Credit card suppliers

Although it seems there are lots of credit cards to apply for, many are just different brands from the same card issuer. We have provided this list to show which suppliers issue which cards. This is important to stoozing, because some issuers will only let you have one of their cards and none of them allow you to Balance Transfer between their own cards.

This table also shows you which credit reference agencies (CRAs) each lender uses.
indicates that the lender uses Experian (click for free trial)
indicates that the lender uses equifax

Supplier Brand
Santander Abbey
Alliance and Leicester
Asda
Bank of Ireland
Post Office

Barclays
Barclaycard
SkyCard
Argos
Capital One
EquifaxExperian
Capital One

CitiGroup
ExperianEquifax
Egg Visa
egg mastercard
Citicard
BMIBaby

Co-Op
experian
Co-Op
Amnesty International
Barnardo's
Childrens Aid Society
Greenpeace
Help the Aged
Labour party visa
Liberal Democrat Visa
Medical Foundation
Oxfam visa
Ramblers Association
Save the Children
Smile
Stroud & Swindon
Yorkshire BS

HBOS
equifaxexperian
all "lifestyle"
Amazon
Britannia
Carphone Warehouse
Cancer Research
Halifax
IF
ipoints
NSPCC
Sainsbury
Smart
HSBC
First Direct
HSBC
Marks & Spencers
Marbles
GM card
John Lewis

Lloyds TSB
Experian
Lloyds TSB Platinum
More Than


RBS
Tesco
Mint
Lombard Direct
Ulster Bank
NatWest
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)

National Australia Gp Yorkshire Bank
Clydesdale Bank

American Express
American Express
( occasionally)
GE Capital
GE Money
Paypal
Debenhams
MBNA
Childline
breakthough breast cancer
british heart foundation
BikeCard
BMF
BMI
Cheshire Building Society
homebase
MBNA platinum+
Play.com

BMI Amex
ICICI
Football clubs
GB rugby league
Melton Mobray Building Society
Norwich & Peterborough
PADI
Ryanair
Ski Club GB
Star trek
Sonycard
Toys R US
Unicef
Virgin money
Virgin Atlantic (Amex)Williams F1
World superbikes
WWF

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