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Asda credit card customers told to redeem cashback by 12 September – or they'll lose it
Customers of the Asda Cashback credit card have been warned that they have until Saturday 12 September to create any cashback vouchers they still have in their accounts
3 September 2020
Barclaycard warns customers it may have set credit limits too high
Barclaycard has apologised after admitting it may have raised customers' credit limits too high – and it's inviting those who think they may have been negatively affected to get in touch
6 August 2020
Rewards shake-up for John Lewis and Waitrose Partnership credit card
John Lewis and Waitrose are changing the rewards you can earn on their Partnership credit card from September, increasing what you can earn for spending with the two stores but slashing what you get for spending elsewhere
17 July 2020
Further help on overdrafts, loans and credit cards confirmed for those hit by coronavirus
The financial regulator has confirmed it will order lenders to take further steps to help customers hit financially by the coronavirus pandemic, including asking them to extend the deadline by which customers have to ask for interest-free overdrafts of up to £500 or payment holidays on credit and store cards, loans and catalogue debt
1 July 2020
Pockit, FairFX and other prepaid cards begin to work again after Wirecard restrictions lifted
Customers of Pockit, Anna Money, FairFX and more should now, or very shortly, be able to use their cards as usual, after the financial regulator lifted restrictions on Wirecard
30 June 2020
Martin Lewis: 'Signs that Pockit, Anna Money, Fair FX and other Wirecard accounts may be unlocked this week'
Thousands of prepaid card users have been left unable to access their own cash after the Financial Conduct Authority today ordered Wirecard Card Solutions Ltd to suspend its operations in the UK and freeze customer funds, after a major accounting scandal at its German parent company.
29 June 2020
MBNA credit card customers wrongly chased for 'overdue' bills after agreeing payment holidays
MBNA credit card customers who agreed a payment holiday because they are struggling due to coronavirus have been mistakenly sent text messages chasing 'overdue' payment. If you're received one of these texts you can safely ignore it – so long as you're sure your payment holiday has been confirmed
23 April 2020
Regulator warns lenders against suspending credit cards for all those in persistent debt
The financial regulator has written to credit card firms telling them to review how they treat customers in 'persistent debt'
3 February 2020
Gambling on credit cards to be banned from April
Gambling businesses will be banned from allowing consumers in England, Scotland and Wales to use credit cards to gamble from April
14 January 2020
Warning. Tandem to end fee-free cashback credit card in March – should you pay £6/month to keep it?
Challenger bank Tandem has announced it is to start charging for its popular cashback credit card, with existing customers unable to use their cards from 9 March unless they pay a £5.99/mth membership fee
8 January 2020
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Is it time to ban Christmas presents?
14 September 2020
Update September 2017: It’s eight years since I first braved this subject, expecting a snowstorm of protest. Instead, year after year more join in, like Julia who recently tweeted me, “@MartinSLewis, finally took your advice and told my family I can’t afford Christmas presents. What a weight off my mind. Thank you.” One year even the Archbishop of... -
Martin Lewis: I confess, I did a 'decoy effect' experiment on my Twitter and Facebook followers… and it may be why they're buying more Jaffa Cakes
7 September 2020
Behavioural economics is a powerful science. Some retailers are undoubtedly using it to make us pay more to get less. One element is the 'decoy effect' – where a higher-priced item is sold, to make items next to it look like bargains. So I wanted to do a little experiment to test it -
Martin Lewis: Payment holidays extended – but should you take one? Mortgages, credit cards, loans, payday loans, car finance and more
11 August 2020
Within the last week, we've seen the extension of coronavirus credit card, personal loan and overdraft help to 31 October 2020, with mortgage payment holidays already extended. The regulator's other help schemes are also likely to be extended too, including car finance and payday loans, yet should you do it?
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