As many as one in five households in the UK are using credit cards to pay their domestic bills.
Research by comparison site TotallyMoney.com found …
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The problem of catalogue debt could be far greater than payday loans.
New figures released by Citizens Advice showed it handled 62,000 calls for he…
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More and more pensioners are turning to credit cards to fund spending on luxury items.
A report commissioned by Liverpool Victoria (LV) found 33 pe…
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The number of people seeking help for issues with payday loans providers has almost doubled in the last year.
This is according to the debt charity…
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Families with poor credit ratings purchase more household expenses on finance.
This is according to credit card provider Aqua, which has released i…
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Nearly one-quarter of parents will pay for this year's summer holiday using a credit card.
Research by Halifax has discovered many househ…
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Consumers need to be confident they can cover their repayments before borrowing money.
This is according to financial expert Martin Lewis, who caut…
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The future looks bright for consumers as a significant reduction in household debt-to-income ratio has been recorded.
Figures supplied by the EY It…
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