A shake-up of the credit card market - with the aim of giving borrowers a better deal - has been announced by the Government. We assess their impact

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 announcement that MBNA, one of the U.K.'s major credit card companies, will cease to issue credit card cheques after 31 March has prompted a discussion amongst UK consumers. Each and every day brings new and often unsolicited financial promotions to many in the UK at a time when funds are ...

Identity fraud rose by 20% in 2009 compared to 2008, and the number of victims is likely to increase by even more this year, according to credit agency Experian.Identity Fraud Up, Likely To Get Worse was originally published at Money Watch a UK personal finance blog. Sign up to our RSS feed and follow us on Twitter.

NCC Group Plc (LSE: NCC), the Manchester-based information technology services provider, is acquiring a Cheshire company which carries out security testing for MasterCard and VISA.

ONE in five people aged over 65 is struggling to clear credit card debts averaging almost £9,000, new figures show.

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.

CREDIT card providers are charging the highest interest rates in 12 years and turning down applicants in record numbers, but the benefits on offer to customers paying their ba

David Walker investmentweek Liontrust's Credit Absolute Return fund has launched with its maximum allocation to financials, including exposure to Lloyds CoCos.

Andrew Garthwaite of Credit Suisse has come over all Krona-esque on the sterling.From his global equity strategy note:We think that £/$ could weaken to 1.35 as we believe...