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What ins comps accept Amex?
Renewing both car and House insurance. Getting a bit fed up going throuth the comparison sites and quote only to get the the pay now bit to find AMEX not accepted. ( i am a Avios collector!) Is there a list on what companies take amex which will save me hours of useless backwards and forwards on the PC? Or does anyone have…
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Lloyds Banking Group: BT & New Purchases.
Looks like good news for those who have a BT from 26 June 2026 you will be able to also use it for purchase. Used the correct way then the actual BT amount won't keep decreasing if matching the min payment with a purchase.
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Lloyds credit card is unusable due to overzealous security algorithm
I am fortunate in that I have never been out of work or had any financial problems, and have an excellent credit history. That is not good enough for Lloyds whose automated security algorithms have twice stopped me from buying something with my Lloyds so-called 'Ultra' credit card, and then blocked the card. This is…
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Paying credit cards off with a debit card
I've received recent notifications from my Barclaycard and M&S credit cards they'll no lokge accept payment by debit card. Is there anything going on behind the scenes anyone knows about?
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Amex sign up bonus - who is wrong?
I signed up for the Amex Gold via MSE and got accepted on 2nd April 2026. The offer at the time was 40,000 points for £5,000 spend in six months, which is what is still showing now (offer end date 26th May 2026). This agrees with other sources like Head for Points which has a post about the 40,000 points from March 2026…
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Balance transfers from Chase
I recently tried to do a balance transfer from Chase to Barclaycard. I had to call Barclaycard as every attempt to do it online failed. I was told that Barclaycard don't accept balance transfers from Chase. Just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience with Chase or know a credit card provider that does accept…
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1% minimum repayment credit cards
Hi all, just wondering if anyone knows a quick way to identify 1% of monthly balance repayment cards? It’s quite hard to find which ones are. Unless I’m missing something, it seems that you have to get quite the way through an application before you can find it-and it’s always in the small print. Anyone know of a quicker…
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Credit card refund on closed account - help!
I'm hoping someone can help me as I'm coming up against a brick wall. To cut a long story short: I booked a villa through Expedia for later this year. It has been cancelled by Expedia as there has been an apparent breakdown in communication between them villa owners. Full refund issued. The problem that I have, is that I…
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Prepaid cards for a charity [Merged]
Hi For years our charity has been using two Equals prepaid cards to purchase stuff abroad. We used Equals because they waived the fees for charities. Today they have ceased the waiver and will charge £25 per month. So please advise me on an alternative company which can provide two prepaid cards without such a huge fee. A…
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Barclaycard Balance not adding up correctly on app
A strange one this. I still use Microsoft Money for my accounting, so I can get an up-to-date view of my finances. All has been balancing fine against the official log on the site for years now, but I have noticed a difference of £34.62 for a couple of weeks now. This just happens to be exactly the same amount as a…
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Credit card and debit card for travelling
hi I’m not a terribly experienced traveller and was wondering - is it best to just have a debit card (I have a starling card) or a debit card and credit card (which I would have to apply for) to travel with? Thank you.
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American Express (Amex) Preferred Rewards Gold
In the blurb about the benefits of this card it says that the £5k doesn't have to a cash spend but could be a balance transfer. Where does it say this in the Ts&Cs and also does a balance transfer not incure a fee of 3% which eats into the benefits?
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AMEX Eligibility - Cashback Everyday Credit Card
I've been thinking for a while that an AMEX card would be useful and we need to pay for our new sofa soon so I thought the introductory offer (5% cashback) would be helpful. I used the AMEX eligibility checker and it indicated a negative response. I think because the salary I entered was too low compared to the AMEX…
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NatWest 0% Balance Transfer Incentive and HooYu Video Identification Process.
Martin's recent headline is: New! NatWest 33-month 0% debt shift FOR ANYONE. I imagine thouands of people will be applying, but no one realises what's in store for them. I just applied, got accepted by NatWest and then was asked to follow a process of identification by a company called HooYu. They wanted to take a video of…
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Money transfer from existing credit card account
First off, I’m in the lucky position of not needing to do this, as I have savings. And I fully understand the argument/question of “why bother then”? But I have expenditure coming up and am one of those who likes the ‘comfort’ of a cash balance. However, with that out if the way - does anyone know if I were to accept a…
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Can we do this to switch to Amex Nectar and still get the new customer bonus?
Hey all, We've been using an Amex card for our standard spending for years (paying in full each month of course), and have noticed the cashback rate getting worse and worse as time goes on. Meanwhile we've just spotted the Amex Nectar card with its 20,000 point bonus for new customers and, as we do our grocery shop at…
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Natwest reward card interest charge
Interested to know if anyone else are having the same issue as me with their Natwest credit card(reward card), we have used this card for many years with no issue, it is set up with a D/D monthly of full amount therefore no charges, but in the last two months we have been charged over £400 'interest' for no apparent…
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Fast delivery for replacement Credit Card
Hi All I have recently had the need to replace a Credit Card, the fastest delivery the company can offer is 5-7 days by Royal Mail 2nd Class! Hence I'm looking for a Credit Card that can offer 2-3 days guaranteed replacement delivery. Thank you
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is 0% balance transfer cheaper than my current daily card?
I have a Cap 1 card with the following rates: Purchases interest is 30.34%, Cash withdrawals is 30.34%, Balance transfers is 30.34% Of course I'm aware it's a crap rate and I'm trying to improve my rating. If I do a balance transfer on a 0% transfer card, will my payments be cheaper? so that would mean instead of paying…
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Section 75 claim advise
Hello, Have timeline as below. I feel like the bank is going around in circles and putting the onus on me to reach a resolution. In brief sofa's delivered May 25 purchased from high street furniture store. Reported a fault by email and personal visit same day. That began a long process with no help from trader so made…
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