Debt Equals Income, According To Credit Card Issuers
Monday, January 31st, 2011When congress passed the Credit Card Reform Act of 2009, they intended it to change how credit card companies operated. The Credit Card Act has made some fundamental changes to how companies operate. Not all aspects of the business have changed, though. Student loan debt, though, is evidently considered income to credit card companies. This could help them stop living from pay check to pay check off pay day loans.
What numerous claim student loans versus credit cards is
June 2010 was when student loan debt passed credit card debt. This was the very first time this has ever happened. Even though student loans are deferred until a student leaves the school, student loans are considered debt. Taxes don’t count student loans as income. Other financial products define them this way too. For many credit card applications, though, student loans may really count as “income” to be used to pay back the credit card. Everywhere from Reno, Nevada, to Irving, Texas you will find credit card companies advertising on campuses. This is the case for these companies.
Student credit troubles
Student credit cards were one product specifically targeted by the Credit Card Act of 2009. Credit cards could be a particularly damaging form of short-term credit, because interest and fees for paying late can build up easily. Credit card companies were accused of targeting students with credit card offers, offering high-limit cards that were essentially unsecured loans with no credit check. There would be college graduates with a ton of credit card debt. Often there would be more of this than there would be of student loan debt even.
The student credit card
Many new credit card regulations make an effort to limit the amount of debt a person can take on. Students can contain just about anything as income on a credit card application — such as the income of other people that live in their household. There nothing specific within the law that says whether student loans could be considered income to apply for more credit. In the rules of good financial management, though, using debt to apply for more long-term credit doesn’t add up to a way to enhance your financial situation.
Articles cited
Daily Finance
dailyfinance.com/story/investing-basics/students-loans-as-income-to-get-credit-cards/19797162/
The Guardian
theguardianonline.com/2011/01/11/student-loan-debt-surpasses-credit-card-debt-for-first-time/









