Posts Tagged ‘Credit card news’

Credit Card Spending is up as Economy is on the Rise

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

As our economy is right in the middle of a general election that no-one seems to be able to call, we can see that it is also on the rise again.  Perhaps our troubles are going away after all and Gordon Brown has done some good after all?  Our credit card spending would certainly seem to suggest that this is the case… (more…)

The new Credit Card rules.

Monday, April 12th, 2010

There is some good news around the corner for the consumer of credit cards.  The government have implemented a new set of rules that have a little more power than everyone was expecting, and at last credit card companies can be forced to pay out compensation if they don’t stick to them… (more…)

Credit Cards assign the blame

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

Credit card debt has become a problem, and despite the Bank of England base rate of 0.5%,  the average credit-card interest rate is still 19%.  This is pretty damn high.  What does this mean for the credit card customer today?… (more…)

Government to help Credit Card holders

Monday, March 15th, 2010

It’s true that the government have put foward new proposals to help credit card holders to save money and get into less debt.  The government aims to make lending more respsible and efficient by not allowing credit companies to increase credit limits without the credit card holder’s consent… (more…)