New rules adopted for credit cards

Courtesy Marketplace  Thu, 12/18/2008 - 15:39

Federal regulators have approved new rules to protect consumers from surprise interest rate hikes and fees on their credit cards.

But banks say the rules will hurt card holders, whether they have good credit or bad. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.


 

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