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- <text id=89TT2210>
- <title>
- Aug. 28, 1989: Business Notes:Credit Cards
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- Aug. 28, 1989 World War II:50th Anniversary
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- BUSINESS, Page 57
- Business Notes
- CREDIT CARDS
- Now They'll Need Wallets
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- <p> Aw, man, my credit card's maxed out, and I really wanted
- that Nintendo game." Such plaints may soon come from the mouths
- of adolescents. Denver's Young Americans Bank, which caters to
- youths, will start issuing a kids-only MasterCard this week to
- patrons who are at least twelve years old and can persuade an
- adult to co-sign. Cardholders will pay a membership fee of $15
- and an 18.8% finance charge on unpaid balances, but the
- Kidcard's $100 credit limit seems to rule out wild shopping
- sprees. "This way, they build their own credit history," says
- bank vice president Cindy Culkin. "If they don't make the
- payments, they've blown it by themselves."
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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