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. Stoozing.com 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
Lloyds TSB	Lloyds TSB Platinum More Than
Barclays	Barclaycard SkyCard Goldfish
HSBC	First Direct HSBC Marks & Spencers Marbles GM card John Lewis
RBS	Tesco Mint Lombard Direct Ulster Bank NatWest Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)
HBOS	all "lifestyle" Amazon Britannia Carphone Warehouse Cancer Research Halifax IF ipoints Norwich & Peterborough NSPCC Sainsbury Smart
National Australia Gp	Yorkshire Bank Clydesdale Bank
Capital One	Capital One
CitiGroup	Egg Visa egg mastercard Citicard BMIBaby
American Express	American Express ( occasionally)
Bank of Ireland	Post Office
GE Capital	Asda GE Money Paypal Debenhams
MBNA	MBNA platinum+ Virgin money Alliance and Leicester Virgin Atlantic (Amex) breakthough breast cancer british heart foundation BMF BMI Amex Childline Unicef WWF most football clubs Ryanair BMI Ski Club GB Star trek Sonycard toys R US homebase PADI Williams F1 World superbikes Honda racing GB rugby league Cheshire Building Society Melton Mobray Building Society BikeCard
Co-Op	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
Nationwide	Nationwide
Abbey (Banco Santander)	Abbey

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