New customers can now enjoy 0% on balance transfers until January 2010 with the MBNA Platinum Credit Card, plus 0% on purchases until March 2009.
What’s more, you won’t have to pay an annual fee and will be able to manage your credit card account online. You will also have access to customer services 24 hours a day.
You can now get an exclusive Christmas offer on the MBNA Platinum Credit Card through compareandsave.com, provided you are one of the first 1,000 customers to make a successful application.
If you’re one of the lucky 1,000, you will receive 0% on balance transfers until December 2009 (subject to an admin fee of 2.9%, 0% on card purchases until May 2009 to any purchases made before 31st December 2008.
Yesterday it emerged that the website Paperticket.co.uk, a website selling concert tickets, had been shut down by the Metropolitan Police under suspicion of fraud under the ‘Proceeds of Crime Act’.
As a consequence, thousands of people have been warned they may not receive their tickets - except for the lucky proportion that used their credit cards and will so likely be covered by section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act.
However, it’s not just fraudsters that could cause consumers to be left out of pocket in these hard times.
Just yesterday Uswitch.com predicted that 1.7 million people in the UK will resort to taking cash out on their credit cards to fund Christmas.
If you are one of those 1.7 million, STOP, put the credit card down slowly and read on.
New customers will now receive 16 months 0% on balance transfers with the Virgin Credit Card.
The great thing about this offer is that customers will get the interest-free offer for 16 months from the date the account is opened.
Did you know that at the end of 2007 there were 73.2 million credit cards and charge cards in circulation in the UK compared with around 60 million people?
Credit cards now have a vital role in the world of personal finance, and have for some time, yet there doesn’t seem to be a comprehensive guide about them anywhere online.
The Capital One Low Rate Balance Transfer No Fee Credit Card, a new product on the market, comes with a low balance transfer rate of 6.5%until 1st January 2011 and no admin fee.
The Capital One Low Rate Balance Transfer Credit Card now comes with a reduced balance transfer fee of 1.7% and an APR of just 5.5% (variable) on transferred balances until 1st January 2011.
You can now get 0% on purchases until 1st February 2009 and 0% on balance transfers until 1st February 2010 with the Capital One Balance Transfer and Purchases Credit Card.
New customers can now get 0% on balance transfers and purchases until 1st November 2009 when they take out a Capital One Platinum Credit Card.
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