A credit card bubble is brewing but no one wants to talk about it

The government wants to tax credit card transactions abroad but is missing a potentially bigger misuse of the instrument at home—fake rent payments.

23 May, 20238 min
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A credit card bubble is brewing but no one wants to talk about it

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