Minimum payments and rising debt

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[Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie

15 July 2004 at 1:31PM in Loans

If you pay the minimum payment on your credit card - and your credit card is NOT on a 0% deal - your debt could be rising.

This may especially be true if you are also paying for Payment Protection Insurance.

Full article at

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8214-1172661,00.html

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