UK Credit Cards

Cuts ‘will force child poverty levels to rise again’
Institute for Fiscal Studies says 300,000 children will be pushed below poverty line due to reduced state benefits and tax credits Britain’s leading financial thinktank warned on Friday that 300,000 children would be pushed below the poverty line in the next three years as the government’s spending cuts reversed the improvement during Labour’s last years in power. The Institute for Fiscal …

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Head of the IMF arrested over claims he sexually assaulted hotel maid
ONE of the world’s top bankers has been pulled from a plane and arrested in connection with the violent sexual assault of a maid in New York.

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French politician and top banker hauled off plane and arrested on charge of violent sexual assault and unlawful …
FRENCH politican and top world banker Dominque Strauss-Kahn was pulled from an airplane and arrested Sunday in connection with the violent sexual assault of a hotel maid, New York police said.

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I purchased a cruise with a travel agency. I noticed a credit to my account in July and received a zero balance statement. It’s now November. I’ve already been on my cruise and now they are saying they made a mistake and want to charge me the credited amount. Can they legally do this without my consent? Apparently they have my credit card information on file without my consent. Thanks for your help! I want to do the right thing but at the same time I don’t feel like I should have to pay for their mistake.

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Fake DNA kit an ‘over-priced cotton bud’
Scammers who use a fake DNA testing kit to get victims to hand over credit card details have begun targeting New Zealand letterboxes.The scam – which has been circulating in Australia – starts with victims being sent a package…

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Banks, credit-card issuers warn of security breach on email addresses, names
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Tory supporter facing fraud charge gets plum seat at Harper rally
OTTAWA – A Toronto businessman and self-described campaign volunteer who circulates in Conservative circles is facing a criminal charge for allegedly fraudulent credit and debit card withdrawals — a background that did not prevent him from sitting right behind the Harper family at a rally last week.

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Let say you own the credit card companies money; but you just don’t wanna pay for some personal reason, but you got money in your bank account. Can they somehow get the money from your bank. Like by court order?

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I am in the US. For vacations, I sometimes go out of the country. Is there a credit card that does not charge the standard 3% fee for using the card out of the US?

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I am going to place a PayPal option on my website (the standard account) where the buyer can only buy one item at a time after the price (shipping, etc.) has been decided. I am aware of PayPal’s fees, but do the credit card companies also charge me a fee for accepting payment? If so, approximately how much are credit card company fees? I want to use PayPal’s email billing option so that the buyer can choose his method of payment.

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If I run my debit card as a credit card how long does it usually take to draft from my bank account? Lets say I pay for groceries with it on credit, when might the cash show as being taken from the account?

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I’ve applied in the past like a few years back for various dept. stores and was denied. Ive since quit applying for them and my credit score has risen as well. My credit score is better now in the mid 6′s. What are my chances of getting a credit card with anyone. Ive never had a credit card before can i get one now with my credit score?Who, why, what , when and where?

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Does anybody have a link to show how much each credit card company charges a merchant per transaction? I know its usually $1 + 1-5% but I was wondering if I could get a list of all of them.

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The gas station charged my credit card twice with two different amounts. Of course I only filled up once with just one receipt. I hope it was not intentional. But you never know. How do they do it to your credit card either intentional or just a mistake. How do they process your credit card technically in either case?

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