JPMorgan Chase & Co. Credit Card Complaint

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Credit card department,

Credit determination New Jersey

I applied at a bank on -/-/2016 for a credit card and received an immediate reply dated -/-/2016 that denied me the card. The letter from the bank stated, " Our decision was based on the following specific reasons : Not enough accounts opened long enough to establish a credit history. '' As a matter of fact, my credit history includes ; a mortgage for a home which I repaid without any late payment penalties, a checking/debit account held for about 25 years with - bank and with no overdraft penalties, 14 years of paying rent at the same location without a late payment, and at present I am debt free. None of this history was requested by the bank when the application was made. Instead, there was a supposed reliance upon a third party to provide the information, so that the very attractive credit card product, that was advertised with many perks, would go to someone with a good credit


It appears to me, that this is a way that the bank can deny accountability for their decisions, and thereby skirt the laws regarding the Federal Equal Credit Opportunity Act by using unwarranted barriers and by not making sincere efforts to actually be specific in their response to my application for a credit card. Your kind attention to this would be appreciated. Also, let it be known, that I have now received in the mail, and for the first time, solicitations by another credit card company offering a similar but lesser credit card product. It is questioned, is this a financial form of bait and switch?