Category Archives: Debt Help

Lifetime ISA’s should be scrapped and households given help with mounting debt, say MPs – The Independent

Hard-pressed households need stronger action to help them deal with debts and save for a rainy day and a pension, MPs have urged. The Treasury Committee also called for the Lifetime ISA to be scrapped due to its perverse incentives and complexity. … Read the full article at: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/household-debt-government-help-scrap-lifetime-isas-says-treasury-committee-a8463766.html

3 reasons your debt consolidation loan is broken and how to fix it – Augusta Free Press

Tweet Share Messenger Google Plus Whatsapp Share Save reddit Email You might be surprised at some of the issues relating to a debt consolidation loan. There are three things to consider regardless of what you wish to use a loan for. These are problems that might be an issue for many people, but there are…

Laurel Road offers help on medical student debt – CT Post

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Golden ticket: 784 people get medical debt paid off by Kansas City area doctors – Kansas City Star

If you get a gold-colored envelope in the mail from a place called RIP Medical Debt, dont throw it away. Its not junk mail, its good news: a group of Kansas City area doctors has paid your medical bills. The Midwest Direct Primary Care Alliance announced Monday that it donated about $11,000 to buy $1.47…

Better borrowing boosts start-ups – The Conversation CA

Starting a new business can be satisfying but stressful. Among other tasks, entrepreneurs must raise enough funds for their ventures. But it turns out the type of funding matters, not just the amount. Start-ups funded via business loans tend to outperform those using personal loans or having no loans at all. Relatively few new businesses…

Govt looking for debt-free ways to help people buy cars – Radio New Zealand

The government is taking a closer look at ideas aimed at preventing people from ending up in huge amounts of debt when they need to buy a car. Driving Photo: 123RF Representatives from across the finance industry met at a forum this week to discuss ways to improve access to safe credit for vulnerable consumers.…

Ex-partners who shirk child-maintenance are to get debt relief – The Economist

IN SUNNY south Wales, Hayley is squeezing in a chat on the phone while caring for her five children after school. Her eldest two are 19 and 20; both have special needs and live at home. Their father is an occasional figure in their lives. After the couple separated, Hayley got a large mortgage to…

Alleged victim in drug-debt case just a ‘crook’ with a ‘ripping yarn’, Canberra lawyer says – ABC News

A standover attack in which a man allegedly threatened to shoot off another man’s leg has been dismissed as the “fantasy” of a “crook” in a Canberra court. Javarne Saipani, 25, is on trial in the ACT Supreme Court accused of showing the alleged victim a gun and threatening to “take off his leg”…

Brokers can help tax debt consolidation – Australian Broker

As small business owners across the country lodge their tax returns, brokers can play a key role in helping them. This is the message from specialist lender Liberty, which helps small business customers consolidate their tax debt. Group sales manager at the specialist lender, John Mohnacheff, said brokers should be reaching out to their small…

Man who delivered drugs to help pay off brother’s drug debt jailed for 2½ years – Irish Times

A Dublin man who was pressured into delivering more than 120,000 worth of cannabis in order to pay off his brothers drug debt has been given a two-and-a-half year jail term after his original suspended sentence was deemed too lenient. Brian OGrady (32) with an address in Liam Mellows Road, Finglas, Dublin, had pleaded guilty…