The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced it will investigate the debt collection processes employed by payday loans companies.
It stated…
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Credit card companies have been accused of employing dirty tricks to encourage people to get into more debt.
A report by This is Money claimed firm…
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Changes need to be made to the current personal insolvency system to protect both debtors and creditors.
This is according to a new report fr…
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Consumers using payday loans could find themselves trapped in a debt spiral if they default.
Research by Which? has discovered ten of the 17 …
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Some 70 per cent of people would back a total ban on payday loan advertising.
Research carried out by Channel 5 and YouGov discovered there is over…
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Seven in ten consumers with payday loans are being put under undue pressure to roll them over.
This is according to Citizens Advice and the statist…
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The payday loan industry is "out of control", according to a charity.
Citizens Advice has claimed payday lenders are acting irresponsibly…
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The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has ordered the UK's most prominent payday lenders to change their ways within the next 12 weeks or risk having t…
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