Short-term, high-interest lender Wonga was one of Britain's most controversial and fastest-growing businesses. The government forced it to write off hundreds of millions of pounds in loans in 2014 and ...

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UK Payday lender Wonga has issued a statement instructing customers to contact their banks as a matter of urgency, after confirming a data breach earlier on Sunday. "We believe there may have been ...

Update: That’s it for Wonga’s UK business. The beleaguered payday loans company has just confirmed it’s gone into administration. Although it says its overseas businesses are continuing to trade — at ...

Short-term loan firm Wonga is calling on current and former customers to be vigilant after the company suffered a serious data breach, which could be one of the UK’s largest to date. The company says ...