Andrew M. Cuomo, New York’s attorney general and the Democratic candidate for governor, announced on Tuesday that he had reached an agreement with the State University of New York to follow a set of practices that seek to protect college students from “falling victim to problematic credit-card-marketing practices.” Last week, Mr. Cuomo said he was undertaking a statewide investigation into “deceptive credit-card-marketing practices that target college students” and had asked every college in the state to provide information about any exclusive contracts they have with credit- and debit-card companies.
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One Response to SUNY Agrees to Plan to Protect Students From Deceptive Credit-Card Marketing
crunchycon - September 8, 2010 at 11:51 am
A few years ago, Illinois banned the credit card application cards from the university bookstore bags and banned give-aways on campus, such as free t-shirts, gift cards, etc., given for applying for credit cards. That doesn’t mean the non-university bookstores don’t still put the credit card application cards in their bags…