Bank charges can now be assessed for fairness by the Office of Fair Trading after the High Court ruled in its favour today.
Posts Tagged ‘unfair credit card’
OFT Victory In Bank Charges Case
Posted in In the News, Unenforceable Loans, Unfair Credit Card Agreements, tagged bank charge, bank charges, british bankers association, consumer contract, Office of fair trading, oft, rbs, royal bank of scotland, Unenforceable Loan, unfair bank charges, unfair credit card on 05/03/2009 | Leave a Comment »
How credit cards went from Hero to Zero
Posted in In the News, Unfair Credit Card Agreements, tagged credit card debt, credit cards, unfair credit card on 11/01/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Millions of people rely on them for day to day budgeting, but credit cards, once a cheap and easy way to borrow over the short term, are becoming more expensive and difficult to obtain.
Challenge banks over Unfair Loan and Credit Card Agreements before April 2007
Posted in Unenforceable Loans, Unfair Credit Card Agreements, tagged agreement, april 2007, challenge bank, compensation, consumer credit act 1974, contingent liabilities, loans before 2007, Payment Protection Insurance, unfair credit card, unfair loan, unfair loan claims, unfair relationship test on 04/01/2009 | Leave a Comment »
This problem could have been easily avoided if only banks were careful with their documentation. It is hard to believe that how some of the high street banks can be so unprofessional in their approach, which has lead to their own loss.
BBC Panorama Programme | Debt Write Off | Cancel Credit Card Agreements Legally
Posted in BBC Video & Audio, In the News, Unenforceable Loans, Unfair Credit Card Agreements, tagged bbc panorama, consumer credit act, credit issues, credit law, debt advice, debt write off, loan loophole, panorama, unfair credit agreement, unfair credit card, write off debt on 15/11/2008 | Leave a Comment »
This week’s Panorama programme included case studies relating to the Credit Issues business, showing how a couple have managed to clear £100 000 of credit card and loan debt through the processes that are employed in the Credit Issues business.
BBC Panorama: Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay
Posted in In the News, Unenforceable Loans, Unfair Credit Card Agreements, tagged amanda rankine, basil rankine, bbc panorama, cant pay wont pay, consumer credit act, consumer credit law, credit card killers, credit loophole, loan loophole, panorama, unfair agreements, unfair credit card, Unfair Credit Card Agreements, unfair payment protection insurance, wrire off debt, write off credit card, write off debt, write off loan on 10/11/2008 | 1 Comment »
As a nation we’ve racked up nearly £1.5 trillion of personal debt, and are increasingly falling behind with payments on our credit cards, overdrafts and bank loans.
Uk Personal Debt Statistics
Posted in In the News, tagged credit card, debt, unfair credit card, write off on 02/11/2008 | Leave a Comment »
The total UK personal debt at the end of June 2008 stood at £1,444 billion. The growth rate increased to 7.4% for the previous 12 months which equates to an increase of £98billion.