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CFPB Warns Credit Card Companies Against Deceptively Marketing Promotional Offers
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On September 3, the CFPB warned credit card companies against
deceptively marketing interest-rate promotions, over
concerns about companies luring in consumers with
offers of reduced or zero interest for a specific purchase or
balances transferred from another credit card and then
hitting them with surprise interest charges.
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