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This is Money22 April 2006 NEARLY half of credit card holders are taking advantage of loyalty schemes attached to their plastic, a survey showed today. POINTS MEAN PRIZES: TV presenter Denise Van Outen in a recent campaign for Nectar and Amex loyalty cards WANT TO KNOW MORE? DEAL FINDER: Best loyalty cards OTHER STORIES Catch in small loans exposed Card trick saves your cash New on the market In debt before their time Court orders hit 10% of adults CREDIT & ...

Getting a pension is the last thing on my mind,” says Emily Howe, a 28-year old television researcher who graduated from Nottingham Trent University six years ago. With thousands of pounds in credit card debts on top of student loans, Howe is not untypical of the generation of 20 and 30-year-olds who feel they have no cash to spare to invest in pensions. // “At the moment I am more concerned abou ...

Bank of America, the second-largest US bank by assets and the largest credit card issuer, on Thursday said its $34bn acquisition of MBNA would not dilute this year's earnings. "We initially thought it would be slightly dilutive for 2006 and now we [believe] at worst it will be neutral, which is pretty extraordinary for a deal of that size in the financial services industry," said Ken Lewis, chief ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - HSBC, Standard Chartered and Barclays are among the bidders for South Korea's top credit card firm, LG Card Co., a newspaper reported on Thursday, quoting unnamed financial sources. The three UK-based banks, if confirmed to be bidding, would compete with three South Korean firms, including Shinhan Financial Group and Hana Financial Group, which submitted preliminary bids for LG  ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - HSBC (HSBA.L: Quote, Profile, Research) , Standard Chartered (STAN.L: Quote, Profile, Research) and Barclays (BARC.L: Quote, Profile, Research) are among the bidders for South Korea's top credit card firm, LG Card Co. Ltd. (032710.KS: Quote, Profile, Research) , a newspaper reported on Thursday, quoting unnamed financial sources. The three banks, if confirmed to be bidding, would compete with three South Korean firms, including Shinhan Financial Group (055550.KS: Quote, Prof ...

Justin Harper, Daily Mail19 April 2006 BEFORE you take out a personal loan to buy a new car or dream holiday, consider putting it on a credit card instead. WANT TO KNOW MORE? DEAL FINDER: Pick a card that will save you pounds DEAL FINDER: The cheapest loans on the market OTHER STORIES Court orders hit 10% of adults Warning on debt advisers New on the market EU clampdown on card fe ...

Helen Loveless, Mail on Sunday16 April 2006 CREDIT card company Capital One is mailing thousands of apparently ' preselected' individuals, offering cards with spending limits of up to £25,000. WANT TO KNOW MORE? DEAL FINDER: Compare credit cards DEAL FINDER: The cheapest loans OTHER STORIES Court orders hit 10% of adults EU clampdown on card fees New on the market 15-month 0 ...