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Credit card stealth charges have been damaging consumers for years. Yet now the Government's given an opportunity for change, and MoneySavingExpert.com has published its reply to the consultation.
18 January 2010
You've only a few days to have your say on government plans to help reduce the £54 billion of credit card debt we owe as a nation.
14 January 2010
A store card claiming to offer a 0% annual percentage rate (APR) charges the equivalent of over 130% interest on some typical borrowing.
22 December 2009
Credit card providers are set to hike their interest rates and introduce more annual fees as they battle to survive, an industry report claims today.
9 November 2009
Barclaycard has reduced some borrowers' minimum credit card payments to a fraction of their debt this month following a computer glitch.
6 November 2009
Borrowers are missing out on the best deals and paying too much for credit due to cracks in the application process, MPs were told today.
27 October 2009
The Government is attempting to cut up the credit card rule book, launching a raft of proposals aimed at reducing the £53.9 billion of debt we owe on plastic as a nation.
27 October 2009
The word 'stoozing' could soon find itself in the dictionary.
13 October 2009
Postal workers have voted in favour of a national strike in a bitter row over jobs, pay and services, it was announced today. This threatens widespread disruption for consumers in the coming weeks.
8 October 2009
Nationwide is upping the commission charge to use its credit and debit cards in most non-European countries today.
1 October 2009
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