Meanwhile, the central bank and 11 Chinese commercial banks are setting up a National Bank Card Exchange Center to handle all plastic payments.

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The techniques deployed by the crime ring ran the gamut, from child ID theft to setting up fake stores to process credit card payments.

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Judging how much credit-card firms ought to charge for their services is trickier even than setting the right price for water or energy supplies.

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As part of the push to protect students from being bombarded with card solicitations while they head to class, the law prevents issuers from setting up tables on campus.

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