What do the Archbishop of Canterbury and a Newcastle United footballer have in common? Apart from a similarly poor understanding of the offside rule, they have in recent times voiced a shared distaste ...

Wonga.com, the startup that has started to change the face of short-term lending in the UK, has closed a $22.25m round of funding led by Accel Partners and Greylock Partners, with the support of its ...

The accountants in charge of Wonga’s administration have highlighted that the number of expected compensation claims to affect the company may be ‘four times’ higher than expected. The news which was ...

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 ...

The ‘Credit for the real world’ campaign will show ‘typical’ Wonga customers, including mothers and lorry drivers, and focus on how Wonga is lending to them responsibly and improving their day-to-day ...

Cape Town - Wonga.com South Africa warned consumers against a loan scam on Wednesday after it became aware of people offering loans to consumers under the Wonga company logo, registration number and ...

Cape Town - Serial entrepreneur Kevin Hurwitz left online microlender Wonga.com South Africa as its CEO on Wednesday, after launching his cousin’s successful UK company in South Africa in 2012. “As an ...

Wonga was founded by current chief executive Errol Damelin in October 2006. With the help of software engineer Jonty Hurwitz and venture secured from Balderton Capital, Damelin launched wonga.com in ...

Controversial “payday” lender Wonga has suffered a major data breach in which the personal information of more than a quarter of million customers may have been pinched by malefactors. However, the ...

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 ...

Wonga is a UK based startup which provides loan amounts of between £50-£750 which are to be repaid within 1 month. The company, launched officially mid last year, allows new members to borrow up to ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British online payday loans provider Wonga.com launched a credit service for small businesses on Monday, aiming to fill a gap in the market left by banks, which have reined in ...