that curtails arbitrary interest rate increases, protects cardholders paying off debts,...
The passage of the credit card bill has gone remarkably fast. The House version passed during the last days of April and the Senate version just got passed last week. A few days later and President Barack Obama signed the bill into law.
Credit cardholders are excited to finally see some sensible regulation for credit cards. Long feeling oppressed and frustrated by arbitrary interest rate increases and unreasonable fees, credit cardholders have been pressing for the passage of the credit card...
The passage of the credit card bill last Friday has the credit card industry all shook up. The legislation contained in the bill will change many of the fundamental practices of the credit industry, some of which were downright abusive. The bill will be implemented after nine months, giving credit card companies some time to adjust to the new legislation.
Credit card industry practitioners have constantly been issuing warnings that the passage of the credit card bill would mean making less...
The credit card bill has just made it out of Congress and is headed for President Obama's desk. The bill is expected to be signed by the President on Friday. As the credit card bill nears completion, the credit card industry is looking ahead to an ominous future.
Risky borrowers have been very lucrative for credit card companies for the past few years. Lending to borrowers with low credit scores may mean that the chances of them paying their debts are low but creditors have not been daunted....
Government legislators are up in arms over what to do with the economic downturn that is recently plaguing the United States. Their latest bid to stem the tide is the much hyped credit card bill scheduled for release Tuesday.
The government is still reeling from the financial crash that happened late last year. The effect of the crash still continues up to this day. RealtyTrac Inc. recently reported that the foreclosure problem has worsened. This April, a jump of 32% of American homeowners...
The credit bill is going to get passed soon enough, but is it really enough to get Americans off debt in the long term? Some say that legislation will take care of that by limiting and reigning in the credit card industry, which seems to have been running wild the last few years. Others argue that the problem is actually the American people themselves, specifically their spending habits.
So, where does the problem lie? If you really take the time to look at it, you'll see that the problem is...
President Barack Obama continues to be an all out supporter of the credit card bill, which is aimed at protecting credit cardholders from some of the shadier practices of the credit card industry. To recall, credit card companies issued massive interest rate hikes and late fees, which had credit card consumers crying foul.
The House has already answered the outcry of the consumers with their Credit Cardhoders Bill of Rights and Senate may release their Credit Card Accountability,...
While the Senate is currently rolling out its Credit CARD (Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure) Act, an act designed to protect private credit cardholders from unfair and deceptive practices of the credit card industry, a new sector is beginning to buckle beneath the burden of excessive debts – students.
The continuing crisis has touched all sectors of American economy. Credit companies, looking to gain some ground against losses to defaulted loans and other financial...