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The euro has weakened even further over the past week. It now sits at a paltry £1 buying €1.33 at the spot rate (and £1 buys €1.33 at the best travel money rate too). This would've been unthinkable last year when you'd have done well to get €1.20 and two years ago when €1.15 would've been worth whooping about.
26 January 2015
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Shoppers will be able to use biometric bank cards to pay for shopping from next year after MasterCard unveiled what it says is the "world's first fingerprint authenticated card".
20 October 2014
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Passengers booking a Ryanair flight in the UK can only avoid an admin fee for the privilege of paying by getting Ryanair's own prepaid card from today.
1 November 2011
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Ryanair, already the king of added fees, is about to change its rules to make customers jump through a new hoop to book flights at its advertised price.
13 September 2011
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The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has introduced new rules to protect pre-paid card users but they could be open to abuse.
4 May 2011

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