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26 February 2007
Liverpool has been named as the first city to trial the new pre-pay credit card from Mastercard, known as the Bread card.
23 February 2007
A new hand-held credit card-reading gadget, developed by the UK's payments association Apacs, is set to be launched in the hope that it will cut down credit card fraud online.
22 February 2007
Credit card customers of Lloyds TSB could find themselves hit with an annual £35 fee if the bank deems they are not using their card enough, according to the letters it sent out to consumers this week.
19 February 2007
One of the UK's largest banks is in talks to sell off one of its credit card businesses which caters for consumers with poor credit ratings.
16 February 2007
One of the largest high street banks is offering its customers 0% on balance transfers and purchases for the next 12 months, providing they take out its new, online credit card before the end of February.
14 February 2007
The UK payments association Apacs is marking the anniversary of the mass introduction of credit and debit card chip and PIN payments by issuing an update on the successful progress of the security system.
13 February 2007
Over a third of residents in Birmingham claim to have been a victim of credit card fraud according to the latest research from insurance firm CPP.
07 February 2007
In honour of St Valentine's Day and the inevitable splashing of cash that occurs at this time of year, Barclaycard is rewarding love-struck customers with a cashback offer of 10% on romance-related gifts.
06 February 2007
Cambridge University researchers have stated that a new security threat is likely to attack credit card users, but the UK payments association Apacs has called for calm, saying that the hacking method is not being used in Britain.
05 February 2007
Price comparison and switching website uSwitch.com has called for banks to take on more responsibility when it comes to lending practices, following results from its survey which revealed that 96% of credit card applicants were not asked to prove their outgoings.
01 February 2007
Following the Financial Service Authority's (FSA's) decision to fine GE Capital yesterday - one of the largest providers of store cards – for mis-selling insurance policies on credit and store cards, experts have questioned how much longer consumers will be attracted to the often short-term gains of owning a store card.
31 January 2007
TJX, the parent company of clothing and homeware store TK Maxx, has been severely reprimanded for keeping customers' credit card details on for far too long, putting consumers' identities at risk.
30 January 2007
Credit card fraudsters have found a way to steal consumers' hard earned-cash despite the increased security of chip and Pin thanks to the humble mp3 player.
29 January 2007
A report released by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has revealed that credit card providers who mail blank cheques to their customers as a marketing tool may be putting them at risk from identity fraud.
26 January 2007
In the next three months, British consumers will spend an average of £1,228 on their credit cards, up 68% from the £730 average in the first three months of 2006.
25 January 2007
Credit card provider Barclaycard has announced that it is to cut its rates on the Barclaycard Premiership and Barclaycard Charity card by 3%.
24 January 2007
Nationwide, one of the largest providers of cash machines, has pledged to provide more free-to-use ATMs in the poorest areas of Bristol and is appealing to the local public for suggestions as to where the cash points should be.
23 January 2007
Research conducted by the Yorkshire Bank has revealed that 84% of store card holders have no idea how much interest they are paying on their purchases each month.
19 January 2007
Figures from the British Bankers' Association (BBA) have shown that British consumers are putting less on their plastic, as credit card spending fell by £1.8 billion last year.
18 January 2007
Credit card company American Express has revealed that British parents truly dote on their children, collectively spending a whopping £1.4 billion on their birthday parties alone each year.
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