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Americans for Financial Reform
Chase is forcing our hand ... Chase is burying credit card terms deep in a user agreement
Peter Burgess
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| Chase is forcing our hand Dear Peter, JPMorgan Chase recently sent its 47 million customers an email. Buried almost 2,000 words into that email were details of how it will begin to take away customers’ legal rights. Chase is putting many of its credit card holders into forced arbitration “ripoff clauses”. The clauses prevent consumers from taking Chase to court, or joining class action lawsuits if the bank harms them or breaks the law. Join us, and demand that Chase get rid of this rip-off clause. Forced arbitration is a secretive, privatized system that takes away an individual’s rights to seek justice when they are cheated, discriminated against or defrauded. This is a battle that’s been won before — Chase did away with forced arbitration ten years ago after intense pressure. We need your help to get Chase to back down again. Even if you are not a Chase customer, we need your help to take a stand because other major corporations are watching and could soon follow suit. Thank you for taking action, Linda Jun, Americans for Financial Reform P.S. If you hold a Chase credit card and are personally affected by this new arbitration clause, you can opt out of it by sending a signed letter before August 7 with your name, account number, address and personal signature to Chase at P.O. Box 15298, Wilmington, DE 19850-5298. Here at Americans for Financial Reform, we work day in and day out to make sure the big banks don't always get the last word – with the press, with regulators, and with legislators. We try to shine a spotlight on key decisions facing the bank oversight agencies and lawmakers, so more people can see what they’re doing and hold them accountable. And we work to build a chorus for reform, to push policymakers in the legislative and executive branches to stand up to Wall Street and adopt and enforce tough new rules. Anything you can do to help -- by signing petitions, donating money to our efforts, or speaking out in any other way -- puts more wind in our sails and makes a real difference. Donate Find us on Facebook and Twitter. Sent by Americans for Financial Reform 1615 L St., NW, Suite 450, Washington, DC 20036 - (202) 466-1885 Sent via ActionNetwork.org. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Americans for Financial Reform, please click here. | |||||||||