Loans, Mortgages & Credit Cards

Daily Telegraph - Bad debt records at credit reference agencies will prevent former students from raising mortgages or receiving credit cards or business loans. Read More

Government toughens stance over non-payment of student loans

Financial Times - It would appear that consumers are using credit cards to fund their other loans.” According to the Bank of England, UK consumer debt, excluding mortgages, now exceeds £1,300bn ($2,580bn), up by close to a third since last summer. Read More

Moneysupermarket bullish despite slowdown

IC Wales - The money vertical has enjoyed double-digit growth year to date, with broadly flat performance in loans and mortgages offset by very strong growth in credit cards and savings products. Read More

Price check guru cashes in

NWITimes.com - Charlton's predicament arose as lenders are taking steps to rein in credit because more consumers are missing payments on mortgages, credit cards and loans. Read More

More Americans tap retirement accounts

Times Online - Simon Nixon, the chief executive, said a broadly flat performance in loans and mortgages was offset by "very strong growth" in credit cards and savings products. Read More

Moneysupermarket.com sweeps through the crunch

MSN MoneyCentral - Bankrate.com is the leading aggregator of more than 300 financial products, including mortgages, credit cards, new and used auto loans, money market accounts and CDs, checking and ATM fees, home equity loans and online banking fees. Read More

4 in 10 Americans are Worried about Their Debt

Bloomberg - Moneysupermarket offset slower growth in loans and mortgages by adding credit cards and savings products and offering more travel options and ``home services'' including mobile telephone, broadband Internet and utilities. ``We plan to diversify into ...  Read More

Moneysupermarket Profit Gains on Travel, Home Units (Update1)

Times Online - ... the British Bankers' Association (BBA) shows that although the number of loans ... Consumer spending on credit cards dipped to £7.3 billion last month, down from £7.4 ... Also in Property & Mortgages  Read More

Mortgage approvals spread more housing gloom

Reuters - ... 2007 2006 Change* Real estate loans 4,780,631 4,701,042 4,507,714 6.1 1-4 family mortgages 2,245,323 ... 591,363 559,307 8.6 Commercial/indust loans 1,440,314 1,388,804 1,214,754 18.6 Credit cards ...  Read More

FACTBOX-U.S. banks' 4th-qtr earnings, other FDIC data

Miami Herald - Financial tools that Americans take for granted, such as credit cards and affordable bank loans, seemed like ... For the first time, Brazilians are scooping up consumer goods on credit and taking on mortgages to buy homes. Total bank loans have more ...  Read More