Bankruptcy Laws Make it Harder to “Write-Off” Credit Card Debt

Some of the biggest names in credit card issuers, including Bank of America Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Citigroup Inc and Washington Mutual, spent about $25 million between 2004 and 2005- working to get changes to bankruptcy laws that would help protect their profits when people filed bankruptcy.  They got what they wanted—and it is [...]