Credit Card Rates Hiked By Two Major Providers
September 29, 2009
Two major credit card providers have become the latest to hike up their credit card interest rates, despite the fact that the base interest rate in the UK is at its lowest level in the three hundred and fifteen year history of the Bank of England. Officials claim that the two card providers have sneakily hiked up the interest being charged on credit card borrowing by significant levels, thus increasing borrowing costs for their cardholders. Read more
Credit Cards Costing More
December 15, 2008
Credit Card companies are going against government warnings to make their credit card deals fairer to customers and face investigations by industry watchdogs if do not change their ways. Read more
Lenders Raising Costs
November 23, 2008
Over the last three months the cost of credit card borrowing has gone up considerably with new figures showing that more than 10% of credit card providers are raising their rates. Sixteen credit card providers have put up the interest rates on purchases since August and all this has happened not taking into account the drops of Bank of England base rate. All this information has been put togeather by financial information group Moneyfacts. Read more