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![Secure Credit Cards Coming in 2015 to Prevent Identity Fraud](http://www.how-to-boost-your-fico-score.com/wp-content/themes/arthemia/scripts/timthumb.php?src=/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/secure-credit-cards-coming-in-2015-to-prevent-identity-fraud.jpg&w=150&h=150&zc=1&q=100)
As record numbers of Americans suffer from identity fraud while banks and merchants are getting hacked, the credit-card industry is providing a new security system for the cardholder. Retailers, banks and card companies are moving from magnetic strips on credit and debit cards to a chip and PIN card system, which is used in Europe.
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![Subprime Credit Card Issuer First Premier Bank APR is 79.9%](http://www.how-to-boost-your-fico-score.com/wp-content/themes/arthemia/scripts/timthumb.php?src=/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/subprime-credit-card-issuer-first-premier-bank-apr-is-over-79-percent.jpg&w=150&h=150&zc=1&q=100)
It’s no mistake, this credit card’s interest rate is 79.9 percent. The bloated annual percentage rate is how First Premier Bank, a subprime credit card issuer, is skirting new regulations intended to curb abusive practices in the industry. It’s a strategy other sub-prime card issuers could start adopting to get around the new rules.