Panorama on 17 June 2019 showed Easy Money, Tough Debt? It's on iPlayer for 11 months if you missed it. It covered a wide range of high cost borrowing, with stories from people who had problems with payday loans, with high-cost credit cards and catalogues, and guarantor loans, with a borrower and a guarantor being featured. Everyday stories of high cost borrowing For a debt adviser, these … [Read more...]
Complaints about guarantor loans
These articles look at what can go wrong with guarantor loans and how to complain about them, if you are the borrower or if you are the guarantor. It is simple to complain and 90% of these complaints are being won at the Ombudsman.
They apply to all guarantor loan lenders. They do not apply to guarantor mortgages, or if you are the guarantor for a business loan or someone's tenancy.
Amigo is much the biggest so many of the examples are about Amigo but the same rules apply to all lenders.
For articles that look at Amigo's own finances, see Amigo Company Archives.
Guarantor loans – why guarantors & borrowers need extra protection
Guarantor loans are coming into the regulatory spotlight. The FCA wrote to CEOs in March 2019 saying it will be looking at affordability and whether potential guarantors have enough information to understand how likely it is that they may have to make the loan payments. In a speech, Jonathan Davis said: Recent work we have done in this area showed that many guarantors are making at least 1 … [Read more...]
Bad credit loans to avoid
Logbook loans, guarantor loans, "pay weekly" shops such as BrightHouse - these may sound attractive if you are short on cash but have a poor credit rating or have been refused a payday loan. But this sort of debt can end in disaster if you have money problems. This article looks at bad credit loans, how they create a lot more problems than they solve and what alternatives might work better for … [Read more...]