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AmEx Jumps 1 Million Customer Credit Rates
News // February 26, 2015

American Express is raising interest rates for more than a million of its credit-card customers, with an average increase of 2.5 percentage points, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday (Feb. 25). The rate hike, which is the first general increase by AmEx in more than five...

Credit Card Fees Are Up, But Then So Are Rewards
Cool // April 14, 2014

Credit card interest rates are on the rise, but so are the rewards issuers are offering cardholders. In fact, a lot of the terms today heavily favor cardholders. But don’t expect consumers to turn to credit card cash-advances any time soon. Those fees are way...

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AmEx Jumps 1 Million Customer Credit Rates

February 26, 2015
American Express is raising interest rates for more than a million of its credit-card customers, with an average increase of 2.5 percentage points, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday (Feb. 25). The rate hike, which is the first general increase by AmEx in more than five years, surfaced after the company sent letters telling many cardholders […]