Sent off for COUGHING? Footballers will be shown a red card if they cough deliberately at an opponent or referee, as the FA gets tough with new Covid-related rules Players who deliberately cough at another player or referee will be shown red New FA guidance has ranked deliberate coughing as seriously as punching Referees will … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon’s husband proudly shows off a birthday card branding Boris Johnson a ‘first class clown’ as Scotland’s First Minister turns 50 Peter Murrell posted a picture on social media showing her birthday cards One showed a caricature of Mr Johnson getting stuck on a zipwire in 2012 Also had the message message: ‘I’ve hired a … Read more
Monzo relaunches its Plus bank account with a holographic blue card and more budgeting tips – is it worth £5-a-month? The bank went back to the drawing board on a packaged account last year It initially scrapped the account just five months after it was launched It has reduced the monthly fee and focused more … Read more
An international con artist and his partner have been ordered to hand over more than £1 million after defrauding wealthy victims to fund their extravagant lifestyle. Ayodele Oluseye Odewale, 42, and Sara Bharat Yadav, 40, trawled through public records to find information about their victims so they could apply for credit cards in their names. … Read more
Zopa to offer lower credit card interest rates to careful spenders who have better credit ratings Zopa will launch a credit card with interest rates as low as 9.9% The better the borrower’s credit score, the lower the rate they would be charged By Helen Cahill For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 4 … Read more
Credit card and loan borrowers can freeze repayments for three more months, but regulator says they should pay a reduced amount if possible The FCA brought in new unsecured debt proposals It announced a three-month extension to payment holidays Watchdog also says overdraft borrowers could have a £500 fee-free buffer for three more months – … Read more
Credit card interest rates hit a record high this month despite a record low base rate as providers hiked the cost of borrowing for those with poor credit histories or turned down by mainstream banks. The average credit card purchase APR now stands at 25.5 per cent, up from 24.1 per cent last June, after … Read more
Banks and regulators in talks over extending credit card payment holidays for hard-up borrowers for another three months The FCA extended mortgage holidays last week Bankers are now in talks with it over doing the same thing for unsecured debts There are concerns due to the cost of rolling over more expensive debt Taking a … Read more
The number of interest-free credit card deals has fallen to a record low for the second successive month, as banks continue to slash the availability of unsecured debt during the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus. Lenders are unlikely to be handing out fresh unsecured debt when there are doubts over borrowers’ ability to repay … Read more
Samsung Pay expands to take on rival Apple with launch of branded debit card this summer Samsung Pay launched in 2015, but was a digital service on the smartphone Now, the firm is rolling out a branded debit card to users this summer The card will also support a cash management account with SoFi The move … Read more