Anecdote: when I started uni in 1999, and went to the freshers fair, there were four major high street banks with stalls offering credit cards. The average cred

Anecdote: when I started uni in 1999, and went to the freshers fair, there were four major high street banks with stalls offering credit cards. The average credit card debt is now £2,000. I've never had a personal credit card, only a business card, but the complete lack of education/awareness in the UK over credit card debt is worrying.