Defend Your Dollars is the website of the Consumers Union Financial Services Campaign, where we support reforms to the financial marketplace to curb bad practices by banks and lenders.
Consumers Union, and other consumer groups, have been calling for credit-card reform for years. This GAO report confirms the need for simplified pricing that consumers can better understand, and the importance of stopping abusive credit-card pricing practices.
Here's a link to a recent MSNBC article, along with a link to the GAO report and a podcast of an interview with Gail Hillebrand, Senior Attorney and Campaign Manager for Financial Privacy Now.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15292149/">
To read the GAO Report, click here:
To urge Congress to shape up the credit-card industry, take action at www.YourWallet.org.
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