Credit card use fell last year
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Credit card use fell last year
By Reno | June 30th, 2011 | GeneralCredit cards have provided consumers with convenience, ease and flexibility for many years, which has helped them to become hugely popular. However, they have also resulted in huge debt levels amongst those that have come to rely on their in the difficult financial market and those who find it difficult to control their spending. Credit [...]
Barclaycard launches generous balance transfer credit card
By Reno | January 1st, 2011 | Balance TransfersFor many people Christmas and New Year have been times of severe overspending, and much of this spending has been done on trusty credit cards, with people paying for items on their cards and then worrying about repayment of the debt later. However, the time has now come to start worrying about the repayment of [...]
More people using their plastic on High Street
By Reno | April 17th, 2010 | Credit CardsDespite the ongoing effects of the global credit crisis and the recent recession it appears that many consumers in the UK have forgotten their financial concerns and are hitting the High Street with a vengeance armed with their trusted flexible friends.
According to recently released figures there has been an increase in the number of people [...]
Elderly will adapt to credit cards once cheques disappear
By admin | January 18th, 2010 | GeneralAfter the recent announcements that cheques in the UK are to be phased out by the end of October 2018 a number of groups expressed concern that there would be many people that would be unable to cope with cheques to rely on, and one of these groups was the elderly.
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Credit and debit card spending increases for September
By admin | December 13th, 2008 | Cash Back & RewardsRecently released figures have shown that both credit and debit card spending levels increased for the month of September this year, which has come as a surprise for many industry officials given the current difficult financial climate. The figures show that there was a 12.7 percent rise in spending on debit cards for the month [...]
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 [...]
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