Payday lenders

Personal finance has a legacy problem. Until now, those who weren’t familiar with its inner workings have never truly understood [...]

London fintech startup Wagestream has today closed a £15m series A funding round, co-led by venture capital investors Balderton Capital and [...]

Payday loan companies get a bad rap. And it’s easy to see why, considering the predatory businesses practices and extortionate [...]

One of the most pernicious elements of Labour's current economic platform is the idea that the City is entirely distinct [...]

UK challenger bank Oaknorth has completed a £25m loan to ICG-Longbow (LBOW), the London listed commercial real estate lender. Oaknorth [...]

The Financial Conduct Authority has written to the bosses of payday lending firms, urging them to consider ‘affordability risk’ before [...]

A payday lender has been told to give back millions of pounds to customers because its lending practices were deemed [...]

A charity has warned as Britain's regulators heap pressure onto payday lenders, problems linked with this sector are simply shifting [...]

New guidance has been published on the regulation of adverts for payday loan products, designed to prevent ads from trivialising [...]

Wonga’s re-brand is here: the payday lender is to roll out new television adverts aimed at its new middle-class target [...]

Payday lender Wonga is planning to replace its toxic brand with a  new name and a range of products beyond [...]

Wonga is likely to pick a dull name to deflect attention in future, brand consultants told City A.M. The online payday [...]

The figuresThings aren't looking good for much-maligned payday lender Wonga. Figures posted today showed it slipped into a pre-tax loss [...]

Payday borrowers could be left without credit, as lenders are forced to cut back business on delays to authorisation from [...]