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    • Monday, 23 May, 2022
      Amigo Holdings PLC
      High Court approves Amigo Loans new business scheme

      UK judge’s acceptance of plan moves guarantor lender closer to resuming business

    • Friday, 13 May, 2022
      Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
      Business leaders understand cost of living crisis better than politicians

      Queen’s Speech should have contained measures to tackle worsening living standards

    • Monday, 9 November, 2020
      Personal Finance
      Consumers’ credit complaints jump over summer

      Claims management companies have driven a big rise in successful claims to the regulator, experts say

    • Wednesday, 12 February, 2020
      Payment protection insurance
      PPI complaints break 2m barrier 

      Flood of claims lodged with Financial Ombudsman Service after customers dispute banks’ rulings

    • Wednesday, 5 February, 2020
      Personal debt
      Bupa launches ‘get paid early’ option for 11,000 staff 

      Care home provider allows staff to get paid for shifts without waiting for monthly payday

    • Monday, 27 January, 2020
      Amigo Holdings PLC
      Amigo shares tumble as subprime lender puts itself up for sale

      Strategic review launched after scrutiny increases over complaints to ombudsman

    • Friday, 22 November, 2019
      Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
      Bad credit is big business — if you can get a guarantor

      Whether renting a flat or applying for a loan, you will probably need the help of a homeowner

    • Thursday, 24 October, 2019
      Britain’s biggest payday lender to close by end of 2019

      QuickQuid and Pounds to Pocket owner accuses ombudsman of ‘moving the goalposts’

    • Thursday, 17 October, 2019
      Special ReportFinancial Wellness
      Transatlantic platform launches workers on to financial wellbeing

      How Salary Finance works with employers to help staff escape payday loan trap

    • Thursday, 17 October, 2019
      Special ReportFinancial Wellness
      Rules juggle protection of payday loan borrowers and lending market

      Can loan caps and creditworthiness standards cut risks without killing off regulated providers?

    • Monday, 8 July, 2019
      Personal debt
      Charities slam FCA for failing to end the ‘debt trap’

      Financial regulator accused of ‘lack of action on predatory lending’

    • Friday, 21 June, 2019
      Payday lender The Money Shop to stop trading after surge in complaints
    • Friday, 24 May, 2019
      Merryn Somerset Webb
      Workers will be paid when they please in a tight market

      Employers should abandon a payroll system left over from the last century

    • Wednesday, 8 May, 2019
      Personal Finance
      Consumer complaints data show rise of online rage

      Payday loans, ticket sales and package deliveries among services most complained about

    • Sunday, 20 January, 2019
      Pawnshops and payday lenders surge on US government shutdown

      Specialist consumer-financiers help bridge earnings gap for federal workers

    • Monday, 15 October, 2018
      UK companies
      Watchdog warns payday lenders over customer complaints

      Companies should consider offering compensation, says Financial Conduct Authority

    • Friday, 12 October, 2018
      Personal Finance
      Debt Hacker targets payday lender compensation

      Non-profit group financed by consumer campaigner

    • Friday, 21 September, 2018
      FT AlphavilleThomas Hale
      How do you solve a problem like Wonga loans?
    • Tuesday, 11 September, 2018
      UK companies
      UK’s largest payday lender swamped by cost of complaints

      CashEuroNet UK faces £2.5m in costs in first half on ombudsman charge of £550 per complaint

    • Sunday, 2 September, 2018
      UK companies
      Activists try to close down more high-cost lenders

      Campaign of complaints aimed at hurting peers of collapsed Wonga

    • Thursday, 30 August, 2018
      UK companies
      Wonga collapses after surge of customer complaints

      Payday lender files for administration in UK while overseas units continue to trade

    • Thursday, 30 August, 2018
      Claer Barrett
      Wonga woes won’t end the scourge of high-cost credit

      Borrowers with a poor financial history could be driven back towards loan sharks

    • Tuesday, 28 August, 2018
      LexUK companies
      Wonga: decline and fall Premium content

      Claim farmers are seeking new cash cows as the mis-sold PPI window closes

    • Wednesday, 22 August, 2018
      UK mis-selling
      Claims management companies drive rise in payday lender complaints

      As PPI deadline looms, CMCs turn attention elsewhere for income

    • Sunday, 5 August, 2018
      UK companies
      Wonga receives £10m lifeline from investors

      Group struggles to adapt to new rules after years of profits

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