Credit card reforms mean mailings to consumers may include big changes

 07.11.2009 06:06   washingtonpost.com

Clear out the holiday catalogues, the Christmas cards and the coupons, and your mailbox may look less than festive. Now that the credit card industry is required to warn you about any changes they're planning, you should be scrutinizing what you think is only junk mail.

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