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This week on Cash Chats, host Steve Alderton and Editor of BeCleverWithYourCash.com James Andrews are talking about the rise and fall of Wonga and the payday loan revolution. Wonga and their counterparts arrived with a bang and set about disrupting the loan game with quick, easy short term loans and lets not forget the sliders! However, things didn’t take long to unravel and soon the empire came crashing down. But what exactly went wrong?
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