More than 1m householders have had to use a credit card for rent payments or mortgage repayments in the last 12 months, according to the data published today by housing charity Shelter.
More than 1m householders have had to use a credit card for rent payments or mortgage repayments in the last 12 months, according to the data published today by housing charity Shelter.
Twelve legal test cases currently in progress at the High Court in Manchester may challenge the right of credit card companies, store card companies, and bank lenders to enforce their debt, if they cannot produce the original documentation relating to the loan agreement. Under the Consumer Credit Act, credit card loan agreements must contain three key [...]
An Office of Fair Trading investigation into charges levied by banks for unauthorised overdrafts has today been blocked by the Supreme Court.
Credit card companies are labouring under a deluge of bad debt, as cash-strapped consumers find themselves unable to make the repayments on their credit cards. As a result, access to a credit card will be harder to get, borrowing rates will spiral, and monthly credit card fees could become standard, as credit card companies look [...]
Banks are currently rethinking their strategy on current accounts, as part of a larger plan to seek new revenue streams in the current difficult climate. Â This may mean an end to free banking services, and in particular free current accounts, as charges are stepped up to anticipate the possible loss of other revenue sources currently [...]
New government proposals will force credit card companies to end “unclear and unfair†practices which plunge their customers further into debt. Practices such as increasing customers’ borrowing limits without their permission, and taking interest-only repayments that do not reduce their real debt, will be challenged this month in proposals by consumer minister Kevin Brennan.  The [...]
















