hiya,
Throughout my debt battle, i kept one Mastercard running sweet as a nut
Its been paid on time, amount more than minimum, cleared off, new balance, paid all in one, cleared and now has about £50 on it. It's everything i would have thought they would love to say "sure have more...

EU investigation to probe Mastercard fees

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 9th April 2013 19:39.

Mastercard is being investigated by the European Commission over fees charged for card transactions made by people visiting Europe. The Commission...

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I know they can do this, just a bit annoying.

Mum had a house of fraiser store card, always paid on time, never any big balances.

About a year ago they decreased her limit, and today they have cancelled the card, because of routine checks lol

More like they...

Not long after my first default was registered (December 2010) a credit card i had running sweet wrote advising they had decided to reduce my credit limit by £800 (still within reason ). I have kept this running OK and will do so.
I was planning on applying for a Vanquis...

MasterCard sells its data to marketers

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 17th October 2012 10:38.

*MasterCard has started selling its data to advertisers and marketers to help them create targeted campaigns. * The credit card company’s...

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Hi All,

OK - Dad has a Cap1 Mastercard - with Lowell Had it checked by Niddy and its enforceable.

Agreed with Lowell in writing and have been paying £25 per month by standing order all thanks to the templates and standing firm on the way he paid them

All going...

I recently got ripped off by these thieves. I have now started to get my own back by making as many people as possible aware of their activities. The start was a complain to Dorset Trading Standards. See the PDF file.

I urge anyone who has fallen victim to these con artists to start the...

Had a spare 1/2 hour so I thought I would have a browse through the consumer credit act 1974 HERE

I came across this..

[F151ARestrictions on provision of credit card cheques

(1)A person who provides credit card cheques otherwise than in accordance with this section...

Hi, I have a John Lewis Partnership card, which was originally a store card, but somewhere along the line became a credit card. I think at the time I believed the store cards were being phased out, but it appears this was not the case! Here are the facts:

Credit card opened in July 2004...

Barclayloan

Loan type: Loan
Date: 14 December 2007
Approx balance £21,200
Last full payment November 2009
Not paying / In default
Account Mackenzie hall


Background

I took the loan out in December 2007 started struggling...

Google and others are promoting Near Field Communication technology, which involves replacing credit cards with phones which can be tapped on a reader at the till - but PayPal is sceptical

The mobile wallet payment systems being developed by Google, Vodafone, Orange, Visa and Mastercard...

Hi all,

Does anyone know what the cheapest pre pay credit cards are?

I want to have a couple pre loaded as emergency options when I go travelling in December. The idea is to have about £100 each on them and keep them seperate to the rest of my money and cards in case...

I have a mastercard debit card. Except, it seems when it comes to Travelodge. They class it as a Mastercard credit card. Possibly because they charge an extra £2 for payments by it.

I've had a similar problem with other places where they just don't accept it as either.
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The Background is had credit, lost job , started CCCS had two children and carried on paying CCCS.
Egg applied a Default, HSBC applied a Default, Vigin Credit Card applied lates so a pretty screwed Credit Rating.
Never really looked in detail at the debts as life was so busy, I am sure charges...

Ok, So other then using MSE's Travel money checker im not convinced it checks everywhere.. anyone else know where to get to forigen exchange?