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open-end credit - a consumer credit line that can be used up to a certain limit or paid down at any time

consumer credit - a line of credit extended for personal or household use

charge account, credit account, open account - credit extended by a business to a customer

charge card, charge plate, credit card, plastic - a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered; "do you take plastic?"

debit card - a card (usually plastic) that enables the holder to withdraw money or to have the cost of purchases charged directly to the holder's bank account

smart card - a plastic card containing a microprocessor that enables the holder to perform operations requiring data that is stored in the microprocessor; typically used to perform financial transactions

check overdraft credit, overdraft credit - credit provided by a bank in honoring a customer's overdrafts

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In 2017, the predatory lending unit took aim at an open-end credit plan lender, Allied Title, doing business at 23 offices as "Allied Cash Advance." In a civil lawsuit, state lawyers accused the company of making illegal, unlicensed loans at 273.75 percent annual interest.

Circuits split on lenders' loophole

In the case of consumer loans, banks generally follow a uniform charge-off policy set by the banks' regulators: open-end credit (such as a home equity line of credit) is written off at 180 days delinquency, and closed-end credit (such as an auto loan) is written off at 120 days delinquency.

Regional bank health: trends in net charge-Offs

closed-end extension of credit that does not meet the definition of open-end credit as an open-end plan.

The qualified mortgage: a qualified debate: there are many unanswered questions about the new Qualified Mortgage rule

Oklahoma--Oklahoma's Consumer Credit Code (Title 14A, Section 2-211) says that "no seller in any sales transaction may impose a surcharge on a cardholder who elects an open-end credit card or debit card account instead of paying by cash, check or similar means"

Confusion for B2B sellers in wake of credit card surcharging rule changes

22, 2010, implement parts of the Credit CARD Act passed last May, but don't read too much into that title: Certain advertising provisions in the rule affect all types of consumer open-end credit plans, not just credit cards.

Can a 'fixed rate' not really be fixed?

considered to be finance charges, be disclosed for open-end credit

The pending credit card debt meltdown: what's happening in your wallet?

The amendments principally deal with open-end credit accounts and require new disclosures on periodic statements and on credit card applications and solicitations.

Request for comment on Regulation Z

In part one of this series (September 2004), we reviewed open-end credit and direct closed end credit.

ByLaw: understanding financing--part two

[NEW!] Finally, to prevent creditors from evading HOEPA requirements, which cover only closed-end loans, creditors are prohibited from wrongfully structuring a home-secured loan as an open-end credit.

Changes to regulation Z expand loans subject to HOEPA