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Lords Amendment Would Force Treasury Report Before FCA Gains Consumer Credit Rulebook

Peers backed a compromise requiring a parliamentary report on how the FCA will exercise new consumer credit powers as the Consumer Credit Act shifts into the Handbook.

Claire Whitfield

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Santander UK Rewrites 0% Money Transfer Footnotes on All in One Card After FCA Promo Sweep

Santander UK rewrote footnotes on its All in One card after the FCA’s Consumer Duty review flagged balance-transfer examples that obscured post-promo fees.

Claire Whitfield

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Barclaycard and Halifax Shorten Longest 0% Balance Transfer Windows as Funding Costs Bite

Major UK issuers are shaving months off introductory balance-transfer offers as gilt yields and swap curves make long zero-rate promotions harder to fund.

Claire Whitfield

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Long 0% Balance Transfers Hit 38 Months as BoE Hawkishness Raises Repayment Stakes

TSB and rivals are advertising balance-transfer windows of up to 38 months, but Catherine Mann’s inflation warnings mean revolvers must plan for sharply higher revert rates when promotional periods end.

Claire Whitfield

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Barclays Ties £20 Transfer Incentive to Mobile App Channel Through Mid-October

Barclaycard's autumn balance-transfer window ties a £20 cashback sweetener and Apple TV bundles to app applications before a 20 October deadline, narrowing how UK borrowers can access headline 0% terms.

Claire Whitfield

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