The rising cost of living and stagnant wages are creating unprecedented financial stress for workers. So what role should employers, and HR departments in particular, play to help staff manage their own money? During the past 12 months, 30 companies in Australia (including banks, utilities, unis, lawyers and investment firms) and non-profits have rolled out programs to…
A Tasmanian women who stole money while she was a Flight Centre travel agent to repay her son’s drug debt has escaped a jail sentence. Sally Anne Walters, 40, embezzled the money over 17 months between April 2014 and September 2015 when she was a team leader at Flight Centre’s Ulverstone branch. Chief Justice…
HELP is on the way for Barbadians who continue to run up high credit card and other debts. It is coming from the Barbados Chapter of Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA), which is this month introducing a financial literacy education programme for those who see justice in the exercise. Ms. Felicia Sue, head of…
NEW YORK, April 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The Better Business Bureau (BBB) has officially recognized Guardian Debt Relief as an accredited debt relief provider. Coupled with an A+ rating, this achievement marks another step in Guardian’s quest to become the leading provider of debt relief services nationwide. In addition to the BBB, Guardian Debt Relief’s…
More Australian women are faced with rising student debt as the number of female enrolments continues to outpace that of men for yet another year. Student fees are set to rise by 7.5 per cent by the year 2021, and the repayment threshold is dropping from $55,000 to $42,000 a year, which means repaying student…
Few topics are less conducive to rational debate than the national debt. One of the most divisive questions is whether a country can get into trouble issuing debt in a currency it controls. Surely, a nation would face bigger problems if it borrows in foreign currencies or gold than if it only promises to repay…
The University of Newcastles student union says the federal government would be punishing students by lowering the threshold for uni loan repayments. But federal education minister Simon Birmingham says taxpayers are footing a bill of about $50 billion in student loans and something needs to change. Under the new law, graduates would have to start repaying their Commonwealth-funded student…
NBC stations around the country are documenting the open wound of medical debt. “It baffles me,” said one viewer in Orinda. Another in Texas concluded, “Were screwed.” The dark cloud hangs over families everywhere. In fact, a Federal Reserve found that almost half of respondents had received a medical bill in the past year that…
Credit card consolidation can be a challenging repayment program for consumers which is why National Debt Relief shares some tips about it. The article titled “Top 10 Credit Card Consolidation Articles of 2017 by National Debt Relief” released March 30, 2018, aims to enlighten consumers about credit card consolidation more. Dallas, TX (PRWEB) March 31,…
(Recasts with listing date of April 8) DUBAI, April 1 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia authorities said on Sunday they would list local currency government bonds on the Saudi Stock Exchange on April 8, part of efforts to spur secondary market trading of debt and strengthen state finances. The Capital Market Authority said over 204.4 billion…
