South African consumers are generally not very good at saving or budgeting, so defaults on bonds and rents are always the highest at the start of a new year, according to Rudi Botha, CEO of BetterBond. However, there are some positive steps you can take right away to help make ends meet, says Botha. Get…
Premier Oil has used its second consecutive year of record oil production to make bigger than expected cuts into its huge debt pile. The London-listed oil and gas company expects its financial results to reveal end-of-year debtsof $2.3bn, after shaving $390m off the total following a boom in its oil output. Premier told investors it…
For financial goals that are about three years away, investing in debt funds help in generating tax effective returns. Compared with a net inflow of Rs 1.42 lakh crore in November 2018, mutual funds registered a net outflow of Rs 1.36 lakh crore in December 2018. While the equity asset base continues to be robust,…
Medical debt is part of the terrible legacy of asbestos exposure in America. Cancer therapies are expensive for all patients in the U.S. The average cost of a major chest surgery is about $40,000, and eight weeks of chemotherapy may cost up to $30,000. These medical bills often come at the same time the patient…
Retailers now have access to a new program that can help their employees alleviate the financial burden of student debt. The National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) has announced a new member benefit that helps the employees of its retailer and supplier member companies pay down student loan debt and save for their future. Today,…
(iStock) (Elena Elisseeva/iStock) By Michele Lerner July 31, 2018 Theres good news for wannabe first-time Maryland home buyers who are struggling to make a down payment because of the high amount they owe on student loans: A new program will let them wrap their student loans into a mortgage. The Maryland SmartBuy program, which started…
Share this: Many households will have started the new year with a nasty financial hangover thanks to the holiday spending season. That follows a record-breakingDecember where Australians racked upa record $30 billion in credit card debt alone. If youre one of these people, what should you do to avoid carrying and accumulating even more of…
The TUC has today announced that household debt in the UK has increased by nearly 1,000 per household to 15,385, in the past year. The figure which includes, bank overdrafts, personal loans, store cards, payday loans, outstanding credit card debt and student loans but excludes mortgages, totals 428bn nationwide. With that, wellbeing expert and CEO…
Aside from mortgages, unsecured debt in the latter half of 2018 saw a rise of 886 per household on the previous year, with total debt adding up to an astonishing 428billion, compared to 286billion in 2008. These figures put together several factors including personal loans, overdrafts, store and credit card debts and student loans. Yes,…
COLUMBUS Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced a multistate settlement with Career Education Corporation, a for-profit college provider that operated several schools, including Sanford-Brown, Le Cordon Bleu, and International Academy of Design & Technology. As part of the agreement, the company is expected to forgo collecting nearly $493.7 million in debts owed…