Credit Card Blog

There has been some debate over the last month or so as to whether credit card providers are pulling a fast one with their zero per cent interest rate deals on transfers. Many credit card providers offer zero per cent if you are willing to switch from one credit card company to their own deal. [...]

New statistics reveal that the interest rates on general credit cards are now at a 13 year high, so it’s more important than ever before to make sure you are comparing like with like if you are interested in taking out a student credit card. Since the beginning of the 2011, many credit card providers [...]

Barclaycard has launched a long term 0% balance transfer credit card into the UK market. The term of the interest free period on credit card balance transfers is a whopping 18 months, making it the longest interest free credit card for balance transfers. As you would expect though, not everything about the new Barclaycard credit [...]

As is traditional at this time of year, the credit card providers are trying to dream up clever ways to persuade new customers to apply for credit cards. They also try to provide incentives for credit card users to switch from a rival provider to their own credit card account. Just one example of the [...]

Which?, the magazine that compares products for consumers, has revealed its pick of the best (and worst) credit cards with rewards in the run up to Christmas. On the high street, the credit cards with rewards making the list for the right reasons were cards from BHS, The House of Fraser, Debenhams, Harvey Nichols, John [...]

Yesterday, (15 November 2010) saw Virgin Money extend the period of zero interest on balance transfers to their credit card by two months from 14 months to 16 months. An extra 60 days or so on a credit card balance transfer might not sound like a big deal but it can actually save you a [...]

UK credit card providers are starting to produce deals which might incentivise credit card users to put Christmas on plastic this year. With Christmas just 55 days away, credit card providers are tripping over each other to come up with the best and cheapest credit cards to entice the British consumer to shop with their [...]

After we posted yesterday about the Barclaycard Platinum credit card we noticed that there seems to be an increase in the number of credit cards offering double incentives to new customers. We mentioned in that last blogpost about how an added bonus of the Barclaycard Platinum credit card was that it also included a sweetener [...]

Barclaycard has extended the balance transfer period on their Barclaycard Platinum card to 16 months making it one of the lengthiest interest free periods in the credit card market. The offer is only available to new Barclaycard Platinum credit card customers and there is a handling charge of 2.9 per cent on the balance of [...]

New ‘Clear’ credit card customers of the Co-operative Bank could benefit from a reduced APR of 11.9% with a new special offer. To qualify applicants must already have, or be prepared to open, certain current accounts with the bank. The move marks a one per cent decrease from the company’s traditional standard interest of 12.9% [...]