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They call out of the blue saying they'll rescue you from the red
Sunday, 2 March 2008
James Moore reports on why companies that push individual voluntary arrangements may not be the answer to struggling consumers' needs
It's official: the age of the cut-price loan is over, says FSA chief
Sunday, 2 March 2008
Cheap borrowing is a thing of the past, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has said.
MP demands inquiry after Egg shows card customers the door
Sunday, 2 March 2008
Egg may be investigated by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) over its decision last month to terminate the contracts of 161,000 credit card customers.
Customers urged to switch as card firms start to twitch
Sunday, 17 February 2008
Balance transfers offer a way out of bad deals, says Emma Lunn, but credit providers are getting choosy about who they lend to
Returns race ahead as banks and societies scramble for our cash
Sunday, 17 February 2008
The credit crunch has an upside, it seems.
Record numbers go bankrupt
Friday, 15 February 2008
A record number of people in England and Wales asked to go bankrupt during 2007, Government figures showed today.
How to stop your credit limit from being slashed
Saturday, 9 February 2008
James Daley gives advice on staying in the banks' good books and the best new deals around
Consumers put £32.2bn on plastic but spending slows
Friday, 8 February 2008
Consumers spent a record £32.2bn on credit and debit cards during December – but the rate at which spending is rising continues to slow.
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