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Wonga.com

Index Wonga.com

Wonga.com, also known as Wonga, was a British payday loan firm that was founded in 2006. [1]

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  1. 81 relations: Accel (company), Accountancy Age, Administration (law), Advertising Standards Authority (United Kingdom), Annual percentage rate, Archbishop of Canterbury, Balderton Capital, Bishop of Durham, Blackmail, Blackpool F.C., British Virgin Islands, Business and Trade Select Committee, Campaign (magazine), Chief executive officer, Church of England, Citizens Advice, City of London Police, Computer-assisted telephone interviewing, Conflict of interest, Consortium, Corporate Watch, Credit union, Deception (criminal law), Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Early day motion, Ed Miliband, English Wikipedia, Errol Damelin, Finance and Leasing Association, Financial Conduct Authority, Financial Times, Frank Field, Baron Field of Birkenhead, Grant Thornton International, Greylock Partners, Heart of Midlothian F.C., ITV (TV network), Jonty Hurwitz, Justin Welby, Labour Party (UK), Laura Kuenssberg, Law Society of England and Wales, Loan shark, London, London Assembly, London Underground, Manchester Evening News, Martin Lewis (financial journalist), Meritech Capital Partners, Mobile app, Newcastle City Council, ... Expand index (31 more) »

  2. British companies established in 2006
  3. Online financial services companies of the United Kingdom
  4. Payday loan companies

Accel (company)

Accel, formerly known as Accel Partners, is an American venture capital firm.

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Accountancy Age

Accountancy Age is an online trade publication for accountants and financial staff in the United Kingdom.

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Administration (law)

As a legal concept, administration is a procedure under the insolvency laws of a number of common law jurisdictions, similar to bankruptcy in the United States.

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Advertising Standards Authority (United Kingdom)

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is the self-regulatory organisation of the advertising industry in the United Kingdom.

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Annual percentage rate

The term annual percentage rate of charge (APR), corresponding sometimes to a nominal APR and sometimes to an effective APR (EAPR), is the interest rate for a whole year (annualized), rather than just a monthly fee/rate, as applied on a loan, mortgage loan, credit card, etc.

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Archbishop of Canterbury

The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury.

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Balderton Capital

Balderton Capital is a venture capital firm based in London, UK, that invests in early-stage, technology and internet startup companies in Europe.

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Bishop of Durham

The bishop of Durham is responsible for the diocese of Durham in the province of York.

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Blackmail

Blackmail is a criminal act of coercion using a threat.

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Blackpool F.C.

Blackpool Football Club is a professional association football club based in the seaside town of Blackpool, Lancashire, England. Wonga.com and Blackpool F.C. are companies that have entered administration in the United Kingdom.

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British Virgin Islands

The British Virgin Islands (BVI), officially the Virgin Islands, are a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, to the east of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands and north-west of Anguilla.

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Business and Trade Select Committee

The Business and Trade Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Campaign (magazine)

Campaign is a global business magazine covering advertising, media, marketing and commercial creativity.

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Chief executive officer

A chief executive officer (CEO) (chief executive (CE), or managing director (MD) in the UK) is the highest officer charged with the management of an organization especially a company or nonprofit institution.

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Church of England

The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies.

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Citizens Advice

Citizens AdviceCitizens Advice is the operating name of The National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux which is the umbrella charity for a wider network of local advice centres.

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City of London Police

The City of London Police is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement within the City of London, England, including the Middle and Inner Temples.

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Computer-assisted telephone interviewing

Computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) is a telephone surveying technique in which the interviewer follows a script provided by a software application.

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Conflict of interest

A conflict of interest (COI) is a situation in which a person or organization is involved in multiple interests, financial or otherwise, and serving one interest could involve working against another.

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Consortium

A consortium is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations, or governments (or any combination of these entities) with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal.

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Corporate Watch

Corporate Watch (The Corporate Watch Co-Operative Ltd.) is a research group based in the UK.

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Credit union

A credit union is a member-owned nonprofit cooperative financial institution.

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Deception (criminal law)

"Deception" was a legal term of art used in the definition of statutory offences in England and Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) was a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Early day motion

In the Westminster parliamentary system, an early day motion (EDM) is a motion, expressed as a single sentence, tabled by a member of Parliament, which the Government (in charge of parliamentary business) has not yet scheduled for debate.

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Ed Miliband

Edward Samuel Miliband (born 24 December 1969) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero since July 2024.

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English Wikipedia

The English Wikipedia is the primary English-language edition of Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia.

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Errol Damelin

Errol Damelin (born 23 August 1969) is a South African entrepreneur and early-stage technology investor.

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Finance and Leasing Association

The Finance and Leasing Association (FLA) is the leading trade association for the UK consumer credit, motor finance and asset finance sectors, and the largest organisation of its type in Europe.

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Financial Conduct Authority

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is a financial regulatory body in the United Kingdom.

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Financial Times

The Financial Times (FT) is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs.

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Frank Field, Baron Field of Birkenhead

Frank Ernest Field, Baron Field of Birkenhead, (16 July 1942 – 23 April 2024) was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birkenhead for 40 years, from 1979 to 2019, serving as a Labour MP until 2018 and thereafter sitting as an independent.

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Grant Thornton International

Grant Thornton is a multinational professional services company based in London, England.

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Greylock Partners

Greylock Partners, LLC is one of the oldest venture capital firms, founded in 1965, with committed capital of over $3.5 billion under management.

