Homeless families rehoused in temporary are bearing the brunt of the high travel costs and policies ill-designed to accommodate their specific needs.
Buy now, pay later loans target low-income, tech-savvy Gen Z and millennial consumers under the guise of improving financial inclusion for these groups.
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A new study by the Retirement Commission has identified the different personality characteristics that influence how we manage our money – you can test your own with their online quiz.
For better or worse, debt is a part of everybody’s financial portfolios. Solid financial planning will help you keep your eye on the prize of wealth accumulation.
Budgeting offers more opportunities to save money.
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The bankruptcy system has always been difficult to navigate, especially for minorities and other vulnerable groups. The pandemic is making it a lot harder.
Businesses are structuring their lending practices to exploit loopholes in consumer credit laws.
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Here are the four common lending practices identified by the Australian inquiry into credit and financial services targeted at those at risk of financial hardship.
Unemployment and underemployment, as well as physical and mental health problems, were the most common experiences of people falling behind on debts.
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Australia’s first large-scale study on the experiences of people in financial hardship contradict the idea most debt problems are due to poor choices.
Zip Co’s ‘buy now pay later’ service is growing in popularity. But because its business model avoids the responsible lending requirements, consumer advocates are worried.
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Although the Fed delayed raising rates this month, it has signaled it intends to wean the U.S. economy off its unprecedented monetary stimulus. Now the question is whether Congress will take the handoff.
People are needlessly filing for bankruptcy because they don’t understand the system.
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Despite its role in bringing on the financial crisis, debt continues to plague many of us the world over (just ask the Greeks). In the UK the appetite for debt is undiminished, with the run up to Christmas…
The world’s rich and powerful are gathering for the World Economic Forum at the Swiss ski resort of Davos to discuss, and hopefully find solutions to, the world’s economic and social problems. The 45th…