Providian

Nocera wrote about Andrew Kahr, who got Household Finance in the credit card business and was the founder of First Deposit Corporation (which became better known as Providian).

Don McNay: Today Is the Day to Cut Up Your Credit Cards (VIDEO) 2010

Nocera wrote about Andrew Kahr, who got Household Finance in the credit card business and was the founder of First Deposit Corporation (which became better known as Providian).

Don McNay: Today Is the Day to Cut Up Your Credit Cards (VIDEO) 2010

Finance in the credit card business and was the founder of First Deposit Corporation (which became better known as Providian).

Don McNay: Today Is the Day to Cut Up Your Credit Cards 2009

We have learned that Mr. Thompson served on the board of a credit-card company known as Providian that was forced to pay more than $400 million to settle consumer and securities fraud allegations.

CNN Transcript Jul 14, 2002 2002

Now, at issue: A story that was disclosed on Saturday that Thompson served on the board of a company called Providian, a credit card company that was forced to pay more than $400 million to settle allegations of consumer and securities fraud.

CNN Transcript Jul 14, 2002 2002

Some questions being raised though, after it was learned that Thompson served on the board of this credit card company called Providian that was forced pay more than $400 million to settle allegations of consumer and securities fraud.

CNN Transcript Jul 14, 2002 2002

This smacks of a previous bank called Providian (also dba in SLC) for which I find no listing as of today's date.

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Of course once they were mired in debt, Providian lowered the boom with higher interest and a panoply of special charges.

TV rarely tackles a topic that pays its bills: Misleading credit card ads 2010

In lending to the kinds of high-risk customers Providian specialized in, Kahr wrote, the "problem is to squeeze out enough revenue and get customers to sit still for the squeeze."

William K. Black: Lenders Put the Lies in Liar's Loans, Part 2 William K. Black 2010

The government alleged that Providian engaged in widespread deception in order to enrich itself at its 'customers' expense.

William K. Black: Lenders Put the Lies in Liar's Loans, Part 2 William K. Black 2010