Bangkok Post – Govt keen to dangle debt relief

A Jan 27 photo shows people receiving advice on how to settle their debts at an event jointly organised by the Justice Ministry and 23 financial institutes at Suan Dusit University. Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s recent idea to solve the problem of non-performing loans (NPLs) in the household debt sector is just a further…

How to speed up credit card debt relief

These simple (but effective) strategies could help you significantly shorten the debt relief timeline. Getty Images Credit card debt has become a major issue for millions of Americans over the last few years — and with inflation ticking back up, the prices of everything from groceries to gas are climbing, pushing people’s budgets to the…

How to Negotiate Debt Settlement on Your Own

With do-it-yourself debt settlement, you negotiate directly with your creditors in an effort to settle your debt for less than you originally owed. This strategy works best for debts that are already delinquent, or not paid by their due date. That’s because as creditors start to see missed payments stack up, they may be more…

Dad-of-three plunges to his death from luxury cruise liner after running up an eye-watering debt on the ship’s casino tables – as insider reveals how high rollers are lured to gamble off Australia’s shores

EXCLUSIVE  A cruise liner passenger who plunged to his death from the ship had racked up a $4,000 casino debt after being lured to spend big by the company’s ‘high roller’ incentives, his family claims. Shane Dixon, 45, died after falling overboard while sailing on the P&O cruise ship Pacific Adventure just after 4am on…

The higher earners in problem debt

“I feel ashamed and don’t want my loved ones to find out,” is one of the main barriers to getting debt advice, according to StepChange Debt Charity. I know through my work as a money coach that there’s a lot of shame around money. Money shame is the feeling that you’re fundamentally “bad”, stupid, unworthy…