£400 Cheaper This Christmas?
Posted in New Offers and Features on November 25th, 2008If consumers act quickly, they could be in line to make a saving of up to £400 over Christmas and during the January Sales.
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Marbles extends its introductory transfer period
Posted in New Offers and Features on October 3rd, 2006The marbles card from HFC Bank has changed its product offering, raising its introductory 0% balance transfer period from 9 months to 12 months, an increasingly common offer among credit cards including MBNA Platinum, Virgin, and HSBC.
The card still features a transfer fee of 2% of the balance transferred, minimum £5, and the standard rate has been raised a percentage point to 15.9%.
Marbles was one of the first purely-online credit cards, and has been left looking increasingly basic as newer cards introduce more attractive deals, and HFC believe that the changes will make the card more attractive in a market that is getting constantly more competitive.
Post Office card now has a transfer fee
Posted in New Offers and Features on October 3rd, 2006The Post Office have finally joined most other balance transfer card providers by charging a 2.5% fee for all balances transferred. The Post Office Card presented one of the few remaining opportunities for credit card ’surfers’ to avoid a fee for a 0% introductory deal.
Marks and Spencer &more gives 12 months 0% on purchases
Posted in New Offers and Features on September 7th, 2006The latest version of Marks and Spencer’s &more card offers a couple of new deals on purchases, with a 0% deal on purchases extending for a full twelve months, and a special offer of 0% for two years on instore purchases of M&S furniture worth over £1,000.
New offers from Morgan Stanley
Posted in New Offers and Features on September 6th, 2006Card provider Morgan Stanley has revamped its range of UK cards, slimming it down to just 2 products and updating the deals it offers in the process.
The Gold Card has been dropped, while the Platinum Card sees its cashback rate raised to 3% on all purchases made for the rest of 2006 before reverting to 1%.
Halifax One relaunched
Posted in New Offers and Features on July 7th, 2006Halifax have relaunched their popular One credit card with a new low APR of 9.9%, plus 0% on purchases and balance transfers for a full nine months.
The downside is the upping of the balance transfer fee to 3%, one of the largest yet seen.
Barclaycard launches text alert service
Posted in New Offers and Features on March 2nd, 2006Barclaycard’s 9 million customers now have the option of being reminded by text message that payment is due, with the credit card issuer’s launch of a new text alert service.