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A lot of their fees are redistributed from the poor who struggle with credit card debt to the well off who play the credit card points/rewards game.


The actual lender for a CC is not Visa, it's the associated bank that's backing the CC. So the redistribution of wealth is occurring on the banks books not Visa's.


You may be right, but where does all their revenue go then? They can offer their service profitably for 0.1% fees, their fees are often 2-3%.




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