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Toronto Star

Line of credit interest rates rising for some
Toronto Star
I'm starting to hear complaints again. To be specific, TD Canada Trust is raising rates on personal lines of credit not secured by collateral. Meanwhile, CIBC is adding a $260 discharge fee for those who close out lines of credit or loans secured by ...

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American Bankers Association weighs in on proposed policy for credit card ...
Lexology (registration)
On January 30, 2012, the American Bankers Association delivered a comment letter to the CFPB in which it expressed strong disagreement with the CFPB's proposed policy statement on “Disclosure of Certain Credit Card Complaint Data“.
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | CFPB Amends Complaint Manual; Banks Will Be ...Linex Legal (press release) (registration)

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Columbus Dispatch

BBB's top 10 complaints again include credit cards and cars, but lawn care and ...
Columbus Dispatch
By Tim Feran Some things pop up every year like clockwork: Complaints about credit-card companies again topped the Better Business Bureau of Central Ohio's list of most often beefed-about business categories. Part of the reason simply has to do with ...

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Financial hardship behind credit complaint
Trading Room
Financial hardship remains the largest basis for complaints to the Credit Ombudsman Service Ltd (COSL). Releasing its annual report on operations on Wednesday, COSL said it had received almost 2000 complaints during 2011, an increase of 72 per cent, ...
Advantedge tops COSL complaints tallyBroker News Australia
Lenders too harsh with hardship cases, rules Credit OmbudsmanBanking Day (registration)

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PPI scandal boosts financial complaints to record level
Scotsman
... in grievances over controversial payment protection insurance in the second half of the year, according to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), which said there was also a sharp rise in Scottish complaints about car insurance and credit cards.



BBC News

'Bristol Pound' currency to boost independent traders
BBC News
A group of independent traders in Bristol are launching their own currency, with the backing of the council and a credit union. The "Bristol Pound" will be printed in notes, and also traded electronically. There are other local currencies in the UK, ...

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Housing Wire

Trades Question CFPB's Credit Card Complaint Proposal
Credit Union Times
Those are among the concerns raised by CUNA and NAFCU in comment letters to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau about the bureau's proposed rule on disclosing information about consumers' complaints against credit card issuers.
ABA questions CFPB's disclosure of credit card complaint dataCredit Newsline
NAFCU's Comments to CFPB on Credit Card Disclosure PolicyCUinsight.com (press release)
Consumer bureau already handling thousands of complaintsThe Hill (blog)
Housing Wire -OMB Watch -TheStreet.com
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ID theft complaints draw wide response
Anniston Star
by Brian Anderson Local and federal authorities Friday were investigating as the numbers of Calhoun County residents reporting cases of credit card fraud rose. Reports this week of residents who had money taken from their credit and debit card accounts ...

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New Complaints Against NCUA Arise in North Carolina CAMEL Dispute
Credit Union Times
... of CAMEL ratings escalated Friday with fresh complaints by the state's top regulator that the NCUA is acting arbitrarily and causing undue financial expense to state-chartered, federally insured credit unions by its new separate exam policy.

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