Household bill arrears among StepChange Scotland clients have surged to an average of £5,193, according to the charity’s newly published 2024 Scotland in the Red report, marking a staggering 65% increase from £3,147 in 2023. Nearly seven in ten (68%) of those seeking help from Step
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With impersonation fraud accounting for a third (33%) of TSB fraud cases since the start of the year, TSB has revealed the most impersonated companies behind the attacks, to help households avoid prolific scams as the cost-of-living bites. TSB categorises impersonation fraud as an attack in which a
Royal Bank of Scotland owner NatWest Group has announced it is teaming up with Fair4All Finance, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and StepChange on new research into how ethnicity influences access to financial products and services in the UK.
A new campaign against loan sharks has been launched to crack down on lenders who are moving online to prey on Scots.