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Author: Rob Lewis

TfL Planning Upgrade For Contactless Bank Cards

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Transport for London has announced plans to upgrade its network of Oyster card readers to work with contactless bank cards.

Tagged transport

Tesco Clubcard Online Account

Posted on February 24, 2011February 24, 2011 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

Tesco has added a new section to their website to allow you to manage your Clubcard points and vouchers.

Tagged Money Saving, shopping, vouchers

mybarclaycard: Manage Your Barclaycard On Your Mobile

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

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

Tagged Credit Cards, mobile

Square Drops Transaction Fees

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Rob Lewis - 3 Comments

Today credit-card-payment-on-your-mobile-phone company Square has announced that it is removing its 15 cent per-transaction fee and just levying a flat 2.75% rate on all transactions, on what it calls a “simple revolution”.

Tagged mobile, payments

Brits “Uncomfortable” With Mobile Payments

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Earlier this week the results of some new research was released which concluded that more than half of Brits are uncomfortable with the idea of completing contactless payments with their mobile phones.

Tagged mobile, payments

RBS: Changing The Bank

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

The Royal Bank of Scotland have launched a new microsite which hopes to improve its relationship with customers by openly communicating with them and the public on decisions, changes and processes.

Tagged banking

Infographic: UK Debt Problem Facts & Figures

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

MoneyDebtAndCredit.com has produced an infographic showing the scale of the UK’s personal debt problem.

Tagged Debt, statistics

Students Want To Manage Their Money, Not Just Freebies

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

Over half of students feel that the current resources being provided by banks to help manage their finances are simply inadequate, and they favour budgeting tools over the usual incentives.

Tagged banking, Students, university

Bank Of The Future (In 1971)

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Here’s a video of how Lloyds thought the bank of the future would look back in 1971, featuring Jacques Tati struggling to get to grips with the space-age technology.

Tagged banking, future, innovation

Money4Gold In Liquidation

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Remember the problems we highlighted with Money4Gold about 18 months ago? Well, that was by far the most commented post ever on Money Watch, with many of you giving us stories of poor offers for your gold, delays in returning your gold and general poor service.

Tagged consumer rights, gold, shopping

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