People who receive tax credits are being warned about scam emails being sent out by fraudsters in an attempt to gather card details and passwords.

DEBT purchaser Lowell Group has acquired the Interlacken Group in a move to bring additional strength to the firm.

ARMED police descended on a Gloucestershire home after residents brandished knives and ball-bearing guns during a forced eviction of a middle-aged woman.

Private equity firm AnaCap announced yesterday it had agreed to sell British consumer debt collector Cabot Credit Management (CCM) to U.S. investment firm JC Flowers.

A father struggling to cope with mounting debts to payday loan companies died after setting himself on fire, an inquest has heard.

The American state of California is suing JPMorgan Chase, accusing the Wall Street bank of illegally abusing credit card customers and abusing the court system

BAILIFFS are set to raid a Jobcentre and seize goods in settlement of an unpaid £400 bill.

The chief executive of the Co-operative Bank has resigned after its debt was reduced to ‘junk’ status by a leading credit ratings agency.

The failure to meet repayments on a £4m loan to its bank led to law firm Marsden Rawsthorn going into administration.

A bogus medical assistance provider has been wound up in the public interest in the High Court following an investigation by The Insolvency Service.

Bank lending to businesses is set to rise for the first time in four years

BAILIFFS hired by a council to recover more than £2 million in unpaid tax have yet to recoup a single penny.

Herefordshire-based Marches Credit Union Limited has been placed in liquidation following an order issued by the High Court

Mark Vevers, 50, lured a debt collector to his home in Northampton where he then locked her in the bathroom, threatened her life, and stole £300 from her bank account as well as £485 in cash directly from her purse.

New plans to deal with personal debt have been announced by the Irish government.

ADRIAN Antonie Parson, director of Quantum Solutions (Kent) Limited, a payroll company in Grays, has been banned from acting as a director for six years

Hospital bosses are employing bailiffs to recover overpayments made to its own staff following a payroll bungle that meant 791 workers were overpaid.

BCC urges government to 'think bigger' as Vince Cable announces first tranche of £1bn business bank investment

Creditors can now secure a debtor’s property against unsecured debts as low as £1,000 due to new regulations

Police have warned members of the public that fraudsters are masquerading as Bailiffs in the Lincolnshire area.