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<title>Moneyextra Personal Loans &amp; Secured Loans News</title><link>http://www.moneyextra.com</link><description>Visit Moneyextra.com for news, features and guides on personal loans and secured loans. Moneyextra.coms powerful loan comparison tools allow you to search the market to find the right loan for your circumstances</description><language>en-gb</language><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:30:01 +0100</pubDate><ttl>30</ttl><category>Moneyextra Personal Loans &amp; Secured Loans News</category><subject>Homepage</subject><date>2009-10-19T10:30:01+01:00</date><language>en-gb</language><image>
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		<title>Seek out the perfect loan</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/seek-out-the-perfect-loan.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Personal Loans have been regularly used to fund those little extras such as a holiday abroad, a new car and increasingly as a means of debt consolidation. Most people know or have had a loan as shown by the fact that in the last 12 months Britain interest repayments on personal debt totalled &amp;#163;66.3bn. Now Lord Mandelson has announced the extension of the new car scrappage scheme, there has never been more reason to seek out the best loan rate]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:48:49 +0100</pubdate>
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		<title>Unenforceable credit agreement claims</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/unenforceable-credit-agreement-claims.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Claims management companies lack of experience with unenforceable credit agreements, could land consumers in deeper financial trouble and even land them in court]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:27:53 +0100</pubdate>
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		<title>Students disappointed by broken principle</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/students-disappointed-by-broken-principle.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Students will see their student loan rate dropped from 1.5% to 0% this September]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Wed, 20 May 2009 14:02:48 +0100</pubdate>
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		<title>Sainsbury's make play for the UK loans market</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/sainsburys-make-play-for-the-uk-loans-market.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Sainsbury's the supermarket giant is making a play for the UK online unsecured personal loan market]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Wed, 20 May 2009 12:07:28 +0100</pubdate>
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		<title>Single premium PPI 'must be withdrawn'</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/single-premium-ppi-must-be-withdrawn.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Single premium Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) is the subject of a new campaign from the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
The regulator has written to providers, telling them to withdraw the controversial]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:04:41 +0000</pubdate>
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		<title>Report warns of 'major change to family finances'</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/report-warns-of-major-change-to-family-finances.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Young adults in the UK are depending on their parents for financial support - and putting the older generation's finances under strain.
A new report from The Children's Mutual and the Social Issues Research]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:53:46 +0000</pubdate>
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		<title>BBA welcomes impact of loans scheme</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/bba-welcomes-impact-of-loans-scheme.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Banks have updated on the progress of the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme, aimed at improving loans flows to businesses.
The comments, from the British Bankers' Association (BBA), follow an announcement]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:02:18 +0000</pubdate>
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		<title>Close Invoice Finance warns of loans squeeze</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/close-invoice-finance-warns-of-loans-squeeze-0.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Confidence in banks among small and medium sized entreprises (SMEs) has collapsed, Close Invoice Finance said today.
According to the financial firm, just one in 20 firms now trust banks to keep on lending]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:59:42 +0000</pubdate>
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		<title>Bank votes for quantitative easing</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/bank-votes-for-quantitative-easing-0.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Policymakers at the Bank of England have signalled their support for quantitative easing - the modern equivalent of printing money.
Writing to the chancellor to allow the bank to expand the money supply]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:50:39 +0000</pubdate>
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		<title>Banks' unpopularity exposed by new poll</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/banks-unpopularity-exposed-by-new-poll-0.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Trust in banks is declining as credit crunch-related bad news continues to hit the headlines.
Just over a third (37 per cent) of people believe that banks &amp;quot;can't be trusted&amp;quot; to act in the best]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:02:42 +0000</pubdate>
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		<title>Personal loans for home improvements 'becoming more popular'</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/personal-loans-for-home-improvements-becoming-more-popular-0.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Adverse financial conditions are keeping people from moving house - leaving homeowners to fund renovations through personal loans instead.
Figures from Sainsbury's show that around 1.1 million unsecured]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:59:15 +0000</pubdate>
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		<title>Bank of England closes SLS</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/bank-of-england-closes-sls.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Bank of England took in &amp;#163;287 billion of assets from banks and doled out &amp;#163;185 billion in Treasury bonds as part of its Special Liquidity Scheme (SLS).
According to the institution, 32 financial]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:29:58 +0000</pubdate>
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		<title>Ethical banking 'on the up'</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/ethical-banking-on-the-up.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Business boomed at the Co-operative Bank last year, figures from the firm suggest.
According to the year-end data, 65 per cent more people took out a current account with the Co-op than did so in 2007.
Personal]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:40:55 +0000</pubdate>
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		<title>Mandelson moots Post Office bank idea</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/mandelson-moots-post-office-bank-idea.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The government is consulting on whether or not to create a &amp;quot;people's bank&amp;quot; through the Post Office, partly to improve the provision of loans to UK consumers.
