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April 25, 2008

Companion to The Campus Credit Card Trap released

faircreditcards_cover.gifWe've released a companion white paper to our March report, The Campus Credit Card Trap. That report surveyed 1500 college students on their use of and attitude toward credit cards. It also discussed our Truthaboutcredit.org's campus credit card marketing principles. The new white paper, Characteristics of Fair Campus Credit Cards, outlines our view of the "fair" characteristics that credit cards suitable for marketing to students should have. It also reiterates that the cards, with fair fees, terms and conditions, also need to be marketed according to our principles: no free gifts, no sharing of student lists with credit card companies, etc.

Posted by Ed Mierzwinski at April 25, 2008 09:30 AM


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