Credit card companies find new ways to hike fees

It's no secret that people use credit cards to pay from everything from gas to groceries - but doing this could be costing you a lot more than you ever expected.

Credit card companies don't need a whole lot of reasons to raise your rates. The latest one is something called universal default.

The universal default allows credit companies to make adjustments to your account based on your performance with other lenders.

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