Tips for using your credit card abroad

As winter sets in the thought of getting away from it all to a hot sunny climate may be at the forefront of your mind. Many people choose to spend Christmas abroad and often it is funded with their credit cards. If you are travelling abroad this Christmas and you do plan on using your […]

Keeping your credit card details safe this Christmas

Christmas is a time of year which should be joyful and carefree. However for many it signals the start of debt and worry. If you are like thousands of other people, then you will no doubt be relying upon your credit card to fund this Christmas. However one thing that you may not consider is […]

The benefits of using your credit card for Christmas

As Christmas fast approaches, you will have no doubt been thinking about using your credit card to pay for everything. Perhaps you have even applied for a new credit card especially for Christmas? If so then you may actually be making the best decision as to how to pay for your gifts.
These days we are […]

Social networking sites adding to credit card fraud

The use of social networking sites has increased dramatically over the past couple of years. There is hardly anybody out there who hasn’t heard of sites such as facebook.com or Myspace.com and more people than ever before are using these sites to keep in touch with friends and family. However, unfortunately the huge amount of […]

Lending limits lowered by credit card companies

Due to the huge debt problem which the UK is facing, credit card companies are now choosing to protect themselves from debtors. The way in which they are doing this is that they are lowering the amount of money they will lend to consumers.
In the past credit card companies have lent an unlimited amount of […]

Are you doing your bit for charity?

In this day and age, more and more people have started to worry about the environment and the people around them. The amount of people giving to charity has increased over the past few years and it seems that more people than ever before are now interested in doing their bit for charity. However, many […]

How to avoid credit card traps

If you own a credit card or if you are looking for a credit card, then you will be fully aware that there are quite a few traps that you can often fall into. A shocking figure shows that 125 increases have occurred in rates and fees on credit cards in the past two months […]

Why the new Bread card comes highly recommended

There has been a lot of fuss regarding the new Bread Maestro card lately and so it is no surprise that once again it comes highly recommended. The new card is a prepaid card and whilst it looks exactly like a credit card, the main difference is that you cannot spend more than you have. […]

Call for employees to be given time off to sort their finances

In order to beat the debt crisis that has rocked the UK over recent years, many new measures have been introduced. A new scheme that has been launched by the company “Axa” is just one that is set to help out thousands of consumers.
The scheme includes every consumer taking one day out of the month […]

Are you living with the threat of debt this Christmas?

Christmas is almost always a strain on your finances and with so many gifts, decorations and food to purchase it is not hard to see why! However it is an expense that not many people can actually afford and so they end up paying for it on their credit cards.
The debt crisis in the UK […]

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