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The Government is attempting to cut up the credit card rule book, launching a raft of proposals aimed at reducing the £53.9 billion of debt we owe on plastic as a nation.
27 October 2009
Borrowers are missing out on the best deals and paying too much for credit due to cracks in the application process, MPs were told today.
27 October 2009
Consumers have been warned to be vigilant following a 250% jump in the number of people tricked into handing over their card details and pin to fraudsters.
22 October 2009
The ban on debt insurance sales in its current form cannot go ahead, a tribunal has ruled.
16 October 2009
Unemployment climbed by 88,000 over the three months to August to reach 2.47 million, official figures showed today.
14 October 2009
Consumers have been told by a claims firm they have little chance of getting debt wiped out by challenging a credit agreement.
14 October 2009
The word 'stoozing' could soon find itself in the dictionary.
13 October 2009
Postal workers have voted in favour of a national strike in a bitter row over jobs, pay and services, it was announced today. This threatens widespread disruption for consumers in the coming weeks.
8 October 2009
Nationwide is upping the commission charge to use its credit and debit cards in most non-European countries today.
1 October 2009
The major credit card providers say they will show mercy to borrowers who make late payments because the postal strike has delayed their bill's arrival.
28 September 2009
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