Credit Crisis...
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Can't Pay Credit Cards? What You Should Do
Unemployment, redundancy or simply a drop family income can mean unpaid credit card bills. If credit card debts are becoming unmanageable there...
Cost Effective Credit Cards: Facts and Myths
The words cost effective and credit cards do not usually seem like a realistic combination. But if you choose the right credit cards you can...
French Credit Cards
French v.s English Credit Cards
Credit cards are much less common in France than in the UK where they are used regularly. In France, cheques are still used...
Getting Credit in a Downturn
Most money lenders, (specifically mortgage lenders – banks – and credit card companies) have started to re-assess the value of money in light of the credit crunch and...
How Credit Card Companies Make Money
Credit card companies make a lot of money. Every single penny of their profit comes either directly, or indirectly, from consumers, like us, paying for goods and...
Purchasing Credit Card Protection
Protecting your credit cards is getting more and more important. Have you thought about what could happen if you aren't able to repay money you owe?...
The Highest Ever Credit Card Bills
It has been quite a year. The financial crisis, economic and ensuing recession has meant that consumers now need to cut back on borrowing and start saving, repaying...
The Origins of Credit
The concept of a credit card is not a new one. Credit cards have been around since the 1890's, when some European merchants offered a credit card as a kind of...
What Happens When Banks Get Bailed Out?
Banks provide the lifeblood to our economy. We use them as repositories for our savings and many individuals and businesses depend on them for...
Will Credit Card Companies go Bust?
Until late 2007 the UK economy had experienced ten years of boom time. Access to money had become easy and cheap - it seemed like anyone could afford anything. When...
