Don't miss a credit card payment, or the APR could soar - Los Angeles Times
Even in the best of times, carrying a balance on your credit card is a risky -- and costly -- proposition. These days, it can be downright foolish, at least if there's a chance you might miss a payment or two.
Millions of cardholders have recently received letters from the likes of Citibank, Bank of America Corp., Wells Fargo & Co. and American Express Co. notifying them that their interest rates are going up, in some cases to 30% if a single ...
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It’s maddening when you are forced to pay taxes which are given to banks which gouge you for all they can get out of you. The corporatist ideology of making a profit center out of social problems whether it is health-care, prisons or credit card debt is as immoral as the Mob making a profit center out of drug abuse.