The rule capping credit history card late service fees at $8 is on hold — here’s what it means for you

The rule capping credit history card late service fees at is on hold — here’s what it means for you

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The U.S. banking sector gained a key victory in its effort and hard work to block the implementation of a Consumer Monetary Security Bureau rule that would’ve substantially constrained the fees that credit history card firms can demand for late payment.
A federal courtroom on late Friday accepted the industry’s past-minute legal work to pause the implementation of a regulation that was announced in March and set to go into outcome on Tuesday.
In his get, Choose Mark Pittman of the Northern District of Texas sided with plaintiffs like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in their fit against the CFPB.

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