Car buyers should shop around for a competitive loan

10:50 | 14 Dec 2009 | By Lorna Bourke

If you are buying a car, it pays to fix up your finance first with a personal loan as most car finance or hire purchase is much more expensive.

Personal loans trump credit cards

11:28 | 04 Dec 2009 | By Lorna Bourke

If you can get a personal loan it will almost certainly be cheaper than borrowing on a credit card.  

Forget expensive credit cards – a loan could be cheaper

12:29 | 28 Oct 2009 | By Lorna Bourke

Government plans on credit cards will hopefully persuade some families to instead consolidate borrowing with a cheaper personal loan.

The best loans - and the ones to avoid

15:19 | 21 Oct 2009

A loan could be useful if you want to consolidate existing credit card borrowing at a lower rate.

Ratewatch (1) - Mortgages, credit cards and personal loans

12:01 | 15 Oct 2009 | By Lorna Bourke

Competition in the mortgage market is hotting up, while Saga introduces a low interest credit card for the over-50s.

Firms forced to revisit rejected loan insurance complaints

13:08 | 29 Sep 2009 | By Chris Marshall

Firms selling payment protection insurance will be forced to re-visit 185,000 rejected complaints and redress those consumers that were mis-sold.

Morning Line: The banks are right and the campaigners are wrong

09:42 | 17 Sep 2009 | By Lorna Bourke

Lorna Bourke argues that banks should actually be allowed to sell mortgage payment protection insurance alongside loans.