Richard Thaler Quotes About Credit Cards

Quotes about: Credit Cards

• Credit cards have been extremely profitable to banks. They're profitable not from the fees they collect from the retailers that use the credit cards, that pays the bills, but the real profits come from the interest payments and the charges to users that are unexpected.

  Richard Thaler

  Real, Use, Credit

  Source: bigthink.com

• Is there a market for somebody selling a credit card that helps people pay down their balances? I think the question is yes. But it would have to be sold by a bank that's really willing to invest in being a trusted partner with its consumers, because they will make less money on each consumer.

  Richard Thaler

  Thinking, People, Balance

  "Big Think Interview With Richard Thaler". bigthink.com. June 19, 2009.

• If rather than setting the minimum balance as the lowest possible amount, so we keep people in debt for as long as possible, we raise the minimum payment and encourage people to pay off their credit cards, we're going to make less money, but we're going to have costumers that are more solvent.

  Richard Thaler

  Long, People, Balance

  "Big Think Interview With Richard Thaler". bigthink.com. June 19, 2009.

• he card companies will often, as a courtesy, honor that credit card, but hit you with a penalty. And you keep swiping your card for $3 at Starbucks for your latté, and you're getting hit with a $25 penalty because it's over your credit limit.

  Richard Thaler

  Over You, Honor, Cards

  Source: bigthink.com

• Maybe you'll take the cash out. So a credit card company or a bank that goes into the business of saying we're going to be the broker, we're going to sell you a mortgage that you're going to be able to pay off, we're going to help you reduce your credit card debt, we're going to help you save for retirement, we're going to put you into mutual funds that have low fees rather than high fees.

  Richard Thaler

  Retirement, Credit, Debt

  Source: bigthink.com

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