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Mike Naylor

Mike Naylor

Mike Naylor is a freelance personal finance journalist and has more than twenty year’s experience of writing about a wide range of personal finance issues in newspapers, magazines and books. He regularly appears on TV and radio talking about everything from bank charges and credit cards to mortgages and credit scoring. He has worked in the financial industry and at Which? Magazine as a Principal Researcher and uSwitch.com as Personal Finance Product Manager. He has recently completed his mortgage and equity release adviser qualifications.

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