In a move which has apparently been on the cards for some time, MBNA is set to phase out credit card cheques ahead of a government ban when the Financial Services Bill comes into force next year. While credit card cheques have proved useful to some customers, many promotional credit card ...

THE days of 0 per cent balance transfer credit cards appear to be numbered as banks respond to new government proposals for the lending market by withdrawing their best deals.

TAX increases are on the cards in next week's Budget, despite predictions of a pre-election package light on new measures.

Investor sentiment is a well known indicator of market risk. For centuries the evidence has been clear that whether it is investing in Barbie Dolls, Beanie Babies, or baseball cards; tulip bulbs, Florida swampland, or oil-drilling rigs; the stock market, art, or houses, investors have no interest in investing when prices are at bargain levels. However, after prices have risen so much that they are...

Manchester-based IT security business NCC Group today bought a Warrington company for up to £3m. NCC acquired Meridian Services International, which specialises in advising firms which manufacture and personalise credit cards for MasterCard and VISA on payment security and other issues.

Virgin Money’s decision to reduce its 0% balance transfer period from 16 to 14 months has highlighted another tactic by credit card providers who, over the course of the credit crunch, have adopted a risk based approach to lending. The number of cards offering balance transfers has fallen by 10% since the credit crunch began in 2007. As of today, 152 out of 219 cards offer balance transfers ...

The Telegraph - Pensioners could be forced to carry identity cards to qualify for free bus travel, a Government minister has said.

SAO PAULO, March 17 (Reuters) - Redecard , Brazil's second-largest credit card payment processor, will start processing Visa card transactions on July 1 as competition heightens in the nation's $190 billion industry.

New government legislation on credit card debt does not go nearly far enough, the director of a financial management charity has claimed. Chris Tapp, director of Credit Action, said new laws that stop credit card providers increasing interest rates and limits on credit cards are merely “a baby step in the right direction”. Prime Minister Gordon Brown

PRE-PAID cards will soon be part of the expanding financial services offering from the Birkenhead-based Park Group.