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The average rate on a personal loan up to the value of £3,000 is currently 19.3% while people applying for a loan between £7,000 and £10,000 will find an average typical rate of 10.3%.
No other month of the year demands quite such a spending splurge and it’s more than likely that come Christmas Day our bank balances will be teetering on the edge of their overdrafts.
As new figures released by the Ministry of Justice reveal that more than 15,000 Britons succeeded in making themselves bankrupt in the three months to September, it may bring you some comfort to know that even celebrities are vulnerable to debt debt problems
The latest figures, for the third quarter, confirmed that the number of Britons filing for insolvency had risen by 6.2% - from 33,073 to 35,242 - in the three months to the end of September, and were 28.2% higher than this time last year. The total comprised of 18,347 bankruptcies, 12,390 individual voluntary arrangements and 4,505 debt relief orders.
The maximum limit for contactless card transactions in the UK has increased from £10 to £15, making paying for small transactions by debit or credit card even easier for millions of customers.
The Government was reported to have borrowed a whopping £4.3 billion last month – just under £100,000 every minute – making January the worst month ever recorded, in terms of debt, for the UK.
Alliance & Leicester re-introducing its popular £100 cash back offer for those switching to its Premier Current Account from Monday 11 January 2010.
The credit crunch means that banks are still desperate for our money and there are some tempting winter offers out there for those of us willing to spend a few minutes sorting out our current accounts and switching.
Several new national partners have been confirmed in the line-up of retailers participating in the Barclaycard Freedom reward scheme when it goes live on Wednesday, 17th March.
PizzaExpress joins thousands of small and medium size retailers that have already joined the scheme, all of which will offer Reward Money to Barclaycard’s eight million customers when the scheme launches in March.
npower today launched a new reward offer, providing Barclaycard Freedom customers with the opportunity to boost their accounts by up to £160 of Reward Money in a year.
Mark Huggins, director of AA Financial Services, says: “This makes the already-excellent AA Credit Card even better while its top-drawer points system is twice as good if you are an AA member. “The deal pushes the card firmly amongst the best cards on the market. However, it won’t be around for ever, so apply now whilst it’s still available.”