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Thief Goes On Spending Spree With Stolen Credit Cards
$7000 In Charged On Credit Cards A thief steals an elderly woman's wallet and charges over seven thousand dollars on her credit cards. Back on July 1st, a 74 year old woman shopping in the Dierberg's grocery store on Salt lick road in St. Peters, had her wallet stolen as she shopped. When she went to pay for her groceries, she noticed her wallet was gone. She immediately contacted her credit ...
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Credit Cards Transfer Money From Poor To Rich Households: Study
What's Your Reaction? Credit cards do more than drain money from your wallet -- they may actually create an "implicit money transfer" from the poor to the rich, according to a new study from the Boston Federal Reserve.
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Do Credit Cards Siphon Money From the Poor to Rich?
A recent study published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston paints a revealing portrait of "reverse wealth distribution" perpetrated by credit card companies. Together, rewards programs (which encourage cardholders to buy frequently to rack up points to get cash back) and merchant fees (a 1-2 percent transaction fee imposed on credit card purchases) combine to create a consumer environment ...
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Police looking for man who charged $7,000 to stolen credit cards
(KMOV) -- Police are looking for a man stole a woman's credit card and charged thousands of dollars to her credit card early in July. The St. Peters Police Department are looking for a man who stole a woman's wallet and charged more than $7,000 on her credit cards just two hours after the theft on July 1. Police said she realized the wallet was missing when she tried to pay for her groceries ...
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Some credit card companies squeeze most responsible customers
Washington Post Friday, July 30, 2010 iStockphoto.com After the recession forced credit card companies to purge their rosters of the riskiest loans, the industry is facing a new dilemma: customers who are too good. Card issuers have long found their bread and butter in penalty fees and high interest rates paid by consumers who carry a balance. But that business model has been upended by the ...
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