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Take Action: Credit Card Companies Must Not Profit From Charitable Donations
Credit card companies continue to reap large profits from people who give to charity. This must stop.
11,639 signatures sent on 8/12. Please continue to support this important cause by signing if you haven't already. Thank you!
Goal: 20,000
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Progress: 14,545
Sponsored by: The Hunger Site
Credit card companies must stop profiting from disaster.
Major credit card companies take a big cut from donations to charitable organizations as "transaction fees." This is money desperately needed by survivors of the earthquake in Haiti, refugees in Darfur displaced by war, and right here at home to feed Americans in need.
Send a strong message to Visa, MasterCard, & other major credit card companies: Every penny of a charitable donation must reach the people who need it most. Sign below!
To Joseph Saunders, CEO of Visa, Inc.; Robert Selander, CEO of MasterCard, Inc.; David Nelms, CEO of Discover Financial; and Kenneth Chenault, CEO of American Express:
I am outraged to discover that for each charitable donation I make with my credit card, your company takes up to 3% for "transaction fees". The $250 million that your companies receive annually through these fees alone are intended for people in need, particularly in times of crisis like the one in Haiti right now.
You have no right to this money. Put 100% of donations back in the hands of the people and groups intended to get it. Waive all fees, for all donations to legally recognized charities, for all time. Listen to your customers — it's time to stop profiting from suffering.
Signed,
Petition Signatures
May 13, 2013
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May 12, 2013
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May 12, 2013
Mary Thomas
May 10, 2013
Diane Kupelian
This is really blood money for credit card companies.
May 9, 2013
richard hall
May 8, 2013
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NO ONE SHOULD PROFIT FROM SUFFERING!!!
May 8, 2013
Yi Zhang
May 7, 2013
Esther Nicholas
greedy to which extent??? have a heart!!!
May 7, 2013
luxcika krishnapillai
May 7, 2013
Sharon Watson
May 6, 2013
Frauke Greil
May 6, 2013
Kim Rodriguez
Let's work together to make sure all of the donations, no matter how small, get to the people in need. Thank you!
May 6, 2013
linda meyers
May 5, 2013
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May 5, 2013
(Name not displayed)
What a shame
May 5, 2013
Candace Faggen
May 5, 2013
Benjamin Bret
May 5, 2013
Damon Liebscher
Stop profiting on money which deserves not to get profit from.
May 5, 2013
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May 5, 2013
Lesley Paine
May 5, 2013
Malory Donoghue
May 5, 2013
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May 5, 2013
Ellen de Jong
May 5, 2013
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May 5, 2013
(Name not displayed)
This is hideous, and you know it.
May 5, 2013
Sharece Willcoxon
May 5, 2013
Dwayne Burkett
omg!cc companies are nothing but greed monsters ..too sad ..
May 5, 2013
Carla Swain
As if you don't make enough of a profit in downright usury interest rates to take from the weakest and neediest just shows how far you've devolved from human compassion. End this theft from charitable funds NOW!
May 5, 2013
Thea Brown
this is despicable, credit card companies/banks make billions of $ profit every year, and the greed is sickening, that they will take money from poverty and disaster stricken people... disgusting!
May 5, 2013
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May 5, 2013
Mae Shurow
May 5, 2013
Edward Medina
May 5, 2013
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May 5, 2013
Nancy Melucci
May 5, 2013
Hannah Maetzener
Please take the transaction fee away from the payments made to charities.
May 5, 2013
Carrie McDonough
May 2, 2013
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May 2, 2013
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May 1, 2013
KATHLEEN OBrien
Apr 30, 2013
Ute Weiss
Pfui!
Apr 28, 2013
John Schumacher
Apr 28, 2013
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Apr 27, 2013
Ursula Conaway
Apr 26, 2013
Theodore Shayne
Apr 26, 2013
Rafael Rodríguez García
Apr 25, 2013
Jayme Archibald
Apr 25, 2013
Ignacio Garcia
Apr 25, 2013
Jim Callison
Apr 25, 2013
Janet Borelli
Apr 25, 2013
john cabala
