How credit cards become asset-backed bonds
Whiteboard Securitization
Marketplace
Mortgages aren’t the only financial instruments that get turned into securities. Marketplace Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains how companies make money by buying credit card debt and bundling it.
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