MSE News: Barclaycard to buy 1.15 million Egg customers

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OllyM wrote: »

Citi are actively trying to get rid of assets in Europe and I expect they didn't get a better offer from anywhere else!

Very true. They've been trying to flog Egg for ages now.

Eydon

Deleted_User wrote: »

You'll probably be looking at around 12-18 months time.

Might be a bit sooner than that...

http://www.egg.com/visitor/0,,3_120293--View_2605,00.html

They mention May 2011 for us to become Barclaycard customers.

OllyM

I bet they will change the cashback terms when they rebrand the cards

Froggitt

Anyone any thoughts on which card we all move to?

Eydon

Froggitt wrote: »

Anyone any thoughts on which card we all move to?

Personally, I'll switch back to using the Capital One World Mastercard. I'm one of the lucky ones that's had one for a while, so as well as the 1% cashback and £10 annual cashback bonus I don't have any annual fee.

Froggitt

Is there one without the annual fee?

climbgirl

Froggitt wrote: »

Is there one without the annual fee?

Martin summarises the options here

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cards/cashback-credit-cards

Froggitt

Yup. Quidco pay £18 nulling the fee in year one.

Former_MSE_Helen

This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story:

"Card holders are likely to transfer if a proposed deal goes ahead later this year, but what will be the impact? ..."

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Barclaycard to buy 1.15 million Egg customers

climbgirl

Can we merge it with the thread already in existence?!