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Credit card companies should help customers through credit crunch

Mon, 12 May 2008 07:00:00

Credit card customers could be among the forgotten casualties of the credit crunch according to Fo...

Abbey launches new fee free Zero credit card

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:14:00

Abbey's new Zero credit card charges no fees for balance transfers, foreign exchange or cash advan...

Saga launches fair credit card

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:00:00

Saga has launched a new credit card which it claims to be one of the fairest on the market because...

Credit card application knock backs on the rise

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:33:00

Credit card companies are rejecting 18,000 applications every day as they continue to tighten up o...

Credit card default charges to be reduced after action from OFT

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:25:00

The amount that credit card and store card customers are charged when they default on a payment is...

Credit card customers hit a plastic wall

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:07:00

Credit cards are becoming increasingly hard for consumers to get their hands on and are costing mo...

Credit card choice more important as pound weakens

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:18:00

The ever weakening pound, which fell to a near all-time low against the euro yesterday, is making ...

Credit card providers cut spending limits by 3.1 billion pounds

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:21:00

In order to curb the amount of credit they are dishing out while the credit crunch rages on, credi...

Britons transfer 1 1 billion pounds in credit card balances a month

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:50:00

As much as ??1.1 billion is being transferred from credit card to credit card each month in the UK.

Brits favour credit cards over cash

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:47:00

When it comes to paying for their everyday purchases, Britons are more likely to use their plastic...

Credit card charges add up over the Easter holidays

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:25:00

New research from Moneysupermarket.com shows that over four million Britons will embark on a Europ...

More than half of credit card customers pay zero interest Fairinvestment co uk has found

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:34:00

More than half of credit card customers pay off their credit card balance in full each month, ther...

Debit and credit card charity is growing, says APACS

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:35:00

People donated more than ??1 billion to charity using debit and credit cards in 2007 according to U...

Debit and credit card fraud abroad drives 25 per cent rise in losses

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:29:00

Debit and credit card fraud has been pushed up 25 per cent following a two year fall in losses as ...

3.2 million Britons contend with five or more credit cards

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:50:00

More than 3 million Britons own five or more credit cards, despite Britain's current financial sta...

Charity credit cards not so charitable

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:26:00

Charity credit cards are a good idea in theory but are not as charitable as consumers might think,...

Resurrection of the fee free credit card balance transfer

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:55:00

The once-extinct fee-free credit card balance transfer is seeing a resurgence, as several credit c...

Credit card spending down in the bleak mid winter of the credit crunch

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:00:00

Credit card balances usually skyrocket in January, with big spenders seeing the effects of their C...

Plastic fantastic Record 32 billion spent on credit cards and debit cards in December

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:41:00

Britons put Christmas on the plastic in 2007, with a record amount of ??32 billion spent on credit ...

Credit card swindle means customers pay off most expensive debt last

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:30:00

According to moneysupermarket.com, credit card customers are being taken for a ride as many provid...

Credit card holders pay a high price for not comparing deals, says OFT

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:08:00

A new credit cards comparison report shows that 68 per cent of UK consumers who have taken out a n...

Cooperative Bank are Friends of the Earth with new Affinity credit card

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:59:00

The Co-operative bank is further securing its position and one of Britain's best-known ethical ban...

Credit card firms pick up 61million in fees thanks to missed payments

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:58:00

More than 5 million people have missed monthly credit card payments in the past six months, accord...

Consumers wise up to debt by switching credit cards

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:27:00

Nearly 2.6 million credit card us...

Brits to move ??9billion onto new credit cards

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:00:00

More than three million people are planning to switch an average balance of ??2,666 onto new credit...

EU orders Mastercard to slash 'consumption-tax' charges

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:00:00

Mastercard is to scrap its cross-border fee payments in Europe after a new ruling from the Europea...

Online Christmas spending hits record high; but are we making the most of our credit cards?

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:39:00

Britain faces another Christmas on credit as UK shoppers prepare to spend an incredible ??2.1 billi...

Christmas jet-setters urged to look out for crafty credit card charges

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:51:00

Credit card customers travelling abroad over the festive season are being warned to read the small...

Store card shocker for shoppers paying over the odds in interest

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:56:00

Christmas spending on store cards is costing UK consumers a staggering ??2.8 billion in interest ??? ...

Britain's love of credit cards goes off the scale

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:30:00

The amount of credit available to people in Britain has reached almost ??177 billion, sparking debt...

