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Credit quality remains strong, economic indicators are steady and debt is cheap
Savvy shoppers game the system to collect the maximum amount of points
Cost to borrow is rising as lenders have pulled their best low interest rate deals over the past year
Tech group hopes new credit card will help pull more customers into mobile payments
Tech group hopes to impress users by bringing ‘transparency’ to personal finance
£10bn is still unclaimed with the deadline looming
Consumers unlikely to feel benefit of Federal Reserve rate cuts
It’s expensive, but paying a premium for no queues and no stress is worth every penny
Financial regulator accused of ‘lack of action on predatory lending’
What drives my desire to spend is a complex issue. You could call it emotional spending
Handing over coins or a banknote actually makes you notice the cost more
Measures to be in force in November will ban companies from charging backdated interest
Credit cards cover you when your seller goes bust — or fails to deliver what you ordered
16 per cent of UK adults now using phone payment apps
Mastercard and Visa face new rival after link-up with UK payment start-up Tribe
Sterling weakness has pushed up the cost of a break, so target savings
Nearly £6bn worth of ‘tap and pay’ transactions in February alone
Just because you have a high income doesn’t mean you can’t run into financial trouble
Punters ‘pay average interest rate of more than 28 per cent’
Jumping into consumer finance shows both companies are grasping for growth
£4.6bn withdrawn on UK credit cards last year
FT money editor Claer Barrett is joined by Money Mentor Lindsay Cook to discuss crac…
Fifty per cent of global card expenditure takes place in Asia Pacific
Latest moves: JPMorgan diaspora, Wells Fargo, Credit Suisse, Goldman
A near miss with a mugger showed me how vulnerable I was
