Banks 'prey on customers in debt'
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Banks are being accused of pressuring customers into taking out costly loans to try to clear their debts.
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Banks may be taking cards  from reliable customers and giving them instead to riskier ones, an MP fears.
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UK consumers are still borrowing more money than citizens of any other European country, a report says.
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Leading European banks may have to pay out as much as Â£70bn as the global credit crunch continues to bite.
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Business & money: Watchdog warns banks that balance sheets will be under extra scrutiny and so they should not try to hide the worst effects of the credit crunch
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American credit card debt is growing at the fastest rate in years, a fact that may signal coming trouble for the banks that issue them.
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Lenders have concocted a frightening brew of fees. Are there fang marks on your wallet?
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Northern Rock customers complain of difficulty in accessing their money in online accounts.
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Top UK banks could report combined annual profits of about Â£38bn despite worries about exposure to bad debts.
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Those seeking advice on how to meet their debts has hit record levels, the Citizens Advice Bureau warns.
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Three US banks, including Bank of America, warn that losses linked to bad debt will get worse.
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Supply of credit has tightened and likely to get worse, Bank of England warns
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UK banks charged their customers Â£3bn for unauthorised overdrafts during the past year, Which magazine says.
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Banks fail to tell their customers exactly what their overdraft charges are for, says the OFT
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The consumer campaign against bank charges has stirred up "a hornets' nest", a barrister tells the High Court.
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Alistair Darling calls on Britain's banks to be more cautious lenders amid concerns over consumer debt.
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Business & money: BoE warns 'feedback loop' between financial markets and economy could result in downward spiral