All articles featuring 'Loans'
More banks admit PPI compensation delays
28 October 2011Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclaycard say they are running two weeks behind schedule paying mis-selling victims
Part-time students to get more time before repaying loans
26 October 2011Part-time students are to be given an extra year before they become eligible to start repaying tuition fee loans
Crackdown after firms caught hounding sick patients in hospital for debts
19 October 2011New guidance on debt collecting has today been published by the OFT, in a bid to protect consumers
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Bank lending increases - but for how long?
29 September 2011Banks made more credit available to households this summer but have warned the eurozone crisis may hit future lending
Plans to help credit applicants with mental health problems unveiled
29 September 2011The OFT has published guidance to ensure loan and credit card applicants with mental health problems are treated fairly
More than £215m in PPI claims already paid this year
30 August 2011Compensation paid to victims of mis-selling has soared since banks admitted defeat in their bid to block payouts
100,000s face student loan interest hike
18 August 2011Many graduates face a rise in the interest charged on their student loan from next month
Guest Comment: Why should we pay for OUR credit reports?
22 July 2011Tom Ilube, from Callcredit, explains the importance of credit files and whether other firms will embrace free reports
Government wants more time on payday loan cost cap
19 July 2011BIS today announced it will carry out further research into the high cost credit industry before deciding on a cost cap
Martin Lewis to head new student finance taskforce
17 June 2011The Independent Taskforce on Student Finance Information has the full support of Universities Minister David Willetts
Chancellor to back "ring-fenced" banks
15 June 2011The Chancellor is today expected to approve a shake-up to make high street banks safer in a bid to protect taxpayers
Unemployment down but number still high: how to ease the pain
15 June 2011Unemployment has fallen by 88,000, while the number of people in work has increased by a similar number
PPI: Lloyds says sorry for mis-selling
14 June 2011Lloyds has apologised and promised a catalogue of moves to provide redress, in another capitulation by banks on PPI
MP to step-up payday loan cost cap moves
13 June 2011Stella Creasy says many firms are exploitative given expensive loans are often aimed at society's poorest
Guest Comment: PPI was mis-sold but isn't bad
3 June 2011The dodgy selling of PPI is well-known but Shane Craig, from Paymentcare, says the product shouldn't be demonised
Eon shakes up direct debits to stop bill shocks
Lloyds TSB first big bank to launch junior cash Isa
Home phone and broadband prices on the rise
Which? launches collective energy switching campaign
Retailers in extended warranty shake-up
"Wish I'd been stupid enough to get PPI in the first place"
Surprise call from Ed Davey, Energy Minister – on collective switching
A warning to freelancers and the self-employed everywhere
A dragon in the Napoleonic wars
Student loans will be interest free for many 2012 starters
