Easter is a popular time for couples and families to head off on holiday. Bank holidays and the two-week-long school break make April the perfect time to get away from it all.
However, managing your cash while abroad can be tricky so here are three reasons why travel prepaid credit cards should be high up on [...]
RBS has announced that its 15 month 0% balance transfer offer on the RBS Platinum Credit Card, which was previously only available to existing RBS current account holders, is now available to everyone aged 18 and over providing they earn at least £10,000 per year.
If you are looking to compare credit cards, this is really [...]
NatWest has extended the availability of its great 15 month 0% balance transfer offer on the NatWest Platinum Credit Card so that it is now available to all customers (aged 18+ with a minimum annual income of £10,000) rather than exclusively to existing NatWest customers.
This is great news for consumers comparing credit cards as it [...]
You can now get a competitive rate of 7.90% with a Barclays Loan.
You can borrow between £1,000 and £25,000 with a Barclays Unsecured Loan and pay a competitive typical APR of 7.9%.
Additionally, Barclays are offering some great deals including £50 when you switch your loan to Barclays and if you find a better deal, Barclays [...]
Capital One has extended the interest-free offer on its platinum credit card.
At the beginning of June, Capital One announced that it was offering a 0% interest rate on balance transfers and purchases until 1st September 2009, which worked out at around 15 months interest-free.
The credit card provider has announced that new customers will now be [...]
As of April 23 2008 some changes have been applied to Sainsbury’s Car Insurance.
If you buy Sainsbury’s Car Insurance you will now benefit from these additional aspects of cover:
Your children’s car seats will always be replaced after an accident
A free courtesy car when your car is being repaired after an accident covered by your policy [...]
Direct Line has announced a change to the way their comprehensive car insurance works.
The company say that “these days it’s almost impossible to protect your car from being vandalised” and, as a result, they have changed their car insurance policy so that the innocent party doesn’t end up footing the bill for criminal activity.
Take out [...]
Sainsbury’s have today reduced the AER on their ‘High-interest saver’ from 6.00% to 5.75%.
This is likely to be as a result of the recent 0.25% drop in the Bank of England base rate earlier this week.
However, if you hold this account, don’t be put off by the drop in AER. Sainsbury’s deal is still a [...]
Last week saw the banking industry implement some overdue changes to the way cheques are dealt with by banks.
In the past, if a cheque turned out to be a forgery, banks could recoup the money from a customer’s account. This could happen weeks or months after it had initially been paid in.
The changes have been [...]
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