Credit Card Blog

Helpful supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has reminded us that debit card, credit card and prepaid card users should keep an eye on fees and charges when using ATM machines to withdraw money overseas. Sainsbury’s say that as a nation we have taken out close to £4 billion worth of foreign notes on prepaid cards, debit cards [...]

The coalition government is currently looking into ways of tightening up the UK credit card market. It is also considering ways of making both credit cards and store cards fairer to the consumer. Plans under consideration include placing a ceiling on the level of interest that credit card providers can charge and bringing in a [...]

Sainsbury’s have just launched a new Gold credit card onto the credit card market which it claims is ideal for use both in the UK and overseas. The Sainsbury’s Gold Credit Card has a monthly fee of £5 and a minimum credit limit of £1,500 so it’s not going to appeal to everyone. So, what [...]

Do you remember our recent blog post at the end of last month about the Post Office Credit Card waiving travel charges? Well, now the Post Office have released some figures on just how much cash Brits may be throwing away on foreign credit card transactions. According to the Post Office Credit Card sample survey [...]