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Guardian community team
16, Feb, 2023 @5:35 PM
Australia’s corporate watchdog joins calls for stricter regulation of buy now, pay later products
Asic raises concerns about missed payment fees and people giving up essentials to afford repayments
Jordyn Beazley
16, Feb, 2023 @2:00 PM
Ministers launch long-awaited consultation on buy now, pay later firms
Government says new rules could help protect 10 million consumers from ‘unconstrained borrowing’
Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent
13, Feb, 2023 @10:30 PM
Parents turn to buy now, pay later schemes to meet Australia’s soaring school costs
Financial hardship support has not kept pace with the rising cost of uniforms, books, stationery and computers, peak body says
Jordyn Beazley
04, Feb, 2023 @7:00 PM
Cost-of-living crisis drives vulnerable Australians to buy now, pay later schemes, consumer groups say
With more people taking out loans for daily expenses, advocates urge tighter regulation of BNPL sector
Jordyn Beazley
24, Jan, 2023 @5:12 AM
‘People use candles because they’re scared of the bills’: a day with a debt charity helpline
Advisers at StepChange deal with rising number of calls amid UK cost of living crisis, and more people higher up income scale
Zoe Wood
01, Jan, 2023 @9:00 AM
China to take military action against Taiwan within two decades, Kevin Rudd says – as it happened
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Nino Bucci, Caitlin Cassidy and Amy Remeikis (earlier)
21, Nov, 2022 @7:47 AM
Consumer groups demand stricter regulation of buy now, pay later loans to reduce harm
Federal government releases options paper with toughest proposal agreeing BNPL should be regulated like credit cards
Jordyn Beazley
21, Nov, 2022 @6:57 AM
Buy now, pay later schemes increasingly an avenue for financial abuse, report finds
A quarter of financial counsellors surveyed said at least half the women seeking help had been coerced into acquiring BNPL debts
Jordyn Beazley
15, Nov, 2022 @3:49 AM
Australians turning to buy now, pay later schemes for groceries ‘stuck in a revolving door’ of debt
Financial counsellors say more and more people are turning to BNPL services for essentials such as food, petrol and bills
Jordyn Beazley
07, Nov, 2022 @2:00 PM
Worried about bills? Here’s a financial survival plan
Experts advise what you should do if you are struggling to pay for mortgage, rent, energy or food
Patrick Collinson
04, Nov, 2022 @10:11 AM
Albanese government to crack down on payday lenders
Senate committee will consider laws to reform sector, including a cap on the proportion of household income lenders can take in repayments
Ben Butler
13, Oct, 2022 @4:30 PM
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