Don't know why now. But if you think it's to "protect customers" your very naïve - these are the credit card companies that just want your interest payments and automatically increase your credit limit when you get to 80% of your limit, and then do it again at 90% too! "Having trouble paying back your balance? nearing your sky high limit? Why not BORROW MORE!!!! Go on you know you want to! Don't worry about paying it back!, we'll get it eventually when we reposes your house"I would agree with you, but why now? They've had since it hit 20k to tighten the screws on it, why wait until it's nearly a quarter of its maximum? Just doesn't make much sense other than to stop their credit card holders loosing money they know they won't be able to pay back any time soon?
Creditr cards. Protecting customers from overborrowing since nineteen ninety....er......no...never.