Private bailiffs that collect unpaid council tax bills have been branded a ‘law unto themselves’ by the Citizens Advice Bureau
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This Is Money: Switch Fee Alert Over Credit Cards
Consumers switching credit cards to take advantage of interest-free deals could pay more than they expected
This Is Money: Pay Your Credit Card Bill By Text
Financial company Mint today launched an new service allowing customers to pay their credit card bills via text message
This Is Money: MPs Demand Curb On Junk Mail Loans
Politicians are calling for greater regulation of unsolicited offers of credit by lenders as part of the wider campaign against junk mail.
Motley Fool: CCJs And Charging Orders
County Court Judgments (CCJs) are made when a creditor takes you to court in order to retrieve the money you owe. If a CCJ is granted against you it is entered on the Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines (for England & Wales) and on your credit file. Unless you pay off the debt within one month of the CCJ being granted, it remains there for six years even if you pay off what you owe during that time
MoneyExpert: Lloyds Launches Budget Jetsetter Card
Two of the biggest names in personal finance have produced the co-branded Lloyds TSB Premier American Express Credit Card.
MoneyExpert: Undergrads Face £15,000 Cost Of Education
The average undergraduate beginning their degree programme this year will leave university in 2009 with debts of £15,000, Callcredit has warned.
Motley Fool: Can Financial Websites Damage Your Credit?
In research carried out for Moneyexpert, Professor Merlin Stone of Bristol Business School warns that frequent use of financial-comparison websites can damage your credit rating.
Motley Fool: Dealing With Bailiffs
This article continues our series on Getting Out Of Debt….
Motley Fool: Get Out Of Debt Discussion Boards
Here at the Fool we have hundreds of different discussion boards that cover virtually every subject you can think of. Below we’ve listed a collection of the most popular boards on our site that deal with getting out of debt.