President Trump's proposal to cap credit card interest rates at 10% - an idea with bipartisan support - received swift backlash from bank executives.

Republicans on Capitol Hill have lightly thrown cold water on capping credit card interest at 10%.

President Donald Trump noted at the Detroit Economic Club that he's calling to cap credit card rates at 10 percent for a year. But banks are pushing back.

The proposal was a major topic this week during earnings calls.

Trump called for banks to cap credit card interest rates at 10%, an idea that has been roundly rejected by industry executives and their lobbyists this week.

President Trump's proposal to cap credit card interest rates at 10% - an idea with bipartisan support - received swift backlash from bank executives.

The White House has not provided any detail about what will happen to credit card companies that don’t lower card rates.

“I don’t have a specific consequence to outline for you but certainly this is an expectation and frankly a demand that the president has made.”