USA - Roughly one out of every four Americans who hold a credit card — nearly 50 million people — saw their credit limits slashed or accounts involuntarily closed altogether by lenders over the past month, according to a new survey. CompareCards, the Lending Tree site that conducted the survey, was so struck by the high numbers that they ran the survey a second time to be assured of the fallout to cash-strapped consumers hit with staggering unemployment due to the coronavirus crisis. Lenders are reportedly trying to avert losses amid staggering unemployment from the coronavirus crisis.