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Article #171: Why your Credit Card Bill may come from Sioux Falls, South Dakota

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Many people often wonder why it is that credit card issuer. If this is the case,
their credit card bills come to them from while the customer has full legal rights
Sioux Falls in South Dakota. The simple to have the error corrected on his credit
reasoning for this is that South Dakota report, any lender who instituted the
is the home of very liberal laws universal default rate is under no
concerning consumer protections for obligation to return to the normal rate.
credit cards. The state of South Dakota Naturally, this sort of position puts
receives a great deal of revenue from many credit card consumers in a state
it's partner in crime, the credit card akin to anger. Simply put, this is not
industry. Albeit it is certain that the right.
absence of corporate income taxes plays a Over the last few years there have been
huge factor as well. There are many several attempts by concerned congressmen
financial service companies located in to simply have the practice of universal
South Dakota include Great Western Bank, default outlawed. One such congressman
Total Card Inc., BankFirst, Capital Card was Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn. Still, these
Services, HSBC, PREMIER Bankcard, and card companies are also amongst the
Wells Fargo. political party contributors, and seeking
Credit card fees over the years recently meaningful changes such as these in the
have skyrocketed from $2.6 billion in face of subtle corruption has always been
1980 to over $22.5 billion in 2006. The a daunting task. "I've never been able to
thing that has a great number of get a bill passed of any major
consumers and advocates irked is a common significance because they're so big and
practice named "universal so influential," says Dodd.
default""universal default". In this The American Bankers Association, a
scheme when you are late paying any bill, free-trade and professional association
the credit card company will raise your that advocates issues deemed important
rate, sending some rates far higher than by the banking industry in the United
20%. There have been many criticisms of States has systematically been on the
this structure including the concept of front of protecting the practice of
one lender charging a higher price when universal default via it's Political
their customer defaults with another Action Committees which use lobbyists to
lender has been compared to having a work for laws that are advantageous for
cartel, or price fixing structure. A the banking industry.
major concern to many folks is the Credit Cards with Rewards offers a number
possibility that the credit card shown as of interesting articles penned by Sam
being in a state of default may not Donaldson and features many reviews for
simply be so. It very well could be the business credit cards and consumer credit
result of an error on the part of the cards.






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