Card Fraud Down For Second Year In A Row

May 9th, 2013

Despite perceptions, card fraud has fallen for the second year in a row, according to data released by the Crime Survey for England and Wales.

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Google Relaunches Financial Comparisons

May 1st, 2012

Google has relaunched its financial comparison ads on certain credit card, savings and current account search terms, according to The Telegraph.

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American Express Links Credit Cards To Twitter

March 7th, 2012

American Express has launched a new service in the US which allows cardholders to get exclusive offers loaded onto their cards, thanks to a simple Tweet containing a particular hashtag.

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Will mPowa Become UK’s Square?

January 24th, 2012

Credit card reader Square has been doing pretty well in the US, with over 800,000 customer, processing over $2billion last year, and has some big name backers, including Richard Branson, and now a UK company, mPowa, wants to emulate that success over here.

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Verifone: Square “Cutting Corners” On Card Security

March 9th, 2011

Payment processor Verifone has issued a very public warning about the security of competitor Square’s card reader, stating that it could be used for credit card skimming.

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mybarclaycard: Manage Your Barclaycard On Your Mobile

February 23rd, 2011

Barclaycard has launched a new mobile service to compliment its mybarclaycard account management tools.

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Calculator: How Long To Pay Off Your Credit Card

February 9th, 2011

The Telegraph have launched a new online calculator to help you work out how long it will take to pay off your credit card debt.

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Infographic: Credit Card Numbers Explained

January 26th, 2011

Have you ever wondered how credit card numbers work? No? Well this infographic from Mint.com won’t be of interest to you then.

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Google Credit Card Rate Emails

December 17th, 2010

More on Google’s new service to email you the latest credit card rates, taken from their “comparison ads” which appear when searching for certain terms.

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Google Offering Credit Card Rate Email Updates

December 15th, 2010

Google is risking treading on more of its advertisers toes by offering email alerts to let you know of changes in credit card rates.

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