ID fraud fears continue to grow

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00

UK consumers' fears are mounting over the growing risk of identity fraud according to the latest r...

Lapse attitudes to spending and debt means 4.4million are still paying for last Christmas

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:41:00

The latest research from MoneyExpert.com shows that more than 4.4 million credit card customers st...

RBS responds to "credit card hangover" accusations

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:54:00

The Royal Bank of Scotland has responded to a report in The Telegraph which states it has slashed ...

Today's the day for online Christmas shopping with internet sales to double in December

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:00:00

Experts are predicting that today could be the busiest day of the year for online shopping as Chri...

Credit crunch hits Christmas spending as cutbacks are made for the sake of friends and family

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:12:00

According to studies by Lloyds TSB Mortgages and Engage Mutual, the credit crunch crisis will affe...

Credit card holders fritter away ??3 billion a year in unnecessary interest payments

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:30:00

Saving for a rainy day is costing consumers unnecessary interest payments on their credit cards wh...

Battle of the sexes: men set to out shop women this Christmas

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:54:00

Men will be outspending their female counterparts this Christmas yet UK's female shoppers are beco...

All I want for Christmas is a credit card: Credit crunch expected to curb festive spending

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:49:00

Consumers will suffer at the hands of the credit crisis this Christmas, as the credit crunch makes...

UK economy will suffer ??2bn loss as McClaren's England team exits Euro 2008

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:14:00

England's economy is likely to suffer losses of around ??2 billion after the England football team ...

Shopping-savvy Saga generation living the high life

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:00:00

The rate of spending among the over 65s is rising faster than any other demographic group accordin...

uSwitch rejects sneaky credit card cheques

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:56:00

A new report from uSwitch indicates that a 2006 Department of Trade and Industry investigation int...

Credit card companies slash lending limits

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:44:00

Credit card firms are tightening the screws on the amount of credit being offered to their custome...

Santa's sack may be smaller this Christmas as high street sales fall

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:05:00

Cracks in the UK economy following the Northern Rock fiasco may be beginning to widen as high stre...

Charity credit cards can help children in need

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:35:00

Today is Children In Need, and while it is one of the nation's biggest days of giving, there are s...

Christmas on credit could save debt-ridden consumers

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:54:00

The nation's debt has hit an average of ??1,000 per household - more than triple the level of four ...

Credit card companies should do more to keep existing customers

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:30:00

Credit companies are not rewarding customers enough for continuing to use their services according...

Christmas turns to 'Stressmas' as consumers battle interest rates

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:29:00

Britain's personal debt is increasing by ??1 million every four minutes sparking fears that consume...

Christmas debt threat for credit card users as crunch hits home

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:21:00

Millions of Britons face a Christmas on credit as spending on plastic cards hits an all time high ...

House of Lords upholds controversial credit card rule and fees rise

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:55:00

A landmark ruling from the House of Lords will ensure that credit card companies protect goods pur...

Fears for the high street, while debt rockets

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:09:00

Despite forecasts of a UK high street slowdown, consumer spending has continued to rise and debt a...

Balance transfer offers boost credit card switching

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00

According to new research from Abbey Credit Cards, approximately 6.5 million people in the UK will...

One million people pay mortgages or rent with their credit cards

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00

More than one million people in the UK have paid their mortgage repayments or rent by using a cred...

Fair Investment launches new credit card comparison service

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00

Consumers can now compare credit cards from around 60 providers using more than 15 different searc...

Cheapest debt paid off first by three quarters of credit cards

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:00:00

The 'order of payment' rules enforced by credit card providers mean that three quarters of credit ...

Consumers urged to be cautious when borrowing

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:30:00

People ought to consider the amount of money they can afford to borrow when taking out credit card...

Credit card companies appeal against foreign purchases ruling

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00

A number of banks, led by Lloyds TSB, are appealing against a law which states that UK credit card...

Borrowers could die before paying off debt

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00

The UK debt crisis is reaching new heights after it was revealed that the extent of some people's ...

Card fraud abroad increases following UK card protection clampdown

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00

Foreign card fraud has doubled as efforts in the UK to prevent fraudsters getting away with millio...

APACS launches credit card advice guides for young people

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00

Two new consumer advice guides aimed at helping young people make an informed choice when it comes...

Credit cardholders look to consolidate, says Abbey

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:00:00

New research has revealed that a significant number of people are looking to reduce the number of ...

