If you have credit card debt now and want to pay it off, apply for a balance transfer card.

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Before you apply for a balance transfer card, do the math to see if the amount of interest payments you save with the introductory offer is more than the balance transfer fee that has to be paid immediately.

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Students whose funds are subject to the EU asset freeze could apply to the UK Treasury for a licence enabling their transfer, it added.

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