What is an Affinity Card?

Posted by Peter Brady on Fri 29th September 2006 at 07:00 AM, Filed in Credit TipsGlossary

These are credit cards which offer a charitable one off donation which can be around £5. Further, a small proportion of your total expenditure goes to a charity. This can be around 0.25%.

This type of card is becoming increasingly popular. Balancing the moralistic perspectives of credit card usage.

Many charities have set up credit cards through partnerships with banks. Even some sporting institutions such as football clubs have their own cards - unfortunately these often provide highly uncompetitive terms.

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