Articles in the Credit Cards Category
Watch Out For These Credit Card Tricks
July 3rd, 2007
I mentioned in my previous post about credit cards that the card companies can use certain tactics to take more of your money off you than you realise. Here are a couple of tricks they use that it’s worth looking out for:
- Paying the debt with the lowest interest rate
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How Should We Compare Credit Card Deals?
July 3rd, 2007
The Independent reports that the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is going to start consulting with the credit card industry on how to make it easier for consumers to compare credit card deals.
Following complaints by Which?, they’re going to try to come up with a way of taking all …
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Cooling Off Period Applies To Renewals
April 12th, 2007
A post at UKMoneyPot states that the 14 day cooling off period you receive when buying many types of financial product, such as loans, insurance and credit cards, also applies when your policies “auto-renew”.
For example, as with many insurers, if your car insurance renews automatically each year, you still …
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0% Balance Transfer Credit Cards with No Fee
January 20th, 2007
It’s getting rarer to find such cards where there is no transfer charge, but both the Yorkshire and Clydesdale banks are offering such deals at the moment.
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MoneyExpert: ‘Switch Cards To Help Debts’
January 17th, 2007
January is a good opportunity to compare credit cards and take advantage of zero per cent interest offers, it has been claimed.
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New Year, New Finances: Credit Cards
January 13th, 2007
If you’re like many families in the UK, you’re probably dreading seeing your latest credit card statement following Christmas and New Year. Much of the cost of presents, food, drink and parties is likely to have been whacked onto the “sod it” card, and much like yourself, that debt is …
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MoneyExpert: ‘Over Half’ Of Homeowner Loans Protected From Rate Rise
January 12th, 2007
Some 53 per cent of homeowner loans held with building societies will not be affected by the Bank of England’s (BoE’s) recent base rate rise, it has been claimed.
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MoneyExpert: Banks Waive Balance Transfer Fees
January 12th, 2007
Consumers looking to compare credit cards and transfer an outstanding balance are being alerted to news from Yorkshire Bank and Clydesdale Bank.
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MoneyExpert: M&S Money: Only One In Three Use Low-interest Offers
January 10th, 2007
Some two in three borrowers are not paying off their credit card debts within balance transfer low-interest periods, it has been found.
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MoneyExpert: Credit Card Users ‘lose £70m Abroad’
January 9th, 2007
Holidaymakers who used their debit or credit cards abroad last winter lost more than £70 million in bank charges, it has been revealed.
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