Motley Fool's UK credit card comparison tool
Here's a post for readers based in the UK. The good people at Motley Fool in the UK have asked me to do a paid review of their Motley Fool Credit Cards comparison site.
Now you all know I'm a stickler for managing my personal finances and financial well being. One thing I personally take very seriously is how I manage debt and credit accounts. I previously wrote about how managing your credit score is affected by how many credit cards you carry. I maintain my optimal credit score in part by carrying only one credit card for my personal use.
So as long as I'm only carrying one credit card, I went to great lengths to ensure that card has as many of the features I wanted when I signed up for it. I used one of the many credit card comparison sites to narrow my search to a few candidates and did my research from there.
Along those same lines, the Motley Fool, a well-respected personal financial management company, has created a credit card comparison site within their UK structure. The site evaluates and compares various credit cards available in the UK. Their site helps you to select the right credit card for your needs.
Their site will help you to avoid high interest rates on outstanding balances. If you happen to be one who carries a balance from month to month this should probably be the most important criteria for you. If you use your card to make cash withdrawals, it will help you to identify cards which do not charge high fees for cash withdrawals. The Motley Fool's Credit Cards comparison site will also help you to avoid cards that carry annoying and expensive hidden fees - the sorts of tricks that many of the card offers that show up in the mail have up their sleeves.
I found their site to be informative and well organized. The information given is exactly the kind of data I'd need if I were selecting a new credit card in the UK. Credit card account comparisons are displayed in a tabbed array according to what primary feature you're looking for. The tabs are:
- 0% on balance transfers
- 0% on new purchases
- 0% on balance transfers and new purchases
- Low standard APR
- Cash back
- Rewards
- Lifetime balance transfers
And there is a special tab which allows you to search all credit cards to find the one just right for you in case your criteria differ from the ones given above.
If you're looking for a credit card, your first stop is the Fool's Credit Card Comparison Centre. We've got all the information you need to compare credit cards and find top deals on the best
Credit Cards .