Jessie Cave, widely recognized for playing Lavender Brown in Harry Potter, has joined OnlyFans, but not for the usual reasons.

Instead of adult content, the actress will be offering “sensual hair sounds” to raise funds for home renovations and debt repayment.

Announcing her decision, Cave clarified, “I am launching an OnlyFans. It’s not a sensual one.”

She clarified that her content would concentrate on sensory experiences related to hair, stating, “This could generate significant revenue.” I hope.”

On her Substack blog, she revealed that she plans to continue for a year, aiming to…

Multipronged package of adjustments to ease financing pressure of localities

China will employ a package of targeted measures to further address local government debt this year, with a particular focus on accelerating the debt swap program, reforming local government financing vehicles and curbing the accumulation of new hidden debt, officials and analysts said.

With the debt-relief package — a multipronged adjustment to ease local government…

Perfios, a Bengaluru-based fintech SaaS firm, has announced the strategic acquisition of CreditNirvana, an AI-driven debt management and collections platform. 

The firm said the acquisition enhances its capabilities in collections and debt management, strengthening its end-to-end product stack. 

It recently announced the strategic acquisition of Clari5, a category leader in banking financial crime management, expanding their fraud mitigation, risk intelligence, and AML offerings.

What does CreditNirvana do?

Founded in 2019,  CreditNirvana.ai is an AI-driven, end-to-end debt management platform that automates the entire debt collection lifecycle. The company serves banks,…

Sometime last year, we walked into a small office in Nairobi, facing an all too familiar situation, another business in distress.

A once-thriving fintech company had officially gone into administration. Despite the best efforts of its directors, a tough economy, regulatory challenges, and dwindling investor confidence left no option but to bring in insolvency practitioners to take over.

For those unfamiliar with the administration process, it is a structured approach aimed at stabilising a financially distressed company by either turning it around or ensuring the best possible return for creditors.

It is a high-pressure, high-stakes process, and like many before us, we knew the road ahead would be tough. What we didn’t anticipate…

Ex-darts star Mervyn King has been declared bankrupt after owing HMRC ‘north of £500,000’. The 58-year-old reached the BDO World Championship final at Lakeside in 2002 and 2004 but failed to get his hands on the top prize after losing to Tony David and Andy Fordham respectively.

King was made insolvent during a trip to the High Court of Justice in London last Tuesday after his debts mounted up over a 20-year period. And he and his wife Tracey are now concerned they will lose their home and their dogs.

The former thrower told The Sun: “I hid my head in the sand. Tracey is worried that we’re going to lose the house. But if we do, we do.

“There’s nothing I can do about that. It’s all down to the official receiver and what he…

In a recent ruling, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has dismissed an appeal filed by Santoshi Finlease Private Limited, upholding a penalty of ₹10 lakh imposed by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) for filing a malicious and fraudulent insolvency petition under Section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016. The case, which involved allegations of collusion and misuse of the insolvency process, has drawn attention to the misuse of the IBC for ulterior motives.

Background of the Case

The dispute arose when Santoshi Finlease, through its director Yug Mittal, filed a Section 7 application against Mothers Pride Dairy India Pvt. Ltd. (Corporate Debtor) for non-payment of a loan…

(InvestigateTV) — A recent NerdWallet survey on sports betting found that in 2024, people said they spent an average of $3,284 dollars on gambling.

Elizabeth Ayoola, a personal finance writer at NerdWallet, said the survey also found 65% of participants reported doing this to make extra money.

A lot of people indicated they love to gamble. Ayoola cautioned that if gambling is a frequent activity, it should be factored into a budget to prevent financial strain.

“At NerdWallet we suggest the 50, 30, 20 budget, which is that 50% of your income goes to needs, 30% to wants and then 20% to debt and savings,” Ayoola said. “So, ideally, the gambling money should come out of that 30% bucket which is your wants in spending.”

Before deciding…

Paul Harvey from The School Lunch Collective — the grouping of organisations providing meals — said it was a “difficult situation” for Libelle, which has offered residential catering, tuckshop solutions and school catering services for the past 20 years.

“To minimise disruption, Compass Group has taken immediate steps to support Libelle, including ensuring staff wages are paid and keeping kitchen facilities running.”

The school lunch programme has been beset by myriad issues since launching in a new form earlier this year, including late deliveries, plastic melting into a meal, and one child suffering second-degree burns from a…