http://www.creditcardsweb.co.uk Independent UK credit card comparisons Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:32:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A recent report has claimed that the number of interest free balance transfer credit cards is on the increase, with lenders now competing to help consumers to clear their debts as cheaply as possible. Figures have shown that many customers are struggling with their existing credit card debts, and this ... http://www.creditcardsweb.co.uk/201003/increase-in-availability-of-interest-free-credit-cards/ The rewards based credit card has become very popular over recent years, particularly amongst those that tend to repay their credit card balances in full each month, which enables them to enjoy clocking up rewards from the credit card provider without having this counteracted with interest payments that they have ... http://www.creditcardsweb.co.uk/201003/cash-back-credit-cards-set-to-become-increasingly-rare/ According to recent reports many credit card customers that have cards with Capital One have been stung with huge increases on their interest rates after the company nearly doubled its rates for some of its credit card customers. The credit card giant is said to have blamed the hike on ... http://www.creditcardsweb.co.uk/201003/capital-one-customers-hit-by-huge-increases-on-credit-cards/ Recently released figures have shown that credit card interest rates in the UK have reached a new high, despite the fact that the base interest rate in the UK has remained at a record low of just 0.5 percent since March of last year. Research by a finance industry group has ... http://www.creditcardsweb.co.uk/201003/new-high-for-credit-card-interest-rates/ A number of proposals have been put forward recently to try and increase fairness for credit card customers, with the Department for Business Innovation and Skills making a number of proposals to try and protect consumers. However, according to recent reports the majority of the proposals that have been put ... http://www.creditcardsweb.co.uk/201003/credit-card-firms-reject-many-proposals/ It has been suggested in a recent report that holidaymakers and those that travel abroad for any other reason could find that the best solution for making purchases and spending is a credit card. Whilst many people still take cash with them when they go abroad one industry expert has ... http://www.creditcardsweb.co.uk/201002/credit-cards-could-be-the-ideal-solution-for-holidaymakers/ Identity theft has become a serious problem over recent years, not only in the UK but also in other countries all around the world. Whilst increasingly sophisticated technology has helped to create more security for consumers it is also obvious that the identity thieves themselves are becoming more and more ... http://www.creditcardsweb.co.uk/201002/tips-on-avoiding-identity-theft/ Figures that were recently released have indicated that the level of defaults by consumers on credit cards and other forms of unsecured credit in the last quarter of last year was lower than had been expected. The figures were released by the Bank of England, and the data showed that ... http://www.creditcardsweb.co.uk/201002/lower-than-expected-defaults-on-credit-cards-and-other-borrowing/ According to recent reports many consumers that use a Barclaycard could start enjoying cash discounts at certain retailers as a result of plans that have been launched by the credit card giant to reward its loyal customers. It is thought that the new plans from Barclaycard could spark something of a ... http://www.creditcardsweb.co.uk/201002/cash-discounts-could-benefit-barclaycard-customers/ It has been revealed that a problem on the data base of credit card and internet financial giant Egg has resulted in many of its credit card customers being unable to make a payment on their accounts through the use of a debit card. The problem is said to have ... http://www.creditcardsweb.co.uk/201002/many-egg-credit-card-customers-unable-to-make-payment-by-debit-card/