Credit Card Help Center: Resources
Places to file compaints at. Books for further information.
Credit Card Franchising Organizations
- MasterCard International
888 Seventh Avenue,
New York, NY 10106 - Visa USA, Inc.
P.O. Box 8999,
San Francisco, CA 94128
Consumer Groups
- U.S. PIRG (Public Interest Research Groups)
218 D Street SE,
Washington DC 20003
Phone: 202-546-9797
Email: uspirg@pirg.org - California PIRG (Public Interest Research Groups)
11965 Venice Blvd., Suite 408
Los Angeles, CA 90066
Phone: 310-397-3404 - Consumer Action
116 Montgomery St., Suite 233,
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: 415-777-9635 - Privacy Rights Clearing House
1717 Ketter Ave., Suite 105,
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: 619-298-3396
Federal Agencies
- Office of Thrift Supervision
Division of Consumer Affairs
1700 G Street NW,
Washington DC 20552
Phone: 202-906-6237, 800-842-6929 - Federal Reserve Board
Division of Consumer and Community Affairs
20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington DC 20551
Phone: 202-452-3693 - Federal Trade Commission
Division of Credit Practices
Washington DC 20580
Phone: 202-326-3128, 202-326-3761 - National Credit Union Administration
Public and Congressional Affairs
1775 Duke Street,
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703-518-6330
Books
- Your Bank is Ripping You Off!
by Edward Mrkvicka, 1999 - Credit Card Nation: The Consequences of America's Addiction to Credit
by Robert D. Manning, 2001 - Talk Your Way Out of Credit Card Debt!: Phone Calls to Banks That Saved More Than $43,000 in Interest Charges and Fees
by Scott Bilker, 2003 - Credit Card Debt: Reduce Your Financial Burden In Three Easy Steps
by Alexander Daskaloff, 1999
Periodicles
- Consumer Action News
116 Montgomery St., Suite 233,
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: 415-777-9635 - Consumer Credit and Truth-in-Lending Compliance Report
210 South St.,
Boston, MA 02111 - Credit Card Management
11 Penn Plaza, 17th Floor,
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 800-535-8403 - NCLC Reports, National Consumer Law Center
18 Tremont St.,
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: 617-523-8010 - Nilsen Report
300 Esplanade Dr., Suite 1790
Oxnard, CA 93030
Phone: 805-983-0448 - Privacy Journal
P.O. Box: 28577,
Providence, RI 02908
Phone: 401-274-7861
Magazines
- Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine
Published monthly - Money Magazine
Published monthly