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Atol fund debt falls, clearing way for reform – Travolution

UFBC — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:13:09 +0000

The rise in the charge for consumer protection on package holidays from £1 to £2.50 last October slashed almost £15 million off the debt of the Air Travel Trust fund that pays out when a company fails. The fund …

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Cardchoices.co.uk announces new Government reforms on … – PRLog (free press release)

UFBC — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:00:49 +0000

uk which allow consumers to compare credit cards easily online also creates a more open market. Marc Gander from Consumer Action Group, a strident campaigner on bank charges, gave a cautious ‘thumbs up’ to the Governments plans, but said …

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UFBC — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:00:49 +0000

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The Budget provides Bank Account Benefits for Debt … – PR Inside

UFBC — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:56:00 +0000

2010-03-31 10:55:39 – One of the UK’s leading providers of consumer debt advice … purpose, to provide a current account, available to everyone, with no credit checks and a ‘no hidden bank charges’ guarantee. Mike Ransom continued: “The …

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Bank overdraft charges face new legal attack – BBC Business

UFBC — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:30:00 +0000

In November, the Supreme Court ruled that the scale of bank charges could not be challenged as unfair under consumer contract rules. But a client of the Govan Law Centre has won the right to challenge the Bank of Scotland’s overdraft charges under …

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Bank overdraft charges face new legal attack – BBC Business

Are bank charges a victory for usury? – This is Money

UFBC — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:45:00 +0000

In the words of the OFT: ‘Banks earn around a third of their personal current account revenues from unarranged overdraft charges that are difficult to understand, not transparent and not subject to effective consumer control.’ And this leads to the …

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Are bank charges a victory for usury? – This is Money

Q&A: Bank charges – The Guardian

UFBC — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:55:00 +0000

The OFT today announced it was abandoning its legal fight against Britain’s banking sector over unauthorised overdraft charges, after the supreme court ruled in favour of the banks last month. Millions of bank customers and consumer groups had been …

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Q&A: Bank charges – The Guardian

‘Bank charges case is a victory for usury’ – This is Money

UFBC — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:48:00 +0000

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Q&A: Bank overdraft charges – BBC Business

UFBC — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:00:00 +0000

After nearly three years of trying to use the law to attack the scale of bank charges, the OFT has thrown in the towel. Last month, the Supreme Court told the OFT that it could not use part of the 1999 Unfair Terms in Consumer Contract Regulations to …

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OFT drops unfair bank charges case – Daily Telegraph

UFBC — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:41:00 +0000

The decision follows last month’s Supreme Court ruling that the OFT could not use a part of the unfair consumer contract regulations to decide if bank charges were unfair. The court overturned earlier rulings that the charges, which can be as high as …

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