Zero per cent balance transfer credit card deals are often misleading and don't always offer a free transfer, new research has suggested.
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Payday loan provider Wonga is preparing to implement a new set of affordability criteria for its customers following the firm's entering into a ne…
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Last year witnessed 1.8 million cases of debt referrals to bailiffs by local authorities across England and Wales, figures collated by the Money Advic…
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The UK's logbook loans industry has been called upon to ensure it is offering the best standard of care to its customers following an investigatio…
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Banks and building societies are still charging consumers too much for overdrafts.
Research carried out by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) st…
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The government has rejected calls to ban payday loan adverts from being aired during children's television.
Ministers had been urged by the Bus…
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A total of 17 banks and building societies are having to pay back over £149 million due to errors in credit and loan agreements.
The news com…
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The UK's high streets now contain one short-term loan company for every seven banks and building societies.
A study by the Bureau of Investigat…
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