Asda scam warning: Facebook-based phishing attack targets ‘women born in October’ with ‘£1,000 gift card offer’ that tricks users into giving away their bank details The elaborate scam has been flagged by the UK litigation practice Griffin Law Potential victims are lured in with a paid-for advert by the ‘ASDA Gifts’ group They are then prompted … Read more
Experts said Britain’s borrowing habits ‘will have changed permanently’ as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, after forecasts estimated credit card and loan borrowing would fall by record levels this year. Demand for consumer credit would fall 15.9 per cent and Britain’s unsecured debt pile would not recover to 2019 levels until 2022, according to … Read more
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. bought 20th Century Fox, an established movie studio formed in 1935 when Twentieth Century Pictures and the Fox Film Corporation merged, in the 1980s to add to his fast-growing media empire. At the time, he owned newspapers in the UK and Australia and buying Fox put him in the foray of … Read more
Sent off for COUGHING? Footballers will be shown a red card if they cough deliberately at an opponent or referee, as the FA gets tough with new Covid-related rules Players who deliberately cough at another player or referee will be shown red New FA guidance has ranked deliberate coughing as seriously as punching Referees will … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon’s husband proudly shows off a birthday card branding Boris Johnson a ‘first class clown’ as Scotland’s First Minister turns 50 Peter Murrell posted a picture on social media showing her birthday cards One showed a caricature of Mr Johnson getting stuck on a zipwire in 2012 Also had the message message: ‘I’ve hired a … Read more
Monzo relaunches its Plus bank account with a holographic blue card and more budgeting tips – is it worth £5-a-month? The bank went back to the drawing board on a packaged account last year It initially scrapped the account just five months after it was launched It has reduced the monthly fee and focused more … Read more
Zopa to offer lower credit card interest rates to careful spenders who have better credit ratings Zopa will launch a credit card with interest rates as low as 9.9% The better the borrower’s credit score, the lower the rate they would be charged By Helen Cahill For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 4 … Read more
Stacey Solomon left boyfriend Joe Swash in tears with a homemade Father’s Day card from their son Rex on Sunday. The Loose Women star, 30, prepared his favourite meal consisting of fried egg, steak, lots of toast and mushrooms and brought it to him on a tray in bed. However, the star shared that he … Read more
Credit card and loan borrowers can freeze repayments for three more months, but regulator says they should pay a reduced amount if possible The FCA brought in new unsecured debt proposals It announced a three-month extension to payment holidays Watchdog also says overdraft borrowers could have a £500 fee-free buffer for three more months – … Read more
Credit card interest rates hit a record high this month despite a record low base rate as providers hiked the cost of borrowing for those with poor credit histories or turned down by mainstream banks. The average credit card purchase APR now stands at 25.5 per cent, up from 24.1 per cent last June, after … Read more