Consumers are increasingly cancelling direct debit payments to charities, new research has revealed. The Charity Direct Debit Tracking Report 2009 from Rapidata has found cancellation rates have increased since the onset of the credit crunch. For the first time the…

Giving up smoking could have benefits for people’s debt management and assist them in paying off outstanding amounts on home loans, it has been suggested. As No Smoking Day (March 11th) is held in the UK, Fairinvestment.co.uk has outlined some…

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has taken action against 11 finance websites that it said were “posing” as charity or official debt advice portals. It revealed that the sites have been using names that imply they are connected to…

People seeking a debt solution have been offered help in the form of online tools that they can use to assist them with handling money problems. MORE TH>N Legal Services has unveiled a series of web documents that are designed…

Consumers are reducing their expenditure on car insurance in order to help them handle debt management, a new survey has suggested. A poll carried out by Saga Motor Insurance has found that in order to deal with increasingly “tight” budgets,…

Worries about debt management and unemployment are having a significant influence on people’s health in the wake of the economic downturn, it has been noted. The Priory Group has warned that its experts have seen a rise in the number…

Credit has been approved in the past for people who were unable to repay their debts, it has been stated. A spokesperson for the Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS), said that lenders have “encouraged” people to borrow, sometimes when their…

The credit crunch has made Britons more aware of the significance of handling debt management issues, new research has suggested. Figures compiled by AXA have revealed that 80 per cent of UK adults are more likely to actively manage money…