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Are banking apps luring young people into debt?

Are banking apps luring under-thirties into debt?

6 November 2021

9:00 AM

6 November 2021

9:00 AM

Last month, my bicycle got a flat tyre. ‘Both of those tyres are gonna need replacing and you’ve knackered your sprockets,’ huffed the bike man. The bill came to £230. It’s the kind of irritating expense that means I run out of beer money a week before payday.

I’ve always assumed I’m a reasonably normal spender.

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