Borrowing & debt
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Personal details from hundreds of thousands of accounts may have been illegally accessed, admits payday lender
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Consumer spending may be relatively robust, but regulators worry that it’s propped up by worryingly high - think 2008 - levels of personal debt
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Editorial: The Prudential Regulatory Authority should use its power to stop credit card companies making it too easy for people to get into debt
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Nils Pratley on finance Credit card firms need to help those in long-term debt
Nils Pratley and Graham Ruddick
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Bank of England figures for February show first fall in approvals in six months but credit card lending hits 11-year high
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Ombudsman says it is now receiving about 200 such complaints a week, but PPI remains the worst offender
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The Engage account is for those who want their money to be used to do good. Plus, we look at the alternatives
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In London almost half of payments under £30 are contactless, with Manchester and other cities also seeing big increases
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Watchdog could introduce price caps on catalogue credit and rent-to-own, similar to those imposed on payday loans
Banks cracking down on lending after borrowing binge, survey finds