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Watch Newsnight tonight!!
Shows how fraudsters have cracked chip/pin. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/2008/02/tuesday_26_february_2008.html
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Barclaycard's £25 credit
Does anyone know how the "sign up to barclaycard and recieve a £25 credit " works? :confused:
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searched the site but cant find....
hi, i'm sure i have found these before but i cant seem to now! im looking for some sample letters to send to credit card companies to try and agree a freeze in interest etc.... cheers
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How to pay a person with credit card
Hi all - some advice please. I'm going to borrow a few grand cash from my mum to buy a car. In parallel, I'll apply for a 0% on purchase card. Is there any way to pay my mum back using the card without withdrawing cash and therefore paying a fee?
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TSB charged interest 0% ending 'early'
Have had TSB card forever and always pay off card in full in cash on day due. Don't use it loads so not bothered about switching. Couple of months ago they re-issued new cards (as they were changing to mastercard). At the same time they offered 2 or 3(not sure which) months interest free credit. I don't think original…
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Capital One - cheeky !!!!!!s
The amount of junk mail I have received over the years inviting me to open an account is incredable. Well I sucumed in December for the 4% cashback offer and so became a customer They are now pushing to go paperless to save trees and stuff. Amazing , They sent the equivelent of a small forest to me in the form of junkmail…
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who are"HOME RETAIL GRP CARD SERVICES"
Does anyone know who they are? I've just viewed my credit file and it says I have a credit limit of £1,250 but a zero balance. So, will it look as though I have that money available to me when other lenders search my credit file? if so it must be someone who has "Forgot" to close my account as I'm sure I phoned everyone…
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Taking money for missed appointment without my permission??
Help! I just checked my credit card statement and I found out that £190 has been taken off my credit card for a missed appointment I had on Saturday last. Is that allowed???? Here is the background... I had an appointment in this place back in January and rebooked another one for last Saturday a few weeks ago via email. I…
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Cancelling PPI-Help
I have PPI on my Halifax One Card and i think i want to cancel it, when i keep making my payments i don't see anything coming off the balance even though i'm on 0% bt and 0% puchases for 12 months, i keep paying only slightly more then the minimum payment so £25.odd would be rounded up to £30 i have a balance of £1260 on a…
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Apr?
Not sure if this is the right forum but need help for my friend. She currently has a credit card debt of £5000. and although she has destroyed it she can only afford to pay off £350 pm. She is paying interest of over £30 pm. Credit card bill is showing monthly interest rate of 0.64% but I dont know how to convert it to…
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freezing the interest on my credit card?
HI all. i wonder if anyone could help me. I currently have a capital one credit card (bad i know) with a balance of £3000. The monthly payments are currently £140.00 per month with about £80 per month of that interest alone. As you can imagine this is now cripling me and leaving me with very limited funds to live off. I…
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credit card tarting help needed!!
Hi everyone, I am new to this site and am thinking about becoming a credit card 'tart' but am after some advice. I have read the article on the site about this and am a bit confused about the bit on 'the problem with tarting' : The problem with tarting If you don’t shift the debt in time; you’ll pay the full APR (usually…
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G E finance PPI miss selling on ASDA credit card
My wife has an Asda credit card provided by GE Finance. She recently received a call from them trying to sell Payment Protection Insurance at a cost of 1% of balance, terms were if unemployed / sick for 30 days minimum repayment made - unemployed / sick for 90 days balance cleared. As we use this card for all Asda shopping…
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What can I expect from MBNA?
Hi, following the sterling advice from this site I've just signed up for a Capital One cashback credit card (will be paying off anything it's used for on the same day, so no worries with interest rates, etc). I currently have an MBNA card that I'll be cancelling as soon as my CO card arrives, and I fully expect the usual…
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Purchase protection on a Visa Debt Card ?
I understood that you only got purchase protection on a Credit Card, but the Visa Web site seems to imply that you also get protection against Fraud, undelivered goods etc on a Visa Debit card ?.
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Capital One online statement problems
I've just logged into the new updated account section of Capital One. Has anyone else got any strange transactions on their transaction history? Mine is showing a credit of over £1,200.00 which I definitely did not make :confused: Also, the transactions don't add up! My Capital One card was skimmed just before Christmas so…
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Barclaycard Platinum GUARANTEED OFFER
Hi i just have a quick question, i am a 19 years old, coming up 20, and i am a Barclays bank customer, and today i recieved a letter with Gauranteed writen all over it, saying that because im a barclays customer, that i am gauranteed to be accepted for there platinum credit card with 0% balence transfers till feb 2009, and…
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which way to shuffle
hi ive got a new credit card to help my partner out with his debt he has £4800 on halifax limit is £5250 14% £2197 on egg limit is £3000 14% £1888 on barclaycard limit is £2050 13% £2597 on virgin limit is £3000 16% my card only has a £2100 limit, its a virgin card, what way round should we be doing this? we want as much…
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Pay into pension or pay off credit card?
I am wondering if I should stop paying into my personal pension, which I also get tax relief from the government - I am a normal tax rate payer, and clear my £5000 credit card debt first. Or should I keep paying into my pension and just pay off what I can each month on my credit card (interest rate at 11%). Which is better…
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Alliance & Leicester to increase foreign transaction fees from April 08
I know that savvy moneysavers will already be using zero foreign transaction fee credit cards, such as the Nationwide CC, when spending abroad (or ordering goods from abroad in foreign currency) in order to avoid said foreign transaction fees. However for information to those who do not do this watch out .... on checking…
