dinsdag 14 oktober 2008

Children + debit cards = bad combination



Lloyds TSB has reached a new low by sending Visa cards which don't require a guardian to under-16s . In the past, children were already able to withdraw cash from ATM's, but now they can also purchase things online without supervision of their parents. Banks use this tricky plan as a new way to get someone hooked and keep them for the rest of their lives. So it shows that banks still haven't learned their lesson from their irresponsible lending on credit cards and compound their problems by encouraging younsters to spend big money on these cards.

Katrien Cooremans

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Lloyds TSB has reached a new low by sending Visa cards which [ that] don't require a guardian to under-16s . In the past, children were already able to withdraw cash from ATM's [ATMs] , but now they can also purchase things online without supervision of their parents. Banks use [better choice of tense: are using] this tricky plan as a new way to get someone [use the word people, because you are using 'them' in the next part of the sentence] hooked and keep them for the rest of their lives. So it shows that banks still haven't learned their lesson [from their irresponsible lending on credit cards] [I would leave this part out, because it is confusing and disrupting to your flow] and compound [are compounding] their problems by encouraging younsters [youngsters] to spend big money on these cards.

Marilyn Michels