All Posts Tagged With: "egg"

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Why have credit card firms been withdrawing and modifying credit card accounts?

Recent reports have questioned why so many credit card firms have been either withdrawing or modifying the credit card accounts of many of its customers, with many people concerned that the real reason behind the changes is all based around how much profit the credit card provider can make. Many credit card firms have come [...]

9Oct2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Poll shows many Egg victims were good payers

There was outrage earlier this month after the Internet financial giant, Egg, announced that it was going to be withdrawing the credit card facilities of around 161,000 people. Egg had stated that it no longer felt that these customers were appropriate to extend credit to because their credit profiles had deteriorated since they originally opened [...]

3Aug2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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No joy from Griffiths’ meeting with Egg

Following Egg’s announcement that 161,000 credit cards were to be withdrawn from customers there has been outrage amongst consumers and some industry professional in the UK. Egg, owner by Citibank, reviewed over 2 million credit card accounts, and contacted 161,000 customers to state that their credit card facility was being withdrawn because they posed a [...]

21Jul2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Egg continues to cause upset

Over recent weeks many Egg customers have been upset and outraged after Egg officials decided to close the credit card accounts of around 161,000 customers, claiming that the credit profiles of the customers affected had deteriorated since the originally opened their credit card accounts. This was angrily disputed by many of the customers who had [...]

4Jun2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Egg apologises but still withdraws cards

Egg recently shocked many of its cardholders after announcing that it was withdrawing credit card facilities from over 160,000 customers. Following the announcement Egg apologised for any problems caused, but customers on the hit list will still find that their credit cards will no longer work once the specified 35 day period is over. Egg [...]

2Jun2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Culled credit card limit could cause problems

Credit card firms have found themselves at the centre of controversy for a number of reasons over recent weeks. The Internet lending giant, Egg, came under fire after it decided to cancel the credit card facilities of 161,000 customers, despite the fact that many of them appeared to have good credit and claimed to have [...]

31Mar2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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What’s going on with the Egg card?

Banking giant Egg recently shocked tens of thousands of its own customers by announcing out of the blue that it would be cancelling their credit cards in just over one month’s time. With many consumers reliant on their credit cards, and with the credit crunch making it increasingly difficult for consumers to get credit with [...]

28Feb2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Egg closes credit card accounts of customers

The online lender Egg has recently caused outrage amongst many of its customers, after withdrawing the credit card facilities of over 160,000 cardholders. The lending giant made the shock announcement recently, yet it is still continuing to advertise its credit card. Many of the customers that have been affected by the card withdrawal have expressed [...]

17Feb2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued