The BBC reports on a failure of the Oyster prepaid card system earlier today during the morning rush hour in London. A similar failure occurred two weeks ago.

In an article titled "Credit Cards: How to Protect Your Limits", Carl Winfield writes for Business Week about credit card issuers cutting available credit lines in response to the current economic situation. "Issuers use lower limits to warn consumers they are on the road to financial ruin, says John Hall, a spokesman for the American Bankers Assn."

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