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A television advertisement for under-fire payday lender Wonga has been banned by the industry's watchdog. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) found the commercial, featuring a man writing car ...

The advert parodied the popular 1950s pop song ‘Mr Sandman’, transposing the new lyrics: “"Mr Wonga lend me some dough. Make it the simplest loan that I'll ever know.” The ad was cleared over a ...

A Wonga advert has been banned for featuring dialogue between two puppets which suggested the APR on its loans was "irrelevant." The characters instead focussed on the cost of paying back a short-term ...

A TV advert for Wonga has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. The commercial by the payday loans company was deemed confusing in regards to the interest rates mentioned. The ad in ...