Entries for C:
| Capital Gains Tax - A tax levied on profits made from the buying and selling of assets including property, shares, and valuables | Capped Rate - A kind of mortgage which features an interest rate which is guaranteed not to go above a certain level, no matter how high the base rate rises | |
| Car Insurance - The minimum insurance legally required covers damage you cause to another vehicle (3rd party). Comprehensive insurance also covers damage to your own car | Cash ISA - A tax free savings vehicle which allows deposits of up to £3,000 a year in cash | |
| CCJ - CCJ stands for County Court Judgement More... | Child Trust Fund - An investment account opened with a voucher from the government, issued to parents of children born since September 2002. Matures when the child reaches 18 years | |
| Chip and Pin - A system of authorising credit card payments by typing a PIN number rather than signing an authorisation slip | CML - The Council of Mortgage Lenders, the trade association for the UK residential mortgage industry | |
| Credit Card Surfing - The practice of regularly switching credit cards to take advantage of introductory offers | Credit File - Your credit file is a record of your financial activity More... | |
| Credit Scoring - The process of combining information from a person's credit file with details given on an application form to decide whether or not to extend finance | Creditor - A creditor is someone to whom you owe money More... | |
| Customs and Excise - The government agency formerly responsible, amongst other things, for the collection of VAT. Now merged with the Inland Revenue to form HM Revenue and Customs |
