Mis-selling victims urged to claim now
Endowment mortgage mis-selling victims could lose rights to compensation unless they move rapidly.
They could be time-barred from complaining under obscure small print ...
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Do you need protection?
Insurance companies have switched to promoting protection policies - critical illness, permanent health and term life cover - as their profit margins in traditional pensi...
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How should I cover shortfall in my endowment?
Q Could you please tell me why the mortgage lenders seem to advise increasing my mortgage payments to cover the expected shortfall in the endowment? My ?50,000 endowment ...
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Consumer debt levels rise
More and more people are failing to keep up with repayments on debt, according to a report out today.
The Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS) has voiced its conce...
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Deutsche figures deepen Germany's banking gloom
Germany's banking woes today deepened as Deutsche Bank announced a surprise loss in the third quarter.
Germany's largest bank reported a pretax loss of 181m euros (?115m...
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Time running out for victims of mis-selling
People who were mis-sold endowment mortgages could have just weeks left to lodge a complaint with an independent ombudsman, the Consumers' Association (CA) warned today. ...
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Markets rattled by fall in US confidence
The odds on an emergency cut in US interest rates to boost the flagging economy shortened yesterday after a slump in American consumer confidence to its lowest level sinc...
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Debt figures damage case for rate cut
Prospects for a cut in interest rates today receded as consumers showed undiminished appetite for debt, according to figures from the Bank of England.
Consumer credit gr...
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Jobless cover cut just when I needed it
I remortgaged with Standard Life Bank in 1999 and bought accident, sickness and unemployment insurance. The benefit was £387 a month for a maximum 24 months.
I was...
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Music teacher goes out on high note
Christine Stanton
Age: 56
Lives in: Huddersfield
Occupation: Teacher
Earns: ?31,080
Mortgage: ?9,000
Debts: None
Investments: Isas ?10,500
Pension: Member of Te...
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