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Credit cards – Luxury Memo special report

February 20, 2019

The Starwood Luxury card. Image credit: American Express

 

By Joe McCarthy

Even as banking options diversity, brand loyalty fades and new payment options emerge, credit card ownership and usage has remained strong over the past decade.

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