The General Synod of the Church of England has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a motion to review its investment policy towards fossil fuel companies, with...
Fees charged by payday lenders for customers who default on payments are “unlawful”, according to Which? – the consumer group that is calling on firms to...
The majority of Britons support a ban on all advertisements by payday loan companies, new figures released on Thursday suggest. Payday loans firms have been criticised...
A group of MPs are calling for greater restrictions on payday loan firms’ advertising strategies, after a report by the Citizens Advice Bureau revealed they were...
George Latham, managing partner of WHEB Asset Management, writes how Comic Relief could have avoided the recent criticism of its investment strategy with a more informed...
Payday lenders have come under more fire after figures released by watchdog Ofcom found that almost 400,000 adverts for the controversial companies were shown on TV...
On Tuesday night, BBC Panorama is set to accuse Comic Relief of investing in the tobacco, alcohol and arms industries. Hiding behind the laws of fiduciary...
Comic Relief has said it has “nothing to hide”, after the BBC confirmed it would be screening a controversial Panorama investigation into charity investment policies. The...
People who put their savings into pension funds should have more say about the way in which their money is invested, as they currently have no...
Labour leader Ed Miliband has said that the so-called “Wonga economy” is one of the worst aspects of the cost of living crisis, with payday lenders...
Representatives from three of the UK’s biggest players in the payday lending industry have appeared before MPs to answer questions after allegations of bad practice emerged....
A one-off evidence session looking into the regulation of the payday lender industry will be held on November 5 at the Palace of Westminster, London. The...
Payday lenders such as Wonga, QuickQuid and Payday UK have been criticised by consumer groups, politicians and even the archbishop of Canterbury in recent weeks, over...
Payday lender Wonga has expanded its global reach to consumers after acquiring German company BillPay. Amid the controversy, criticism and fierce political debate about whether payday...
A charter aimed at tightening up regulation for payday lenders has been launched by a Labour MP. Paul Blomfield, MP for Sheffield, has launched the Charter...