Credit card availability bounces back for those with higher credit scores

Credit card availability bounces back but experts warn of higher interest rates, fewer fee-free deals and the need for a good credit score Half of applicants were offered a guaranteed credit card in August by Experian These are cards which borrowers can see they are certain to be approved for  This is up from 24% … Read more

How to get the most out of a hotel loyalty card from free stays to birthday gifts  

From free stays in luxury accommodation to birthday gifts and discounts on days out: How to get the most out of a hotel loyalty card The New Forest Hotels scheme offers discounts on visits to local attractions  The Jurys Inn loyalty scheme pays you points for every pound spent on bookings The IHG Rewards scheme … Read more

Vinnie Jones shares the touching final card his late wife Tanya wrote for him before her death

Vinnie Jones has revealed the final message his late wife Tanya wrote for him before her death in 2019 following a six-year battle with cancer. The former footballer, 55, took to Instagram on Sunday to thank his fans for their support and reveal the touching words his love left for him inside a card.  It … Read more

Kristen Bell shares hand drawn card her daughter made for Dax Shepard’s 16th ‘Sobriety birthday’ 

Kristen Bell shares sweet hand-drawn card her daughter made for Dax Shepard’s 16th ‘Sobriety birthday’ By Kelby Vera For Dailymail.com Published: 22:11 BST, 2 September 2020 | Updated: 22:42 BST, 2 September 2020 Dax Shepard is celebrating 16 years of being sober. The Bless This Mess actor’s family was right by his side as he … Read more

Show the red card to pension scammers: Clive Tyldesley fronts new campaign

A new football-themed campaign to flag the risks of pension fraud is being fronted by legendary commentator Clive Tyldesley. Men in their 50s, who are the ‘average victim’ of pension scammers, are being urged to show them the red card by the veteran voice of football matches. The effort to raise awareness about typical pension … Read more

Borrowers seeing credit card deals dwindle

Borrowers hoping to cheaply combine their debts on one credit card could struggle to find a provider By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:09 BST, 24 August 2020 | Updated: 22:34 BST, 24 August 2020 Borrowers hoping to cheaply combine their debts on one credit card could struggle to find a provider.  The … Read more

Scammers target diners at the Ritz by posing as staff to steal their payment card details

Scammers target diners at the Ritz by posing as staff to steal their payment card details before trying to spend thousands of pounds at Argos Fraudsters phoned people with details of bookings and asked for card details  The Ritz has confirmed it’s investigating a ‘potential data breach’ on Thursday Fraudsters used customer card details to … Read more

Asda scam warning: Facebook-based phishing attack lures victims with ‘£1,000 gift card offer’

Asda scam warning: Facebook-based phishing attack targets ‘women born in October’ with ‘£1,000 gift card offer’ that tricks users into giving away their bank details The elaborate scam has been flagged by the UK litigation practice Griffin Law Potential victims are lured in with a paid-for advert by the ‘ASDA Gifts’ group They are then prompted … Read more

Credit card and loan borrowing is predicted to fall by a record amount

Experts said Britain’s borrowing habits ‘will have changed permanently’ as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, after forecasts estimated credit card and loan borrowing would fall by record levels this year. Demand for consumer credit would fall 15.9 per cent and Britain’s unsecured debt pile would not recover to 2019 levels until 2022, according to … Read more

Disney renames 20th Century Fox Television and replaces iconic title card

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. bought 20th Century Fox, an established movie studio formed in 1935 when Twentieth Century Pictures and the Fox Film Corporation merged, in the 1980s to add to his fast-growing media empire.   At the time, he owned newspapers in the UK and Australia and buying Fox put him in the foray of … Read more