US Bank doubles interest rate on low-limit card without adequate explanation
Elan Financial and US Bank doubled the monthly interest rate on a $250 limit credit card without providing an adequate explanation or sufficient disclosure to the cardholder. This structural opacity in rate change communications reflects a gap in regulatory disclosure requirements for low-limit card products.
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