Beating Identity Theft Fraudsters
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Beating Identity Theft Fraudsters
By admin | June 23rd, 2009 | FeaturedFraudsters that steal your identity lurk in places where you would never expect to find them. These thieves can’t be seen and you only know that you have become an identity theft victim when you receive your banking statement or your credit card bill.
Avoid becoming a victim of identity theft
By admin | May 16th, 2009 | FeaturedAs many people already know identity theft is becoming a major problem and is already costing the UK close to £2 billion a year. Whilst consumers have become more aware of the dangers of certain actions that could increase the risk of identity theft, fraudsters have started using increasingly sophisticated technology in order to get [...]
Factors that can affect your ability to get credit
By admin | May 10th, 2009 | FeaturedThese days, in the current financial climate, getting credit can be very difficult for many people, and there are a number of common factors that can play a big part in whether or not you are accepted for the credit that you apply for.
Is a credit building credit card a good thing?
By admin | April 2nd, 2009 | FeaturedAnyone that has previously had, or still has, bad credit will know that once your credit rating has plummeted it can be extremely difficult to get further credit.
Would you be more confident shopping online with a prepaid card?
By admin | March 24th, 2009 | FeaturedFor many people the thought of shopping online has become something of a daunting and nerve-racking one, not because they don’t know what they are doing online but because of the sophisticated means by which fraudsters have started to carry out credit and debit card fraud.
Which credit card will get you through the New Year financial hangover?
By admin | March 2nd, 2009 | FeaturedWith January now over many of us will have received our credit card bills from the Christmas and New Year periods, and whilst this will not prove a problem for the lucky ones that can afford to repay the balance in full on their cards for many others panic may be setting in.
The problems facing credit card rate tarts
By admin | February 4th, 2009 | FeaturedOver the past few years the term rate tart has been banded about a lot, and the wide range of credit cards has come onto the market over recent years has resulted in borrowers being able to save a small fortune on their borrowing.
Credit card firms will be fairer with consumers
By admin | January 17th, 2009 | FeaturedOver the past couple of years financial regulators and watchdogs in the UK have received high levels of complaints from consumers relating to credit cards, and over recent months concerns about how fairly credit card companies are treating consumers have been brought into the limelight.
The controversy over credit cards heightens
By admin | December 21st, 2008 | FeaturedOver recent months there has been increasing controversy in relation to credit card providers in the UK, but over the past couple of months this has really heated up, with many accusing credit card companies of fleecing their customers. One of those making this accusation is no other than the Prime Minister himself, Gordon Brown, [...]
Could you benefit from using a credit card instead of a debit card?
By admin | December 12th, 2008 | FeaturedThere are millions of people that use credit cards to make purchases such as day to day purchases or special occasion purchases like Christmas shopping, but an even greater number of people tend to use debit cards to make these purchases. Whilst both credit and debit cards can prove convenient for making purchases some industry [...]
Other Recent Articles
Greater numbers of users get contactless credit cards
According to a recent report a greater number of users are getting access to contactless credit cards, which are plastic...
By admin | July 3, 2009 | Read More
Credit repair credit cards could cause problems
It has recently been claimed that credit cards that are designed to repair the credit of users could actually end...
By admin | July 1, 2009 | Read More
Credit card rates soaring
It has been shown in a recent report how credit card interest rates in the UK are soaring, with the...
By admin | June 30, 2009 | Read More
Credit card firms clamp down on travel agents
Over recent months, with the recession setting in, financial conditions becoming increasingly difficult and unemployment levels rising, the travel business...
By admin | June 28, 2009 | Read More
Credit card debt levels increased in April
Recent figures released by the Bank of England have indicated that the level of credit card debt in April of...
By admin | June 25, 2009 | Read More