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 Advance - Refers to either cash obtained by credit card via an ATM, or a short term loan paid in cash | |
| Cash ISA - A tax free savings vehicle which allows deposits of up to £3,000 a year in cash | Cashback Mortgages - A type of mortgage where a small percentage of the advance is paid back to the borrower upon completion | |
| CCJ - CCJ stands for County Court Judgement More... | Charging Order - A court order turning an unpaid unsecured debt into one secured on the debtor's home | |
| Charity Credit Card - A credit card which refunds a small proportion of everything spent on it to the charity it's linked with | 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 | |
| Compound interest - When interest earned on an investment is paid back into the investment and then begins to earn interest itself | Contents Insurance - Insurance covering items contained within a property rather than covering the property itself | |
| Council Tax - A tax to fund (in part) local government, levied loosely in relation to the value of a resident's home | County Court Judgement - A court order ordering the repayment of a debt | |
| 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 Limit - The total level of debt allowed to be built up on an individual credit line | 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 |
