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  • Mortgages and secured loans

    Information about mortgages and secured loans, including Islamic mortgages. Also covers credit brokers and the charges made for their services

  • Preparing your finances for retirement

    When you can start getting your pension, checklist of things to do leading up to your retirement, getting help with Pension Wise, and what to do if you've lost track of a pension

  • Mail order catalogues

    Information about buying things from a catalogue and being an agent for a catalogue company

  • Credit brokers

    Overview and content list for credit brokers. Read our advice about credit brokers, including taking action over a credit broker

  • Your payment card was used without your permission – distance sales

    What you can do if your payment card has been used for a distance sale purchase by internet, mail order, TV, phone or fax without your permission

  • How credit cards work

    Information about what credit cards are, how they work, credit limits, interest-free periods and statements

  • Payday loans - making a complaint

    How to complain to a payday loan lender, the Financial Ombudsman Service or a trade association about a payday lender that has not followed the Good Practice Customer Charter and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules

  • Stopping a future payment on your debit or credit card

    Information about your rights to stop a future credit or debit card payment, by phone, email or letter, and how to get your money back if money is taken from you account against your wishes