Credit Card Blog

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 [...]

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 [...]

A quick word of warning to all students with credit cards! If you pay any of your bills to the local council with a student credit card then make sure you check out the small print or ask your council to see if they charge you for paying by credit card. There is mounting evidence [...]

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 [...]