Money Advice Scotland and Citizens Advice Scotland both confirmed to The Herald that they have seen a considerable rise in the number of their clients being left in extreme financial hardship as a result of set-off.
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Warning: banks can raid your account to pay towards debts
An increasing number of hard-pressed Scots, struggling with debt repayments, are finding themselves left without money to pay their rent, heat their homes, or even buy food, because their bank is snatching wage and benefit payments from their current accounts without warning.
