Consumers Advised That Credit Applications Must Be Truthful
Posted on May 20, 2008 - Filed Under Finance | Leave a Comment
In a world where credit is increasingly difficult to come by, consumers have been urged to resist the temptation to include falsehoods in applications for cards or loans.
According to David Kuo, head of personal finance at the independent advisory service the Motley Fool, the growing number of people who are lying on their credit card applications are doing to because many more banks are now looking to avoid providing finance to customers perceived to be more of a risk. His comments came in response to a recent study by the UK fraud prevention service Cifas, which found that there has been a 13 per cent increase in the number of people who are making untruthful applications for personal loans, insurance products or credit cards in the first quarter of 2008.
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