How Banks Lured the Vulnerable Into Debt

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BANKS are using hard-sell tactics to encourage the sick and vulnerable to take loan deals, according to a BBC programme to be screened tonight.

Lloyds TSB gave loans, credit cards and an overdraft totalling Pounds 60,000 to a man recovering from lung cancer.

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How Banks Lured the Vulnerable Into Debt

In another case, the NatWest gave a loan and credit card to a man who cannot read or...