Credit card apps hide payment due dates, manufacturing late fees
Major banks deliberately remove or obscure payment due dates from their mobile apps, exploiting the gap between when consumers check balances and when payments are due. Customers who rely on the app as their primary interface have no reliable in-app reminder of the deadline. This is a pattern of intentional friction designed to generate late fee revenue at consumers' expense.
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