How do credit card companies get away with issuing cards to people who have no jobs or reliable income when it is more than likely a bad risk?

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Credit issuers at all levels of the financial industry each establish their own underwriting (lending) guidelines and requirements. These vary a tremendous amount from company to company and even from product to product within a company.

Only a specific credit issuer could answer such a question.

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