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Credit Card Execs Grilled Over Rate Hikes

Lawmaker threatens legislation to stop sudden increases

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 4, 2007 6:55 PM CST

(Newser) – Lawmakers grilled credit card execs today over the practice of hiking interest rates on customers who pay on time, the AP reports. Senator Carl Levin called it unfair, but Bank of America and Discovery execs said that factors like credit scores also affect rates. "...   Read full story »

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