Complaints against payday lenders have soared to a five-year high, the industry watchdog has said. There were nearly 40,000 new complaints brought last year, up a "startling" 130% on the 17,000 the previous year, the Financial Ombudsman Service said. In too many cases people have been left...

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CFA accepts new payday members

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 25th October 2013 16:01.

The Consumer Finance Association (CFA) has doubled its membership in the past 12 months, having recently accepted four payday lenders as members....

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Council blocks payday sites to residents

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 26th June 2013 19:25.

Cheshire East Council has blocked access to payday loan websites on its public computers. The local authority said its cabinet agreed to restrict...

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CFA launches payday lending watchdog

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 13th May 2013 17:38.

A new industry watchdog has been set up with the aim to raise standards in the payday lending sector and told lenders to “shape up or ship out”....

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CFA response to Which? payday lending research

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 8th November 2012 18:25.

Commenting on today’s report from Which? into payday lending, Russell Hamblin-Boone, Chief Executive of the Consumer Finance Association (CFA), said:......

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An exception to Jackson: cause for concern



Part 2 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Act 2012 contains the key "Jackson proposals". This includes abolition of recoverability of conditional fee agreement (CFA) success fees and after...

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1. Working party recommends no cap on contingency fees for commercial cases

The working party set up to consider fundamental issues relating to the planned introduction of contingency fees, or “damages based agreements”...

Payday loans set for parliamentary vote

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 23rd April 2012 17:39.

Stella Creasy tables amendment to Financial Services bill calling for the new financial regulator to be able to set a maximum amount payday lenders...

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BIS Debt Management report welcomed by CFA

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 7th March 2012 20:44.

The Consumer Finance Association (CFA), the trade body that represents some of the largest payday lenders in the UK, has welcomed the latest...

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Payday lenders to be investigated by OFT

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 24th February 2012 11:34.

Payday lenders will be investigated by a regulator amid concerns that customers are not being treated fairly. The review by the Office of Fair...

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