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Secured credit eases slightly but defaults rise
by Gill Montia
The Bank of England has published its latest Credit Conditions Survey covering the three months to 12th June 2009. During the period, lenders slightly increased the availability of secured credit to households, with improvements in the cost and av...

RBS bows to pressure over chief executive’s remuneration
by Gill Montia
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) chief executive, Stephen Hester, has agreed to moderate his £9.6 million remuneration package, set up in the past fortnight. Mr Hester will delay taking part of his bonus in RBS shares until 2014, an extension of two y...

Cattles completes boardroom clearout
by Gill Montia
Cattles, the doorstep lender that trades as Welcome Financial and Shopacheck, has reported that an independent review of its internal accounting controls has been completed. In March, the firm issued two profit warnings within days, announced that...


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