Synchrony Financial charges excessive interest rates on credit accounts
Synchrony Financial customers report being charged excessive interest rates that were not clearly communicated at account opening. This structural pattern of predatory interest rate practices disproportionately affects subprime credit holders who have fewer alternatives.
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