{"id":72067,"date":"2017-11-17T07:01:09","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T00:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/six-million-receive-unsolicited-increase-on-credit-card-limit\/"},"modified":"2017-11-17T08:18:45","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T01:18:45","slug":"six-million-receive-unsolicited-increase-on-credit-card-limit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/six-million-receive-unsolicited-increase-on-credit-card-limit\/","title":{"rendered":"Six million receive unsolicited increase on credit card limit"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nCitizens Advice raises concerns that lenders \u2018actively pushing\u2019 debt on to those who cannot afford itSix million credit card customers had their borrowing limits increased in the last year without being asked by their card provider, according to research by Citizens Advice, which is calling for the government to stop such unsolicited rises. Related: ‘They just kept topping it up’ \u2013\u00a0how one credit card user fell \u00a328,000 in debt Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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