Consumer White Paper – Protection For All Consumers

The consumer White Paper, which outlined proposals to but a stop to unscrupulous lending by credit card companies, also contained measure to strengthen the rights of ALL consumers- those who feel ripped-off or conned. Read more

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Lying motorists to be weeded out by insurance firms

It has been reported recently that motorists that try and hide or lie about convictions when they apply for insurance cover are to find themselves at the centre of a crackdown by the insurance industry. Read more

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Is HSBC favouring its richer customers?

A recent report has suggested that High Street bank, HSBC, is giving more favourable treatment to its better off customers with its Internet arm First Direct than to its poorer HSBC customers. Officials claim that the customers of First Direct, who tend to be better off due to changes that were made by the bank a couple of years ago, are getting a far better deal than customers with its parent company, HSBC. Read more

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