Online Advertising Affecting Interest Rate Offers?
Could it be possible, that because there are a large number of websites advertising a particular product, they could affect how changes are made to that product? For example, credit cards. Some...
View ArticlePersistence Pays Off – Your Unexpected Interest Costs
After reading a misleading advert regarding an M&S credit card offer, a UK consumer withdrew a number of Euros expecting to pay no interest until January 2008. Turns out the offer was for ‘brand...
View ArticleNew Barclaycard Breathe Card with Green Incentives
But is it a good idea? On the surface the new Barclaycard ‘Breathe’ card looks fantastic for anyone that is environmentally concerned. 50% of profits donated to worldwide projects that help tackle...
View ArticleCredit Cards, New Laws, Less Spend Spend Spend
Isn’t it a good thing that credit card companies are finally going to be stopped from increasing their customers credit limits without consent! It’s like a breath of fresh air after a crazy time of...
View ArticleMarbles Credit Card Closed to New Customers.
In April, the Marbles credit card brand closed it’s doors to new customers. I don’t remember seeing much in the way of publicity about this but what has come to may attention is the fact that certain...
View ArticleNEW credit card calculators on compareandsave.com
You can now take control of your credit card finances with the three new calculators just launched on compareandsave.com. All three of our new calculators are easy to use and will display your results...
View ArticleHow to Protect your PIN
Thanks to the introduction of Chip and PIN your debit and credit cards are “much less likely to be used fraudulently in the UK” according to Apacs, the UK payments association. However, in order for...
View ArticleHow Do MBNA Fund All the 0% Offers
How do credit card companies manage to offer 0% interest rates? I haven’t spoken to any credit card companies about this so this is purely speculative but I would imagine they borrow funds at a set...
View ArticleAre credit cards the safest way to pay for your holiday?
Summer 2010 was a terrible one for the British travel industry as thousands of holidaymakers had their vacations disrupted through a combination of collapsed travel companies, threats of industrial...
View ArticleMBNA is a Four Letter Word
It’s a subject that makes my blood boil. Credit card rate hikes. It’s something that has gotten me very close to the point of cancelling the direct debits to one of my card issuers and refusing to...
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