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Commonly known as the Credit Card Act of 2009, its official title is the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009, the Act is to be phased in three phase with the first going into effect today. This Act was established to protect consumers from the credit card issuers’ practices of increasing rates and fees.

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A new set of rules have been signed into law which will restrict some of the more predatory practices of credit card issuers. Under these rules, credit card issuers will no longer be able to raise interest on existing credit card balances without justification. Cardholders will need to be 60 days behind on a payment before issuers can increase rates on existing balances and credit card issuers will be required to restore previous rates if a cardholder pays the minimum payment on time for six months.

As if the burden of student loans are not enough the credit card marketing during school year and class registration has become another major issue for the would be and current student. Now that is set to change in Connecticut as the governor signs a bill regulating credit card marketing to college students.

A network of fraudsters stealing credit cards from the UK was uncovered by an investigative News team of BBC recently.

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The FTC, through its claims administrator, mailed more than 400,000 checks totaling over $12 million on Friday, June 12, 2009, to consumers identified as victims of an illegal credit card billing scam operated by J.K. Publications and other defendants.

Business credit card fraud is a prevalent problem that has cost companies millions of dollars each year. There have been many reported incidents when fraudsters were able to steal private financial information from companies. One of their common strategies is getting into business credit card accounts and using them for fraudulent transactions.

Recent credit card reform by the U.S. administration leaves many open questions for the owners of small businesses that are the backbones of the U.S. economy. How to go about best business cards or to choose the optimal solution for business credit cards. It takes more than one answer.

The new law on credit card reforms signed by President Barack Obama will among other things prohibit credit card companies from issuing cards to young people in college under 21 if they cannot prove they have the means to repay the debt or if a parent or guardian does not co-sign for the credit.

US President Barack Obama is resolute in getting a credit-card law out soon. The law among other things would prohibit hidden fee increases and delayed fee charges that contribute to consumer. Obama has therefore called on credit card companies that are willing to act responsibly to cooperate with his administration in this matter. President Obama made his intentions known when he met with CEOs of leading credit-card companies on Friday 21st of May.