How credit card purchases trigger the same chemical reaction in the brain as COCAINE and drive more spending Contactless payment limit increase to £100 sparked fears over household debt Research suggests credit cards ‘step on the gas’ by putting costs out-of-mind Study found that credit card purchases give the brain the same ‘hit’ as cocaine … Read more
Card Factory scrambling to raise rescue cash after sales were hammered by third lockdown By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 7 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 7 March 2021 Card Factory is scrambling to raise rescue cash after sales were hammered by the third lockdown, according to reports. The retailer … Read more
I paid off my HSBC credit card in October 2020 and closed the account. Later, Amazon and Enterprise Rent-a-Car issued refunds to the closed account. I supplied HSBC with my account details to refund money to my bank account. However, HSBC have not sent me a cheque, nor have they refunded me through my bank account. … Read more
An £11m bonus on cards for Moonpig top brass: Lockdown love for gifts fuels record revenues By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 18 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 18 February 2021 Moonpig’s top brass are on course to bag bonuses worth £11million after it enjoyed a record Valentine’s Day. Under … Read more
Anna Faris has revealed she will be releasing a new card game called Dealbreakers, just one day after it was announced the series she used to star on, Mom, would be ending this year. Faris, 44, starred on Mom for seven seasons but departed just days before the series was set to begin filming its … Read more
Twitter users have criticised The Home Office’s new ‘Stay at Home’ warning video for being ‘aggressive’, comparing the messaging to an advert for Netflix’s Black Mirror and even the Gestapo. The video, posted to Twitter by the ministerial department yesterday, urges people to stay at home during the coronavirus pandemic and features a series of police raids on illegal … Read more
She’s been in a relationship with retired footballer Wayne Bridge for 10 years, seven of which they’ve spent blissfully married. And Frankie Bridge, 32, has shown that she and the 40-year-old sportsman share a naughty sense of humour, when she unveiled the ‘naughty’ Valentine’s Day card he gave to her on Sunday. Discussing the card … Read more
World’s oldest printed Valentine’s Day card reveals woman berating her man for ‘ghosting’ her as long ago as 1797 The 224-year-old correspondence is illustrated with delicate design and portrait It was published on January 12, 1797, by John Fairburn of 146, Minories, London Writer Catherine Mossday writes she has ‘repeatedly requested’ for a Mr Brown By … Read more
It’s a day that many singletons dread, but love it or hate it, Valentine’s Day is finally almost here. While many people use the occassion to pen love letters to their partner, others struggle to express their emotions on paper. Thankfully, help is at hand this year, in the form of a new AI bot … Read more
Fraudster blew £175,000 on Riyad Mahrez’s bank card as he treated himself to £20,000 Ibiza spree, gambling and even a trip to Greggs -but it took Premier League football ace five WEEKS to realise cash was missing Riyad Mahrez, 29, didn’t realise his card was being used for five weeks in 2017 Sharif Mohamed, 32, … Read more