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Don't drown in credit-card debts
Features Ruth Jackson investigates the best way to clear your credit-card debt, and explains the golden rule of zero-percent-interest cards.
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The best credit card deal right now
Features Ruth Jackson finds a credit card offering 0% interest, plus the rest of this week's personal finance news.
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Five ways to cut the cost of overseas spending
Features Whilst many of us will spend hours searching the internet for the best holiday deal, just as many will neglect to find the best source for their holiday cash. Ruth Jackson reveals how to avoid paying over the odds.
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How to pay off your credit-card debt
Features If your finances are in the red, it's time to sort them out. And it makes sense to start with one of the most expensive debts - credit cards. Here's how.
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Avoid the Christmas credit card crunch
Features Despite official interest rates of 3%, some credit cards are charging as much as 30%. The government has pledged to get tough on greedy card companies. But, says Tim Bennett, the best way to avoid getting ripped off is not to borrow on credit or store cards at all. Use a debit card instead.
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How to boost your credit score
Features If you want to take out any unsecured borrowing, a new personal loan or credit card perhaps, a decent credit history is now, more than ever, esssential. So how can you find, and then improve, yours? Tim Bennett explains.
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Should you rediscover thrift?
Features The PM - while guzzling eight-course meals in Tokyo - wants us to waste less. And he's right. Take credit cards: they're very expensive. So how can you make sure you pay as little interest as possible?
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Is it time to cut up your credit card?
Features Confusing interest rates, 'affordable' minimum payments that will keep you indebted for decades, penalty charges... Though owning a credit card does offer the odd advantage.
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Interest-free credit cards: on the way out?
Features interest-free credit cards: Interest-free credit cards on the way out - at Moneyweek.co.uk - the best of the week's international financial media.
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