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Spending on credit cards up a third amid cost-of-living crunch

Credit card spending has shot up by a third as more people turn to borrowing cash amid the cost-of-living crunch. UK credit card holders spent just under £20 billion in May, a 33% jump in the total spend compared to the same month last year, ...

17 Aug 2022 at 12:54

National News

Teenagers splash the cash in the sun while adult spending was up in pubs and restaurants

We spent more on pubs last month despite our overall spending dropping in comparison to the previous month, but teenagers ranked up spending in the according to latest figures Analysis of Bank of Ireland debit and credit card spending in ...

15 Aug 2022 at 00:33

Cash use set to survive despite slump during pandemic – report

Cash may no longer be king but its rapid decline in use during the pandemic has at least eased, according to a report. Trade body UK Finance said many people were forced to use alternative ways of spending due to lockdowns and other ...

18 Aug 2022 at 11:55

Jump in mortgage approvals in August is ‘calm before the storm’

The number of home-buyer mortgage approvals increased sharply in August, to the highest level since January, according to the Bank of England. But experts said the jump in loan approvals is likely to reflect people trying to lock ...

30 Sept 2022 at 12:05

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Spending fell in Waterford last month despite rise in pub and restaurant purchases

The overall spend in Waterford dropped by 1 per cent last month, according to figures released. Waterford was one of a number of counties which saw local spend dropping in July. On a regional level the spending patterns were ...

13 Aug 2022 at 14:33

Interest rate jump ‘will add nearly £600 per year on average to some mortgages’

Mortgage borrowers whose deal directly tracks the base rate will see their payments increase by around £49 per month on average, adding up to nearly £600 annually, as a result of Thursday’s base rate hike. The figures, from ...

22 Sept 2022 at 14:08

Personal Finance

Banking and credit behind majority of complaints made to financial ombudsman

Banking and credit issues attracted the most complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) in the first half of this year. Some 44,200 complaints about banking and credit were received in the first six months of 2022,...

22 Sept 2022 at 13:15

Credit card borrowing increased in June at fastest annual rate since 2005

Credit card borrowing increased at fastest annual rate since 2005 in June

Households’ credit card borrowing increased in June at the fastest annual rate since 2005, while the amount of money being deposited into accounts nosedived. Commentators said the figures, published by the Bank of England,...

29 Jul 2022 at 12:35

Personal Finance

Record 69% of debit card transactions in December were contactless

Nearly seven in 10 debit card transactions in December were contactless, as the proportion of “tap and go” payments hit record levels, according to a trade association. UK Finance said the proportion of card payments ...

16 Mar 2022 at 12:55

Personal Finance

Interest-free periods on credit cards are getting longer, analysis finds

The average introductory interest-free period being offered on balance transfer credit cards has surpassed 600 days for the first time in nearly four years. The typical interest-free balance transfer term on credit ...

15 Mar 2022 at 12:25

Personal Finance

‘Bogus credit card applications surged towards end of 2021’

Credit card application fraud attempts surged at the fastest rate in five years in the last three months of 2021, according to a credit reference agency. The detected fraud rate for cards rose by 42% between ...

24 Feb 2022 at 02:25

Consumer credit borrowing grows at fastest annual rate since lockdowns started

Households’ non-mortgage borrowing grew in January at the fastest annual rate since the start of the UK coronavirus lockdowns. The annual growth rate for borrowing using various forms of consumer credit ...

01 Mar 2022 at 12:25

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