Moneysupermarket.com: Earn ??7.2 billion from credit cards without working for it

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:00

UK credit card owners could benefit from a ??7.2 billion windfall without much effort at all, accor...

Crackdown on credit from high street banks

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00

A number of banks have responded to the 'credit crunch' by lowering credit card limits and even de...

Pre-paid cards 'offer convenience'

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:30:00

Popular in the US, pre-paid cards will soon be launched in the UK offering consumers greater conve...

Charity credit card customers donate million of pounds to good causes

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:00:00

Customers that choose a charity credit card over other options have raised millions of pounds for ...

Credit card firms continue to raise balance transfer fees warns MoneyExpert.com

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00

The average balance transfer fee has increased 0.5% to 2.67% in just one year according to analysi...

Citizens Advice: debt enquiries reach record high

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:41:13

New statistics published by Citizens Advice have revealed that the charity's bureaux received a re...

Virgin Money reflects on cost of being a fan

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:30:00

Football fans are paying more than ever to see their teams compete and attendances are set to drop...

Mastercard predicts revolution of contactless credit cards

Mon, 03 Sep 2007 10:51:46

Contactless debit and credit cards could make the lives of consumers easier, according to credit c...

Credit card charges on the rise to recoup costs

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:00:00

Credit card companies that lost a portion of their profit when the Office of Fair Trading ruled th...

We're all paying for a summer holiday: on high-interest credit cards

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:00:00

According to Experian, approximately 12 million people from the UK get into debt paying for their ...

Those looking to lose debt 'must cut up cards'

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:30:00

People looking to eradicate their debts should first cut up their credit cards, it has been claimed.

Barclays launches new pre pay Travel Money Card

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00

Barclays has launched a new pre-pay Travel Money Card, which it claims offers one of the safest wa...

Credit card charges add up to ??230 million over the last 12 months

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:00:00

Twenty-three per cent of adults, 10.2 million Britons, were subject to credit card charges over th...

Brits spent more than ??700 million in overseas card charges last year

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:00:00

Many Britons do not realise how much they are charged for using their plastic abroad, as they cloc...

Millions wasted on credit card fees abroad

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:42:44

Millions of pounds of holidaymakers' money are being wasted on fees for the use of credit cards ab...

Losing your wallet could cost you your identity, warns Capital One

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:00:00

If you lose your wallet, it could cost you more than just your spare change, according to new rese...

Thirty year 'Debt sentence' for 3.5 million credit card customers who make minimum payments

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:00:00

Credit card providers could be giving their customers a 'debt sentence' of almost 30 years, becaus...

More than 4 million missed credit card repayments in last 6 months

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00

UK credit card customers have paid around ??50million in penalty fees as a result of missed credit ...

Moneysupermarket: Clever credit card trick could gain you ??270 a year

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00

Credit card customers could stash away more than ??8.5billion by making the best use of 0% on purch...

Virgin launch new Pay As You Go card

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:00:00

Virgin Money has launched the Pay As You Go card this week, a new pre-paid card that offers a rang...

Charity credit cards popular with ethical consumers

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 07:30:00

Affinity credit cards which link customers' borrowing and payments to donations to a chosen charit...

Environmentally friendly Barclaycard Breathe hailed for low rate

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 07:30:00

Barclaycard has just launched the Breathe credit card, which gives 50 per cent of all profits to e...

Fee free balance transfer cards on the decline

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 07:30:00

The number of credit cards available offering consumers fee free balance transfers with a zero per...

Britain spent record-breaking amount on debit and credit cards in 2006

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:00:00

Plastic card payments have more than trebled in the last 10 years, with 2006 culminating in a reco...

M&S Money wins best credit card

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:46:00

M&S Money has been named best credit card provider at the first ever consumer awards from Which?

OFT launches credit card pricing probe

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:30:00

The pricing information credit card customers receive is to come under scrutiny as the Office of F...

Halifax: Credit cards more valuable to most than mobiles or drivers licence

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:00:00

More people are afraid of losing their credit card than they are of losing their mobile phone or d...

OFT finds under-25s 'over reliant' on store cards

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:08:20

Under-25s are more likely than their older counterparts to borrow using store cards, perhaps unawa...

Wedding debt: The cost to guests of 'I do'

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:00:00

Weddings are a financial hardship on the guests as well as the bride and groom, new research from ...

Consumers more concerned by identity fraud than health risks

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:00:00

Britons currently worry more about having their identities stolen than they do about various other...

