Article: Five Largest Visa and MasterCard Issuers Had Mediocre Scores in Consumer Reports' Latest Credit Card Ratings

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Cards from credit unions among highest rated,

popular cards American Express and Discover score well

YONKERS, N.Y., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --- The nations five largest MasterCard and Visa issuers --- JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citibank, Capital One, and HSBC, which control about 80 percent of the market --- earned so-so scores in Consumer Reports latest ratings of credit cards.

The survey, conducted by Consumer Reports National Research Center, covered 36,298 readers experiences with 61,944 cards. ...

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