With the volatility in the stock and financial markets, word on the street is that credit card companies will look to reduce potential bad debt exposure by reducing credit lines on credit cards. A spokesperson from the American Bankers Association, Carol Kaplan, commented "Banks are cutting their credit limits, they're doing it to everyone."  

 

This means that cardholders will have less credit which they can use toward monthly purchases or for making balance transfers to more attractive interest rates. By law, your credit card issuer must inform you of changes to your account. Therefore, you will want to be on the lookout for changes to your credit report, email notifications and those fine print Terms and Conditions letters that you receive periodically in the mail, but throw away because of all the legal jargon.

If negative changes are made to your credit card account, many banks will still love to have a consumer with good credit / income as a new customer, so remember you still have the option to transfer your business elsewhere; in these times, just wait until you are approved first.