The clever way to beat your credit card debt - video script

Find out how to pay less interest on your credit card spending, and kick your debts into touch more quickly.

Fancy a credit card with a really low rate on spending and fee-free balance transfers? Sounds almost too good to be true, but this is exactly what you’ll get with the Halifax Easy Rate Mastercard.

You’ll be charged a rate of just 6.9% (variable) on everything you buy, making this card significantly cheaper than the market-leading personal loan. In fact, the Halifax Easy Rate Mastercard could be the perfect choice for large purchases because your rate should stay low until the debt is completely cleared.

Lifetime Balance Transfer cards

As well as offering a highly competitive rate on spending, the card also doubles up as a lifetime balance transfer card. This means you’ll pay the same low rate on any money you move onto the card – again until every single penny is paid off.

But here’s the best bit: unlike most interest-free balance transfer cards there’s no fee to pay - this would normally set you back around 3%.

Avoid negative order of payment

As if all that wasn’t enough, you won’t fall victim to what’s known as a ‘negative order of payment’ either. Most credit cards repay your cheapest debts first, leaving your more costly debts on the card longer to rack up heaps more interest.

But because the same rate of 6.9% applies to both purchases and balance transfers for life, this is something you’ll never need to worry about.

When a 0% credit card wins

Lifetime balance transfer cards are a great way of kicking your debt into touch. But if you’re confident you can clear everything you owe within a typical interest-free period, a 0% credit card is probably a more cost effective option.

A fantastic choice

Having said that, if you know you’ll need to shift your balance repeatedly - and pay transfer fees every time - a lifetime balance transfer card could be a cheaper and more convenient way to handle your debt.

You can apply for the fantastic Halifax Easy Rate Mastercard at the lovemoney.com credit card centre.

That’s it from me today. Thanks for watching. See you next time.