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Following the shock announcement that Amazon will stop accepting Visa credit cards in January 2022, Martin Lewis explains how you can get up to £20 when changing your default Amazon payment card. The MoneySavingExpert.com founder also discusses the top cashback and reward credit cards in the latest episode of The Martin Lewis Money Show. 
19 November 2021
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Debit and credit card holders who've been left out of pocket by the Visa outage which affected payments across Europe on Friday are being told to claim from their banks - if you're affected here's what you need to know.
4 June 2018
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Debit and credit card holders who've been left out of pocket by the Visa outage which affected payments across Europe on Friday are being told to claim from their banks - if you're affected here's what you need to know.
1 June 2018
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Card schemes are taking action to deal with a security flaw which means lost or stolen contactless cards can be used AFTER they've been cancelled – but some of the changes will take months to come in and cards will continue to be usable in some cases.
23 February 2018
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Holidaymakers paying by card are being hit with hideous exchange rates because some card machines allow foreign shops, hotels and restaurants to rip off customers by switching the currency AFTER they've entered their PIN, a MoneySavingExpert.com investigation reveals.
17 August 2017
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American Express is considering big changes to the way it processes payments in a bid to stop fraud on lost or stolen contactless cards which have been cancelled, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal.
7 April 2017
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New US visa waiver rules mean 100,000s of Brits now need a new passport to visit the US, and many have been caught out as a result, with some missing flights or even forced to cancel their trip. Here's how to check your passport, what to do if you've not got an e-passport and what your rights are if you've been turned back.
10 May 2016
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The pound's hit it's best rate against the euro for eight years, meaning holidaymakers tripping to Europe find it far cheaper than in recent memory. Currently it's hovering around £1 buys €1.43 - €1.44, a year ago it would've bought you just €1.24.
21 July 2015
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Update August 2016: This news story was written in May 2015, though we've done further analysis on the Mastercard and Visa rates since then, and the logic is still the same – Mastercard still usually comes out the winner. We will do a full update of this article soon...
19 May 2015
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Copycat websites that charge customers for Government and other services, which are usually free, will find it harder to lure in victims after a crackdown by Google.
23 April 2014

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