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A Geek’s Guide to Credit Card Debt

Whether it’s $2,000 or $25,000, credit card debt feels like a weight around your neck. It’s something that you can’t seem to shake, no matter how hard you try. But it’s possible that you’ve been trying the wrong things.

Is hiring a credit restoration company worth the cost?

Is hiring a credit restoration company worth the cost?

Good credit is an important aspect of your financial health because when you do have good credit, more opportunities will be available for you, particularly when it comes to loans and financing.

How To Boost Your Credit Score

How To Boost Your Credit Score

Credit Scores have become more important today for consumers who need credit to buy cars, homes, or even to rent great apartments. Have a sub-par score can certainly cause grief as well. Individuals with poor credit will have higher interest rates which will equal to higher payments.

5 Tips to Help Build Your Credit Through Responsible Borrowing

5 Tips to Help Build Your Credit Through Responsible Borrowing

Building positive credit is a crucial part of your life as it unlocks financial opportunities. This is especially true for first-time homeowners, aspiring college students, if you're thinking about making a big purchase, or taking out a personal loan.

TSB offers £20 cashback for new credit card customers

TSB is offering £20 cashback to new customers taking out a TSB credit card when they spend £20.

Online tool helps find a credit card without damaging your credit score

People searching for a credit card can take advantage of a new service which helps them find an appropriate card without damaging their credit score.

Brits pay off holiday credit debts - before setting foot abroad

Credit cards are now the most popular way for Brits to pay for holidays and an overwhelming majority who use credit cards when booking holidays will have paid off their balance in full before travelling, new research from Halifax reveals.

Most consumers don't understand their credit card

Millions of credit card holders face a New Year financial hangover because they aren’t clued up about their credit card, according to new insight from MoneySuperMarket.

Barclaycard launches as credit card pre-approval partner on MoneySuperMarket

MoneySuperMarket has announced the UK’s leading credit card provider, Barclaycard, as the latest big name to offer the pre-approval facility across its credit cards portfolio on the price comparison website, where customers can now apply for seven of its Platinum and Freedom products.

19 million Brits admit to a previous decade of debt

With the credit card reaching its 50th anniversary this week, new insight from MoneySuperMarket reveals over a third (37 per cent) of Brits have been saddled with this debt for up to ten years.

Play your cards right when going abroad

Gocompare.com Money is warning holidaymakers to check their plastic and not get caught out with foreign usage fees when going abroad this Easter.

MBNA gets ready for Android Pay

Credit card expert MBNA has announced that it will be amongst the first to bring Google’s Android Pay to its customers as the countdown to its UK launch, scheduled for later in 2016, begins.

How using credit cards can help you meet your financial goals

How using credit cards can help you meet your financial goals

If you’re not using your credit card to help meet your financial goals, you’re not doing personal finance right. While it’s important to use credit cards wisely, they can have many benefits when you do.

Organised but overdrawn? Consider a money transfer card to settle the bill

People who are being overwhelmed with bank account charges for being in the red could consider using a money transfer credit card to pay off their overdraft, suggests MoneySuperMarket.

Over half of UK population thinks that cash could be on its way out

As the 1 September increase in the limit for contactless card payments from £20 to £30 arrives, a One Poll survey of UK adults commissioned by UK-based consumer credit business MBNA shows that cash could be on its way out.