Credit card news, Apr - Jun 2005

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Low standard rate credit card growth

30 June 2005

A new study has revealed that low standard rate credit cards are the second most popular type of card amongst many online consumers, with websites experiencing a 25 per cent increase in applications in the last year.

Celebrity style credit card spending eases off

29 June 2005

A new survey has found that British women are spending less on their credit cards in order to acquire the sometime sought after 'celebrity looks'.

Device developed to help memorise credit card PINs

28 June 2005

A new device could help reduce credit card fraud by reducing the consumers' need to write down their PIN number.

Credit card pointers for consumers

27 June 2005

Moneyfacts has issued a number of issues that consumers should be wary of when looking at credit cards.

Call centre worker sells credit card details

24 June 2005

Police have launched an investigation following newspaper reports that an Indian call centre has been selling customer bank and credit card details.

Google develops credit card payment system

23 June 2005

Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt, has revealed that while the internet giant is developing an electronic payments product, it will not be a "person-to-person stored value payments system", such as eBay's Paypal.

Credit cards for breaks away

22 June 2005

UK parents are still paying over the odds in order to take their families abroad during their children's school holidays.

More credit cards mean more numbers

21 June 2005

Cash and cheques are making a come back, partly because new chip and pin technology has meant not everyone can remember all their pin numbers.

Credit card security breached

20 June 2005

MasterCard International has warned that a security breach could have made more than 40 million credit cards vulnerable to fraud.

New credit card gives cashback

17 June 2005

Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) and the Co-operative Bank are preparing to launch a new credit card that will boost customers' spending and saving power.

Brits' credit cards made safer abroad

16 June 2005

Britons are experiencing a downturn in credit card crime when going abroad, according to a new report.

Benefits of combining credit cards

15 June 2005

New research has revealed that millions of Brits could profit by consolidating all their credit card debts onto one card.

New anti-fraud credit card technology

14 June 2005

Credit card provider Visa USA has developed a new anti-fraud system that is being heralded as a major force in preventing check-out fraud in the future.

IF ditches credit card system

13 June 2005

UK online bank Intelligent Finance (IF) has ditched its credit card offsetting system because of the high costs of moving to chip and pin technology.

More care needed over credit cards

10 June 2005

Britons have been advised to manage their credit cards and credit files more effectively in order to reduce the risk of falling victim to identity fraud.

HSBC offers new card

08 June 2005

HSBC has launched its new credit card, which it hopes will help rejuvenate the retail sector.

Credit card giant loses customer details

07 June 2005

Computer tapes containing the personal financial data of nearly four million customers of CitiFinancial, the financial division of credit card supplier and financial giant Citigroup, have disappeared.

More donations made by credit card

03 June 2005

Britons are setting new records for charity donations on their credit cards, according to a new report.

Credit card for currency can prevent a financial hangover

02 June 2005

A new report has shown that British holidaymakers could reduce the cost of their holiday simply by changing the way they purchase foreign currency.

UK consumers remain faithful to their credit card

01 June 2005

New research has confounded previous claims of the UK being a nation of 'rate tarts', who flit from one credit card provider to another.



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