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American Express has cut the cashback rates on its flagship Platinum and Platinum Everyday credit cards, with the Everyday headline rate slashed from 1.25% to 1%.
9 August 2016
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Users of certain Apple devices will soon be able to pay for goods at some UK retailers including Boots and Starbucks and for travel on Transport for London simply by touching their handset or watch to a contactless reader.
9 June 2015
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American Express (Amex) customers who currently have, or have had, its My Essentials and Back on Track policies with additional card protection in the past, will be refunded the premiums paid for the worthless add-on cover. 
20 May 2015
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RBS customers are the latest to lose out from a forthcoming cap on the fees card firms charge retailers to process transactions, as the provider has revealed it's scrapping its YourPoints credit card reward scheme.
16 April 2015
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Capital One has become the first major provider to reveal it's axing cashback for some of its cardholders from 1 June as a result of a forthcoming cap on on the fees card firms charge retailers to process transactions, which fund cashback deals.
7 April 2015
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Lloyds Bank is the worst of the major banks and building societies for wrongly rejecting both payment protection insurance (PPI) and other banking complaints, new figures from the Financial Ombudsman Service show.
24 February 2015
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We're often told to call our credit or debit card providers before setting off on our travels to ensure our plastic isn't stopped abroad. But whether or not you actually need to depends on your provider.
8 July 2014
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700,000 Barclaycard customers with a cashback credit card will be moved to a new deal in May – but it may leave some, particularly those who used to have Egg cards – worse off.
14 March 2014
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Aqua Cashback Reward credit card customers should consider ditching it and switching elsewhere as the provider is slashing the amount you can earn in cashback from 3% to 0.5%.
15 November 2013

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