The Department of Defense has turned down a request from financial trade groups and members of Congress to delay implementation of Military Lending Act rules governing credit cards.

As a result, the rules went into effect on Tuesday.

The financial trade groups, including CUNA, NAFCU and banking trade groups, had in June asked that those rules be delayed for one year so the Pentagon could clarify how they would be implemented.

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