Credit Cards News

Barclays is set to axe nearly 1,000 jobs at its Goldfish credit card unit. Barclays purchased the Goldfish credit card provider from Discover Financial Services back in February for £35 million. At the time, it said the move would create uncertainty for its employees in Scotland. This has now become a reality for 900 employees in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, as Barclays is proposing to close the Goldfish call centre. Furthermore, the credit card business’s head office in London, whic ...

James Coney, Daily Mail7 May 2008 Borrowers can get 15 months interestfree on balance transfers with a new credit card by Egg. It is charging 0% until August 1, 2009, for balance transfers made before September 1 this year. It will also charge 0% for purchases until August 1 this year. New deal: Egg is offering the new deal after it closed the accounts of 161,000 customers in January WANT TO KNOW MORE? Cracks show in Egg as Kerr quits Egg: No apologies – you were a ri ...

Alan O'Sullivan, This is Money29 April 2008 Chat | Vote | Guide | Calculate Nationwide will raise some of its loan rates higher than the interest on its credit card later this week in a sign of the ever-present credit crunch. Rising tide: half of lenders have raised their loan rates WANT TO KNOW MORE? Finding it hard to get a cheap loan? Personal loan rates rocket Credit crunch? Banks are throwing loans away POLL: Did you get the advertised APR if you were accepted for a ...