A record number of people are heading to debt charities with help over guarantor loans - including Emma, pictured, who paid back £23k after borrowing £10k from Amigo Loans.

As many as one in three people who hold subprime credit cards with interest rates as high as 70% are in problem debt, according to a new report released by the debt charity StepChange.

While it sounds like something out of Blade Runner, a survey found some would take drastic steps to reduce the time it took to pay for their coffee.

American Express and Vitality have launched a new cashback credit card with a difference. The more exercise you do, the more you earn - up to an eye-catching 3 per cent. But is it any good?

Tandem Bank is scrapping its existing, popular, cashback credit card for a membership deal offering a 1.5 per cent savings rate and a credit card that charges no interest, ever. Is it any good?

Those looking to cheaply clear their debts this January could take advantage of 0% balance transfer cards which charge no fees, provided they are happy to pay their balance off quicker.

People applying for credit cards with two major UK lenders have to roll the dice to check if they will be accepted, putting their credit score at risk in the process.

Payment providers across the UK have upped their contactless payment limits from £30 to £45 in an effort to help customers cut down on cash usage. 

The UK economy is built on spending, often fuelled by debt - credit cards, personal loans, car finance. We don't want to shrink it, only keep it manageable; and keep the Jenga tower from falling.

The FCA today brought in measures which offer consumers struggling with their finances bigger fee-free overdrafts and the ability to freeze credit and loan repayments for three months.

Barclaycard, Sainsbury's Bank and Tesco Bank have cut interest-free deals over the last month, some of which are the best around, as lenders evaluate their offers amid the coronavirus outbreak.

The Bank of England's latest credit conditions survey revealed lenders believe the availability of household unsecured credit will decrease between April and June amid coronavirus.

Are you investing in the things that will help make the future that you want possible? Maybe it is something that we should all at least consider.

A government needs to be able to be nimble, to cut spending where necessary and to raise money should it require.

Interest on tuition fees is now more expensive than some commercial loans. Here are four more reasons why this isn't fair on this cohort of graduates.

Guess what has experienced inflation ten times higher than house prices, gold, petrol or even a pint of beer in central London? Directory enquiries.

So how can we possibly plan our finances at a time of such uncertainty and disagreement about what is next to come for British households? I think there are a bunch of things we all can do to prepare.

What about saving a few hundred - or even thousand - pounds right at the beginning of the year? You’ll improve your bank balance and turboboost your resolution.

There’s little in life more frenzied than booking a hotel online. You could plan an off peak trip to the back end of nowhere and it seems there'd be an inordinate number of people looking too.

As consumers we endlessly battle to reduce our impact: take the train instead of driving, decline plastic straws, eat free range. As investors we can maximise our impact, using our cash to do good.

I don't have a Vanguard account, but if someone said they wanted an easy and cheap way to build their wealth, opening one and picking a Lifestrategy fund would be near the top of my list of things to try.

Those hoping that we might celebrate the start of a new decade with the base rate above 1 per cent for the first time in 11 years, look likely to have their hopes dashed at the moment.

The financial watchdog was right to crackdown on costly daily charges and even more expensive unauthorised borrowing. Its mistake was to trust the banks and not cap rates.

Arguably, the best thing that could happen over the next decade would be for homes to get less expensive, preferably through house prices stagnating and wages rising.

House prices have only ever been as expensive as they are now compared to wages twice in the past 120 years, but surprisingly before that they were considerably more costly, a deep dive shows.

There's nothing to sharpen the investing mind like being down thousands of pounds, but if you had panic sold on Friday you would have missed this week's rebound. So what can investors do?

The FTSE 100 has gone nowhere in 20 years, so why are investors told to think long-term? That is the question those of us who advocate investing deserve to face.

If ever there was a time when investors needed a hero, it's now. And among the stock market capitulation, a ray of light has arrived with the latest list of Dividend Heroes.

What is galling for me and many of my fellow Britons due to fly, is quite how awkward airlines are being in allowing us to get our money back.

Whenever I see such rates I feel compelled to ask: 'Why if you have money that you don't need for seven years would you not invest it for a better return?'

Amid the coronavirus lockdown, that quintessentially British question is inevitably being asked: what will happen to house prices?

The presenter, 31, donned a blonde wig and a funky leopard print ensemble as he impersonated Tiger King's Carole Baskin in a hilarious TikTok video.

The White House Correspondents' Dinner will go on, with organizers swapping a late April date for one in August, the White House Correspondents' Association announced.

Camila Mendes plays a kind caregiver who gets much more than she bargained for in the new trailer for Netflix's Dangerous Lies.

Netflix's Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem And Madness has gone viral in Australia.

Hannah Gadsby became a global sensation after the release of her 2018 Netflix comedy special Nanette.

The three friends recreated an Australian version of the popular song from Netflix docoseries Tiger King.

She stars as Ruth Wilder in the Netflix hit comedy/drama series Glow. And Alison Brie opened up about how training for her character and the physical element of the role 'helped.'

Viewers still can't get enough of the bizarre underworld of big cat breeding in Tiger King, along with supernatural thriller Code 8 and feel-good comedy Love Wedding Repeat.

From working from home to lounging on the couch and binge-watching another Netflix show, the right robe and slippers can make life in quarantine a lot better.

'When I've been in a really serious depression, I'll drag myself to a yoga class - even if I don't want to be around people - tears streaming down my face,' said the star.

Twitter has gone wild for rising star Amit Rahav after he shot to fame playing Yanky Shapiro in Netflix series Unorthodox. 

Written by composer and lyricist Andrew Lippa, the song tells the story from the perspective of Baskin, who may or may not have fed her husband Don to a tiger.

Her new movie Sergio starts streaming this Friday on Netflix .

U.S. streaming giant Netflix saw its share value climb to an all-time-high on Wednesday as more people around the world subscribe to the service as coronavirus lockdowns continue to keep people in.

Former Mrs. Florida Karyn Turk sat down for an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com after being released from prison in Miami after 30 days.

Internet usage has skyrocketed in America over the last decade, with the average home consuming more than 38 times the amount of data that it used in 2010, going from 9GB to 344GB.

The 31-year-old shared a sneak-peek into her makeover process via social media Friday, posting a hilarious photo of her touching up her roots.

Kelly Osbourne engaged in a very flirty and playful exchange with Unorthodox star Amit Rahav on Instagram on Thursday, joking: 'I think I'm pregnant and it's yours.'  

The comedian, 58, gave himself a '£1.5 million cash windfall' after he secured a huge deal for a second series of the dark comedy, which is set for release on April 24.