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Zopa to Charge Fees to Borrowers and Lenders
on Mar 30, 2006 in Banking Debt Both lenders and borrowers are set to be charged fees for using the Zopa money lending service, reversing a previously stated intention of only levying charges on borrowers. Zopa is a service that enables people to lend money to each other without ha...
Consumers Ripped Off by Unfair Credit Card Charges
on Apr 4, 2006 in Banking Banks and Building Societies Consumer Protection Credit Cards OFT The Office of Fair Trading has finally gotten tough with credit card companies overcharging customers to the tune of £300 million per year through unfair and excessive default charges. The charges are made by the credit card companies when you go ov...
Banks Back Down Over Unfair Credit Card Charges
on Jun 1, 2006 in Advice Banking Banks and Building Societies Barclays Bank Citizens Advice Credit Cards Lloyds TSB plc MBNA International Bank National Debtline OFT Strong warnings from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) have caused Barclaycard, HSBC and Lloyds TSB to reduce their credit card penalty charges by almost half. On 5th April, the OFT announced that it considered the high penalty charges made by many cr...
Alliance & Leicester Gets Tough Over Bank Charges
on Jun 7, 2006 in Advice Banking Banks and Building Societies OFT Alliance & Leicester customers who take the bank to the Small Claims Court to recover unfair bank charges are now being asked to take their business elsewhere. Customers are increasingly aware that the level of charges levied by banks when overdr...
For Better or For Worse
on Jul 10, 2006 in Banking Earlier today I came across a blog by a Dr. Lost. After scanning his posts I saw that he perceived himself as a controversial writer. The post that caught my eye, naturally, was in reference to NBK and Gulf Bank, two of the leading local banks. To su...