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Released: August 14, 2010

Your card has been declined, just as you wanted

Source: Ron Lieber, New York Times (Free Registration)

Coming soon: credit and debit cards that cut you off when you disregard your own monthly budget.

In the next couple of days, MasterCard is expected to announce that Citigroup will be the first company in the United States to issue MasterCards with special features intended to protect consumers not only from thieves but also from themselves.

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