Credit cards' brand 'most attractive' to cardholders

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:50:51

The reputation of a credit card provider is the single biggest influence on which credit cards use...

Banks defend new credit card fraud reporting rules

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:49:42

Critics of the new fast-track method for reporting credit card fraud, whereby customers tell their...

One in ten women use more than half their wage to pay off debt

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:00:00

Ten per cent of women have to give up half their monthly pay packet to pay off their debts, new re...

80% of net surfers research financial services online

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00

A survey by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has found that 80% of people that use the intern...

Provident Financial recommends sub-prime credit cards

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:30:00

People who have a bad credit history are being advised to take advantage of sub-prime credit cards.

Start repaying credit card debt first, graduates told

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:50:41

Students should consider leaving their familiar banking provider for a more competitive account af...

Post Office: Brits lax about seeking out best card deals

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:30:00

Two in three Britons fail to take full advantage of their credit cards, research from Post Office ...

CDMS: Credit card debt worse in the North

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:00:00

People in the North of the country have more credit card debt than people in the south, according ...

Nationwide tops credit card poll

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 07:30:00

Nationwide has come out on top of uSwitch.com's annual credit card report for the second year runn...

Apacs hails 'savvy' use of ATMs

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 07:30:00

More consumers are becoming "savvy" about withdrawing cash in ways that avoid incurring extra char...

UK consumers pay by debit card 166 times a year

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:30:00

Debit cards could increasingly displace credit cards as a payment type, figures from payments asso...

CPP notes 313 per cent rise in identity theft

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00

Identity theft has grown by 313 per cent between March 2006 and March 2007, data from anti-fraud f...

CCCS stresses credit is 'here to stay'

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 07:30:00

Credit card use and borrowing are becoming a way of life for many in the UK, but there are ways to...

Defaqto warns all credit cards could charge annual fee

Mon, 28 May 2007 07:30:00

Customers who do not regularly use their credit cards should prepare themselves to pay annual fees...

The case for having more than one credit card

Thu, 24 May 2007 07:30:00

Mint, NatWest and the Royal Bank of Scotland have all announced the introduction of new credit car...

Apacs reveals faster access cash trend

Mon, 21 May 2007 12:57:16

Britons are increasingly getting cash fast by withdrawing from an ATM, a study from payments agenc...

Apacs finds credit card borrowers becoming "more responsible"

Fri, 18 May 2007 07:30:00

Credit card customers are becoming "more responsible" with their money as the majority pay off the...

Experian warns of students' identity theft risk

Wed, 16 May 2007 00:00:00

University students are at increased risk of becoming victims of identity fraud because of their "...

Morgan Stanley under fire for credit card fee

Thu, 10 May 2007 07:30:00

Morgan Stanley has joined the ranks of credit card providers imposing monthly or annual fees with ...

Londoners to be guinea pigs for contactless payment

Wed, 09 May 2007 07:30:00

Paying by credit card will be easier and more secure with contactless payment technologies to be r...

Equifax warns of credit card fraudsters 'close to home'

Thu, 03 May 2007 00:00:00

Credit card fraud is often perpetrated by someone known to the victim, credit company Equifax has ...

Store cards forced to get upfront with customers

Wed, 02 May 2007 00:00:00

Store card providers will have to alert users to the loss they could be making if the provider is ...

VoicePal's recognition technology sets out to combat fraud

Tue, 01 May 2007 07:30:00

As more Britons opt for the convenience of buying consumer goods online, the inventor of a new voi...

Tiger fraud link rumoured for petrol station scam

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:30:00

British consumers using their credit and debit cards to purchase petrol from up to 200 petrol stat...

Apacs to clarify credit card statements

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:22:29

Credit card customers will soon be able to access advice to help them understand their card statem...

Credit cards overseas cost ??355 million

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:14:18

As millions return home from their bank weekend break, uSwitch.com has revealed that British holid...

Nationwide: Spending confidence waits on MPC clarity

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 14:33:15

Consumers won't begin spending with confidence again until the future level of the Bank of England...

Which? issues supercomplaint over confusing APRs

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00

Consumer watchdog Which? has issued credit card providers with a 'supercomplaint' over the failure...

Apacs: Report credit card fraud direct to bank

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:27:43

As the scale of the credit card fraud suffered by TK Maxx customers becomes apparent, UK payments ...

MoneyExpert: credit card clampdown excludes deserving applicants

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00

Banks nervous of bad debt have refused 2.8 million credit card applications in the last six months...

