There is no disguising the fact that financial institutions are tightening purse strings and reducing the amount of credit available to consumers and businesses.
Credit card companies have started making changes to the way they do business which reflects the lack of available credit.
Many consumers have recently experienced credit card interest rate rises some by nearly [...]

Once again MBNA’s credit cards the Platinum Plus Visa and Platinum Rewards Visa have had their 0% balance transfer offers extended.
A regular occurrence, the offer has been extended by 1 month this month until the 1st of August 2009. The 0% offer on purchases has also been extended by 1 month to the 1st of [...]

Nationwide International has announced that it will be launching US Dollar and Euro Tracker Premium accounts with effect from Wednesday 1 August 2007.
The accounts will offer market leading interest rates on offshore, no notice foreign currency accounts.
The new accounts will be available to new and existing customers and will offer:
Market leading interest rates – [...]

Barclays has launched a new free and secure pre-pay chip and PIN card which can be used throughout the world at cash machines and anywhere VISA is accepted.
The Travel Money Card is free to purchase and load with money from the equivalent of £100 to £2,500 and is available in British pounds, US dollars [...]

Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank in association with MoneyCard Limited has launched a Visa Pre-Paid Card designed to pay employee expenses.
Making expenses payments to employees with a pre-paid card frees organisations from the risk of issuing company credit cards and the need to handle cash.
Pre-paid cards offer an alternative to difficult to manage petty cash [...]

UK holidaymakers who are planning to use their credit card abroad this summer could be wasting hundreds of millions of pounds on unnecessary fees.
Research from the Post Office shows that 49 per cent of UK holidaymakers plan to use their credit card to shop abroad, accounting for an estimated spend of around £9.4 billion.
But [...]

Lloyds TSB and AIRMILES, the UK’s leading retail loyalty scheme, have announced a new partnership.
From 1 June 2007, Lloyds TSB will become AIRMILES’ official financial services partner, providing it with exclusive rights to offer Airmiles to its customers.
New and existing customers will be able to gain more rewards than ever before, as Lloyds TSB [...]

NatWest has announced that it is launching a new travel reward programme. It has joined forces with ebookers, one of Europe’s largest online travel agents and secured the first ever reward deal with easyJet. The YourPoints programme will replace the Bank’s 19-year old relationship with the AIRMILES scheme from June. The airline and travel industry [...]

Barclaycard Breathe helps customers go green with 50 per cent of profits reducing carbon emissions.
Barclaycard has announced plans to launch the first UK credit card that donates 50 per cent of its profits to give people across the country a greener card option. The Barclaycard Breathe credit card will see Barclaycard:
Donate 50 per cent [...]

As our lives get busier and busier and we have less time for ourselves to do the things we enjoy, it’s good to know there’s somebody we can turn to when we need to sort out our personal lives.
MBNA has launched the new MBNA Rewards Platinum American Express Credit Card offering a series of rewards, [...]