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...The merger would reduce the ranks of the top 10 US credit card companies, leaving fewer options for consumers....
...Capital One and Discover are two of the biggest credit card lenders, behind JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup....
...Discover is a combined credit card payment network and card-issuing bank. It ranks fourth as a network behind the titans Visa, Mastercard and American Express....
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...“So now anyone with a credit card can purchase this data online,” he added....
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...The new policy covers apps offering personal, payday and peer-to-peer loans, but not mortgages, car loans or credit cards....
...Similarly, the marginal but noticeable decline in card spending, which we discussed last week, looks more and more like a false signal of a consumer slowdown....
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