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The new credit card laws limit fees to 25 % of the credit limit.

Video: 5 smart moves to make before Feb. 22 — Sweeping new credit card laws arrive on Feb. 22, 2010.

I am caught in the credit card trap (thanks in part to the Obama administration giving the banks time to really screw us before the new credit card laws come into effect!)

We have all seen the commercials... promises of settlement because of the new credit card laws, if you have over $ 10,000 in debt, we can settle your debts for pennies on the dollar, etc..

That oversight on new credit card laws to better control banks, is empowering them to maintain and even gain their status as America's REAL government.....

The new credit card law doesn't allow a card company to charge you an over-limit fee, unless you agree to it.

«Citi will comply fully with the new credit card law, and we are committed to having all of the new rules in place by the deadlines,» Citi spokesman Sam Wang, wrote in an e-mailed statement.

Other aspects of the new credit card law — such as restrictions on interest rate hikes, bans on issuing and marketing credit cards to young adults and gift card regulations — take effect in February 2010 and later.

While the Card Act — the new credit card law that took effect in February 2010 — has had an altogether positive impact on the credit card industry, increasing issuer transparency and adding to consumer rights, it's -LSB-...]

Here's how its provisions will affect you... (more) Will the new credit card law hurt more consumers than it helps?

In the latest podcast episode over at LifeTuner, we also talk about the impact of new credit card law changes, what sort of new fees and other changes to expect from your credit card company in response, and how to protect yourself from getting burned.

And, in the wake of a new credit card law as banks tighten the screws on who gets credit and how much they get, some consumers are getting more protective of their credit cards.

The Federal Reserve recently issued more than 1,100 pages of rules telling card issuers how to implement that new prohibition and other elements of the nation's new credit card law, whose main terms take effect February 22.

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Last month, a U.S. District Court judge in New Jersey ruled that a debt collector had violated the law when it sued Daniel Bock in order to collect an old credit card debt.

A measure that allows nonprofit organizations in New York to accept credit cards for the purchase of raffle tickets was signed into law by the governor in December, and is now in effect.

0814 - Home Office - New laws planned to crack down on rogue firms who supply printing equipment to identity fraudsters, including producers of counterfeit credit cards.

The no - limit credit card was just one of the many gifts regularly lavished on board members of the city Correction Officers» Benevolent Association, including electronics and gift certificates, in apparent violation of New York state laws regarding public servants, board members told The Post.

One critic of the new law believes for - profit companies could take advantage of the online and credit card authorization for charities.

New laws will require the student to have a job or a parents co-signature to apply for a credit card.

The new law shields all credit card holders from abusive bank and lending practices.

The new laws don't offer direct help with debt reduction, but they can at least keep the credit card companies from making it harder to pay off the debt you already have.

These days, I can pretty much get 1 % rebate with any credit card that offers a rewards program, but not many will go above the 1 % mark and it is becoming increasingly difficult to get good rewards from card issuers because of changes in credit card rules (I think the new law actually punishes people who are using their plastics responsibly).

The new law prohibits credit card issuers from charging over-limit fees unless you choose to allow for over-limit transactions.

Although recent debt reform may protect you from instantaneous and retroactive rate increases, the new laws do not place caps on interest rates charged by credit card issuers and other finance companies.

These new regulations, which are all good laws BTW, intent to protect consumers by prohibiting banks from imposing arbitrary high interest rates on credit cards and charging outrageous bank fees.

New changes to the credit card law require that credit card applicants under age 21 have their own source of income or have a co-signer to be approved for a credit card.

If you want to learn more about the new laws that were implemented in 2010, I suggest you do a Google search for the «Credit Card Act of 2011.»

In 2010, some new laws were implemented to improve the oversight and regulation of the credit card industry.

Under the new law, for example, interest on a home equity loan used to build an addition to an existing home is typically deductible, while interest on the same loan used to pay personal living expenses, such as credit card debts, is not.

In February, 2010, new consumer credit laws made it more difficult for students to obtain their first credit card.

She acknowledged that credit card issuers have cut credit limits, closed accounts and increased interest rates in anticipation of the new laws.

One portion of the new consumer protection law was aimed at preventing lenders from luring students into applying for credit cards without the ability to repay.

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In the past, credit card companies could make changes with the wind, but new laws have stopped practices such as raising the rate on your card simply because a competitor raised your rate on their card.

In the months leading up to the start of the law, banks have closed inactive credit card accounts, slashed credit limits on some accounts and hiked interest rates on millions of accounts in anticipation of the new law's restrictions.

The new law also severely curtails young adults» ability to open new credit card accounts in their own names.

Currently nine states have laws prohibiting merchants from charging credit card surcharges: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Oklahoma and Texas.

This product, called the NowLine Visa Platinum, allowed consumers to secure their credit card purchases using interest on their home loans — a practice that is not permissible under the law in the state of New York.

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One option they're testing: sky - high interest rates... (more) Discover debuts reform - law compliant credit card terms — Discover is the first of the major credit card issuers to give cardholders details of new terms under credit card law provisions... (more)

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When you borrow money — whether it is in the form of charging purchases on a credit card or a new home mortgage — the law allows your creditors to take certain lawful actions when you fail to make your payments including, but not limited to, reclaiming the items that still have unpaid balances.

Does this new law apply to in - house cards — target cards or BP cards, etc. and not just the big credit card companies?

What is the administration doing to protect the consumer from credit card companies who are increasing the interest rates before the new law goes into effect in 2010?

Most of the questions I'm getting are from people who aren't happy about changes to their credit - card agreements prompted by the new law, and now they want to kick their card and issuer to the curb.

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Credit card interest rates rise ahead of new law — Regulations plus recession make card issuers pull the APR trigger and hike cardholders» rates.

New credit card reform laws have changed this so that the rate can only be increased due to default (and only on the affected account).