abusive credit card lender

Obama Calls for an End to 'Abusive' Credit Card Lending - ABC News
Apr 23, 2009 . Surrounded by some of the country's top credit card company executives, President Obama today called for an end to "unfair rate increases," .
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=7405406&page=1

Denise Richardson: Lender/Credit Card Practices Archives | Give ...
Mar 11, 2012 . Lender/Credit Card Practices Archive for Give Me Back My Credit by . from Abusive Mortgage Servicing Practices; Please Stop this Madness.
http://www.givemebackmycredit.com/blog/lendercredit-card-practices/

Abusive Credit Card Practices and Bankruptcy: Hearing Before the S ...
Mar 24, 2009 . Hearing: Abusive Credit Card Practices and Bankruptcy. March 24, 2009. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Chairman .
http://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1048&context=cong

PREDATORY LENDING PRACTICES / ABUSIVE LOAN PRACTICES
WHAT IS PREDATORY LENDING, ALSO KNOWN AS ABUSIVE LOAN . and refinancing unsecured debts, such as credit cards or medical costs into the loan.
http://www.infoline.org/InformationLibrary/Documents/Predatory_Lending_Practices.asp

Industry Justifies Higher Rates

CRL - Leadership - Center for Responsible Lending
The Center for responsible lending's staff includes attorneys, researchers, and policy . home loans, payday lending, and abusive checking and credit card fees.
http://www.responsiblelending.org/about-us/leadership/

Highlights of the New Credit Card Rules: What They Do and Don't Do
Jan 26, 2012 . Credit card tricks and traps, coupled with abusive bank overdraft charges . Congress can't pass a law each time abusive lenders come up with .
http://www.responsiblelending.org/credit-cards/policy-legislation/congress/Highlights-of-the-New-Credit-Card-Rules-What-They-Do-and-Don-t-Do.html

Credit Card Company Abuse
Mar 7, 2011 . Some abusive credit card practices include credit card rate hikes, credit card . Once the year is up, lenders must give the cardholder 45 days' .
http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/case/cc_abuse.html

Predatory lending - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There are many lending practices which have been . such as payday loans, credit card late fees, .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predatory_lending

Some Lawmakers Outraged

Credit Card Archive | Issues | NCLC
Credit Cards Policy Briefs, Reports & Press Releases Archive . Credit Card Practices: Eliminate Reckless and Abusive Lending by Credit Card Companies, .
http://www.nclc.org/issues/credit-card-archive.html

person victim stories - Arkansans Against Abusive Payday Lending
I have been taking out payday loans before credit cards. . Abusive payday lenders trapped me in a cycle of debt and harassed me when I was unable to pay .
http://www.stoppaydaypredators.org/Personal%20victim%20stories.html

Elizabeth Warren on the Credit Card Industry : NPR
Mar 27, 2007 . Recently she appeared before the Senate Banking Committee to discuss the abusive lending practices by credit card companies.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9156929

Consumer California : Predatory Lending
Predatory Lending Issues. . of foreclosure, CFC remains strongly supportive of reigning in the abusive and predatory practices of the credit card industry.
http://www.consumercal.org/section.php?id=18

Senators Introduce Legislation Empowering States to Protect ...
Nov 8, 2011 . Bill Would Restore State Role in Limiting Credit Card Interest Rates . the Truth in Lending Act of 1968 to clarify that all consumer lenders—regardless . every other state to protect their citizens against abusive interest rates.” .
http://www.levin.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/senators-introduce-legislation-empowering-states-to-protect-consumers-from-abusive-lending