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Payday lenders avoid interest rate cap

The OFT (The Office of Fair Trading) has ruled that capping payday and doorstep lenders would reduce competition in the market and says that this type of lending worked, “reasonably well”.
The review looked at home credit, pawnbroking,  payday loans and the rent-to-buy market.
One of the more recent entrants to the high-cost credit [...]

New code of practice from Wonga

Short term lender Wonga has launched its own code of practice in an effort to increase its transparency to existing and potential customers.
The code is designed to reinforce the codes of practice issued by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and the Finance and Leasing Association (FLA), which the alternative lender currently abides by.
Errol Damelin, [...]

Zopa – Is social lending safe?