Do you review your credit card statements?
While the vast majority of us in UK will receive regular credit card statements, bank statements and insurance statements, how many of us actually check the figures to see if there are any rogue transactions?
While failure to spot any rogue elements or rogue entries on your various financial statements can prove costly in the long-term it is the credit card industry where perhaps we are most at risk. If you fail to spot a rogue transaction on your credit card statement and then failed to pay off your credit card bill in full you will be paying interest upon this rogue transaction for some time. When you also take into account rising interest costs and various charges implemented by the UK credit card industry these can add up.
Even though it may be boring and it may be monotonous it is essentially you check your credit card statements each and every month to ensure there are no errors. Credit card companies have maintained their interest rates at significantly higher levels than those seen before the credit crunch and many people in the UK and now being squeezed on this particular front. A quick review of your statement would allow you to address any problems and also keep you in touch with changes to interest rates, charges and other elements which may add to your overall debt.
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