Lloyds TSB, is part of Lloyds Banking Group, one of the country’s largest banks. Millions of people have at least one banking product with Lloyds, be it a current account, mortgage, savings account, loan or credit card.
Representative Example: If you spend £1,200 at a purchase interest rate of 15.94% (variable) your Representative APR will be 15.9% (variable).
Cards listed by duration of 0% balance transfer offer
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Lloyds TSB Platinum MasterCard |
0%
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0%
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No rewards |
17.9%
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Lloyds TSB Duo Avios Credit Card |
0%
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15.94%
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Travel |
15.9%
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Lloyds TSB Premier Duo Avios Credit Card |
0%
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13.95%
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Travel |
21.9%
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Lloyds TSB Advance |
4.9%
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0%
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No rewards |
11.9%
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Lloyds TSB is a UK retail bank established in 1995 by the merger of Lloyds Bank and the TSB Group. Together with Halifax, Bank of Scotland and Cheltenham & Gloucester, Lloyds TSB forms the Lloyds Banking Group.
The bank’s origins date back to 1765 in Birmingham when John Taylor and Sampson Lloyd set up a private banking business. Two sons of the bank’s original partners started their own bank in London years later, which was eventually absorbed into the Lloyd’s Banking Company.
By 1923, Lloyd’s Bank had made fifty take-overs and over the decades expanded into Europe and South America. By the early 1990s, Lloyd’s Bank had offices in 30 countries around the world.
TSB began life in Dumfriesshire in 1810 and was formally established as The Trustee Savings Bank Association in 1887. TSB merged with Lloyds (by now it had ditched the apostrophe) to become Lloyds TSB plc in 1995 and is today one of the best-known names in retail banking.
Lloyds TSB offers a range of credit cards to suit all pockets and needs. If you’re looking to shift existing credit card balances on to a new card with a lower rate, Lloyds TSB offers balance transfer cards with great introductory rates.
If you want to use a credit card for spending, Lloyds TSB has credit cards with low rates on purchases, which is great if you want pay for a big-ticket item and spread the cost over a more manageable period.
If you’re a frequent flyer, you could earn Avios points (formerly Airmiles) on your purchases to redeem against flights in the future.
Whatever card you’re interested in, Lloyds TSB will let you manage your credit card account easily and securely online. The service allows you to pay your credit card bill, make balance transfers and view your transaction history.
Credit cards are certainly not appropriate for everyone, but used correctly they card be a convenient way to pay for something you can’t or don’t want to pay for up-front.
You may find that you don’t actually qualify for one of Lloyds TSB’s credit cards because of your personal circumstances. Credit cards have qualifying criteria to make sure that only those who are suitable are accepted for the card.
Generally speaking, you need to be aged 18 or over and be a UK resident to apply for a card. Some cards have qualifying criteria based on your earnings and all credit card applicants have their credit scores assessed.
Those with the best credit scores are most likely to get the most competitive cards and rates, whereas people with poorer credit scores may find themselves rejected for these cards, or offered a higher rate than the one advertised.
Credit cards can be useful for spreading the cost of larger purchases like holidays or home furnishings over a longer period. Many cards offer introductory 0% interest free periods, so as long as you meet the minimum payments by the agreed date each month you don’t have to pay anything more than the face value of the purchase.
Credit cards also protect you against purchases which end up being faulty, fraudulent or simply don’t materialise. Section 75 of the 1974 Consumer Credit Act and the 2011 Consumer Credit Directive protect you on purchases of between £100 and £60,260.
Before applying for a credit card you should always think carefully about your ability to pay back what you borrow and whether your previous credit history is likely to get you rejected for the card. Our Smart Search tool gives you an indication of how likely it is you’ll be accepted for a range of cards with a score out of 10.
This ‘soft search’ doesn’t leave a footprint on your credit file and means you won’t risk damaging your credit score by getting rejected for a credit card.
MoneySupermarket’s credit card comparison service is free to use, independent and includes more than 300 cards – including Lloyds TSB cards – so you can be sure to get the best deal to suit you.s one of the country’s largest mortgage and savings providers but Halifax also offers a range of credit cards.
This stands for Annual Percentage Rate. Any firm that lends money is required by law to quote the APR. Introductory rates do not include arrangement fees you may be charged and also don’t reflect any higher rate of interest that your borrowings will ultimately revert to. The APR takes into account the interest on a loan plus and additional charges making it easier for you to compare products. In general, the lower the APR the better the deal.
Balance transfer rates are applied to existing card debt that is being moved from one issuer to another or a consolidation of other debts. These rates tend to be lower than standard rates and apply to the debt transferred or consolidated for a specified term or until it is repaid in full.
Credit cards are a form of borrowing used to purchase goods and services, to obtain cash advances and for consolidating debt.
This allows an organisation to take money directly from a persons bank account
The amount you must pay each month to keep your account in order
The time between when you buy something on the card and the date when you must pay your monthly bill. This can be 50 days or more and is interest-free. So if you settle your bill in full every month, it's free borrowing.
A rate that is applied to your account until a given expiry date. Thereafter it will revert to the rate applicable to your account at that time.