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Ariel Goldring wrote 1 day ago: On November 12, the New York Times reported: The Federal Reserve announced new rules on Thursday tha … more →

Tags: Law, News, bank, bernanke, FED, federal reserve, oft, overdrafting

"Life is not fair; get used to it."

Andrew Sharpe wrote 1 day ago: Yesterday for the first time the handing down of a Supreme Court judgement was a major news event.  … more →

Tags: Commercial, Banks, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection, oft, overdraft charges, Supreme Court, Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations

Banks win in overdraft bank charges case1 comment

BusinessAdvantage wrote 2 days ago: Banks win in overdraft charges case With the recent ruling on excessive bank charges on overdraft fe … more →

Tags: Business News, Bank charges and loans, Business, Small Business, economic uncertainty, economic recession, Economics, recession, consumer

The Reverse Robin Hood: or I Fought the Beast and the Beast Won13 comments

Chris Jensen Romer wrote 2 days ago: I’m not sure exactly when it happened that the British public decided that Bankers were agents … more →

Tags: Uninteresting to others whitterings about my life, Social commentary desecrated, Religion, Dreadful attempts at humour, gordon brown, Social Justice, bank charges, supreme court decision on bank charges, Reverse Robin Hood

Bank Charges - What did the Law Lords Say?2 comments

debtcontrolman wrote 2 days ago: Mouths appear to have dropped open everywhere at the decision of the law lords on bank charges. Cert … more →

Tags: Lending Code, Banks, Money, Unfair, Feudalism, Government, Fair, bank charges, Law Lords

Supreme Court backs banks on unauthorised overdraft charges

Stefanie Linhardt wrote 3 days ago: Millions of bank customers hoping to get their unauthorised overdraft charges refunded were disappoi … more →

Tags: Business, Stefanie Linhardt, united kingdom, Banks, oft, overdraft, Supreme Court, unautorised overdraft charges

Who Pays For Banking?3 comments

Em² wrote 3 days ago: more about “BBC News – Banks win Supreme Court ca…“, posted with vodpod UK b … more →

Tags: News, Random, bank charge, Britain, consumer, Martin Lewis, overdraft, UK

Treasury hands FSA powers to protect homeowners from repossession

easyswitch wrote 3 days ago: Buy to let mortgages are to fall under the remit of the Financial Services Authority for the first t … more →

Tags: Mortgage Lenders, Mortgage News, Business, mortgage, Financial Services Authority, hedge fund, Private Equity, Investing, funds

Banks win Supreme Court case on overdraft charges

easyswitch wrote 3 days ago: Millions of bank customers seeking billions of pounds of overdraft charge refunds have been dealt a … more →

Tags: Financial News, bank charge, bank charges, financial services, House of Lords, oft, overdraft, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States

Eating our way to sustainability.

chrishalpin wrote 5 days ago: How can we be more sustainable through going shopping? Head down to your local farmers market appare … more →

Tags: climate change, Environment, Food, future thinking, cardiff, Cardiff University, Farmer's Market, food waste, Jane Davidson (Minister for Environment Sustainability

The Consumer Credit Act 1974 - Unfair Relationships | Unfair Credit Agreements | Unfair Loans

Kerry wrote 1 week ago: The Consumer Credit Act 1974 enables borrowers to challenge unfair credit card and loan agreements i … more →

Tags: unenforceable credit, unenforceable loan, unenforceable loans, Unfair Credit Card Agreements, april 2007, consumer credit act, consumer credit act 2006, oft, time orders

New Lending Code 2: mental health, systems1 comment

debtcontrolman wrote 3 weeks ago: Debt and mental health This section of guidance is relevant to both personal and micro-enterprise cu … more →

Tags: Debt, repayment, Money Guidance, Mental Health, Consumer Protection Regulations 2008, creditors, Debtors, debt collectors, Lending Code

Pensioners Warned as Money-Making Scams on the Rise

amysutherland wrote 1 month ago: 21 October 2009 Amy Sutherland Taken from the Think Jessica website West Lothian Council has announc … more →

Tags: Courts and Crime, Life And Society, News In Brief, Edinburgh City Council, West Lothian Council, Think Jessica, Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service, Marilyn Baldwin, Trading Standards

Public Warned as Money-Making Scams on the Rise

amysutherland wrote 1 month ago: 21 October 2009 Amy Sutherland West Lothian Council has announced it is backing the ‘Think Jes … more →

Tags: Think Jessica, Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue, Trading Standards, telephone preference service, mail preference service, West Lothian Council, Marilyn Baldwin, Edinburgh City Council

Recruitment Cartels

originforwardsolutions wrote 1 month ago: Recruitment Cartels The story which caught the eye of the Origin office last week was that of the Of … more →

Tags: Overview, recruitment industry, Price Fixing, Recruitment, Recruitment Cartel

...And Still We Come Back For More

willfeins wrote 1 month ago: …And Still We Come Back For More How do bad businesses stay in business? What makes good busin … more →

Tags: Business, Ryanair, Chief Executive Officer, British Airways, Airline, Ivan Pavlov, Luggage

Bid-riggers slapped with fines2 comments

matthewscotland wrote 2 months ago: A total of 103 construction companies accused of ‘bid-rigging’ have been fined £130 million by the O … more →

Tags: bid rigging, Price Fixing, oft, Balfour Beatty, kier group, carrillion, LGA

Disgorgement of ill-gotten gains

Andrew Sharpe wrote 2 months ago: Thanks to a twitter lead (HT @clarinette02), we were alerted rather late in the day to the action be … more →

Tags: Data Protection, oft, Federal Trade Commission, Safe Harbor, www.bestpricedbrands.co.uk, www.bitesizedeals.co.uk

OFT Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Registration

Simon Webber wrote 3 months ago: On the 31st July 2009, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) opened its registration for Anti-Money Laund … more →

Tags: Anti money laundering, management systems and controls, strategic compliance, styperson pope, AML, aml registration, BBA, ccfi, ccfis


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