Goldfish: credit cardholders cling to unappealing offers

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:29:42

Slightly more than half the UK's credit card holders are using a card that offers them no perks at...

Consumer confusion over credit card cash charges

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:32:54

A change in the way credit card rates for cash withdrawal are listed means many customers do not r...

Lloyds TSB brings in phone fraud alert

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 07:30:00

Lloyds TSB has stepped ahead of the competition by introducing automatic telephone alerts to warn ...

Apacs sees cash cling on over cards

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:18:52

Customers still pay for more than six in ten transactions with cash, payments association Apacs ha...

Free government advice could demolish debt

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:18:27

Credit card debt could fall by two thirds if government plans for a national financial advice serv...

Credit card customers wide awake to being charged

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 07:30:00

Almost three in four credit card holders will up sticks and leave their card providers if 'inactiv...

uSwitch: A way to give that earns you more

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:03:45

With Red Nose Day around the corner, givers should stay alert to all the options to maximise their...

Moneyfacts reveals credit cards that keep on giving

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:56:13

You don't have to bathe in baked beans to give to charity, Moneyfacts.co.uk has explained, as sill...

Britons abroad should keep credit cards under wraps

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:55:46

Many credit card holders would be better off sticking with travellers' cheques or cash when spendi...

BBA: Unsecured lending shows borrowers "prudent"

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:30:00

Unsecured lending in the UK was "very subdued" in January as customers become more circumspect abo...

MoneyExpert: Check your credit card for travel cover

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:30:00

Some holidaymakers are at risk of paying for travel insurance twice over, MoneyExpert.com has warn...

Britain's women sunk in shopping debt

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:00:00

Over 765,000 women in Britain are shopaholics who spend ??182.92 per month on clothes and grooming ...

Defaqto: PPI complaints knock-on effect on charges

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:05:16

Customer complaints about the mis-sale of payment protection insurance (PPI) could run into tens o...

Capital One to spend ??3 million on compensating PPI customers

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:38:13

Capital One bank has been fined ??175,000 for mis-selling payment protection insurance (PPI) as the...

Zopa: Unsecured borrowing overpriced

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:05:55

UK banking customers who take on unsecured loans are being "ripped off by their banks, credit card...

Lloyds TSB: Half-term on a budget you can't budge

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:37:05

Two fifths of parents striving to keep kids entertained this half-term have confessed it's likely ...

OFT refers PPI to Competition Commission

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 14:28:19

The Office of Fair Trading has concluded its year-long investigation into the payment protection i...

Independent brokers target undermined Payment Protection Insurance market

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00

"Shaken consumer confidence" over payment protection insurance (PPI) products will open opportunit...

Moneysupermarket: Keep up with your credit cards

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:14:47

Almost two thirds of credit cards which offer customers a zero per cent balance transfer introduct...

uSwitch: Credit card checks 'woefully inadequate'

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:16:13

An astonishing 96 per cent of applicants for credit cards did not have to give proof of their outg...

EU report: Firms earn 65 per cent profit on credit cards

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:30:00

Credit card users across Europe could be getting a raw deal, a new report from the EU's competitio...

Callcredit alerts 'complacent' customers to identity theft

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 07:30:00

Millions of people expose themselves to the threat of identity theft by failing to follow simple a...

FSA cracks down on store card provider

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 07:30:00

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has imposed a fine of ??610,000 on store card provider GE Ca...

CIFAS sees attempted identity fraud hit high

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:30:00

Cases of attempted identity frauds rose by 21.57 per cent to hit record levels in 2006, making 67,...

MoneyExpert: A million January bills unpaid

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:30:00

Over a million bills were not met in January as customers struggled to meet their financial obliga...

Morgan Stanley predicts more credit card spending

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:30:00

Credit card spending will be 68 per cent higher than last year in the first quarter of 2007, Morga...

Risk of UK bank detail disclosure

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:30:00

Hackers have obtained the card details of customers of the US retail conglomerate TJX, which owns ...

MyCallcredit: Pay back ??11.4 billion now

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:00:00

Consumers must cut the ??11.4 billion debt incurred by spending on credit cards over Christmas imme...

Londoners are most at risk from Identity Fraud, says Experian

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00

Londoners are more at risk than anyone else in the UK of becoming a victim of identity fraud, acco...

Morgan Stanley warns young over fraud risk

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 07:30:00

Four in ten Britons throw away bank or credit card statements without shredding them, a survey fro...

