Summary:
The OFT in the UK have instructed credit card providers in the UK to reduce late payment and similar charges by up to 50%. Once applied this will apply to other lending in the UK and may well result in fee reductions worldwide.
In the UK the 8 largest credit card providers have been ordered to reduce their charges, for default and late payment, by between 40 and 50%. The current late payment charge by most major issuers is between