October 26, 2004:
Great Britain/U.K./United Kingdom -
CREDIT card bosses have faced fresh calls from MPs to implement measures to control consumer debt. Leading banks faced a grilling from the Treasury Select Committee today over the policy of unsolicited cheques sent out to customers.
10-25-2004:
Britain’s £520bn-a-year lending industry faces a crackdown starting today aimed at protecting borrowers from extortionate interest rates, unfair contracts and mis-selling on everything from mortgages to back-street loans.
In Shea v Household Shea received his notification and did not accept the terms imposed by Household - HSBC. Shea did not pay off his account, but refrained from using the account.
Comments received by consumer advocacy volunteers at Household - HSBC Watch indicate that some Americans are documenting their consumer woes and waiting.
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