Capital One criticised over credit card charges

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:30:00

Concerns around the profitability of credit card charges are rising as ten of the leading bank car...

M&S: Switch cards, then clear debt

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:30:00

Consumers are wising up to the advantages of switching cards for cheaper interest rates ??? but fail...

Marks & Spencer Money: Switch cards, then clear debt

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00

The majority of British credit card users move debts from one card to another, for a cheaper rate,...

PayPal warning: involuntary workplace disclosure

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:00:00

Workplace chatter can be a real threat to financial security, online payment provider PayPal warns...

Financial education works

Sat, 30 Dec 2006 07:30:00

Financial capability qualifications make a tangible difference to young people's approaches to fin...

Post-Christmas big spenders buck saving trend

Sat, 30 Dec 2006 07:30:00

Shoppers will spend ??1.8 billion more in the 2007 January sales than they did in the same period i...

Consumer borrowing to tumble in 2007

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 07:30:00

A new report from Datamonitor predicts that the consumer credit market will soften in 2007 as UK b...

Care urged over store cards

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:30:00

Consumers are being urged to take care when using store cards and to make sure they settle their a...

Card swapping sums up debt culture

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:30:00

Such is the state of Britain's debt culture that the nation swapped ??6.5 billion in balance transf...

FSA warns of 8,000% rise in online fraud

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:30:00

The UK has seen an 8,000 per cent increase in online banking scams in the past two years, the Fina...

Carbon credit card to ration energy use

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:00:00

Environment secretary David Miliband has a vision for Britain ??? a credit card consumers use when p...

IVA providers gather at debt summit

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:49:36

Debt management firms today attended a summit convened by the British Bankers' Association (BBA) a...

Consumers' 'love affair' with credit cards: we just can't commit

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 07:30:00

One in seventeen UK adults carry five or more credit cards, according to new research from MoneyEx...

Christmas overspending is affecting our future borrowing power, warns CreditExpert

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00

More than 70 per cent of us worry about how we are going to cover the expenses of Christmas, accor...

Apacs offers online security advice

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 07:30:00

Payments association Apacs today offered online Christmas shoppers advice on online security.
...

Still paying for last year's Christmas

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 07:30:00

Over four million Britons are still suffering the financial after effects of their credit card spe...

Callcredit predicts one in ten will spend more than ??1,000 on Christmas presents

Fri, 24 Nov 2006 00:00:00

This Christmas will see better budgeting offset bigger spending from the British consumer, accordi...

European Security Transport Association finds UK consumers worst hit by credit card fraud

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00

Credit card fraud is worse in the UK than any other European country, according to the European Se...

Biggest Christmas spend in twelve years, says Deloitte

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:00:00

Britons are expected to be at their most generous for 12 years this Christmas, according to resear...

Barclaycard warns online shoppers: stay safe

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:00:00

Barclaycard has warned shoppers gearing up for the festive season that one in ten people make basi...

Morgan Stanley research shows consumers switch for cashback

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:00:00

Consumers switching credit card provider pay almost as much attention to reward schemes as to inte...

Capital One under fire over credit card cheques

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:00:00

The chief executive of Money Advice Scotland has branded Capital One bank as "reckless" after it s...

MasterCard offers pre-pay option

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 07:30:00

MasterCard has devised the new 'unique' pre-paid card for migrants without a UK bank account.
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Nationwide tracks rising consumer confidence

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 07:30:00

Consumer optimism picked up in October after a decline followed the August interest rate hike, acc...

Apacs sees declining card fraud losses

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 07:30:00

Customer losses incurred by card fraud have declined by five per cent over the first six months of...

Barclaycard Platinum cuts rates

Thu, 02 Nov 2006 07:30:00

One of the leading credit card providers in the UK, Barclaycard, has announced that it will be cut...

'Non-borrower' credit cards rated

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:30:00

People don't always need credit cards for the borrowing opportunity, Moneyfacts.co.uk points out, ...

MasterCard wins plaudits for PayPass

Thu, 26 Oct 2006 07:30:00

MasterCard has won the Frost and Sullivan Company of the Year Award 2006 for the development of it...

Payment Protection Insurance customers urged to check options

Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:00:00

Credit card holders that have payment protection insurance (PPI) or are considering taking it out ...

0% purchase deals could be a saviour at Christmas

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 07:30:00

Despite a hefty proportion of Christmas shoppers relying on their credit cards to see them through...