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UI, ISU market credit cards - Burlington Hawk Eye (new window)
2007-09-24
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University Data Deals Shroud Money - Des Moines Register (new window)
2007-09-24
Last year, representatives of Bank of America sat down to negotiate a deal that would guarantee the company access to the home addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of University of Iowa students and parents.
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2007-09-23
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2007-09-23
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2007-09-23
Iowa's two largest public universities are aggressively marketing credit cards to their students as part of an arrangement that generates millions of dollars for the schools' privately run alumni organizations.
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Iowa universities market, benefit from school credit cards - Mason City Globe Gazette (new window)
2007-09-23
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Students Should Research Before Signing Up for Credit Cards - Illinois State University Daily Vidette (new window)
2007-09-17
Students should think twice and do some research before signing up for a credit card at an on-campus booth.
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Editorial: The College Credit Scam - New York Times (new window)
2007-08-27
This editorial scores practice by credit card industry of targeting college students, who are naive in money matters and especially vulnerable to credit card offers that are too good to be true; says colleges that allow credit card companies to solicit on campus should scrutinize offers and calls upon Congress to tighten federal supervision over credit card industry while improving disclosure laws and outlawing deceptive practices.
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Getting Carded at College - Denver Post (new window)
2007-08-23
They remember their first love, their first car and, if financial institutions have it right, their first credit card.
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Goverment Control for Credit Cards? - ABC News - Money Matters (new window)
2007-08-20
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Credit Card Overhauls Seem Likely - The New York Times (new window)
2007-05-20
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Your Losing Hand - Washington Post (new window)
2005-08-20
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Aggressive Fed Rules Challenge Credit Cards - Washington Post (new window)
2005-02-20
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Majoring in Plastic - Washington Post (new window)
2004-12-20
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Don't Let Freebies Fool You - The Badger Herald, WI (new window)
2004-09-20
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Are Consumers Banking on Congress? - Christian Broadcasting Network, VA (new window)
2004-08-20
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2004-08-20
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National study blasts credit corps' marketing strategies - The Daily Free Press, Boston University (new window)
2004-07-20
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Credit Card 101 - The Frederick News-Post (new window)
2004-07-20
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College credit draws interest - Lawrence Journal World, KS (new window)
2004-07-20
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Card solicitation limits supported - The University of Alabama Crimson White, AL (new window)
2004-07-20
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Credit card debt rise among college students - Portland Press Herald, ME (new window)
2004-07-20
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College Students: Curb Campus Credit Cards - News10.net, CA (new window)
2004-04-20
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Fighting Against "Campus Credit Card Trap" - Wisconsin Radio Network (new window)
2004-04-20
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Limit credit lure, colleges urged - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI (new window)
2004-04-20
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Students address credit cards - KDRV, OR (new window)
2004-04-20
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Students trapped by credit terms - Youngstown Vindicator, OH (new window)
2004-04-20
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Beating the Campus Credit Card Trap - www.creditbloggers.com (new window)
2004-03-20
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Banks work harder to hook college kids on credit cards - Cherry Hill Courier Post (new window)
2004-03-20
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2004-03-20
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