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As more prominent retailers discontinue their fight with the Office of Fair Trading over “Interest Free Option” promotions we ask : what’s the problem?   Topic: Credit Who: Office of…

Recent threats to stop the “predominance” in financial advertising of “past performance” data: golden creative copy writing oppo or a control too far?   Topic:  Financial Who:  The Financial Services…

‘Country of origin’ is at the heart of the EU E-commerce directive, due to be law here by summer 2002. But Brussels might just as well not have bothered if…

Another major change wrought by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 has been the introduction of a new offence of “market abuse”. Does this represent a clear and present…

The Financial Services and Markets Act continues to make waves for financial service marketing. Another key change on the horizon is to the regulatory regime for mortgage ads.   New…

They’ve been a long time coming, but now at last, the new “financial promotion” rules are on the horizon courtesy of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.   New…

It has not taken long. For the first time an English Court is on the brink of pronouncing a piece of UK legislation incompatible with the European Convention of Human…

The Consumer Credit (Advertisements And Content Of Quotations) (Amendment) Regulations 2000.   Background: Equity release mortgages alluity release mortgages allow equity to be released so as to provide the mortgagor…

In the Wear Valley Advertiser the local Co-op store advertised a Panasonic TV at £599.90 with a bold type heading 12 months’ interest free credit.   Topic: Credit Who: CWS…