Archive for August, 2007

OFT warning regarding scam telephone calls on bank charges

I haven’t written about excessive bank charges for some time. It all seems to have quietened down while we await a deciding court case that is due in a month or so. In the meantime I want you to be aware of a scam that is being perpertrated to obtain financial details from people in [...]


My Bank Wants To Make Money From Me

There is a long standing image we share about banks. It may have once been true but it is now just a relic from the past. It is the myth of the caring bank manager. Do you have any idea who your bank manager is? Do you suppose that if you phoned your bank and [...]


Can We Trust The Finance Industry?

The repercussions of the international banking credit squeeze are continuing to reverberate around the world. Stock markets have reacted to further bad news about companies that are exposed to losses due to the sub-prime and liar-loans lending debacle. Liar loans are a term used to refer to loans made to people who have not been [...]