Postal affairs minister Pat McFadden]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:39:02 +0000</pubdate>
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		<title>Interest rates 'to be slashed again'</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/interest-rates-to-be-slashed-again.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Bank of England might cut interest rates to just 0.5 per cent next month in a bid to improve loan lending flows in the UK.
This is the view of an influential economist at the Institute of Directors,]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:55:56 +0000</pubdate>
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		<title>PPI sales to be reformed by Commission</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/ppi-sales-to-be-reformed-by-commission.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[A package of Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) reforms were announced today by the Competition Commission.
Single-premium PPI is to no longer be offered by UK providers from 2010.
This is because, unlike]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:55:02 +0000</pubdate>
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		<title>CCCS issues loan warning</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/cccs-issues-loan-warning.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Many Britons are turning to high-interest payday loans after failing to obtain unsecured credit on the high street, a charity suggested today.
The Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS) also said that]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:01:23 +0000</pubdate>
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		<title>Loans trends research released by Sainsbury's</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/loans-trends-research-released-by-sainsburys.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[An upswing in personal loan applications is being experienced by providers, Sainsbury's Finance analysis suggests.
According to the firm, loan applications are generally higher over the first half of the]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:55:26 +0000</pubdate>
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		<title>Bank boss moots &quot;unconventional measures&quot;</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/bank-boss-moots-unconventional-measures.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The governor of the Bank of England has signalled that he could soon embark on quantitative easing - the modern equivalent of printing money.
In a speech to a business group yesterday, Mervyn King said]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:54:19 +0000</pubdate>
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		<title>The economy may be down - but your credit rating needn't be</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/the-economy-may-be-down-but-your-credit-rating-neednt-be.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The economy may be down - but your credit rating needn't be]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:48:41 +0000</pubdate>
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		<title>Counting the cost of Christmas?</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/counting-the-cost-of-christmas.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[As we start to count the cost of Christmas and tighten our belts, January is one of the busiest times of year for the banks and loan companies as many of us decide to consolidate our spending and try to make some saving]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:33:01 +0000</pubdate>
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		<title>Business loan scheme 'to help small firms'</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/business-loan-scheme-to-help-small-firms.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[A new government scheme to help small firms get loans has been launched by the government.
Around &amp;#163;20 billion of short-term lending has been secured by the plan, along with a &amp;#163;75 million fund]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:36:13 +0000</pubdate>
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		<title>Fears expressed over Bank bill</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/fears-expressed-over-bank-bill.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The passing of the Banking Bill could mean that money is printed in secret by the Bank of England, it has been suggested.
One of the proposals of the new Bill is that an 170-year-old law requiring the]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:46:29 +0000</pubdate>
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		<title>Tories slam doorstep loans</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/tories-slam-doorstep-loans.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Web and doorstep loan firms are offering very high APRs relative to the base rate, a fact highlighted by a new report from the Conservative party.
The Tories found that one provider was offering a short-term]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:31:04 +0000</pubdate>
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		<title>Steep rate cuts forecast by economists</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/steep-rate-cuts-forecast-by-economists.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Experts are predicting further big cuts to interest rates from the Bank of England.
Simon Rubinsohn, chief economist at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, said that he expects the Bank to cut]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:35:57 +0000</pubdate>
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		<title>Brits 'shun' mortgage protection</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/brits-shun-mortgage-protection.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Two-thirds (67 per cent) of Britons would not be willing to pay for mortgage payment protection insurance (PPI), according to Zurich.
Analysts are forecasting tough financial conditions throughout 2009]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:30:33 +0000</pubdate>
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		<title>EC approves banking support measures</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/ec-approves-banking-support-measures.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission (EC) has announced that it has approved new support measures put forward for the UK banking industry.
Fees to be paid on guaranteed liabilities are the primary focus of the new]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:59:16 +0000</pubdate>
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		<title>Social fund loans to remain 'interest free'</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/social-fund-loans-to-remain-interest-free.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Poor families will not be forced to pay interest on previously interest-free social fund loans, the government has stated.
A recent consultation had included proposals that could have introduced interest]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:52:09 +0000</pubdate>
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		<title>Most Brits 'prepared' for Xmas spend</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/most-brits-prepared-for-xmas-spend.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[More than one quarter (28 per cent) of Brits are not worried about the state of their finances this Christmas, new research has revealed.
According to a survey by Fairinvestment.co.uk, many consumers have]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:28:56 +0000</pubdate>
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		<title>Equity release 'popular among Scots'</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyextra.com/news/equity-release-popular-among-scots.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Equity release has more than doubled in popularity in Scotland over the last decade, according to Norwich Union.
There has been a 141 per cent growth in the number of Scots releasing equity in their homes]]></description>
		<category>Loans News</category>
		<pubdate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:50:59 +0000</pubdate>
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