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Our readers tend to know the basics of applying to a bank or building society for a loan. Most people are aware that these organisations have to run credit checks to determine if there have ever been any missed payments and establish if there are any potential problems in lending money to particular persons. It’s…

Media reports that the head of the CofE (Church of England) - Justin Welby - intends to buy Wonga’s loan book highlights a shameful PR stunt that is a symbol of all that is wrong with the virtue signalling class. In fact this is an all time low even for them. For one, and why…

We all know that as finances have been squeezed tighter than they ever have been that people have had to find different ways to access cash when they have fallen short at the end of the month. People have approached banks for extensions on their overdrafts and others have gone to payday lenders when they…

Everything we do at Quick Loans is about speed, but this time it is your chance. We are holding a competition to and the winner will receive a drive in a real F1 Car. You don’t need to get a loan from us to enter. Don’t worry, 99.9% of those entering won’t have taken a…

We sit in in the office here at Quick Loans and chuckle to ourselves as some people claim glory for killing Wonga. The truth is a lot stranger than many of you would actually know. It is actually the last group you would expect. OK, this is the real story behind what killed Wonga. When…

We wrote an article several years ago asking why after discussing the issue with the FCA, Wonga would in 2014 voluntarily pay and write off around £200m in compensation to stay in a market which is worth £30m a year in total. On the face of it, It seemed incredibly stupid. Especially as Wonga hadn't…

Everyone’s talking about the possibility that the world’s best-known electric car manufacturer, Tesla, could be going bust within the coming months. Many are saying they will, and many are saying that they are too big to go under. We certainly don’t agree with the latter and absolutely believe that the demise of this joke of…

One thing we are very good at is spotting when an industry is in trouble, and right now football, especially English football is going bust right before our very eyes. Almost without any attention from the mainstream media. On the face of it, English football looks in good shape, high wages, expensive stadiums, full stadiums…

Quick Loans has completed the purchase of the Cheque Centre, with the aim of relaunching the brand, it was announced today. Once the second biggest lender on the UK high street, the Cheque Centre, which had a turnover of over £270 million and boasted 300 stores, sadly went into administration in the summer of 2017…

Renting. Apparently, everyone’s into it. In fact, it is so normal to rent a house these days that the government has been advised to put plans in place to develop more renter’s rights, and has also been warned that as people enter retirement age, stop working and consequently don’t have the same means to pay…