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Conference 7.286::dcu

Title:DCU
Notice:1996 BoD Election results in 1004
Moderator:CPEEDY::BRADLEY
Created:Sat Feb 07 1987
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1041
Total number of notes:18759

639.0. "Question: Where are DCU credit card accounts serviced?" by RANGER::KAY () Wed Jan 20 1993 11:38

    Where (in what state) are the DCU VISA accounts held? 
    
    This may seem like an unusual question, but when reading the Boston
    Globe recently, I noticed an article about a recent court decision
    and comments by Massachusetts Attorney General.  Late fees, like
    the $5.00 charged by DCU when a monthly payment is not made by the
    5th of the month, are illegal in Massachusetts...IF the credit card
    is serviced by a Massachusetts institution.  If the credit card
    account is held out of state, the fees are not currently regulated.
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639.1Federal law superceedsESBLAB::KINZELMANPaul dtn223-2605Wed Jan 20 1993 12:193
That question came up and as I recall, the fee is illegal for state
chartered institutions, but DCU is federally chartered and so the
state law does not apply in these cases.
639.2Discover late charges ruled legalSLOAN::HOMThu Jan 21 1993 15:115
This issue recently came up with the Discover card. The courts
ruled that Discover (or Greenwood Trust) could impose a late fee -
regardless of what Mass law.

Gim