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Guidance for individuals investing in peer to peer loans, reporting interest and claiming losses from loans that default.
Find out about our Direct Lending Facility: its benefits, eligibility criteria and how to apply.
The UK publishes information on its sovereign lending in line with the G20 Operational Guidelines for Sustainable Financing.
Find out more about our £2 billion Clean Growth Direct Lending Facility.
Loan sharks are unregulated moneylenders - if you use or spot one you can report them anonymously
An infographic to make it easier to understand how the Funding for Lending Scheme works
To be completed when an application is made to the UK Export Finance for an export to or investment in a sustainable lending country.
Form and guidance notes for the local authority monthly borrowing and lending inquiry (MB).
Annual consultations for the rate per loan of the Public Lending Right scheme
Form and guidance notes for the local authority quarterly borrowing and lending inquiry (QB).
How sample data is collected from libraries to calculate public lending right payments
The order imposes new obligations on online and high street payday lenders.
To offer credit to consumers you must be authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and join the Financial Services Register
PLR was established by the Public Lending Right Act 1979 which gave British authors a legal right to receive payment for the free lending of their books by public libraries. The PLR office is now a part of the British...
The UK publishes information on its creditor portfolio on a loan-by-loan basis in line with the G20 Operational Guidelines for Sustainable Financing.
This guidance explains the rights and obligations created by the home credit lending orders.
Consultation on the proposed rate per loan for the 2022 to 2023 Public Lending Right scheme year
Payday lending reports to help inform government and regulators on consumer credit regulations transfer to the Financial Conduct Authority.
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