The oldest trick in the chequebook
With all the recent horror stories about identity theft, credit and debit card cloning and breaches of online banking security, we seem almost to expect to be duped of ou...
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A lonely battle
I read with great interest the story regarding an attempt to defraud Barclays Bank customers (Barclays calls in cyber-police, September 15), by sendin...
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Barclays calls in cyber-police
Barclays has called in the cyber-police and slapped a limit on online cash transfers in an attempt to head off an email fraud aimed at its internet banking customers.
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Royal Mail finances probe
Claims that the Royal Mail has exaggerated its losses to justify plans to make 30,000 redundancies, and to buttress the uncompromising stance it is taking in pay negotiat...
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OFT 'failed' on card crackdown
A powerful committee of MPs yesterday accused the office of fair trading of "sounding like apologists" for the credit card industry and of failing in its duty to protect ...
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Thinking inside plastic's box
From next year, credit card companies are promising to provide customers with clearer information and less confusing small-print.
After complaints that the details of c...
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Britannic sees bonus prospect
Britannic, the troubled insurance group, yesterday raised the prospect of some of its beleaguered policyholders receiving bonuses again after it took the unusual step of ...
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Millions eligible for complex credits
The government today launched a major advertising campaign to encourage retired people to claim the controversial new pension credit coming in on October 6.
The governme...
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Debt worries for a quarter of borrowers
Nearly a quarter of people with a credit card or loan have no idea how much money they owe, research revealed today.
According to Citizens Advice one in five people in ...
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Shock as Mr Integrity faces share ramp probe
It is no surprise that a City firm has found itself accused of the kind of abuses commonly practised by Wall Street brokers during the dotcom madness. But it comes as a s...
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