Credit card companies generate significant profits through multiple hidden fees beyond interest, including late fees (costing American families over $14 billion annually), annual fees, balance transfer fees, cash advance fees, and penalty rates; in 2024, the CFPB finalized a rule to reduce typical late fees from approximately $32 to $8 for large issuers, though this faced legal and political opposition from companies that profit from these fee structures.
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Interest is not the only way banks profit. There are also late fees, annual fees, balance transfer fees, cash advance fees, and penalty rates. The CFPB has said credit card late fees cost American families more than $14 billion a year, and in 2024, it finalized a rule intended to reduce typical late fees from around $32 to $8 for large issuers.
That rule has faced legal and political fights because, shockingly, companies do not love it when someone touches a fee machine. But, the larger point is simple.
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