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Professor Priya Raghubir offers advice to consumers who are considering applying for credit cards advertising “no late fees ever"

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Excerpt from WalletHub -- "A 2% incentive on purchase versus a 1% on purchase and 1% on payment has differential implications for credit risk (the likelihood that customers may not be able to repay the amount they borrowed and the credit balance will go into default.) With an incentive to pay off credit card balances, the credit card company walks a tight rope between encouraging a credit card balance (on which it will charge interest, and so, make money), and taking on a potentially delinquent asset which will need the services of a debt collector, and, may, only result in partial repayment, if any."

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