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HSBC is deliberately stalling compensation claims at the Ombudsman for mis-sold debt insurance, a leaked letter reveals.
7 January 2011
A major credit card shake-up will be complete this month with all providers set to stop penalising those who spend on their plastic after making a balance transfer.
5 January 2011
American Express will hit tens of thousands of cardholders with a £36 annual fee or interest rate hikes in the new year.
30 December 2010
Students may be enjoying a festive break from studies but the row over tuition fees still rages on.
28 December 2010
Credit card lender MBNA has been slapped on the wrists for its poor treatment of customers struggling to make repayments.
14 December 2010
Charges for exceeding your overdraft are often far higher than exorbitant payday loan costs despite an overhaul of fees by many banks.
10 December 2010
Banks have been ordered to stop harassing consumers with heavy handed threats for the non-payment of relatively small debts.
22 November 2010
Many Yorkshire and Clydesdale Bank mortgage holders have reported getting payment demands written off after a computer error meant 18,000 were undercharged for up to two years.
12 November 2010
Restricting the interest rates lenders can charge could drive vulnerable consumers into the arms of illegal loan sharks, a trade body warns.
9 November 2010
Two advance fee frauds involving over a dozen debt elimination companies have been uncovered, affecting 15,000 victims and netting the companies an estimated £6 million.
5 November 2010
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