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  • LifestyleAOL

    The most cash-strapped day of the year: 19th January

    19th January is officially the poorest day of the year - as we wrestle with the dual challenge of having spent a third more than usual in December, and having to wait up to 45 days between paydays in December and January. So how can we get

    4-min read
  • HealthAOL

    Feeling old and lonely in China? Just sue your kids

    Our population is ageing rapidly - between 2011 and 2016 the percentage of over 50s increased dramatically. But who exactly is going to look after our elderly? In the UK half of 75-year-olds live on their own and two fifths say that

    1-min read
  • BusinessAOL

    4.5 million lured into more debt by credit card trick

    Lenders appear to have learned nothing from the financial crisis - and neither have we. New research has revealed that credit card providers are back to their old tricks - luring people into borrowing more money than they intended to. And

    3-min read
  • BusinessAOL

    Company behind The Money Shop to repay £15.4 million

    The company behind high street lender The Money Shop has agreed to repay more than £15.4 million to customers after the financial watchdog highlighted a string of failures. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said 147,000 customers may have

    1-min read
  • BusinessAOL

    Are you being blocked from borrowing by hidden records?

    A little-known database of around 640,000 names could be thwarting your attempts to get a mortgage or loan. The database in question was set up to protect against fraud, but the fact that so few people know about it, and the failure to warn

    3-min read
  • BusinessAOL

    Power users 'in credit by £1.2bn'

    More than half of households are in credit with their energy supplier and could claim up to £1.2 billion between them, according to a study. More than 13 million homes (52%), are in credit by an average of £86, up from 47% of households last

  • BusinessAOL

    More low-deposit mortgages offered

    Mortgage providers have become "significantly" more willing to lend to people with deposits of less than 10% this year as the Government's flagship Help to Buy scheme continues to have an impact, a Bank of England report has