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Lawmakers take aim at credit card interest rates, fees as cardholder debt tops $1 trillion

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Total credit card debt topped $1 trillion in the second quarter of 2023 for the first time ever. The average interest rate for all cardholders jumped to more than 21% in August, the highest on record, according to Federal Reserve data. There are 70 million more credit card accounts open now than in 2019, it said. and Rep. “Why