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 [...]

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 [...]

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% [...]

Tesco, the supermarket giant, have upped the game with the launch of their new credit card. The Tesco Clubcard Credit Card comes in at zero per cent interest on all purchases for 13 months and allows balance transfers – also at zero per cent interest for 9 months. Don’t forget to take into account the [...]

Anyone with a travel credit card from the Post Office will find holidays a little bit cheaper now. The Post Office is currently waiving the 2.5% fee that they usually charge for cash advances when you change your cash before you go. On a typical two week holiday spends budget of £500 having a credit [...]

Students with credit cards can now feel safer using their plastic now that a four man gang of credit card hackers have been banged to rights at Southwark Crown Court Theogones De Montford, a software engineering student, was yesterday sentenced to four and a half years in prison. Three of his accomplices were also jailed [...]