Credit Cards News

Thu 15th Dec 2005 The SkyCard interactive TV credit card will come with a zero per cent deal over Christmas and beyond.Purchases and balance transfers carry a zero per cent rate from December 20th until January 1st 2007, covering the upcoming Christmas shopping period.Mark Duckworth, general manager at SkyCard, said that predictions about the end of zero per cent deals are premature."This ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Nothing beats using your credit card when it comes to protection of your purchases. // document.write(''); MARKETWATCH PERSONAL FINANCE  IN INVESTING As an investment, Big Board may be big bore  IN MUTUAL FUNDS Russell-index ETFs getting 27 new IPOs  IN LIFE & MONEY Cash advances can be costly in more ways than one  IN RETIREMENT O ...

NEW YORK (FORTUNE) - For millions of Americans, the first big financial decision in life is whether to take on a student loan. Student loans are debt, of course, but they represent something different than credit card debt or a car loan: They are part of a quest for a better future. And they can have lifelong consequences, both good and bad, because for the unwise or the plain unlucky, a s ...

John Varley, Daily Mail12 December 2005 JOHN VARLEY is Group chief executive of Barclays Bank. OTHER STORIES A balance transfer deal for life Cost of shopping for best loan It really pays to know your score Despair of poverty pensioners 3m owe more than £10,000 HAVE YOUR SAY 'IF cards - what are they doing?' 'The best balance transfer card' AT THE end of last year I ...

Liz Phillips, Daily Mail9 December 2005 YOUR credit score is a vital piece of information if you are wanting to borrow, but lenders guard it closely. SCORED: Lenders will check your credit rating before they offer you credit WANT TO KNOW MORE? READER SERVICE: Check your credit OTHER STORIES A balance transfer deal for life Cost of shopping for best loan Banks share the credit card load Despair of poverty pensioners 3m owe more than £10,000 HAVE YOUR  ...

Payment protection insurance, intended to provide cover if you are unable to pay off a personal loan, mortgage or credit card debt is to be subjected to yet another investigation. // The Office of Fair Trading is to launch its probe into PPI in the new year following a complaint from Citizens Advice about unfair sales tactics. The Competition Commission is also due to report shortly on its review of store credit cards and associated PPI cover while last month saw the publication of a Financia ...