Zopa offers an alternative for high-risk borrowers
Savers wanting to earn a good rate of interest while avoiding high street banks now have an alternative option.Zopa matches up people who have spare cash to lend with those who want to borrow money.John Hudson, professor of economics at Bath University, hailed Zopa as “a new way of borrowing and lending money”.Zopa “shows what [...]
Publ.Date : Tue, 04 May 2010 06:24:13 +0000

FOS sees rise in PPI complaints
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) said it dealt with a total of 925,095 queries from consumers in the last financial year – a 46% increase on the previous financial year.However, it said it resolved a record number of disputes (166,321) and in 50% of these cases, consumers were awarded compensation.It did highlight, though, that [...]
Publ.Date : Wed, 19 May 2010 08:41:26 +0000