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Heart of Midlothian F.C.

Heart of Midlothian Football Club, commonly known as Hearts, is a professional football club in Edinburgh, Scotland. Wonga.com and Heart of Midlothian F.C. are companies that have entered administration in the United Kingdom.

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ITV (TV network)

ITV, legally known as Channel 3, is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network.

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Jonty Hurwitz

Jonty Hurwitz (born 2 September 1969 in Johannesburg) is a British South African artist, engineer and entrepreneur.

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Justin Welby

Justin Portal Welby (born 6 January 1956) is a British Anglican bishop who, since 2013, has been the 105th archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a social democratic political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.

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Laura Kuenssberg

Laura Juliet Kuenssberg (born 8 August 1976) is a British journalist who presents the BBC's flagship Sunday morning politics show.

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Law Society of England and Wales

The Law Society of England and Wales (officially The Law Society) is the professional association that represents solicitors for the jurisdiction of England and Wales.

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Loan shark

A loan shark is a person who offers loans at extremely high or illegal interest rates, has strict terms of collection, and generally operates outside the law, often using the threat of violence or other illegal, aggressive, and extortionate actions when seeking to enforce the satisfaction of the debt.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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London Assembly

The London Assembly is a 25-member elected body, part of the Greater London Authority, that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power, with a two-thirds supermajority, to amend the Mayor's annual budget and to reject the Mayor's draft statutory strategies.

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London Underground

The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or by its nickname the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in England.

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Manchester Evening News

The Manchester Evening News (MEN) is a regional daily newspaper covering Greater Manchester in North West England, founded in 1868.

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Martin Lewis (financial journalist)

Martin Steven Lewis CBE (born 9 May 1972) is an English financial journalist and broadcaster.

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Meritech Capital Partners

Meritech Capital Partners is an American Venture Firm company focused on late-stage venture capital investments in information technology companies with a focus on consumer Internet and media, software and services, enterprise infrastructure, and medical devices.

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Mobile app

A mobile application or app is a computer program or software application designed to run on a mobile device such as a phone, tablet, or watch.

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Newcastle City Council

Newcastle City Council is the local authority for the city of Newcastle upon Tyne the ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear in North East England.

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Newcastle United F.C.

Newcastle United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England.

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Newsnight

Newsnight is the BBC's news and current affairs programme, providing in-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.

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Oak Investment Partners

Oak Investment Partners is a private equity firm focusing on venture capital investments in companies developing communications systems, information technology, new Internet media, healthcare services and retail.

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Office of Fair Trading

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) was a non-ministerial government department of the United Kingdom, established by the Fair Trading Act 1973, which enforced both consumer protection and competition law, acting as the United Kingdom's economic regulator.

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Offshore trust

An offshore trust is a conventional trust that is formed under the laws of an offshore jurisdiction.

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Papiss Cissé

Papiss Demba Cissé (born 3 June 1985) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward.

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Payday loan

A payday loan (also called a payday advance, salary loan, payroll loan, small dollar loan, short term, or cash advance loan) is a short-term unsecured loan, often characterized by high interest rates.

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Poland

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.

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Predatory lending

Predatory lending refers to unethical practices conducted by lending organizations during a loan origination process that are unfair, deceptive, or fraudulent.

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Privately held company

A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets.

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Red or Black?

Red or Black? is a British television game show which was broadcast on ITV between 3 September 2011 and 29 September 2012.

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Romani language

Romani (also Romany, Romanes, Roma; rromani ćhib) is an Indo-Aryan macrolanguage of the Romani communities.

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Select committee (United Kingdom)

In British politics, parliamentary select committees can be appointed from the House of Commons, like the Foreign Affairs Select Committee; from the House of Lords, like the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee; or as a joint committee of Parliament drawn from both, such as the Joint Committee on Human Rights.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Spain

Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.

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Stella Creasy

Stella Judith Creasy (born 5 April 1977) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Walthamstow since 2010.

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Tablet computer

A tablet computer, commonly shortened to tablet, is a mobile device, typically with a mobile operating system and touchscreen display processing circuitry, and a rechargeable battery in a single, thin and flat package.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Scotsman

The Scotsman is a Scottish compact newspaper and daily news website headquartered in Edinburgh.

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The Sunday Times

The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.

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Transport for London

Transport for London (TfL) is a local government body responsible for most of the transport network in London, United Kingdom.

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Treasury Select Committee

The House of Commons Treasury Committee (often referred to as the Treasury Select Committee) is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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University of Nottingham

The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, England.

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Unsecured debt

In finance, unsecured debt refers to any type of debt or general obligation that is not protected by a guarantor, or collateralized by a lien on specific assets of the borrower in the case of a bankruptcy or liquidation or failure to meet the terms for repayment.

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Usury

Usury is the practice of making loans that are seen as unfairly enriching the lender.

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Venture capital

Venture capital (VC) is a form of private equity financing provided by firms or funds to startup, early-stage, and emerging companies, that have been deemed to have high growth potential or that have demonstrated high growth in terms of number of employees, annual revenue, scale of operations, etc.

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Wellcome Trust

The Wellcome Trust is a charitable foundation focused on health research based in London, United Kingdom.

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Which?

Which? is a United Kingdom brand name that promotes informed consumer choice in the purchase of goods and services by testing products, highlighting inferior products or services, raising awareness of consumer rights, and offering independent advice.

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See also

British companies established in 2006

Online financial services companies of the United Kingdom

Payday loan companies

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonga.com

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