Member Center:Create Account|Log InManage Account|Log Out Home News Community Calendar Podcasts Newsletter TV Radio Weather About LIFESTYLE TV11 TV8 TVone GNN i94-FM Isla63-AM Auto Beauty & Style Entertainment Food Health Home/Family Money Pets Tech Travel VideoBytes Press Releases Two women jailed for using credit cards that weren't theirs Posted: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 1:05 AM ESTUpdated: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 1:27 AM ESTBy Nick [email protected] For using credit cards they didn't own, two people have been placed under arrest following multiple suspicious credit card transactions happening over a six-month period. Candelaria Ferminia Acfalle Blas and Abigail Maanao Caporno are charged with theft of property, fraudulent use of a credit card and conspiracy. A major department store filed the complaint in September 2018, according to Police. Investigators learned the suspects were using a pre-paid "My Vanilla" debit card. Authorities … [Read more...] about Two women jailed for using credit cards that weren’t theirs
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Debenhams shoppers can get a free £5 gift card when they order using click and collect – and there’s no minimum spend
ONLINE shoppers will receive a free £5 gift card if they click and collect at Debenhams right now - and there's no minimum spend. Usually, the department store charges £2 for click and collect orders under £30 but there's a promotional code that will waive the fee so you can save even more. You can spend your gift card on anything from the Debenhams website, including clearance stock, according to bargain hunters who spotted the offer on deals website hotukdeals.com. As there's no minimum spend, you could buy the cheapest item on the website and still receive the £5 gift card. The cheapest item we've found is a £1 gift pouch - but it may be more sensible to buy something you actually want from the website. The only catch is you have to use click and collect - which means you will need to pick up the item from your nearest Debenhams store after ordering online. You will receive your £5 voucher when you collect your item in store. One bargain hunter on … [Read more...] about Debenhams shoppers can get a free £5 gift card when they order using click and collect – and there’s no minimum spend
One thing to be grateful to Brexit for: Britons are buying less on credit
A sharp decline in household spending on the never-never, and especially spending on credit cards, is a trend that must surely be welcomed. The Bank of England said last week in its quarterly credit health check that high street banks were about to witness the biggest decline in such borrowing since records began 12 years ago. Threadneedle Street said its index of demand for credit card lending over the three months to the end of March had dropped to -20.7 from -7.2. That is a far cry from the summer of 2017, when consumer borrowing soared above £200bn and MPs across the political spectrum became alarmed at the return of binge buying on plastic. At that time, with wages flat or at least not rising by more than inflation, policymakers feared that households were supplementing their incomes with borrowing to the degree that they had in the run-up to the 2008 financial crash. Regulators reacted to the rise by telling banks to tighten up their lending criteria. Most institutions … [Read more...] about One thing to be grateful to Brexit for: Britons are buying less on credit
Fears for HMV stores as D-day looms for troubled retailer
It’s D-day for retailer HMV as the under-threat company learns if anyone is brave enough to take it over. In December the music and movies store went into administration for the second time in just six years putting 2,200 jobs at risk and the future of key stores in Plymouth, Exeter and Truro in jeopardy. And on Tuesday, January 15, it will find out if anyone is willing to buy the company and potentially save stores and jobs. That’s when administrators from accountants and business consultancy KPMG close the bidding process. But if no one has come forward to buy the chain it is possible the entire operation could go into liquidation, with all 125 stores, including those in Truro, Exeter and Plymouth’s Drake Circus Shopping Centre likely to close. However, KPMG is hopeful a white knight will emerge and a spokesperson said there have already been some “expressions of interest”. She said: “We have confirmed some credible interest, but can’t give … [Read more...] about Fears for HMV stores as D-day looms for troubled retailer
The Plymouth stores which are facing a very bleak 2019
Financial speculators are betting on the fortunes of some of Plymouth’s most high-profile high street retailers and supermarkets taking a horrible turn for the worse in 2019. Several firms, including troubled department stores Debenhams and Marks and Spencer, are high in the list of the firms most shorted by financial gamblers. Hedge funds are circling many of the high street’s key traders, predicting weak Christmas trading will drive down share prices. One in five of the most heavily shorted stock exchange companies is from the retail sector, which means high-rollers are betting on Britain’s high street crisis worsening. Short-selling, typically done by hedge funds, involves paying a fee to borrow shares, selling them, then buying them back at a cheaper price, thus making a profit, and handing them back to the lender. It is thought short sellers are predicting a dip in festive sales, which would mean profit warnings and thereby trigger a widespread shares sell-off. … [Read more...] about The Plymouth stores which are facing a very bleak 2019