American Express cardholders with a smartphone can get discounts at restaurants such as Pizza Express and major retailers including Tesco via the Foursquare app.
Representatives from all the major financial service providers and regulators have today pledged action to help make reclaiming payment protection insurance (PPI) for free a lot easier.
Budget airline Monarch has raised credit card surcharges for the majority of customers, despite forthcoming new rules designed to stop firms profiteering from such fees.
Payment protection insurance (PPI) can no longer be sold at the same time you take out a mortgage, loan or credit card, under new rules that come into force on Friday.
Every active credit card user will get a clearer indication of what their plastic really costs them, as they will now receive an annual statement detailing all fees charged over the year.
The Financial Ombudsman Service has moved to tackle the huge delays for consumers who reclaim mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI) caused by the flood of cases it has to deal with.
26 March 2012
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