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. Makesenseofcards has provided this list to show which suppliers issue which cards. This is important 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
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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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