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New Credit Card Law Impacts Students
Ed Mierzwinski, Consumer Program Director for USPIRG, is pictured here with President Obama at the signing of the new credit card law.
To read more on how the law impacts college students, Click Here!
Listen to this news conference with U.S. PIRG's Ed Mierzwinski, Harvard
Law Professor Elizabeth Warren and Univ. of Washington student leader
Tim Mensing. Audio stream.
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| Student Credit Card Debt in the News |
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Check out this radio program about students and
campus credit cards (click play to the right). And then read this USA Today article about rising credit card debt along with rising tuition and fees.
Students, fight back against the aggressive marketing of credit cards on campus. Hold a FEESA tabling event on campus today! Check out other events and actions on campus across the country. |
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| Victory on Credit Cards! |
President Obama recently signed into law strong legislation, called the “Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act”, that will halt the most egregious abuses by the credit card industry. This is a big victory for students and all consumers.
Read More! |
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Take Action - Students & Administrators! |
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Tell Your Story - Students & Everyone! |
| Our ability to promote solutions to out of control credit card marketing on campus rests with you. Tell us your story of over the top credit card marketing, terrible credit card terms and conditions, and help us build our case. |
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