Is it wise to use a comparison site to find a credit card?
Archive for February, 2011
Is it wise to use a comparison site to find a credit card?
By Reno | February 28th, 2011 | Featured, GeneralThere are many different methods and sources that are used by consumers in the UK to find a credit card these days. Many people take the credit card that is offered to them by their bank when they open a bank account or as part of a marketing campaign. Others will ring around or go [...]
Brits heading abroad need to shop around for credit cards
By Reno | February 18th, 2011 | GeneralIndustry experts have recently warned consumers who are heading abroad over the coming months to hunt around for the right credit card in order to avoid costly charges whilst using the card abroad. Many cards charge excessive fees when cardholders use their cards abroad, and this can really bump up the cost of the holiday [...]
Is it worth paying off a credit card with a loan?
By Reno | February 17th, 2011 | Featured, GeneralMany people that have one or more credit cards with balances on may wonder whether it is worth paying off all of their credit cards by taking out a single consolidation loan. In many cases it can be a good move to use a loan to pay off various credit cards, as it means that [...]
Will mobile payments really impact on credit cards?
By Reno | February 17th, 2011 | GeneralThere are recently been speculation over whether credit cards use could be reduced as a result of the launch of mobile payments. Many have said that they think people may prefer to utilise the convenience and ease of being able to pay using their mobile phones when making transactions, and this means that fewer and [...]
Many people fail to pay credit card repayments via direct debit
By Reno | February 17th, 2011 | GeneralResearch has recently been carried out by the comparison service confused.com into how consumers make repayments on their credit cards. The research showed that an alarming number of credit card users fail to make repayments via direct debit, thus putting themselves at increased risk of missing payments on their credit card debt.
According to the research [...]
Don’t get talked into a high rate credit card
By Reno | February 10th, 2011 | Featured, GeneralIt has recently been announced that credit card rates have reached their highest in thirteen years, even though the base interest rate remains at its all time low of 0.5 percent, where it has been for nearly two years. Many borrowers may have thought that this would equate to more affordable borrowing on credit cards [...]
Credit card rates soar despite base rate
By Reno | February 10th, 2011 | GeneralFor nearly two years the Bank of England base rate has been at an all time low level of just 0.5 percent, which is the lowest it has been in the history of the central bank, which spans over three centuries. However, despite this rock bottom base interest rate the cost of borrowing on credit [...]
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