http://www.creditcardtoday.co.uk/blog Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:12:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It’s rare the phrase ‘credit crunch’ is out of the media these days but what is it and how does it relate to the credit cards you have or would like to have? What is this ‘credit crunch’? In the early part of this decade big banks including high street names you ... http://www.creditcardtoday.co.uk/blog/how-does-the-credit-crunch-relate-to-credit-cards/ Many people use their credit cards as a convenient way of deferring payments from one month to the next, however if you always pay your credit card bill in full every month you can use your credit card as a small but effortless source of additional income. Every time you spend ... http://www.creditcardtoday.co.uk/blog/make-your-american-express-credit-card-work-for-you/ Barclaycard Business and Computer Cab plc have announced the unveiling of the first taxi contactless payments system, at the Business Travel Show held in Earl's Court last month. This interesting partnership sees Barclaycard and ComCab team up to fit a 'concept cab' with Visa 'wave and pay' technology in order to ... http://www.creditcardtoday.co.uk/blog/barclaycard-contactless-taxi-card/ Credit cards with promotional 0% balance transfers allow you to transfer a debt to your credit card and avoid paying interest. Normally the interest free period is around 12 months although competition among credit card issuers means that Virgin Money is now offering a card with 15 months 0% balance ... http://www.creditcardtoday.co.uk/blog/be-smart-with-balance-transfers/ If you are a young person you may find it difficult to obtain credit because you have no credit history from which credit providers such as banks, building societies and credit card issuers can judge your likelihood to repay your debt. As such, it is may be wise to take out ... http://www.creditcardtoday.co.uk/blog/youngsters-build-your-credit-history/ Credit card issuers are offering ever better deals on balance transfers these days, which can only be good for the customer. However when you use your credit card for both balance transfers and spending this can be surprisingly expensive. Essentially credit card providers insist that borrowers always repay the least expensive ... http://www.creditcardtoday.co.uk/blog/repayment-hierarchies/ Barclaycard have released a new card combining the functionality of a London Oyster card, a contactless payment system and a standard credit card. Oyster Sold as 'OnePulse', the card is being marketed heavily at Londonders due to the inclusion of a pre-pay Oyster card which can be used on the London Underground ... http://www.creditcardtoday.co.uk/blog/barclaycard-onepulse/