Loans

The Government has set out plans for accelerated two-year degrees which it claims will save students at least £5,500 in tuition fees compared to a three-year course. But Martin Lewis has warned that while it means lower living costs at uni, many students won't pay any less for their studies.

A third of people contacted by bailiffs experience rule-breaking behaviour, including threats and forced entry, according to Citizens Advice and debt charity StepChange. 

Some university leavers who started studying between 1990 and 1998 have received letters and texts from Erudio – the company which manages their student loans – offering them the chance to settle their loan by partially paying it off.

The chair of the Student Loans Company has told MPs it'd be "more helpful" if the organisation was called something else – because it doesn't provide loans. 

Student loans for Scottish students who started university from 1998 onwards will now be written off after a maximum of 30 years, meaning many are likely to pay less.

The financial regulator has written to payday lenders today telling them they must compensate customers who were sold unaffordable loans.

The Government has announced plans to sell off another group of English student loans. If your loan is being sold off, don't worry – you won't see any major changes.

Student loan repayment thresholds will rise by hundreds of pounds next April, but many students and former students from England and Wales will see interest rates increase to 6.3% in September – here's why you shouldn't panic.

Customers of the peer-to-peer lending and investment service Zopa have taken to social media to complain that they have been locked out of their online accounts, with some told that their accounts have been 'suspended'.

Victims are being scammed out of more than £3.5 million a year by fraudsters tricking them into transferring an upfront fee before they are given a loan, the Financial Conduct Authority is warning.