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Article: United States: Advanta agrees to refund customers up to $35M in FDIC agreements.
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- TendersInfo
- Article date:
- July 4, 2009
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Byline: babalu03
Advanta Corp, the small business credit card lender that recently shut down its accounts for future use, has entered into two agreements with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., including one involving alleged unsafe or unsound practices that requires it to refund up to $35 million to customers.
That agreement addresses charges that the Spring House, Pa.-based company violated federal trade laws through its pricing strategies on business credit cards, and in its marketing of cash-back rewards on the cards.
Advanta said it did not admit wrongdoing and that it entered the agreements in the interest of expediency and to avoid ...