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Rewards, rates, and the plastic in your wallet—decoded for real life.
Chase UK’s metal debit card deliveries are running past the advertised ten-day window after a debit rewards relaunch drove a surge of replacement requests and new-account openings.
First Direct has pushed new live-chat filters that block scripted crypto investment pitches after authorised push payment reports tied to chat referrals rose through the summer.
Zopa Bank is withdrawing charity round-up perks on its credit card after HMRC guidance clarified gift-aid treatment on processor-mediated donations, telling cardholders perks will end before October statements cut.
Curve has paused fronted-wallet round-ups and some aggregation features while it completes FCA-ordered remediation on its electronic-money institution safeguards, leaving customers with plain card spend until segregated balances clear audit.
Lloyds Bank extended the longest 0% purchase window on Club Lloyds credit cards to 27 months for qualifying current-account customers, bundling fee waivers with tighter eligibility checks.
NatWest has capped the longest balance-transfer window on its flagship card at 24 months for new applicants, tightening from a 36-month ceiling as funding costs and arrears monitoring bite.
