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Credit card banks/providers etc

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kevster_2
kevster_2 Posts: 17 Forumite
in Credit cards
Hi im fairly new to the forums but read the site quite often.

Is there some kind of list or referance to tell people which credit card company/promoter/providers is linked to which credit card bank? ie: a lot virgin, abbey etc are MBNA.

The reason i ask is that i have many credit cards (use the intrest free balance tranfers all the time) and to my knowledge i think there is only a few more i can have. Capital One being one of them.

You can find this out from visiting there website and such but thought i might be handy to have a list?

Plus is it a good idea to start getting rid of the old cards that the offers of intrest free have gone on?

Thanks

Kev.
if i had known then what i know now

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  • Walletwatch
    Walletwatch Posts: 1,055 Forumite
    I second that request. Recently applied for an MBNA card, and was rejected, now which cards should I not apply for?
    It's always the grass that suffers, irrespective of whether the elephants are fighting or making love !!!
  • johnllew
    johnllew Posts: 1,928 Forumite
    This was a list I posted at Rpoints some time ago:

    Abbey: Cahoot - whilst their own card is now with MBNA!

    American Express: Various credit cards under their own name plus charge cards.

    Bank of Scotland: AA Visa Card/BAA WorldCard/MyTravelco Card/Rangers Card/Sainsbury's/Whale & Dolphin plus numerous affinity cards. (Part of HBOS Group)

    Barclays: Barclaycard/Monument.

    Capital One: Various under their own name.

    CitiBank: Citicard.

    Co-Op: Various under their own name plus Smile and numerous affinity cards.

    Egg

    Halifax: Various under their own name plus numerous affinity cards (Part of HBOS Group).

    HFC: Marbles/GM Card

    HSBC: First Direct and various under their own name plus affinity cards.

    Lloyds TSB: Accucard/Advance/CreateCard/Goldfish/easyMoney/MORE TH>N/Scottish Widows/TrustCard plus various under their own name.

    Marks & Spencer: &more

    MBNA: Abbey, Alliance & Leicester/RyanAir/Virgin plus various under their own name and numerous affinity cards.

    Morgan Stanley

    RBoS: Various under their own name plus Lifeboats/Mint/Tesco/Woodland Trust.
  • Reaper
    Reaper Posts: 7,353 Forumite
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    MBNA's web site lists quite a few. Click here and look through the "More choices" links.
  • Milarky
    Milarky Posts: 6,356 Forumite
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    HFC: Marbles/GM Card

    HSBC: First Direct and various under their own name plus affinity cards.

    Please note that HFC (including the 'Beneficial' brand) is now part of same group as HSBC

    Natwest (not mentioned) is part of the RBS group
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  • Chris2000
    Chris2000 Posts: 318 Forumite
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    johnllew wrote:
    Marks and Spencer: &more

    Recently sold to HSBC.
  • JMU-95
    JMU-95 Posts: 192 Forumite
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    Which bank is linked to the Texaco card?
  • pinkfluffybabe
    pinkfluffybabe Posts: 2,989 Forumite
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    Lloyds TSB, Texaco is an Accucard (part of Lloyds)
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  • Joe_Bloggs
    Joe_Bloggs Posts: 4,535 Forumite
    The information in this post needs collating.
    Egg are owned by Prudential PLC. The pru have been trying to sell egg but nobody is interested in this ugly duckling (est 5% share of credit cards).
    http://www.prudential.co.uk/prudentialplc/aboutpru/history/histories/eggplc/
    J_B.
  • pin
    pin Posts: 4,265 Forumite
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    Joe_Bloggs wrote:
    The information in this post needs collating.
    Egg are owned by Prudential PLC. The pru have been trying to sell egg but nobody is interested in this ugly duckling (est 5% share of credit cards).
    http://www.prudential.co.uk/prudentialplc/aboutpru/history/histories/eggplc/
    J_B.

    I thought the Pru were trying to sell Egg's French business, but in the end as no-one would buy it they decided to shut it down.
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