Loans

Student loan repayment thresholds for most borrowers will rise by hundreds of pounds next April

8 August 2019

Firms which offer 'buy now, pay later' deals won't be able to charge backdated interest on money that's already been repaid, under new rules the financial regulator says will come into effect from November

12 June 2019

Student loan interest rates are set to drop in September. Current students from England and Wales will almost certainly see the rate drop from 6.3% to 5.4% - and many former students with outstanding loans will see their rates dip too

17 April 2019

The amount of interest you're paying on your student loan should become clearer, and you should be less likely to overpay, after HMRC and the Student Loans Company started sharing data on a weekly basis.

11 April 2019

Administrators for payday loan providers Wage Day Advance and Juo Loans, which collapsed in February, have admitted that customers who are owed compensation will only receive a "partial payment" for their claims

3 April 2019

The number of people affected could be over 40,000, though initial estimates suggested a figure closer to 10,000

12 March 2019

New academic research has revealed the tricks of the trade used in the high-cost credit industry

7 March 2019

Vulnerable customers who use rent-to-own firms will not pay more in interest than the cost of the original item from April, as part of new rules announced by the financial regulator today

5 March 2019

Some car finance customers are paying more than £1,000 extra in interest charges due to certain commission incentives, the Financial Conduct Authority has said

4 March 2019

Nicky Morgan MP suggested that the Government could have to intervene to sort out the situation

27 February 2019