[Infowarrior] - U.S. credit card agreements unreadable to 4 out of 5 adults

[Richard Forno]

U.S. credit card agreements unreadable to 4 out of 5 adults

Contracts written at a reading level most can't understand

By Connie Prater


Wonder why you can't seem to make it through your credit card agreement? It's heavy reading: A CreditCards.com analysis found that the average U.S. credit card agreement is written on a 12th grade reading level, three grades above the average American's reading level.

Credit card agreements are written on average at a 12th grade reading level, making them not understandable to four out of five adults, according to a CreditCards.com analysis of all the agreements offered by major card issuers in the United States.

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