More than a dozen firms promoting IVAs to people unable to cope with their debts have been ordered to stop using misleading adverts
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New Year, New Finances: Credit Cards
If you’re like many families in the UK, you’re probably dreading seeing your latest credit card statement following Christmas and New Year. Much of the cost of presents, food, drink and parties is likely to have been whacked onto the “sod it” card, and much like yourself, that debt is now sitting around slowly getting […]
Motley Fool: The Myth Of The Indebted House
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MoneyExpert: Axa: Average UK Adult Saved £1,003 In 2006
The average adult in the UK saved £1,003 during 2006, while 61 per cent saved less than £500 or nothing at all, it has been found.
MoneyExpert: M&S Money: Only One In Three Use Low-interest Offers
Some two in three borrowers are not paying off their credit card debts within balance transfer low-interest periods, it has been found.
Motley Fool: The Simplicity And Snares Of Consolidation Loans
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This Is Money: Credit Card Debt Starts To Tumble
Warnings about record debt levels are hitting home as the amount borrowed on credit cards falls by hundreds of millions of pounds a month
Scotsman: Bad Loan Warning Over Christmas Debts
BANKS and building societies have warned that the burden of bad loans is set to soar in the new year as borrowers struggle to meet debts made worse over the Christmas period.
This Is Money: Debt Amateurs On Losing Side
Twenty five years ago, the post-Christmas air would be thick with recriminations of staff taking sickes. The current fit of morality concerns personal debt.
MoneyExpert: Bank Raises Rates For Gambling Transactions
HSBC has announced it is to raise the rates issued to those who use their credit cards for depositing money into online betting accounts.