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Loans website slapped with fine

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Loans website slapped with fine - A high-profile lender has been fined £455,000 fine for failures that could have led 14,400 customers being wrongly sold insurance loans Banks claw back card fee losses - Banks are hitting customers with higher charges when they go over authorised overdraft - attempting make up ground lost lower credit card default fees



Loans website slapped with fine  [10/26/2006 01:17 PM]
A high-profile lender has been fined £455,000 fine for failures that could have led to 14,400 customers being wrongly sold insurance on loans
Banks claw back card fee losses  [10/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Banks are hitting customers with higher charges when they go over their authorised overdraft - attempting to make up ground lost on lower credit card default fees
Market report: Thursday latest  [10/26/2006 01:17 PM]
1.00pm:Shares in London were on the front foot again today as investors cheered results from oil giant Royal Dutch Shell
Budget Hong Kong flights take off  [10/26/2006 01:17 PM]
A long-haul, low-fare airline operating between the UK and Hong Kong finally took to the skies today after an embarrassing inaugural flight delay
Newcastle Utd confirm bid talks  [10/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Newcastle United has confirmed takeover talks with investment firm Belgravia Group are ongoing but that no firm offer had been tabled.
Parking penalty for gas-guzzlers  [10/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Motorists will be charged hundreds of pounds to park outside their own homes in a scheme which is expected to spread nationwide
New threats on council tax  [10/26/2006 01:17 PM]
A new army of council tax inspectors will have the right to enter homes - and fine householders who refuse to co-operate
Brown faces £10bn bill after tax ruling  [10/26/2006 01:17 PM]
The Treasury could face a bill running to more than £10bn after a landmark ruling by the House of Lords on foreign companies' payments
Pension mayhem warning for OAPs  [10/26/2006 01:17 PM]
OAPs could be left struggling to get hold of their pensions by the decision to scrap the Post Office Card Account, a charity warned yesterday
More women join millionaires club  [10/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Women are becoming wealthier at a faster rate than men - with the number of female millionaires rising by 11% last year
Lloyds TSB wrote 'false notes'  [10/26/2006 01:17 PM]
A Lloyds TSB 'hand-written' note misled the public into believing the product advertised was recommended by people they knew
Charles faces tax bill for millions  [10/26/2006 01:17 PM]
An MPs' committee has accused the Prince's aides of 'jiggery-pokery and fiddling' of the Duchy of Cornwall's accounts, escaping millions in tax
Government to probe Farepak  [10/26/2006 01:17 PM]
The Government is to probe the collapse of Christmas hamper firm Farepak, it was revealed today
7.5m bank on home as pension  [10/26/2006 01:17 PM]
More than 7.5m homeowners are disregarding saving for the future and gambling on their propertys value paying for their retirement
The £50 'global warming' jet tax  [10/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Holidaymakers could be hit with a 'global warming' tax of up to £50 under plans aimed at forcing airlines to reduce gas emissions
Surge in insolvencies predicted  [10/26/2006 01:17 PM]
The number of Brits claiming insolvency could increase fivefold by the end of the decade as consumer struggle with their debts
Cable giant to take on High Street  [10/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Cable giant Ntl:Telewest will try and bring the wow factor of four-play media to the High Street when it relaunches as a Virgin brand next year
'ID theft peril' of online banking  [10/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Security flaws on the internet banking sites of Cahoot, Bank of Scotland and First Direct that could allow hackers to steal identities, have been found
Balls bounces into space  [10/26/2006 01:17 PM]
We can no longer doubt the ambition of Ed Balls - Since taking over as Economic Secretary at the Treasury he has been behaving like a dog on heat
30 second guide to Accounting Regulators  [10/26/2006 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail City team give a quick guide to the rapid growth of accounting regulators
Let's be clear, the public is tired of hype  [10/26/2006 01:17 PM]
With brazen attempts to mystify, manipulate or downright mislead customers, it is little wonder that the public confidence in big business is so low
Share tips from Midas  [10/26/2006 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail's top stock-picker takes a closer look at Carillion, the infrastructure, building and business services group