Student credit cards and much more
In the spring and fall, there were big booths set up outside giving away shirts, mugs, music and cash. On campuses, banks knew they had a marketing gold mine for student credit cards. It was so easy to get a credit card. Everyone I knew who applied for a credit card on campus had one in their hands within a week or two. Yet I knew plenty of people who only paid their minimum balances each month and kept ringing up additional purchases on their cards.