Google Promotes Credit Card Comparison Tool

August 10th, 2010

Google have been tinkering with a credit card comparison tool on their search results pages for a while, and they’ve now started to promote these “comparison ads” alongside their other sponsored links.

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Government To Launch Credit Card Comparison Site

August 9th, 2010

The Independent reports that the Government is planning on setting up a website to help credit card users compare their cards.

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MBNA Launches Text Service

May 18th, 2010

Credit card provider MBNA have launched a new service which allows you to get updates on your credit card texted to your mobile phone.

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Google Now Does Credit Card Comparisons

February 25th, 2010

Google has made its first official steps into the UK financial comparison market with the launch of a tool to compare credit card rates.

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Have You Paid Your Mortgage With Your Credit Card?

January 12th, 2010

A survey has estimated that over a million households have used a credit card to pay for their mortgage or rent over the past year.

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Expert Finance Predictions for 2010: Kevin Mountford, moneysupermarket.com

January 5th, 2010

Kevin Mountford, head of banking at price comparison website moneysupermarket.com, gives his personal finance predictions for 2010.

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How To Clean Your Credit & Debit Cards

October 23rd, 2009

We’ve already shown you how to destroy your credit and debit cards, and now we go to the other extreme, how to clean your debit and credit cards.

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How To Safely Destroy A Credit Card

September 10th, 2009

So you’ve decided to do away with the dreaded “sod-it” card, or your card has expired, and you need to throw it out without letting anyone get their hands on your data, how should you destroy your card?

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0% Balance Transfer Credit Cards & How Much You Could Save

June 25th, 2009

I recently received an email about a new balance transfer deal on an MBNA credit card – normally I’d delete it without hesitation, but as this was a 13-month 0% deal, I thought I’d check it out in more detail.

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Egg Money To Stop Paying Interest On Positive Balances

April 16th, 2009

Egg have announced some changes to their Egg Money credit card which may be of interest to their customers. From 15th May the card will become the “Egg Money World MasterCard”, but more importantly the card will stop paying interest on positive balances.

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