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BNPL lets people dig deeper into the debt hole, which “will be harder and harder to climb out of,” Ed deHaan, an accounting professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business, told Bloomberg News. That ...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed that buy now, pay later (BNPL) will be subject to stricter affordability checks. BNPL is an alternative payment method that allows customers to ...

With new legislation now in place, the FCA is preparing to consult on detailed rules which will include upfront affordability ...

Fat cat water company bosses have earned £278m over more than a decade, as hosepipe bans multiply and an independent commission has today called for an overhaul of the industry.

There is much to recommend in Sir Jon Cunliffe’s 88-point plan, says Sean O’Grady – not least that it paves the way for the utility to be brought back into public hands ...

The firm is trying to seize homes, cars, yachts of Charles Cohen following his business’s default on a $535 million loan with a $187.2 mn personal guarantee ...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a new consultation into how it can protect customers from taking on debt that they cannot afford ...

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Credit providers are less likely to grant credit to someone with no credit history, as they cannot assess whether the person ...

Student loans had been in deferment during the COVID-19 pandemic, but as of 2023, student loan debt is being collected again.

The volume of “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) transactions has increased from 83.8 million in the second half (2H) of 2024 to 102 ...