Credit cards companies ditching customers, raising fears
Has a business ever offered you money to just go away? If you’re an American Express customer, you may know what we’re talking about. Credit card companies are ditching their customers?offering them cash to take a hike. Will they follow on the heels of mortgage companies and be the next to go under? The Takeaway talks to Christian Weller, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and an associate professor of public policy at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
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