The total amount of card fraud has fallen in the last six months by five per cent, it has emerged.
Tag: Credit
MoneyExpert: Consumers To Reduce Borrowing, Says Report
Those intending to reduce the amount owed on credit cards in the next six months outnumber those who plan to borrow more, new research has found.
This Is Money: Capital One Breaks Card Cheques Rules
The card company has admitted a serious breach of the banking code’s rules covering the marketing of credit card cheques
Scotsman: Credit Union Day Is Marked
MORE than 200 people from all corners of the globe attended a multicultural event to celebrate International Credit Union Day.
Motley Fool: How Safe Is Your Insurance?
Earlier this week the city watchdog, the Financial Services Authority, banned a Brighton-based firm from operating as an insurance broker after discovering that it had failed to pass on client premiums to insurers.
Motley Fool: Give Credit Card Cheques The Chop
This morning my new credit card provider kindly sent me a couple of credit card cheques ‘in case they’ll come in handy’. At least this lot didn’t come with the usual earnest attempt to persuade me to ‘treat’ myself, which is what my last card provider always urged me to do. I fed so many of the damn things through my shredder that it almost went into overdrive!
MoneyExpert: Consumers Use Credit Cards Sensibly, Research Shows
A new report on credit card spending has suggested that people are borrowing and managing spending levels “sensibly”.
This Is Money: Plastic Debt Heads For First Fall In 19 Years
Credit card borrowing could fall for the first time this year since the Bank of England started measuring spending on plastic 19 years ago
This Is Money: Banks ‘breaking Rules’ On Loans
Billions of pounds have been handed out in loans over the past six months without proper checks, it was claimed today
This Is Money: Online Card Fraud Soars
Online card fraud leapt by 55% in the first six months of the year while theft at shop tills has plunged thanks to the introduction of chip and Pin