Hundreds of thousands of Australians will soon have to start repaying more than $4.5 billion to Centrelink, as the agency’s nationwide pause on debt recovery comes to an end next week. In April last year Services Australia froze 1.3 million debts to ease pressure on household budgets during the COVID-19 pandemic. EXPLAINED: JobKeeper payments slashed…
January 27, 2021 00:43 ET | Source: Oak View Law Group APC Los Altos, United States, Jan. 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Oak View Law Group, a debt settlement and bankruptcy law firm, has launched a new video series discussing how to manage debt during the pandemic. With the social landscape in 2021 set to…
The pandemic has left corporations like AMC with no option but to go into debt in order to see another day. Angela Weiss/Getty Images One of the biggest debates in Washington, D.C., is about how much debt the government should take on to get the country through the pandemic. On the corporate level, were seeing…
Rather than pursue more debt relief to help the developing world weather the COVID-19 crisis, rich countries should provide pandemic-related necessities directly. Debt relief is so imprecise a mechanism that it is as likely to benefit private-sector creditors as it is to help the poor. WASHINGTON, DC The COVID-19 pandemic has spread globally and will…
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday called for further debt relief for stressed countries amid a surge in the coronavirus pandemic around the world and the detection of the new Covid-19 variants, saying “much more needed to be done” to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by the 2030 target. Addressing the fourth session of…
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday called for further debt relief for stressed countries amid a surge in the coronavirus pandemic around the world and the detection of the new Covid-19 variants, saying “much more needed to be done” to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by the 2030 target. Addressing the fourth session of…
By Kevin PeacheyPersonal finance correspondent, BBC News image copyrightGetty Images Some Barclaycard customers will see their minimum repayments rise from Tuesday, at a time when finances are already stretched owing to Covid and Christmas. The new requirements are tailored to each customer, although some may see a significant rise in demands. But the changes will…
TexasDebtRelief.org is a website thats helping to ease some of those burdens by offering free resources online during the pandemic. HOUSTON Whether you’re behind on paying rent or cant afford to buy food, during the pandemic, so many families and businesses have been hit hard with financial hardship and are struggling to make ends meet.…
If theres one thing 2020 gave the average Aussie, its a change in perspective when it comes to money. Not only did we take saving more seriously, but one in four Aussies vowed to rid themselves of debt. Historically, Australians havent been afraid of debt, particularly through our love of credit cards. Weve racked up…
TexasDebtRelief.org is a website thats helping to ease some of those burdens by offering free resources online during the pandemic. HOUSTON Whether you’re behind on paying rent or cant afford to buy food, during the pandemic, so many families and businesses have been hit hard with financial hardship and are struggling to make ends meet.…