Quote Originally Posted by bigmarco View Post
Finance companies lending money to people who can't afford to pay it back.wasn't that one of the big reasons behind our current crisis. Sub prime mortgages. Disgraceful that it's still allowed to happen.

BTW seen at Green Park station today: A company offering loans of/up to £350 to students before their next grant arrives.
They are nothing more than unscrupulous sharks and vultures, but then Parliament is full to the brim of them, so what can we expect ?