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Compare UK Credit Card Rates

November 22, 2010 | Author: | Posted in Consumer, Financial

The deals and discounts website, Deal85.com, today unveiled an all-new suite of financial product comparison tools within the specially created sub-domain Compare.Deal85.com. Compare.Deal85.com allows UK users to take the power back by using simple comparison tables to compare financial products based upon their own individual criteria, without gimmicks and withour providing pseudo-advisory services. One of …

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Rising credit card spend could escalate debt problems, warns Payplan

October 11, 2010 | Author: | Posted in Consumer

October 11 2010 – The amount spent on credit cards increased in August, fuelling concern that consumers may be overspending and leaving themselves open to credit card debt. According to the Barclaycard Spending Index, 9.2 per cent more money was spent on credit cards in August compared with the same period 12 months ago, representing …

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RISE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE FUNDING SURGERY WITH LOANS

May 14, 2010 | Author: | Posted in Consumer

According to research conducted by the UK’s leading discount website, 62% of people that have had cosmetic surgery have funded the procedure with a loan or credit card and two thirds, 64% of those considering a procedure would do the same. A new poll by the UK’s leading voucher codes and discount website has found …

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HSBC to rebuild retail loans book

April 26, 2010 | Author: | Posted in Financial

HSBC Bank Plans to focus on credit cards and home loans this year. After booking losses on its consumer banking business for three straight years, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) looks to rebuild its retail loan book in 2010, aided by an improving credit environment. The UK-based bank, the third-largest foreign lender in …

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European ATM fraud losses down 36% reports EAST – European ATM Security Team

April 9, 2010 | Author: | Posted in Office Products

EDINBURGH, UK – 9TH APRIL 2010. EAST (the European ATM Security Team) has reported a 36% drop in ATM related fraud losses in 2009, with total losses of 312 million Euros reported (down from 485 million Euros in 2008). Annual losses due to card skimming have fallen for the first time since EAST began reporting …

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Credit cards related complaints increased in 2008-2009

February 23, 2010 | Author: | Posted in Financial

The report said RBI has started taking ‘class action’, by issuing general directions to all banks to protect their customers. Such general directions are issued by the controller in cases that could benefit not only the applicant, but all those consumers similarly placed without having to move toward their respective banks. The report said RBI …

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