Loans

People in England and Wales with low levels of debt will now be able to avoid bankruptcy, which can have a serious impact on future finances, as the Government has increased the minimum level of debt that can force people into this last resort option to £5,000 from £750.

Payday loan ads could be banned from being shown on kids' TV – something which MoneySavingExpert.com has campaigned for – as the broadcasting watchdog has this week launched a consultation on the issue.

PPI mis-selling victims will be subject to a time-bar on claims – as we've been warning over the past few weeks – under plans revealed by the regulator this morning.

Tens of thousands of Erudio customers will begin to have interest applied to their loans after it was initially frozen last year following an investigation into historic paperwork issues.

Tens of thousands of graduates have overpaid their student loans by a collective £45.4 million, new data reveals. We explain how you can get your money back below.

Millions of g raduates will pay less interest on their student loans from September, while more people with a pre-1998 mortgage-style loan will qualify to defer theirs from then too.

More than 92,000 customers of payday loan firm, Cash Genie, are due a share of £10m in redress after the firm was found guilty of making a number of "serious failings", including charging unfair fees and rolling customers' loans over without consent.

About 41,000 Northern Rock mortgage customers with unsecured loans of between £25,000 and £30,000 have been dealt a massive blow this morning, as the Court of Appeal has ruled they're not due redress for historic paperwork blunders.

Interest rates could begin to rise from their historic lows at the turn of this year, the Bank of England Governor predicts.