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Balance transfers
A major credit card shake-up will be complete this month with all providers set to stop penalising those who spend on their plastic after making a balance transfer.
5 January 2011
American Express will hit tens of thousands of cardholders with a £36 annual fee or interest rate hikes in the new year.
30 December 2010
A loophole on a new credit card lets you grab worldwide family travel insurance for £5/month – and you can cancel at any time.
14 September 2010
A major credit card shake-up starts tomorrow with MBNA set to end a long-standing stealth charge that penalises those who spend on their card after making a cheap balance transfer.
31 August 2010
The first new current account-offering UK bank in over a century launches today.
29 July 2010
Nationwide has become the latest lender to offer interest-free balance transfers for 15 months.
22 June 2010
Cheap balance transfer credit cards are back in vogue but millions still don't know how to use one properly which has cost them hundreds of pounds a year.
4 June 2010
MBNA will end a long-standing credit card stealth charge in the autumn that penalises those who spend on a plastic after making a cheap balance transfer.
1 June 2010
Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks have launched a credit card offering 0% on balance transfers for 16 months, the longest interest-free period available.
4 May 2010
Virgin Money's credit card offering 0% interest on purchases and balance transfers for a year will fully launch on its website tomorrow.
17 March 2010
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