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Capital One Settles Over Vendors' Missteps

by Jim Zarroli, NPR
July 19, 2012

Capital One Bank will pay $210 million to settle federal charges that it tricked credit card customers into buying costly add-on services like payment protection and credit monitoring. The case is the first enforcement action from the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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  • Morning Edition, July 19, 2012
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